The Wisconsin Politics Group Chat podcast features Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Pat Kreitlow (The View from UpNorth) of UpNorthNews, Kate Duffy of Motherhood for Good, and Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area.
Find all of these episodes on The Recombobulation Area’s podcast feed (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, here on Substack).
There is so much happening in the Wisconsin political universe, and your friends at the “Wisconsin Politics Group Chat” podcast are here to break it all down.
This episode aired live on the Motherhood for Good YouTube Channel on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m.
For a beat-by-beat breakdown, check out our topics and timestamps below:
01:22 Measles in Wisconsin & vaccination rates
02:20 “Diarrhea lettuce” — why people aren’t paying attention
03:00 Farmers are persuadable: the 40% stat
05:41 Who are these farmers? Small vs. mega-farms
06:07 Diesel, harvest season & the cost squeeze
07:21 “It’s Biden’s fault” — 607 days later
08:30 What would make you break up with Trump?
09:45 Trump’s worst-ever approval numbers
10:47 The Iran war and what it’s doing to prices
13:00 The three November referendums explained
16:47 The places-of-worship amendment & pandemic rage
19:04 Why Republicans don’t advertise these amendments
20:02 WI-06: Brad Smith vs. Glenn Grothman
22:07 Kristin on WI-08: losing but building power
23:18 The spoiler math — independents & Green Party
25:11 Independent experiments: Mark Becker, SD-9
27:01 WI-01: Mitchell Berman gets DCCC money
27:37 Are Democrats writing off Van Orden?
30:02 Van Orden’s TMZ interview & the motorcycle
32:29 Red to Blue, and how to actually beat Steil
37:04 Berman’s record + Kristin’s upcoming interview
37:36 WI-07: the “nepo baby” and the debate dodge
39:06 Fred Clark’s long-odds case
41:33 SD-25: Charlie Ray and the trifecta math
42:53 The Bulwark story: Sean Duffy’s donor pipeline
44:14 The Great American Road Trip grift
46:24 A rubber stamp in Congress
47:25 MAGA breaks with Trump on AI
48:47 Salazar, Tucker, Rove, MTG — the cracks
50:16 Pump the brakes on blue tsunami talk
51:40 Affordability is a tanker, not a speedboat
52:20 Election integrity & what’s coming
53:11 Vote early, use a drop box
53:32 Be the annoying friend (the Velvet Underground rule)
55:21 Sway’s $500 ballot parties
56:07 The fuse bead video & rural healthcare math
57:44 Crowley’s anti-corruption agenda vs. Tiffany’s record
58:58 Tiffany’s three billionaires
59:25 Why the anti-Crowley attacks aren’t landing
01:00:44 Property taxes: the call is coming from inside the house
01:02:15 New segment: “What Are You Drinking?”
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