Madison Book Beat host Stu Levitan sits down with Jonathan Kasparek, author of a new biography of the Wisconsin Senator Bill Proxmire, Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2019).

Jonathan Kasparek is assistant professor at University of Wisconsin- Waukesha. He’s the author of Fighting Son: A Biography of Phillip F. La Follette, and co-author of Wisconsin History Highlights: Delving into the Past and Voices & Votes: How Democracy Works in Wisconsin.