Wide Awake in 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 just for everyone for long into the future. Listen in to hear Sara tell the story of how the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health became Em...

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: BadgerCare Expansion , Family Caregiving, and the Healthy Women, Healthy Babies Proposal. Then, Sara will share a closer look segment with Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health's own H...

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, voting safely, and police brutality. Next, Sara talks with Jenny Higgins, PhD, Director of the new UW CORE - Collaborative for Reproductive Equity . Dr. Higgins...

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 and shares moments from interviews with Senator Tammy Baldwin, Tia Murray, Tamara Thompson, and more! Bria also takes this time to share Sara's voting checklist once...

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 that allows you to inform and inspire your own contacts to vote this year. Sara also reminds listeners to request your absentee ballots to vote from the safety and comfort of your home this year.  This episode also features helpf...

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. Support the show

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 of uprising and movement yet again.  We find ourselves calling for deep change in our society and with more momentum and longevity than we've seen in a long...

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 prevented positive, proactive bills that can help improve the health, safety, and economic security of Wisconsin women from being taken up and passed into law. Sara also identifies what it's going to take to ever be able to ad...

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. Sara sits down with healthcare providers Dr. Amanda Schmehil, Dr. Emily Buttigieg, Kathy Rozema, Dr. Jasmine Zapata, and Michelle Watkins to discuss how the pandemic h...

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 look at policies that the State Legislature could take up and pass in a special session to provide some much needed help at this time. Policies like Medicaid E...

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 regarding Rape Kit testing , Universal Changing Stations , and finally an executive order on Redistricting . The episode wraps up with a Focus Forward on the 2...

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 a peek at 3 important policies impacting women in Wisconsin: " Personhood " Laws, the Tampon Tax, and Automatic Voter Registration. This episode wraps up with a Focus Forward that encourages listening to attend the 2020 Wisc...

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 . Sara also gives a peek at three important policies impacting women in Wisconsin: Pelvic Consent Legislation or the Patient Privacy Protection Act, pharmacists prescribing contraception, and testing of sexual assault kits. This epi...

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 important policies impacting women in Wisconsin: Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage in Wisconsin, Breastfeeding Workers Rights legislation, and and the "Choose Life" bill to invest funds in fake...

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 jails and prisons. Sara also gives a peek at 3 important policies impacting women in Wisconsin: the Wisconsin Family Medical Leave Insurance Act (FMLI), Wiscons...

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