Texas Johnny Brown will be the featured artist on Blues Cruise Friday night from 6-8 PM Central Daily time. Texas Johnny Brown was a blues vocalist … [Read More]
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Strictly Jazz Sounds Tribute Show 6/4/2020
On the Thursday June 4 edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds (2-5PM CDT) host Steve Braunginn has a special double feature. The 3:00 PM hour is a tribute to … [Read More]
June Is Black Music Month
The “LET’S STAY (IN) TOGETHER: A BENEFIT TO SUPPORT THE APOLLO” Live concert will kick off Black Music Month on Thursday, June 4, 7:30 pm ET … [Read More]
Blues Radio Specials This Week
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 … [Read More]
John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Week #10: Deadline Sun 5/31 with winner selection Mon 6/1! Each entry helps support Lennon Bus. Enter this week's STUCK AT HOME opportunity before … [Read More]
Latest News
Hosting an International Convention From Home: Two Organizers Discuss Bringing a Community Together
Flights of Foundry Online Convention is organized by The Dream Foundry, a non-profit dedicated to helping beginners in the speculative fiction … [Read More]
Community Healing as Protests Ongoing
During last night’s protest, attendees stood in silence for eight minutes to mourn the death of George Floyd. They congregated on the steps of the … [Read More]
New city mural program creates opportunities for unemployed artists
Up and down State Street, and throughout downtown, artists and creators have used plywood boards covering storefronts as canvases for their work. The … [Read More]
As Protests Against Police Brutality Continue, Governor Evers Voices Support of Legislation
In a video posted Tuesday, Governor Tony Evers asked the state legislature to immediately pass a bill that could change how much force a police … [Read More]
Madison in the Sixties – Vietnam Casualties, 1968-1969
Madison in the Sixties – Our Vietnam Casualties, part 2 1968 Army Private First Class Edgar Gerlach, twenty, a tank driver, is killed January … [Read More]
Latest Talk
The Threat of Fascism in America
Last week, President Trump signed an internet censorship order after one of his Tweets was removed for glorifying violence. Earlier this week, he threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against protesters. What can we make of this ongoing descent into … [Read More...]
The Crisis of Policing in America
As ongoing nationwide protests demand an end to police brutality, today we focus our attention on the crisis of policing in America. Our guests are Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton, activist scholars and co-editors of Policing the Planet: Why … [Read More...]
Reverend Hagler: Trump’s bible photo-op is Balsphemy
Reverend Graylan Hagler, Senior Pastor, Plymouth United Church of Christ (DC), Chairperson of Faith Strategies, labels as "blasphemy" the police assault on demonstrators of change and justice in front of the White House so Trump can hold up a bible as a … [Read More...]
Racial Justice Roundtable with M. Adams, Sabrina Madison, and Damita Brown
Since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis on Monday, May 25, there have been protests in cities all over the country demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality. Madison has seen daily protests taking place since … [Read More...]
