Podcasts by WPR Politics
"WPR Politics" is a weekly podcast about the ins and outs of Wisconsin's political news. Host John K. Wilson and WPR reporters clue listeners into stories they may have missed and tell them what's actually interesting about stories they've already heard a thousand times.
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Cranes/cranes/schools/schools/Gableman/Gableman/Gableman from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.490264
No tiny tweets or scrawny stories here! This week we have literally all the information there is on crane hunting, school transfers, election investigations, you name it! Hours and hours of state C...
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It came from the LAB from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.487930
Deep in the bowels of the Capitol square, shrouded in mystery, you’ll find the LAB. What goes on there, nobody’s quite sure. But for months, day and night, something has been growing, bit by bit, t...
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1 year, 3 days from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.485748
It is just over 12 months until election day 2022 in Wisconsin, and that means it's high time for a podcast breakdown of the major races to keep an eye on over the next year — you've got your gover...
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Hark! News of redistricting from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.483359
Our very own Shawn Johnson has been away on a journey for many weeks, but today is the day he returns, and with news of Wisconsin redistricting no less. Just in time for GOP lawmakers' passage of t...
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A sticky issue from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.481324
A new bipartisan bill sparked fresh discussion about marijuana policy in Wisconsin this week. It would standardize penalties for marijuana possession across the state, and while it would mellow out...
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This changes (nothing) everything! from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.478977
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority issued a ruling this week laying out how they'll handle the political map-drawing process in the state: basically change things from the existing...
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About that year we had! from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.476781
Do you remember 2021? That's OK, neither do we! But that just means it's time to take a look back at the year that was in Wisconsin state politics news on another episode of everyone's favorite fak...
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A special announcement: Pod on ice (but just real quick) from 2022-04-18T09:45:33.474112
Attention dear listeners, we have an announcement: The WPR Politics Podcast is taking a quick winter break!!
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Over and over and over again, forever from 2021-12-19T04:24:24.751077
Yeah, it's October 2021, but somehow November 2020 is front-page political news in Wisconsin this week. It's like a wise man once said: "Time is a flat circle. Yes it is, yes it is."
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Fever To Map from 2021-12-16T18:07:31.038535
The wheels are turning on Wisconsin's once-a-decade legislative redistricting process and everyone has mapmaking fever — Republicans in the state Legislature, the governor and his fellow Democrats,...
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Fall Into Politics: The WPRPP Is Back! from 2021-12-02T12:35:06.531620
It has been a refreshing few weeks off for summer vacation, but the seasons are changing it's time to get back to work! That's right, fall is in the air and as the leaves start to drop, so will cri...
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jfc and tax cuts and stuff from 2021-10-29T17:04:07.682734
Long week in the Legislature — Joint Finance wrapped up their work on the state budget, Republicans introduced a massive tax cut proposal, and Laurel didn't get much sleep. So how about some terrib...
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Say It's Vetoed (Or Not?) from 2021-10-29T17:04:07.681048
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has been passing a lot of bills lately that raise the prospect of gubernatorial vetoes. For some of the legislation it seems likely, for others it's ...
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Budget Action Action! from 2021-10-29T17:04:07.680207
We were preparing for this for weeks. Training day and night. Running through all the eventualities. Time to cover Gov. Tony Evers' action on the two-year state budget. Partial vetoes? One big veto...
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A Special Announcement: Hot Pod Summer Vacation from 2021-10-29T17:04:07.679423
Attention dear listeners, we have an announcement: The WPR Politics Podcast is going on summer vacation!!
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Don't You (Forget About State K-12 And Higher Education Funding) from 2021-10-08T17:24:56.483847
Alright class, settle down. If you'll open your budget papers, today we're talking about state and federal funding for Wisconsin's K-12 schools and the UW System. Now who knows how the ed funding p...
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More Gravy from 2021-10-08T17:24:56.482673
What happens when you run a state like, say, Wisconsin, and all of a sudden you find out that your state has more money coming in than you expected? Like a lot more money? Billions of dollars more ...
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Big Ideas (That Ain't Gonna Happen) from 2021-09-30T12:30:54.422391
Another week in Wisconsin's divided state government and it seems like we've seen this one before — Both Democrats and Republicans push big ideas that they know they other side won't buy. But maybe...
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Running The Ol' Legislative Mill from 2021-09-21T05:35:54.176099
It's that time in point in the Wisconsin legislative session where things are humming along — bills are being considered, votes are being taken — pretty run-of-the-mill stuff. But wait just a darn ...
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The First Cuts from 2021-07-23T22:05:53.064891
It's that time in the biennium when the budgetary blocks are being stacked. The governor has made his spending proposal, lawmakers have held public hearings on the issues, and this week the Legisla...
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Horsin' Around The Capitol from 2021-07-05T23:14:02.417506
There were plenty of important Wisconsin politics stories this week but they were wandering all over the news pasture like a herd of calves. So it's time to hop in the saddle and rope 'em up. That'...
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Judicial Hot Fire No. 72 from 2021-06-17T13:59:23.503355
After arguments way back in November, the Wisconsin Supreme Court finally issued a ruling this week, deciding that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers overstepped his authority in declaring multiple states ...
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Federal Funding Family Feud from 2021-06-17T13:59:23.502414
With divided government at the Wisconsin Capitol there's never a shortage of feuding going on, but this week especially, a pile of federal money coming the state's way has Democratic Gov. Tony Ever...
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All The Bills from 2021-06-11T03:32:05.448574
What happens when John is out and the list of bills that passed the Legislature is long? Laurel and Shawn talk about all of them, that's what. From administrative rules to "cocktails to go" to the ...
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Do You Remember (All Those 2020 Challenges? Well, Now There Are GOP Bills For Those) from 2021-05-15T02:53:18.209949
With the way the world is moving these days, you could be forgiven for totally forgetting all those Wisconsin election challenges brought by former President Donald Trump and his supporters after h...
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Ron Johnson And Ron Johnson And Ron Johnson from 2021-05-15T02:53:18.209065
It's a bit unusual for us to devote an entire episode to a single Wisconsin politician, but lately, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has been in the news — a lot. He's been amplifying refuted claim...
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The World Has Turned And Left Us Here (Still In A Pandemic) from 2021-05-15T02:53:18.208210
This week marks one year since the last episode of the WPR Politics Podcast that we all recorded together in the same room — and what a year it has been. So, in an endeavor of profound self reflect...
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The Budget, But 1 Louder from 2021-05-05T03:22:18.967416
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released his second biennial state budget proposal this week. Chances are if you're a Democrat, you thought his last budget rocked super hard. Two years later, the governo...
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Wacky Wisconsin Divided Government from 2021-04-15T02:10:01.457495
Sometimes state government is orderly; sometimes it's a mix of like ping pong, pin the tail on the donkey, Jenga, Mouse Trap and Twister. And nobody seems to be winning. This week the Legislature's...
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Act 10 Storytime: The Obligatory Retrospective Episode from 2021-04-15T02:10:01.456391
It's been 10 years this week since former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introduced sweeping legislation gutting the state's once-strong public-sector unions, leading to giant protests and epic politi...
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Yeah, Still COVID from 2021-04-03T01:33:36.924630
It's finally (probably) safe to say that the election cycle is now behind us, and for a state politics podcast, that means shifting focus back to the business of governing. So what's dominating thi...
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How To Win An Election In Wisconsin: An instruction Manual (2020 Edition) from 2021-03-06T00:42:27.803549
Is it early? Is it late? Who knows? It's a patented WPR Politics Podcast step-by-step guide through all of the election lawsuits — state and federal — that were decided in Wisconsin in the last wee...
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More Serious Than Politics from 2021-03-06T00:42:27.802865
It's a new year, and a new legislative session here in Wisconsin. And normally we'd probably do a look-ahead, talking about new members being sworn in, new proposals, the upcoming budget process, m...
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Everything Is Totally Normal from 2021-03-06T00:42:27.802174
There were some relatively normal political things that happened this week. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gave his annual State of the State address. Republicans gave a response. State senators passed ...
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