Center Stage, with Milfred and Hands
Hosted by Hands and Milfred · Wisconsin State Journal
4.6from 24 ratings
- 136
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 24
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Center Stage, with Milfred and Hands
They're the "Click and Clack" of Wisconsin politics. Scott Milfred (https://madison.com/users/profile/scott%20milfred/), editorial page editor for the Wisconsin State Journal, and Phil Hands (https://madison.com/users/profile/phil%20hands/), the newspaper's political cartoonist, analyze the most important issues and debates from the Badger State with political independence and a sense of humor. Instead of tedious talking points from the left and the right, "Center Stage" broadcasts from the sensible center with audio clips from the Wisconsin Capitol, from State Journal editorial board meetings, and from political events across the state.
- Publisher
- Wisconsin State Journal
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 136 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Who will be Madison's next mayor?
21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mandela Barnes knows 'exactly what I’m up against'
14 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sara Rodriguez has 'always been on the front lines'
Inside a recent episode
Who will be Madison's next mayor?
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Obviously, everybody, I don't know about everybody. But she's very well known, having been mayor for eight years. Yeah. You know, I go back to the worst poll question I ever asked, which was, what was Paul Soglin's name recognition? Because just to find out that it was at 100 percent, you know, Mayor Rose Conway is probably sitting at a near 100 percent name recognition with the voting population. You know, she's accomplished a few really hard tasks. Like when you're talking about BRT, you love it or hate it. You know, we've been talking about BRT for almost 15 years and she got it done. The city has gone under an almost an unprecedented amount of housing development, almost 19,000 new housing units and the new men's shelter that's coming online. […]
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- Scott Resnick
- Mandela Barnes
- Sara Rodriguez
- Joel Brennan
- Francesca Hong
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 65
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Center Stage, with Milfred and Hands?
Hands and Milfred host the show. Published by Wisconsin State Journal.
How often do new episodes come out?
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