Tune in each Wednesday morning from 7-8 for The Big Question. Each week, we'll debate a hot-button issue with two guests of opposing viewpoints. You can take part in our online poll; archived poll questions will later be found below.
October 10, 2012
Guests:
-Josh Stearns, Journalism and Public Media Campaign Director, Free Press.
-Kevin Binversie, political blogger from Milwaukee."
-Lenny McAllister, conservative columnist and author, "Spoken Thoughts of an Amalgamated Advocate in Today's America."
September 26, 2012
Guests:
-Tom Giovanetti, President of the Institute for Policy Innovation.
-Raul Reyes, attorney and columnist in New York City.
September 19, 2012
Guests:
-John Nichols, Associate Editor of The Capital Times and Washington Correspondent for The Nation magazine.
-Owen Robinson, Columnist for the West Bend Daily News.
September 12, 2012
Guests:
-Steve Gunn, Communications Director of Education Action Group.
-Kristen Crowell, Executive Director of We Are Wisconsin.
September 5, 2012
Guests:
-Christian Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
-TBD
August 29, 2012
Guests:
-Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now.
-Steve Prestegard, editor of The Platteville Journal.
August 22, 2012
Guest: Jodi Jacobson, editor-in-chief of RH Reality Check.
August 15, 2012
Guests:
-Peg Lautenschlager, former Democratic Attorney General of Wisconsin.
-Dan Kapanke, former Wisconsin state senator from La Crosse.
August 8, 2012
Guest: Tim Hagle, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. He's also a faculty adviser to the University of Iowa College Republicans and the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.
August 1, 2012
Guest: Susan Johnson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at UW-Whitewater, and Director of UWW's Center for Political Science and Public Policy Research.
July 25, 2012
Guests:
-Mark Wilson, former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and principal of Applied Economic Strategies, LLC.
-TBD
July 18, 2012
Guests:
-LaDonna Pavetti, Vice President for Family Income Support Division at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
-TBD
July 11, 2012
Guests:
-Brad Bannon, President of Bannon Communications Research.
-TBD
July 4, 2012
Guest:Frank Farley, psychologist at Temple University and past president of the American Psychological Association.
June 27, 2012
Guests:
-Grace-Marie Turner, president, Galen Institute.
-Robert Kraig, executive director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
June 20, 2012
Guests:
-Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director, America's Voice.
-Stacy Washington, member, National Adivsory Council of the Project 21 black conservative leadership network.
June 13, 2012
Guests:
-Bryce Covert, Editor of the Roosevelt Institute's Next New Deal blog, and contributor to the Nation magazine.
-Daniel DiSalvo, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership and an assistant professor of political science at The City College of New York.
May 30, 2012
May 16, 2012
Guests:
-Jennifer Erickson, Director of Competitiveness and Economic Growth at the Center for American Progress.
-Peter Suderman, Senior Editor and Columnist at Reason magazine and Reason.com
May 9, 2012
Guests:
-Brian Schimming, Vice Chair, Republican Party of Wisconsin.
-Graeme Zielinski, Communications Director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
April 18, 2012
Guests:
-Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of RealClearMarkets.com.
-Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
April 11, 2012
Guests:
-Karen Etter Hale, Executive Secretary for the Madison Audubon Society.
-TBD
April 4, 2012
Guests:
-Tony Gibart, Policy Coordinator at the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
-Nik Clark, Chairman and President of Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
March 28, 2012
Guests:
-Grace-Marie Turner, President of the Galen Institute.
-Igor Volsky, Health Care Policy Editor for ThinkProgress.
March 21, 2012
Guests:
-Rob Walther, Senior Adviser for Energy at Third Way.
-Kenneth Green, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
March 14, 2012
Guests:
-Matt Rothschild, editor of "The Progressive" magazine.
-Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow for South Asia in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation.
March 7, 2012
Guests:
-Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress.
-Romina Boccia , Research Coordinator at the Roe Institute of Economic Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
February 29, 2012
Guests:
-Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
-Thomas Farr, Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University.
February 22, 2012
Guests:
-TBD
-TBD
February 15, 2012
Guests:
Horace Cooper, member of the Project 21 black leadership network, a legal commentator and an Adjunct Fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research.
David Orentlicher, professor of law and co-director of Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University.
February 8, 2012
Guests:
Josh Barro, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and regular contributor for National Review Online.
Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good, Institute for Policy Studies.
February 1, 2012
Guest: Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of the "Inside Michigan Politics" newsletter.
January 24, 2012
Guests:
-Mike Franc, Vice President for Government Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
-Judd Legum, Vice President for Communications and New Media at the Center for American Progress.
-Tom Giovanelli, President, Institute for Policy Innovation.
-Margie Omero, President, Momentum Analysis.
August 31, 2011
Guests:
-Christine Bremer-Muggli, attorney with Bremer & Trollop Law Offices in Wausau and a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
-Keene Winters, financial planner from Schofield and coordinator of the Center-Right Coalition of Wausau.
August 24, 2011
Guests:
-TBD
-TBD
August 17, 2011
Guests:
-Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
-Walter John Chilsen, former Republican State Senator from Wausau.
August 10, 2011
Guests:
-Scot Ross, Executive Director, One Wisconsin Now.
-David Blaska, former Dane County Supervisor and author of "Blaska's Blog."
August 3, 2011
Guests:
-Virginia Zignego, Communication Director for Pro Life Wisconsin.
-Sara Finger, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health.
July 27, 2011
Guests:
-TBD
-TBD
July 20, 2011
Guests:
-TBD
-TBD
July 13, 2011
Guests:
-Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
-Jim Presswood, Federal Energy Policy Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
July 6, 2011
Guests:
-John Currence, chef/owner of City Grocery Restaurant Group in Oxford, Mississippi.
-Elizabeth Karmel, executive chef of Hill Country BBQ in New York City.
June 29, 2011
Guests:
-Bob Dane, Spokesperson for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
-Mary Giovagnoli (JEE-oh-vuh-NO-lee), Director of the Immigration Policy Center at the American Immigration Council
June 22, 2011
Guests:
-Jack Norman, Research Director at the Institute for Wisconsin's Future.
-Keene Winters, a financial planner in Schofield and coordinator of the Center-Right Coalition of Wausau.
June 15, 2011
Guests:
-Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
-Brian Fraley, Communications Director, MacIver Institute.
June 8, 2011
Guests:
-Stan Cox, Senior Scientist at The Land Institute and author of "Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air Conditioned World."
-Arthur Diamond, Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; he wrote a conference paper entitled "Keeping Our Cool: In Defense of Air Conditioning."
June 1, 2011
Guests:
-TBA
-TBA
May 25, 2011
Guests:
-Barbara Lyons, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life.
-TBA.
May 18, 2011
Guests:
-Ethan Pollack, Senior Policy Analyst for the Economic Policy Institute.
-Ryan Ellis, Tax Policy Director for Americans for Tax Reform.
May 11, 2011
Guests:
-Nik Clark, Chairman and President of Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
-Ladd Everitt, Communications Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
May 4, 2011
Guests:
-Matt Rothschild, Editor and Publisher of "The Progressive."
-John Sharpless, Professor of History at UW-Madison.
April 20, 2011
Guests:
-Jay Heck, Executive Director of Common Cause in Wisconsin.
-Donald Pridemore, Republican State Assembly Representative.
Guests:
-Maria Cardona, Democratic Strategist with Dewey Square Group.
-Nicole Kurokawa Neily, Executive Director of the Independent Women's Forum.
April 13, 2011
Guests:
-Brian Fraley, Director of the MacIver Institute.
-Joe Wineke, former state Senator and former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
April 6, 2011
Guests:
-Louis Molepske, Jr., Democratic State Representative from Stevens Point.
-TBD
March 30, 2011
Guests:
-Rick Esenberg, Visiting Professor of Law at Marquette University. He writes the Shark and Shepherd blog.
-Ed Fallone, Associate Professor of Law at Marquette University.
March 23, 2011
Guests:
-Alan Kuperman, Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
-John Guardiano, a writer and analyst who focuses on political, military, and public policy issues.
March 16, 2011
Guests:
-Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth.
-H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis.
March 9, 2011
Guests:
-Brian Fraley, a Director at the MacIver Institute.
-Scot Ross, Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now.
March 2, 2011
Guests:
-Brian Schimming, Vice Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
-Mike Tate, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
February 23, 2011
Guests:
-Rick Badger, Executive Director of Wisconsin AFSCME Council 40
-Daniel DiSalvo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, City College of New York
February 16, 2011
Guests:
-Mark Pocan, Democratic State Representative from Madison.
-Glenn Grothman, Republican State Senator from West Bend.
February 9, 2011
Guests:
-John Nygren, Republican State Representative from Marinette, and sponsor of the auto insurance legislation.
-Ed Vopal, President-Elect of Wisconsin Association for Justice.
February 2, 2011
Guests:
-Brian Fraley, Director of the MacIver Institute.
-Scot Ross, Executive Director, One Wisconsin Now.
January 26, 2011
Guests:
-John Nichols, Political Blogger and Washington Correspondent for "The Nation," and Associate Editor of "The Capital Times."
-Brian Schimming, Former Political Director of the Wisconsin Republican Party, now with Midwest Strategy Group.
January 19, 2011
Guests:
-Shannon Nelson, program associate for Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group.
-Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute.
January 12, 2011
Guests:
-Robin Vos, Republican state Representative from Burlington.
-Mark Pocan, Democratic state Representative from Madison.
January 5, 2011
Guests:
-Bill Smith, President of the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council and State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business.
-Dan Rottier, Chief Operating Officer of the law firm, Habush Habush & Rottier, and past president of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.
December 29, 2010
Guests:
-Brett Healy, President of The MacIver Institute.
-Bob Peterson, Founding Editor of "Rethinking Schools" and a 5th-grade teacher in the Milwaukee School District.
December 22, 2010
Guests:
-Mark Mix, President, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
-Phil Neuenfeldt, President, Wisconsin ALF-CIO.
December 15, 2010
Guests:
-Chistopher Beam, political reporter for Slate magazine.
-Les Bernal, Executive Director of Stop Predatory Gambling.
December 8, 2010
Guests:
-Robert Murphy, Economist, Institute for Energy Research.
-Brendan Moore, founder, Autosavant.com.
December 1, 2010
Guests:
-Nicholas Roth, Policy Analyst and Washington Representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists
-James Carafano, Senior Research Fellow for National Security at the Heritage Foundation
November 24, 2010
November 17, 2010
Guests:
-Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
-Bill Richardson, charter member, "The Great Train Robbery".
November 10, 2010
Guests:
-Chris Ahmuty, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin
-Joe Leibham, Republican State Senator, Sheboygan.
October 27, 2010
Guests:
-Frank Harris, State Legislative Affairs Manager, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
-Gary Biller, Executive Director, National Motorists Association
October 13, 2010
Guests:
-Steven Soifer, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
-Morris Davis, Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
October 6, 2010
Guests:
-John Nichols, Political Blogger and Washington Correspondent for The Nation, and Associate Editor for The Capital Times.
-Philip Blumel, President of U.S. Term Limits
September 29, 2010
Guests:
-William Bainbridge, President and CEO of the SchoolMatch Institute, Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Dayton, and former school district administrator
-Mike Schmoker, education consultant, former school district administrator and author of "Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning"
September 22, 2010
Guests:
-Jon Entine, sustainability consultant and author of "Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics in Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture
-Eric Hoffman, biotechnology policy campaigner for Friends for the Earth
September 15, 2010
Guests:
-Scot Ross, Executive Director, One Wisconsin Now
-Brian Fraley, Director, the MacIver Institute
September 8, 2010
Guests:
-Anthony Randazzo, Policy Analyst and Director of Economic Research at the Reason Foundation
-Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation
September 2, 2010
Guests:
-Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute (Was not reachable during the program)
-Ed Turzanski, Professor of Political Science, La Salle University. Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
August 25, 2010
Guests:
-Edward Fallone, President, Wisconsin Stem Cell Now
