Hey, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin was thrust into the national spotlight in August of 2020 after the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake. Three nights of deadly rioting followed. Senator Ron Johnson visited Kenosha one year later and talks to a business owner who watched his family owned business of 40 years burn to the ground. He also talks with Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.

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The Joseph Project is a program co-founded by Senator Johnson to connect people with jobs. One of the most powerful parts of the training happens when former participants come back to talk about lessons learned with new classes. In this episode, Sen. Johnson talks with Beth, Anthony and Curt about their successful transition into the workplace after many years on a path of crime, addiction and prison.

In honor of November being National Adoption Month, this episode features a conversation with Nicole Craig. The Craig family of Green Bay first met Sen. Johnson in 2014 after the adoption of their daughter Grace was held up for years by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nicole made six trips to Washington D.C. to advocate for the release of 1,200 adopted children, including Grace. Sen. Johnson talks with Nicole about the fight to bring Grace home and her assimilation to her forever family and life in America and Wisconsin. Nicole says adoption was one of the hardest things her family has ever done, but the blessings have been immeasurable and the sky’s the limit for Grace!

It's been a busy two years for the senate in this 115th Congress from tax reform to rebuilding our military and a record setting number of judicial confirmations. In this episode, Senator Ron Johnson reviews the many accomplishments including the signing of his signature bill, Right to Try.

"He doesn't stop. He doesn't give up." That's what President Trump said about Sen. Ron Johnson's effort to get Right to Try passed into law. On May 30, 2018 President Trump finally signed the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act into law, surrounded by the families the law is named after.

From an Ivy League student studying Arabic to a Marine twice deployed to the Middle East to a staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the same time Sen. Johnson served on that committee, Congressman Mike Gallagher & Sen. Johnson discuss their shared Wisconsin roots, national security interests and lessons from President Eisenhower.

It's not everyday you attend a birthday party for a 101-year-old. But that's exactly where Sen. Johnson sat down with James "Maggie" Megellas to talk about his remarkable life during World War II becoming the most decorated officer in the history of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Maggie talks about leading from the front, liberating a concentration camp, and why freedom is worth fighting for. Learn more about Maggie's service and the effort to get him a Medal of Honor at medalformaggie.com

Sen. Johnson talks with Chaplain Ray Slatton and Ann Micholic, Vice President of Human Resources at Kolbe & Kolbe about bringing the Joseph Project to the Wausau area and how they are helping make connections for people looking for meaningful work and employers looking for dedicated employees.

Sen. Johnson invited Oconomowocs’s Lauri Badura as his guest for this week’s State of the Union address. The two have been working together for years on ways to combat the opioid epidemic. Here’s a podcast they recorded last spring about those efforts.

Sen. Johnson held a hearing this week based on a new report detailing cases involving Medicaid fraud and how the Medicaid program has contributed to the opioid crisis. After the hearing, Sen. Johnson sat down with one of the witnesses to further discuss the issue. This podcast features a conversation with Sam Adolphsen, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability and former Chief Operating Officer for Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Sen. Johnson & FCC Chairman Ajit Pai discuss how to expand a free and open internet.

Sen. Johnson & Oconomowoc mother Lauri Badura discuss the epidemic that took her 19-year-old son’s life

Sen. Johnson spent time with students from seven different Wisconsin high schools during the April recess, addressing everything from college affordability to whether pineapple is an acceptable topping for pizza.

Sen. Johnson sat down with his colleague from Montana last week, Senator Steve Daines, to discuss their private sector experience, gray wolves and the costly burden of federal regulations.

This week, hear Sen. Johnson ask for unanimous consent for his bill to provide terminally ill patients a chance to try and save their lives.

In Milwaukee County alone, 109 heroin-related overdose deaths were reported in 2015. During National Heroin and Opioid Awareness week, take some time to listen to the stories of those who have been touched by this epidemic. This episode of Sen. Johnson’s podcast “Hey, Wisconsin” is a rebroadcast of the episode “ Broken lives, broken families”.

This week, hear Sen. Johnson lay out the realities of Obamacare being a massive consumer fraud at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.

This week hear a Wisconsinite on Milwaukee’s The Mark Belling Show tell his story of working with the federal government.

This week, Senator Johnson answers questions from a group of students from Oconomowoc High School.

Sen. Johnson speaks to Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel about the heroin epidemic.

This week, Sen. Johnson discusses the threat to Americans from ISIS in a conversation with Mark Belling.

This week Sen. Johnson spoke on the Senate floor about the need for his whistleblower protection bill.

This week Sen. Johnson appeared on The Jay Weber show to talk about the Clinton email probe.

This week listen to Sen. Johnson’s speech at Amerifest, a patriotic celebration in Pewaukee.

This week on “Hey, Wisconsin” listen in to a hearing Sen. Johnson held on renewing communities and providing opportunities through innovative solutions to poverty.

This week on “Hey, Wisconsin” listen in to a rally held on the Capitol lawn advocating for Right To Try legislation.

This week Sen. Johnson sat down with Milwaukee’s Pastor Jerome Smith from Greater Praise Church of God in Christ to discuss The Joseph Project Wisconsin and how the program connects those seeking employment to employment opportunities around Wisconsin.

On this week’s episode of “Hey, Wisconsin” Sen. Johnson continues his chat with Vicki McKenna. They cover how they met and what makes Wisconsin different.

This week Sen. Johnson sat down with Wisconsin radio talk show host Vicki McKenna to chat about why she enjoys e-cigarettes and what the FDA e-cigarette regulation could mean for vape shops and their customers.

Sen. Johnson introduces his new podcast "Hey, Wisconsin" and explains why he's in Washington, even though the walleye are biting on Lake Winnebago.