Latest Boondoggle Podcast Episodes
Introducing WPR Reports: Mapped Out
Derailed - September 25, 2021 06:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsFrom the team that brought you "Derailed," subscribe to hear "Mapped Out," a new, six-part series debuting in September that will give the lowdown on Wisconsin's redistricting past and let listeners know what the next set of maps could mean. Subscribe at "WPR Reports" wherever you get your podcasts.
Bonus Episode
Derailed - November 26, 2019 20:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsBecause the story of "Derailed" happened over the course of decades, there's a lot there, and a lot we didn't get to. Some of it, like Gov. Jim Doyle's role in ending the train, is still discussed today. Other stuff, like the 2016 Olympics connection, seems to have been lost to history. Here are ...
Lame Duck, The Olympics And The Future Of High-Speed Rail
Derailed - November 26, 2019 14:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsBonus Episode
Episode 6: Times Change
Derailed - November 13, 2019 20:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWhen former Gov. Tommy Thompson decided to return to politics in 2012, he was walking into a Wisconsin that was as divided as ever. The game had changed, and Thompson had to play by a new set of rules. That meant a new take on some of his old positions, including the train.
As Politics Evolved, Wisconsin’s Train Was Along For The Ride
Derailed - November 13, 2019 14:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsTimes Change
Episode 5: Going Nowhere
Derailed - November 06, 2019 20:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsBefore Gov. Scott Walker canceled the high-speed rail line that would have connected Madison to Milwaukee in 2010, Wisconsin bought two trains from a Spanish company named Talgo. The story of these trains is messy. And in a way, they're the physical reminder of the debate Wisconsin had almost a ...
Years After Rail Saga, Wisconsin’s Talgo Trains Sit Idle
Derailed - November 06, 2019 14:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsGoing Nowhere
Episode 4: The Fast Train
Derailed - October 30, 2019 18:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsWhen Wisconsin rejected $810 million in federal stimulus money for high-speed rail, the money was redistributed to other states. California got the largest chunk to go toward a rail line connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles, a project that is still ongoing.
The High-Speed Rail Debate Persists In California
Derailed - October 30, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsThe Fast Train
Episode 3: Boondoggle
Derailed - October 23, 2019 18:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsIn 2010, Democrats controlled everything, from the White House, to Congress, to the governor's office to the Wisconsin state Legislature. Republicans were pushing back, and the Tea Party was in full swing. But something was changing in American politics and in Wisconsin — and Scott Walker used th...
As Political Winds Change, Walker Uses Train To Seize The Moment
Derailed - October 23, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsBoondoggle
Episode 2: Every Single Dime
Derailed - October 16, 2019 18:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsAlmost a decade after it was first unveiled, the Great Recession and President Barack Obama's federal stimulus bill gave Wisconsin's plan for a high-speed rail line new life.
Wisconsin’s Stimulus Rail Funding Grew From The Great Recession
Derailed - October 16, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEvery Single Dime
Episode 1: Tommy's Train
Derailed - October 09, 2019 18:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsEven if you remember that it was Gov. Scott Walker who wanted to kill the high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, there's a chance you don't remember who started it. It wasn't Walker's Democratic opponent in 2010, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Or the governor before Walker, Democrat Ji...
Wisconsin’s High-Speed Rail Saga Was Decades In The Making
Derailed - October 09, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsTommy's Train
Coming Soon: Derailed
Derailed - September 23, 2019 22:00 ★★★★★ - 224 ratingsIn 2010, Wisconsin got a federal grant to build a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee. Derailed is the story of how the rail project came together, how it fell apart and how Wisconsin changed along the way.
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