This week I'm doing a two part special on Blues Cruise and Two For the Blues featuring Samuel Charters. Unlike other shows broadcast in this series, … [Read More]
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Blues Radio Specials This Week
Friday night's Blues Cruise will feature Bobby Rush. Bobby got his start as a bluesman playing Chicago clubs in the 1950s. His big break came with … [Read More]
Chicago Jazz on Strictly Jazz Sounds
Chicago jazz is the theme for this Thursday’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds from 2-5pm. Host Steve Braunginn presents an offering of musicians who … [Read More]
Boombox the Lockdown Anytime!
Now you can enjoy all the music played to Boombox the Lockdown in just one archived show file - that's 5-1/2 hours of excellent, diverse tracks chosen … [Read More]
Specials on Blues Cruise & Two For The Blues This Week
Two For the Blues will feature Bobby Blue Bland this Saturday night starting at 8 PM Central time. This show originally aired April 3, 2004. Bobby … [Read More]
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Local law enforcement leaders condemn murder of George Floyd
Image courtesy Madison365's Facebook livestream In a virtual town hall this morning, Dane County law enforcement officials publicly condemned the … [Read More]
Wisconsin Elections Commission Votes to Mail Absentee Ballot Applications
Photo from Element5 Digital on Unsplash. Yesterday the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to send absentee ballot … [Read More]
Madison War Dead, 1965-1967
Madison in the sixties. Our Vietnam casualties. Part one. 1965 Marine staff sergeant Roscoe Ammerman, thirty- seven, becomes the first … [Read More]
State moratorium on evictions expires
Yesterday, a moratorium on evictions that Governor Evers signed into law in March expired. The order was passed to prevent landlords from evicting … [Read More]
Dated technology, infrastructure delaying Wisconsin unemployment claims
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has faced criticism for long delays in delivering unemployment … [Read More]
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Children in Immigrant Detention Centers and #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd
Today on the show, we cover two extremely important and timely topics. First, we hear from Reveal journalist Aura Bogado about her recent reporting on family separation at the border and children held in immigrant detention centers during the … [Read More...]
The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
For today's show, Thursday host Allen Ruff is in conversation with historian Peniel Joseph about his new book, The Sword and the Shield, on the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black liberation struggle they both … [Read More...]
Facing the Pandemic in Prison
Throughout the pandemic, prisons have been one of the hardest-hit spaces for inmates and staff alike, with high rates of infection and minimal to no proper protective equipment or access to adequate hygiene. Back in April, Cook County Jail in Chicago … [Read More...]
Tamra Oman’s 17-years of criminal and social justice reform
In this month's edition of the ExPO series, Jerome Dillard talks with Tamra Oman, a human services program coordinator (the first Peer Role in a correctional setting in Wisconsin) at the Wisconsin Resource Center; a mental health treatment facility … [Read More...]
