Rational Revolution

First, Earl expresses his frustration and confusion over the number of everyday union workers who are supporting Donald Trump. He goes over who the union's have historically voted for and points out the clear reasons why voting for Trump is anti union.

Then, education author Elizabeth Berkshire shares how voters in battleground states like Wisconsin are pushing back against efforts to weaken or privatize our public schools. And we’ll hear from Harris-Walz battleground director Dan Kanninen about the path to victory in his home state of Wisconsin.

After that, Leigh McGowan aka IAmPoliticsGirl joins the show to talk about her book "A Return To Common Sense", as well as the landscape over the next 36 days on Matenaer On Air.

The hour wraps with Mandy Kimes, Executive Director of the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce, talking with Todd about the history of the Little White Schoolhouse. One particularly fun story revolves around a community baseball game with team names of Democrats vs Republicans to raise money. The game even ended in a tie!

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Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and chair of the Republican National Committee from 2009 until 2011, Michael Steele joins host Mark Becker for this edition of Rational Revolution.

Michael, who still considers him a Republican because quote: “It pisses them off”, talks about the old Republican party, where he thinks it is and what conservative should mean, which is to “conserve prosperity”, and ultimately how republicans used to talk about inclusivity. What happened and how did the GOP become the version of itself that it is? And how do we get back to that? Michael dives in.

How do we take it back from them? This party is lost. So Mark asks can it be saved. Find out Michael’s answer.

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To begin this hour, we go to the Maggie Daun Show for her interview with historian and author Heather Cox Richardson to have a conversation about how we got to where we are today as a nation, the history of the founding of our country, and the issue of defending democracy. This is the first portion of a two part interview.

Then, the Todd Allbaugh Show has been covering the closure of 2-year UW campuses since the beginning of the debacle, and today, Ken Brosky joined the show to talk about it. He directed a documentary on it called CLOSURE, and there are some great moments in the discussion.

Following that, Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba is pleased to welcome legendary actress Charo to the show. Charo shares how excited she is to perform in Baraboo, Wisconsin and to try cheese curds. Charo shares where Cuchi-Cuchi came from and her times on The Love Boat.

To close out the week, the John and Gordy Show talk the Big Story on Thursday: That Wausau Mayor Doug Diny illegally removed the city’s ballot drop box, and posed for a photo while doing so.

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Kicking off this weekend's edition of Spotlight,  Jane, Greg and Calvin welcome Dr. Mara Karlin is a Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Department of Defense and represents National Security Action. Dr. Karlin joins the show to talk about the harm of Project 2025, the importance of NATO and why having qualified people in positions of civil service keeps this country moving forward.

Then, Donald Trump wants to bring back tariffs, but we’ve already gone down this road with him and it cost Wisconsin farmers dearly so Pat Krietlow shares his thoughts on UpNorthNews Radio. Plus, Trump wants to wield those tariffs individually, like a dictator, because he’d get to bully specific industries while dumping income taxes for the very wealthy.

After that, Bill Carroll- President of Wisconsin Teamsters Joint Council 39- joins the Dom Salvia Show. Wisconsin Local 39 of the Teamsters chose to endorse Kamala Harris. This, despite the national Teamsters organization refusing to give either major party candidate their endorsement. So why did the national Teamsters abstain from endorsing and why are Wisco Teamsters charting their own course? Tune in to find out.

Last for this hour, the Earl Ingram Show talks about a Republican plan to cut SNAP benefits and the hold up of the farm bill, Earl decides that he can no longer call conservatives "the right" when they are so clearly in the wrong.

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Returning guest Carlton Huffman joins host Mark Becker whilst awaiting landfall of Hurricane Helene to talk about what things have changed with the election since they last spoke, which happened to be when President Biden was the Democratic Nominee. Carlton says on the plus side for democrats he feels the odds are looking that they will retake the house of representatives.

Mark talks about his concerns if the GOP loses and wonders will we repeat January of 2021? Carlton describes how some rules have changed as a result of that event with Georgia as an example who now has to count each ballot by hand, county boards cannot certify the election if there are reasonable challenges to the results. Changes such as these will delay the results by weeks. 

During Mark’s Musings he wants to hear from you. What gets you through it each day ? What works for you? Email [email protected]

Rational Revolution with Mark Becker is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Saturdays at 2 across the network. . Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Rational Revolution with Mark Becker.

This week, Mark sits down with Harris-Walz State Campaign Manager Garren Randolph. Garren and Mark breakdown a statement for the Teamsters Joint Council 39. Mark talks his background with Garren, the Trump-Harris debate, and Harris agenda.

Former Congressman Joe Walsh joins the conversation. Walsh was previously a conservative politician but is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. Mark can’t help but ask: why the change?

Rational Revolution with Mark Becker is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Saturdays at 2 across the network. . Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Rational Revolution with Mark Becker.

This week, host Mark Becker sits down with US Representaive for the 2nd District in Wisconsin, Congressman Mark Pocan. They start their discussion with how he got into politics, the connections between Mark Becker’s family to Mark Pocan’s, and his LGBTQ+ activism. We get a nice breakdown of who is running and how they’re representing themselves from a Madison Politician’s point of view, speaking about their characteristics as a person beyond politics. This segues into the the popular question on everyone’s mind: The Presidential Debate, what are their thoughts?

Rational Revolution with Mark Becker is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Saturdays at 2 across the network. . Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Rational Revolution with Mark Becker.

This week Mark is joined by President of Gays Against Guns and Co-Founder of the Queer Liberation March, Jay W. Walker to discuss what they advocate and how people interpret the right to bear arms in the constitution.

The subject hits hard this week as the school year has just begun and already a shooting has taken place. Jay talks about how the organization began which was shortly after the Pulse Club Shooting in June of 2016 in Orlando, FL. So many people got together to stand in front of the club holding plaque of the victims and they continued to advocate since.

During Mark’s Musings he wonders when is enough going to be enough? Why isn’t it now?

Rational Revolution with Mark Becker is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Saturdays at 2 across the network. . Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Rational Revolution with Mark Becker.

Back in June, Mark invited Houa Utech onto the show. Houa who is a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist and Trauma Recovery Coach, Educator and Author, together with Mark shared personal stories of the abusive relationships they have been in and the paths they took to heal.

Her book, “The Unseen Wounds of Women”, is a collection of stories from real women who stopped people pleasing, tamed their shame and unlocked their “invisible cage”. You can find her book HERE.

While this episode is a replay, we feel it’s worth a second listen. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233. When you’re ready, they’re here to listen with confidential support 24/7/365.

Rational Revolution with Mark Becker is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Saturdays at 2 across the network. . Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Rational Revolution with Mark Becker.