Timothy Thering is an Associate Professor of History at UW-Waukesha.   Professor Timothy Thering hosts Paul Buhle, retired lecturer from Brown University, Professor Michael Gordon of UW-Milwaukee and labor cartoonist Mike Konopacki for Beer, Cheese, Brats, Unions:  Wisconsin Labor History Then & Now an exploration of the significant role Wisconsin workers played in the labor history of the nation.  Panelists will compare this past with the current political and economic conflict that has once again thrust Wisconsin into the national spotlight.