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This week on Mel & Floyd: A Gathering of Viruses Discussing Us; Jared the Numbers Runner; Otherwise Brilliant Scientist Gets Magnets Stuck Up His Nose; Squirrels Threaten Mel’s Cap’n Crunch; Chali Subtly Cues the Break; Corona Virus Ironically Halts Production of Corona Beer; And Other Random Topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on […]
Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report with David Dayen
For the past few weeks, American Prospect editor David Dayen has been writing a daily report on COVID-19 called “Unsanitized.” Today, he joins us on the show to discuss the latest developments on the pandemic front, including the current death toll and confirmed cases in the U.S., financial hardships on everyday Americans, Congress’s stimulus bill […]
UW Printing Services Start Manufacturing Masks
Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Digital Publishing and Printing Services are shifting their resources towards making masks for health workers. The masks are delivered to the UW Hospital on Highland Avenue, which then distributes them to the UW Hospitals that need them. The pandemic has increased the demand at Madison’s UW Hospital for personal […]
Wisconsin National Guard Members to Work at Poll Sites
Due to the ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus, fourteen states and one U.S. territory have made changes to their upcoming elections, either switching to mail-only voting or postponing them entirely. Wisconsin is not among them. The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee have sued the state to postpone the upcoming April 7th election, […]
Lisa Murphy on WIC Misinformation on Social Media
In recent days you may have seen one of several posts on social media asking you to not go shopping from April 1st to April 3rd. The reasoning for this, the posts claim, is that benefits for the Women, Infants, and Children program are distributed on the 1st. But, others have pushed back against this […]
The American Economy Before and After Coronavirus
The United States was woefully unprepared for the novel coronavirus pandemic due to economic inequality, poor planning, limited state capacity, and an unequal healthcare system that has left millions of Americans vulnerable. That’s the argument of economic analyst Doug Henwood. He joins us on the program today to discuss the intersection of the pandemic and […]
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