La Crosse Talk PM WIZM Podcast
1) Creating a Lansing blown bridge brew and reviewing the 2025 words of year with UW-L's Chergosky
A fun show brainstorming a new beverage to commemorate the 94-year-old Lansing bridge explosion, and recapping the 2025 words of the year with UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Che...Show More
2) Mac n Rick on Charmant sale to a billionaire — Wisconsin's richest woman — and what that could mean for La Crosse, plus a city admin update
Mac Kiel in studio with the latest update on La Crosse hiring a city administrator and the recent conversations around that, plus the sale of the Charmant to billionaire Diane Hendricks and what that ...Show More
3) Rivoli owner Jon Gelatt on hit YouTubers headed to La Crosse, never seeing It's A Wonderful Life and questionable Christmas movies
Rivoli co-owner Jonathan Gelatt in studio talking holiday movies, theatre etiquette, and some of the unique events they’re having this month, including the hit YouTubers, Found Footage Fest. The...Show More
4) Citizen Action's Robert Kraig on Wisconsin's dilemmas with data centers, energy and healthcare
Citizen Action of Wisconsin executive director Robert Kraig joins to discuss how the state should handle data centers and energy costs. We also talk healthcare at both the state and federal level, and...Show More
5) Civics vs. politics with UW-La Crosse political scientist Chergosky
We're back on La Crosse Talk PM with UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky, who helps us take a deep dive into civics vs. politics. Before we get to that, we had to reset afte...Show More
6) UW-La Crosse men's basketball coach JT Gritzmacher on 7-0 start, naming his kids, trading Giannis
The UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team has opened the season right where it left off last year, when it set a school record with 25 wins and got to the Elite Eight for the first time ever. Now, ...Show More
7) La Crosse County Board chair Tryggestad on taxes, SMRT bus funding, cost to plow snow
La Crosse County Board chair Tina Tryggestad in studio, discussing a slew of topics, including the cost to plow snow, having the fifth-lowest tax levy, regionalizing assets, funding the SMRT bus and u...Show More
8) Council president Dickinson on the bike lanes, parks, pools, city admin and more, as La Crosse Talk PM returns
City Council President Tamra Dickinson in studio as La Crosse Talk PM returns from about a year hiatus. On the show we discuss a crazy amount of things, including one of the two parks reopening, the C...Show More
9) UW-La Crosse political scientist Chergosky on Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, GOP's town hall retreat, reviving Kwik Trip-Culvers #CurdWar
UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio discussing optics of the Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting, media bias and why Republicans are now shying away from public ...Show More
10) Starting the #CurdsWar: Kwik Trip vs. Culver's, with UW-La Crosse’s Chergosky
UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, may have just sparked Wisconsin’s fiercest food fight — the Great Curds War between Kwik Trip and Culver’s. We kicked...Show More