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Kristin and Brian talk to VISIT Milwaukee's President and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith about the impact the RNC has made on the city thus far. They also ask about the businesses who lost money, when the city will be free of barricades and what's next for Milwaukee?

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley joins the show to talk about his experience at the RNC this week. He shares his encounters with visitors who've enjoyed all aspects of Milwaukee, how this "Superbowl-like event" has been a great opportunity for the city, what it took to bring this event to the city and what they are learning from it.

Nonpartisan MKE 2024 Host Committee COO, Alison Prange, joins Spanning the State to talk about the convention in Milwaukee. They ask her how she put the major event together, if she has done work similar to this before, and how she thinks these last four days have gone.

Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan broadcast live from the Panther Arena for day three of the Republican National Convention. They kick off the show with an interesting conversation on Opinion on Journalism with head of Opinion for The New York Times, Kathleen Kingsbury. They then talk farming and politics with the Fabulous Farm Babe, Pam Jahnke before talking about exclusion and inclusion in political parties with rapper Forgiato Blow. Later they speak to THE professional balloon decorator and his seasoned experience working multiple political conventions. Then they close they day talking about the youths at the RNC and young republicans.

Spinning the State Day 3 from the RNC, we go to:

Oshkosh - OshKosh Area School District will hold job fairs to fill vacancies in the district.

Suamico - A BayPort Music teacher wins prize from Manilow Project.

Wausau - A Wausau kid in running for best mullet of 2024.

Wisconsin State Representative of the 83rd Assembly District and Vice Chair of the Young Republicans National Federation, Nik Rettinger shares his thoughts on being a young republican in this political climate, the stigma behind it, how to recruit more young republicans and the youth at the RNC.

The Balloon Guy and professional balloon decorator, Treb Heining joins Spanning the State to talk about his unique and exclusive career as the sole balloon director for political conventions. He shares what it takes to do this job, what help he received to blow up the balloons, why it's more stressful than the Superbowl and what's changed since his first RNC in the 80s to now.

Fabulous Farm Babe, Midwest Farm Report Pan Jahnke is back on the show. Today she talks to Kristin and Brian about the republican policies that are impacting farmers both negatively and positively here in Wisconsin. They break down the farm bill, immigration, supreme court rulings and other big issues plaguing the farming industry.

Katie Kingsbury head of Opinion at The New York Times talks to Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan about her work sourcing, writing, and managing this portion section for the esteemed newspaper. They pull back the curtain on how to navigate opinion, the amount of fact checking involved, and who gets to share different op-eds on their platform.

Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan broadcast live from the Panther Arena for day two of the Republican National Convention. They first check in with Steve Scaffidi and do a debrief of how his first day was. Then they chat with former congressman Scott Klug to talk about his experience at the RNC. Kristin and Brian also share some history tidbits about the Panther Arena. They later check in on the 14 big highlights of day one before talking to Trygve Olsen about the Lincoln Project and how he found a career in politics.