WisPolitics Capitol Chats

About WisPolitics Capitol Chats

WisPolitics Capitol Chats provides political insights from political movers and shakers around Wisconsin in about 10 minutes. Quality interviews brought to you each week by the reporting team at WisPolitics.com.

Publisher

WisPolitics

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Dec 2020

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

345 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   Capitol Chats: Strategists Zepecki, McCoshen break down Tuesday's election in Wisconsin

   On this week's "Capitol Chats," Republican strategist Bill McCoshen and Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki break down the state and national factors that handed Wisconsin Democrats their first trifecta in 16 years (and two more U.S. House seats), discuss what Democrats will choose to do with that newfound power, and predict Republican soul-searching after Tuesday's blowout.

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Capitol Chats: How a Wisconsin focus group is feeling about next week's midterms (excerpt)

   This week's "Capitol Chats" features an excerpt from WisPolitics-State Affairs' Oct. 15 polling summit. Hear from Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin and pollsters Amanda Iovino and Jesse Klein about Iovino and Klein's survey of voters ahead of next week's election, including how voters feel about the political parties, the president, and Wisconsin's gubernatorial candidates. You can watch the full polling summit here and read WisPolitics' coverage of the summit here.

3. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Voting patterns expert John Johnson says blue cities seeing voting bump with in-person ballots

   On this week's "Capitol Chats," voting patterns expert John Johnson discusses the first day of early, in-person voting data from across Wisconsin as well as mail-in absentee ballot counts from preceding weeks, and breaks down what it could mean for the November election. Johnson is a research fellow at Marquette University Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education.

Who has been a guest on WisPolitics Capitol Chats

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dale Schultz
• Christian Phelps
• Duke Tucker
• Bill Hanna
• Josh Schoemann

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

93,603

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

82

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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