Sentencing Disparities In Wisconsin, Johnson Controls On Paris Climate Talks, America’s Make Believe Democracy

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Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls has joined with other American businesses to try to take on climate change, just ahead of world climate talks in Paris. Our guest explains why it’s important for companies to get involved in taking on important issues. We also hear an argument that America’s democracy isn’t getting the job done, and we talk to the reporter who wrote the first installment in a new investigative series about circuit court judges, called WisconsinJustice.

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  • Investigative Series Looks At Sentencing Disparities In Wisconsin

    On Sunday Gannett Wisconsin Media kicked off a new investigative series called WisconsinJustice. We talk to the reporter who wrote the first installment, which looks at sentencing disparities in Wisconsin.

  • Wisconsin's Johnson Controls Heads To Paris To Support Climate Agreement

    Monday marks the first day of the world’s largest conference on climate change. Leaders around the globe are meeting in Paris for the next week and a half to try to come to an agreement on stemming carbon emissions and holding down rising temperatures.

    In attendance will be Wisconsin company Johnson Controls, which joined 80 other American companies in signing onto the Obama administration’s American Business Act on Climate Pledge. The company, based in Glendale, Wisconsin, sells products and services geared toward energy efficiency.

  • Lewis Lapham Says America's Democracy Is Make-Believe

    The 2016 election is projected to cost 5 billion dollars, more than double the price tag of the last presidential election.

    With so much money pouring into the election of our next president, Lewis Lapham questions if we can really continue to say the U.S. government is of, for, and by the people.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Judith Siers-Poisson Host
  • Amanda Magnus Producer
  • Galen Druke Producer
  • Eric Litke Guest
  • Clay Nesler Guest

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