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.
Multimedia Producer and Journalist at Milwaukee PBS, Scottie Meyers talks to Kristin and Brian about how the Milwaukee Press Club’ collaboration with Black Husky Brewing to launch a new Amber IPA. All proceeds for the new IPA, titled “Off the Record” will go to support journalism scholarships.
What would happen if UW-Madison were to separate from the Universities of Wisconsin School System. We aren’t quite sure yet, but Wisconsin legislators are pondering the idea. Currently, UW-Madison is facing issues that differ from other UW system schools, like a falling in their national ranking for research, DEI concerns, and more. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Higher Education Reporter Kelly Meyerhofer joins the show to explain further and if this even a decision our legislators can make.
Kristin and Brian start the show and share their thoughts and feelings on the 2024 Presidential Election Results. They discuss WTMJ's coverage, how the local and state elections turned out, and what to expect for future elections. Later they chat about a local ruck/run event for veterans and discuss the growing presence of Christian Nationalists within our nations politics.
Wisconsin Watch Investigative Reporter, Phoebe Petrovic joins Spanning the State, to talk about religious far right Christian Nationalists and evangelicals and their slow but powerful influence in politics. She explains how their presence has increased, their role during the January 6th insurrection and their thoughts on how the end of the world will take place.
Irma Inez Doering Senior Co-Director for the Veterans Business Outreach Center Program at the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation joins the show to talk about their upcoming ruck and rally National Veterans Small Business Week.
*Trigger Warning - Mentioning of suicide ideation and mental health*
It's Election Day! Kristin and Brian open the show with discussing today's events and share more information for voters today in Wisconsin. Then they speak to State Representative Steve Gunderson on debunk election day conspiracy theories. Later they chat with Daniel Woolf of Breakthrough T1D for Giving Tuesday. After they spin the state and hard a conversation on mental health and suicide, after the passing of two of Milwaukee's aldermen. Then they share bits of their interviews with Actors, Robert De Niro and Sarah Jessica Parker.