Polling Sucks

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey · Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 1m

Steve Scaffidi and Kristin Brey discuss Canada’s push to expand citizenship through ancestry and ask listeners whether they’d ever consider moving or retiring abroad. They also tackle social media addiction and test out the Brick, a device created by UW-Madison students to help people stay off distracting apps. Later, Steve and Kristin ask whether political polling actually helps voters after another election cycle full of misses, discuss the role of focus groups, and highlight a troubling rise in fatal ATV and UTV crashes among older Wisconsinites. Plus, where do Packers fans rank among the…