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Civic Media Spotlight

Civic Media is a pro-democracy radio network serving local communities in Wisconsin. Hear a sample of our best programming from the past week from across our statewide network. Listen Live: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Saturday Sunday

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CEOs are absolutely not worth that much(Hour 2)

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2024/09/04

CEO pay is out of hand. The agverage worker will need to work at least a half a dozen lifetimes just to even earn the amount one CEO does in a year. That is disgusting. Sarah Anderson, who directs the Global Economy Project has the receipts. And the GOP is just full of misogyny and cro-magnon thinking. Songs Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 Bjork - Human Behavior Joan Jett - Bad Reputation The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network

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Do they actually hear themselves (Hour 1)

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2024/09/04

JD Vance and friends seem to particularly enjoy saying weird and frankly offensive things when it comes to the role of women in their world. Vance seems to think that women would be happier making families instead of having the choice to do so or not. It turns out at least one woman has an issue with this line of thought... Songs Beyonce - Freedom Amy Winehouse - I'm No Good Don Henley - Dirty Laundry Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio

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22:10

The Tipping Point on Tips

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2024/09/03

Saru Jayaraman is the President and Co-Founder of One Fair Wage (OFW), a national organization, campaign and coalition fighting for a full, fair minimum wage for every person who works in America with Tips on TOP There are 14 million restaurant workers in the US Saru authored Behind the Kitchen Door (Cornell University Press, 2013), a national bestseller, Forked: A New Standard for American Dining (Oxford University Press, 2016), and most recently One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in

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45:30

I have a tip for ya… (Hour 2)

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2024/09/03

Saru Jayaraman is the President and Co-Founder of One Fair Wage and is working for a living wage for all people, especially tipped employees who are particularly vulnerable. Saru relates the origins of tipping culture and just how unfair and sometimes sexist tipping is. Kristin Alfheim is running for State Senate in the newly redisctricted 18th SD. She is currently on Appleton's Common Council and is looking to improve schools for children in a rational way. Songs Alicia Keys - Girl on

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The kids are back in school, make them some pasta...

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2024/09/03

Kids are back to school it is critically important that they come to school vaccinated. Dr Ben Weston is the Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County and reminds everyone of the importance of vaccines and the health risks involved. Chef Adam Pawlak begins our new "Yes Chef!" segment talking food and culture. Adam is the Chef at Egg and Flour Pasta Bar - a must visit. Maggie learns how to make pasta this time, but will have to report back. Songs Beyonce - Freedom Liz Phair - Why Can't

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Why you SHOULD take it personally: How Billionaire...

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2024/08/30

CHUCK IS FROM WISCONSIN He is the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer, the founder of the Oscar Mayer meat processing brand. Chuck gave away all of his money in his 20s and spent the next several decades studying inequality. He is the author of more than 10 books on inequality, wealth dynasties, the truth about billionaire philanthropy, climate and other topics He is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies. Guest: Chuck Collins

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2024-08-30 Maggie Daun Show (Hour 2)

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2024/08/30

For every dollar a billionaire gives to charity, we lose about 75 cents in potential tax revenue. This is just one of many things that billionaires do to shield their assets and their public perception. The problem is they do this at our expense. Chuck Collins explains the shell game. Teri Barr checks in to give us some magical Wisconsin sunshine. Songs David Sedaris - Oscar Mayer song Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything Dua Lipa - Break My Heart Go-Gos - Vacation The Maggie Daun Show

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How do you honor the fallen? (Hour 1)

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2024/08/30

Trump and campaign pushed an Arlington Cemetary worker aside in order to have a photo opportunity. The idea in and of itself is offensive, but in every opportunity they have pushed back and attacked the people criticizing them. This photo, by the way, is illegal to take. Fred Guttenberg's daughter was taken in the Parkland Shooting. He and his family have dedicated their lives to holding public officials accountable for gun control. One of these public officials is Derek Van Orden.

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The Truth About Corporate Resource Allocation (Hour 2)

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2024/08/29

How do billionaires become billionaires? Stock Buybacks. It is money allocated to shareholders simply for holding stock. While this in and of itself it not horrible, it does not add value to the company or the country. Bill Lazonick is an expert on stock buybacks and explains the situation with Maggie. Songs Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything MIA - Paper Planes Boz Skaggs - Lowdown David Bowie - Changes The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday

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How Billionaires Become Billionaires:Predatory Value...

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2024/08/29

Bill Lazonick is one of the world’s foremost experts on stock buybacks and corporate resource allocation. He is a professor emeritus of economics at University of Massachusetts, and a co-founder and president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Previously, Lazonick was an assistant and associate professor of economics at Harvard University and a professor of economics at Barnard College of Columbia University. Guest: Bill Lazonick

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Don’t Drive Angry (Hour 1)

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2024/08/29

County Executive David Crowley has signed into effect a data-driven plan to curb reckless driving - VISION ZERO. There is an epidemic of reckless driving in the county and they are trying a couple different ideas to see what actually works. You can look at the data at the MKE County dashboard. https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Department-of-Transportation/Complete-Communities-Transportation-Planning-Project/Motor-Vehicle-Collision-Dashboard Songs Beyonce - Freedom Liz Phair - Why Can't I

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Citizens United is still a bad idea (Hour 2)

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2024/08/28

Money is Speech and Corporations are People says the US Supreme Court. This decision opened the door to all sorts of corruption and dark money to buy our democracy. https://endcitizensunited.org/ Dr. Rahul Gupta, White House Director on National Drug Control Policy talks opioids and the issues with fentanyl. The vast majority of fentanyl crosses the border through legal crossings. If you or your loved ones have opioid issues, call 988. Songs Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything SNAP

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We Can’t Have Both: America’s Choice of Concentrated...

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2024/08/28

Tiffany is the President of End Citizens United, Let America Vote, and the End Citizens United/Let America Vote Action Fund. Since joining ECU, Tiffany has helped grow the group from a start-up to a nationwide organization with more than 4 million members and 1 million grassroots donors. Since its founding in 2015, ECU has raised over $200 million to help protect and strengthen democracy and has helped elect more than 600 democracy champions. Under her leadership, the group has made protecting the

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Shots Shots Shots EVERYBODY (seriously) (Hour 1)

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2024/08/28

Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of vaccine waivers for elementary schools in the country. Some are simple waivers and some are just not turned in. In our post-pandemic world, how can this be? Dark Money actors are coming to your neighborhood. Seriously, Turning Point Action, a 501c4 is sending hundreds of paid door-knockers to push their agenda. Songs Beyonce - Freedom Bananarama - Cruel Summer Janet Jackson - Black Cat Elastica - Connection The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the

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What does an actual elite have to say?(Hour 2)

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2024/08/27

As a Harvard, Stanford, McKinsey, and Silicon Valley alumnae, Maggie's guest, Scott Ellis’ bio reads like a who’s who of America’s elite institutions, but this seemingly prototypical (very) rich white man says that we are thinking about wealth all wrong and that it’s time for America’s wealthiest citizens to admit that sometimes enough is enough. He is even a founding board member of an organization called the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute. https://www.excessivewealth.org/ Songs Cyndi

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How Much is TOO Much? Excessive Wealth Disorder and...

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2024/08/27

As a Harvard, Stanford, McKinsey, and Silicon Valley alumnae, Scott Ellis’ bio reads like a who’s who of America’s elite institutions, but this seemingly prototypical (very) rich white man says that we are thinking about wealth all wrong and that it’s time for America’s wealthiest citizens to admit that sometimes enough is enough. He is even a founding board member of an organization called the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute. https://www.excessivewealth.org/ Guest: Scott Ellis

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It’s so hot I bet you forgot people work in this...

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2024/08/27

There are schools and prisons in Wisconsin that do not have air conditioning. No kids are learning and we do not torture people, but it is hard to retrofit old facilities. What do you do to stay cool when you cannot escape the heat? RFK Jr's siblings have denounced him publicly, embarrassed by his endorsement of Trump. By contrast over a dozen former White House Republican Officials are now formally endorsing VP Kamala Harris. Songs Beyonce - Freedom Specials - A Message to you

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It’s all about the money but what does that mean?...

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2024/08/26

Stephen Prince is an actual bootstrapped millionaire, and as such, he is advocating for taxing the rich more. It turns out that in a consumer economy, when the consumers have more money, the economy does better. As it also happens, greed is a thing. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/08/for-most-u-s-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-in-decades/ By the way, good luck getting Trump or Vance to articulate specifics on their already-proven-wrong economic policies. Songs Cyndi Lauper -

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What is RICH? (and when is $1,000 more than $1,000,000?)

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2024/08/26

Seventy-one percent of Americans think the economy is rigged in favor of the rich and against working people. In the debut episode of Maggie and the Millionaires TALK MONEY, Patriotic Millionaire Stephen Prince says they are right. Prince explains how politicians of both parties rigged the economy in favor of wealthy political donors like him and what everyday people in Wisconsin and around the country can do to fix it. Prince argues that if voters make MONEY the primary factor in casting their

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When they go low, point at them and laugh at their...

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2024/08/26

Every moment of joy at the DNC was matched by a scornful, hateful angry comment from the right. They were desperately clinging to spite in the face of happiness. Maggie and Bryan recap the angry and pivot toward the positive. Songs Beyonce - Freedom Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain Kids in the Hall - Nobody Likes Us Bobby Hebb - Sunny The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast

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