Episode 49 - Conditions of Confinement w/ Rep. Ryan Clancy

Episode 49 - Conditions of Confinement w/ Rep. Ryan Clancy

In this week's episode, Anders and Will interview Milwaukee County Supervisor and State Representative Ryan Clancy! Representative Clancy and others have unveiled a package of bills regarding Wisconsin's abhorrent conditions of confinement and include things like banning slavery as punishment, allowing for hot water and showers, and humane conditions in our prisons. Anders and Will also discuss the news of Henry Kissinger's passing.

Episode 48 - Power to the People w/ Alex Brower and Greg Brown

This week, Anders and Will meet with Alex Brower and Greg Brown to discuss the campaign to democratize and publicize the ownership of Milwaukee utilities. They cover areas from affordability, to sustainability, to transparency and the special legal pathway in Wisconsin for municipalities to democratize energy production including localities where this is already the case.

Episode 47 - Does Policing Have Dignity or Value? w/ Rep. Ryan Clancy

This week, Anders and Will meet with Milwaukee County Supervisor and Assembly Representative Ryan Clancy, where they discuss Ryan's recent comments saying, "all jobs have dignity and value, except cops." They further discuss the recent stories about the MCSO failed audit of deaths happening in jail, and reports from the New York Times about the horrific conditions inside Wisconsin's state prisons. Anders and Will also discuss their main takeaways from the first GOP Presidential Debate.

Episode 46 - Affordable Student Housing w/ MGR Govindarajan

This week Anders and Will meet with Madison Alder MGR Govindarajan, and they discuss a recent controversy over the approval of "luxury student housing" in Madison. Anders and Will also discuss the confirmation of Justice Protasiewicz and the implications of the Law Forward lawsuit filed to reverse the state of Wisconsin's gerrymandered maps.

Episode 45 - Railroaded w/ John McCracken

This week Anders and Will meet with Grist writer John McCracken on a piece he wrote about the long-term impacts of the rail industry and their poor safety practices on small towns including impacts from large rail monopolies. Anders and Will also discuss the SCOTUS striking down the Biden Administration's student debt relief plan and what is next!