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While former President Trump is on trial, President Biden is on the campaign trail. We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about how a jury has been selected for Trump’s case of election interference via business fraud. And Mark Jacob will talk about the media being chastised for saying too much about the identity of jurors—and we’ll chastise some media ourselves for their Biden coverage this week. Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Dan Schumacher

The people who coined the term “snowflake” sure are quick to have a meltdown when you call attention to their actual record. We’ll look at Eric Hovde’s attempt to deny his own words about nursing home residents, their pending death, and voting. There was also mock indignation from legislators who were at a fundraiser in Washington, DC instead of trying to find a way to clean up contaminated drinking water in Wisconsin. Guest: Keya Vakil

We’ll recap the latest episode of Top Chef-Wisconsin, where the “chef-testants” put a supper club spin on some high-end dishes you likely won’t see on a menu up north. Then, on Women Win Wisconsin, powered by Motherhood for Good, we take that supper club vibe on the campaign trail with another candidate who believes politics can be made less divisive one conversation at a time. Guests: Nicole Slavin, Danielle Scampini, Emily Tseffos

Wisconsin is one of only 10 states where Republicans still refuse to extend affordable healthcare coverage to families by using extra federal Medicaid dollars—and will soon be one of only two states not to allow new moms to be covered for health problems for up to a year instead of 60 days. We’ll ask Joe Zepecki to put on his “Protect Our Care” hat to explain what Medicaid is and isn’t. Guest: Joe Zepecki

In our Homeroom segment with the WI Public Education Network, we'll review a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum has some warnings about the sustainability of our state’s unique school funding system—one that relies on voters having to make up the difference when hostile politicians in the Legislature refuse to provide their share of support. Also, a member of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee reacts to the Republican no-show on the topic of cleaning contaminated drinking water. Guests: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Sara Shaw, Tip McGuire

Legislative Republicans ignore another special session call from Gov. Evers and continue to hold hostage $125 million to clean up contaminated drinking water in Wisconsin unless they’re allowed to limit how polluters are prosecuted. And in our weekly Climate Check, an update on the citizen-scientist project to monitor air quality in Beloit and gauge the significant challenge for cleaning it up. Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Brittany Keyes