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Writer and Director of "February" an independent film that was well received at the 2024 Wisconsin Film Festival. He talks about the 12 part series he plans to do with this project, what he learned about the culture of Western Wisconsin, and what is was like filming in unlikely areas, like Tomah.

Alan Borsuk Senior Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette Law School joins the show to talk about open enrollment for Wisconsin Schools. He talks about the differences between voucher and charter schools as well as, how many families are using open enrollment, and what are the laws surrounding kids choosing where they want to go to school.

Actor and co-writer of film "Hundreds of Beavers" Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, joins Spanning the State to talk about the project, what inspired the movie, how he managed to film the movie during the pandemic and where all the beaver suits came from. You can watch Hundreds of Beavers streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.

Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan are back. In this hour they talk spin the state, talk about the massive amounts of sinkholes in Whitefish Bay and review all that happened in the last week of 2024 and first three days of 2025. Then they play part 2 of the 2024 Year in Review Trivia on the Grandiloquent Game Show.

Today on Spinning the State:

Antigo - Students are Helping Students with Their Mental Health.

Madison - New Mentorship Program to Support Indigenous Graduate Students at UW-Madison.

La Crosse - Influencer Halley Kate spends "Perfect Christmas Eve in Wisconsin."

Kristin Brey, the founder of As Goes Wisconsin, and longtime WTMJ host Brian Noonan are skilled at taking the complex and making it digestible. They will take you behind the headlines of the day’s biggest stories from across Wisconsin. Fans will hear the stories being told by those who live and cover those communities firsthand for the most accurate and relevant information.

Steve Scaffidi host of the Political Power Hour, is back for the first Political Power Half hour of 2025. Today, Kristin, Brian, and Steve talk about their political predictions for 2025, from the state budget, to the WI Supreme Court Race to They then chat about the state budget, how this will be cemented once the supreme court race is finished, Governor Tony Evers deciding on whether to run for office again, Ben Wikler’s endorsements to lead the Democratic National Committee and more.

Associate Professor of Teacher Education Erica Barnett joins Kristin and Brian to talk about how she created a non-curriculum based that focuses on preparing teachers for active shooters and other crisis management situations. Barnett shares how the Knight educator Program (K.E.P) was created, the benefits for teachers, how they are training teachers now in the wake of the Abundant Life Christian School Shooting and the role social work and counseling plays when it comes to being prepared.

Happy New Year from Spanning the State. Brian holds down the first episode of the year solo and does the first Spinning the State of 2025. Then he shares stories from listeners about their News year's Day polar plunge experiences. Brian then talks about the chaos of too many zip codes in the county of Somers, WI and how it's far from being resolved. Later he chats about the sad closing of several Wisconsin breweries in 2024 and how the culture of American beer consumption is changing.

Today on Spinning the State:

Sturgeon Bay - Sturgeon Bay Couple Sees Rare Bird.

Onalaska - Little Hearts Project to be Featured on PBS "Wisconsin Life".

Manitowoc - Making a Murderer's Steven Avery Appeals.