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Wide Awake in Wisconsin
As we counted down to the critical November 2020 election, we were proud to introduce a monthly podcast series to help voters appreciate how important state level policy making is. Each month, WAWH Executive Director and Founder Sara Finger gives listeners at peek at three key policy issues impacting women's wellbeing, a closer look at an important policy with special guests, and a focus forward with quick and easy opportunities to make a difference right away.
Episodes
16 episodes
A Closer Look at Embolden Wisconsin
In this special episode, Sara shares how after 20 years of direct policy work with the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health, it's now time to pivot to building the sustained community power needed to transform our communities to be healthy and...
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20:55
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SPECIAL EPISODE: A Closer Look at the 2021 Budget
In this special episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara returns after a long break to discuss the recently passed 2021 Wisconsin state budget. First, Sara will share 3 peeks at policy/state budget issues:
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42:25
A Closer Look at Studying the Impact of Policies with Dr. Jenny Higgins
In this final episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara takes a closer look into the three Special Legislative Sessions Governor Evers called to address important issues and how the GOP leadership failed to take up and discuss gun violence, voti...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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47:51
Best of Wide Awake in Wisconsin w/ Guest Host Bria Brown
This month on Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara takes a break and podcast producer, Bria takes over the episode to share some of her favorite moments from Wide Awake in Wisconsin so far. This episode pulls from several past episodes an...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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46:14
A Closer Look at Voting in Wisconsin
In this abbreviated episode, Sara discusses opportunities to increase voter turnout among Wisconsin women and introduces listeners to our peer-to-peer Outreach Circle app<...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:30
BONUS: Full Interview with Dr. Jasmine Zapata on COVID 19
In our May episode, we sat down with Dr. Jasmine Zapata to discuss the new reality of COVID 19. We found her interview so poignant that we decided to share the entire thing. As a reminder, this episode aired in May.
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Season 1
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13:36
A Closer Look at this Moment in the Movement for Black Lives
In this episode, Sara sits down with 4 Black women to discuss this moment in the overall Movement for Black Lives. After the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and Rayshard Brooks, we find ourselves in moment o...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:04:00
A Closer Look at the Missed Opportunities This Past Legislative Session
In this episode, Sara walks us through a "post mortem" of this past legislative session and helps listeners understand how the GOP majority in Wisconsin has ...
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39:34
A Closer Look at COVID-19 in Wisconsin w/ Healthcare Workers
In this episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara sits down with multiple healthcare providers on the front lines of COVID19 to give us a glimpse on what life and work has been like as the pandemic unfolds in Wisconsin and worldwide.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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33:38
A Closer Look at Maternal & Child Health w/ Tia Murray
In this episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, we are faced with a very different reality than we’ve previously known and Sara takes this time to discuss Governor Evers’ response to the coronavirus outbreak. In the Peek at Policy, Sara takes a loo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:50
A Closer Look at Paid Family Medical Leave w/ State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski
In this episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara Finger sits down with Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlweski to discuss Paid Family Medical Leave. Sara also gives a peak at 3 important policies impacting women in Wisconsin: a new policy reg...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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46:00
A Closer Look at the Public Charge Rule
In this episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara sits down with Megan Sprecher from End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin to discuss the Public Charge Rule. Sara also gives ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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34:12
A Closer Look at the 'Respect Women Act' w/ Representative Chris Taylor
In the third episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara Finger sits down with State Representative Chis Taylor to discuss her powerful legislation, the Respect Women Act<...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:35
A Closer Look at the Affordable Care Act w/ Senator Tammy Baldwin
In the second episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara Finger sits down with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin to discuss the the impact of the Affordable Care Act. Sara also gives a peek at 3 impo...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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43:47
A Closer Look at Shackling Pregnant Women in Wisconsin Prisons (ft. Tamara Thompson)
In the first episode of Wide Awake in Wisconsin, Sara Finger sits down with doula and maternal & child health advocate,Tamara Thompson to discuss the issue of and legislation regarding shackling pregnant and laboring women in Wisconsin jail...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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38:14