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Owner of the Haunted Historical Walking Tour Company, Gothic Milwaukee and spooky book Author, Anna Lourdinois stops by to share some spooky stories she has uncovered throughout the state of Wisconsin. She talks about haunted cemeteries, creepy statues, ghost encounters, and her upcoming event.

Journal Sentinel reporter Cleo Kerjci, joins the show to share information on how our elder population in nursing homes submit their vote during an election. She shares how they get assistance, what the process is like, and how they have evolved since the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Kristin and Brian kick off the week uncovering the long awaiting answer to what surprise Brian's daughter had in store for him in Pennsylvania. Later they compare the outlandish political ads plaguing swing states and if Pennsylvania's are better or worse than Wisconsin's before they share all that you need to know about early voting. Then they speak to Dr. Charles Raison on the benefits Wisconsin Psychiatrists are seeing when using Psychedelics to treat mental illness. They then spill some tea while Spinning the State and share what products they have Shark Tank as a native successfully pitched their product on the shoe recently. Before they leave for the day they speak to Alan Borsuk on public opinion about Public School Education and what polls are saying. And we say tata for now to Brian who will be out this week for surgery.

Today on Spinning the State:

Westfield - Entire town's election workers resign.

Minocqua - Brewery owner arrested on criminal defamation charges.

Bayfield - Residents push back against making Apostle Islands a national park.

Alan Borsuk, Senior fellow in law and public policy at Marquette Law School returns to Spanning the State, this time he is back to talk about recent Marquette polling regarding public opinion around public schools. In leu of all the drama circling Milwaukee Public schools, local families may be changing their tune on how they feel about the public education. Borsuk explains how property taxes and location have affected attitudes and how phrasing in polling can sway the outcome.

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.

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey is joined by guest co-host Steve Scaffidi, host of the Political Power Hour on WTMJ. They start the show speaking to Law Attorney Matt O'Neill about election lawsuits now that we are less than 20 days away from election day and already have 100 suits and there are more to come. He explains why and what we should expect. They then speak to Richard Ryman, Reporter for the Green Bay Press Gazette on why the Packers are suing the city of Green Bay over the move of Heritage Trail Plaza. Later they speak to Associate Professor at UC San Diego and Author of how Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, Barbara F. Walter about her event tonight and what we should know about civil wars and how likely it is to happen again in America. They wrap things up with our Friday game, 70s-90s TV Show Edition.

Today on Spinning the State:

Lake Geneva - No Ice Castles This Year.

Chippewa Falls - Love lights renamed in Chippewa Falls.

It’s getting a bit wonky in Green Bay. On Wednesday this week, The Green Bay Packers accused Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich of refusing to negotiate on a lease extension for Lambeau Field. Then yesterday, it was announced that Packers are suing the city of Green Bay to halt move of Heritage Trail Plaza from current location. To make sense of this Richard Ryman of the Green Bay Press Gazette joins Kristin and Steve.

Law Attorney with Fox, O’Neill & Shannon, Matt O’Neill joins Kristin and Steve to discuss election lawsuits. As of now there have been 100 of lawsuits filed leading up to November 5th, and we should expect more. O’Neill explains, why we as citizens probably won’t know the election results on the night of the election, why are we seeing so many lawsuits, and what we should expect after the election.