Up North Podcast

Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk about how the issues of rural Wisconsin should matter to everyone—especially certain big-city political types who keep writing off a big chunk of the state. Darin Von Ruden of the Wisconsin Farmers Union is a guest along with Kelly Westlund, who was the longtime northern Wisconsin representative for Sen. Tammy Baldwin—until last week when she announced her campaign for state Senate in the 25th District.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk about the Wisconsin Supreme Court conservatives locking in criminally rigged maps for another decade. Conservatives are also blatantly moving into book banning in places like the Wausau school district. And the Marathon County Board has solved racism—in their minds—by abolishing the committee working on a resolution to speak out against racism. In lighter news, can Pat make a newscast work on TikTok?

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk about how tough-guy conservatives lose their credibility when they lose their cool and encourage violence. They also talk to Kathleen Cooper and Tony Rio, two candidates who ran for the Oneida County Board, about the low blows and the high achievements when good people stand up to bullies and engage with their neighbors.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to John Bonifaz, president of Free Speech for the People, about the ongoing efforts in multiple states including Wisconsin to hold insurrectionists accountable for trying to undermine our elections.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to the outgoing mayor of Merrill about the creeping authoritarianism that’s being found at all levels of government—federal, state, and local. Chris Hambuch-Boyle of the Wisconsin Public Education Network talks about the wild rhetoric coming from right wing groups and school board candidates. And state Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler discusses the importance of not staying home during crucial local elections on April 5.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat debate their favorite counties. But first, the more serious topics of a US Supreme Court striking down new maps that were good enough for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and one of Kirk’s employees talks about reentering the workforce after a prison sentence—especially when one county refused to let him have a new path forward.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to Milwaukee lawyers Joe Goode and Mark Leitner about the federal lawsuit they filed against Senator Ron Johnson and Congressmen Tom Tiffany and Scott Fitzgerald for aiding the attempted presidential coup that culminated with the insurrection of January 6, 2021. Our guests first piece together the story on how these three defendants played their part in an orchestrated conspiracy, and then discuss why they think they can win this case.

 

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to attorney Mel Barnes of Law Forward and political analyst Joe Zepecki about the new political maps Wisconsin voters will have for the next 10 years. 

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to Shawn Phetteplace of the Main Street Alliance about being a small business alternative to the big corporate lobbying giant. And they discuss how Ron Johnson has helped Donald Trump undermine Ukraine over the years, leading us to the recent Russian attacks.

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Kirk, Sarah, and Pat talk to state Sen. Chris Larson about holding responsible the fake electors who tried to sabotage the 2020 election. Larson and WEAC president Peggy Wirtz-Olsen then discuss a new package of proposals to recruit and retain teachers in Wisconsin.

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