Funding for transportation projects has been a hot debate in the Governor’s state budget. Susan Schmitz, president of Downtown Madison, Inc. and Jerry Deschane, executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, joined guest host Denise Demarb on A Public Affair to discuss transportation. Last week, Soglin held a press conference on the transportation plan for […]
The Big Business of the American Healthcare System
The current healthcare debate has been overtaking the news cycle for a long time. Today we break down the debate and system with doctor and writer Elisabeth Rosenthal. Her new book, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back,” explains how we got to where we are today, and […]
Funky Monday Finale: Clyde Stubblefield All Stars Tonight!
From 1965 to 1970, self-taught drummer Clyde Stubblefield played with the James Brown Band, in the process inventing the syncopated foundations of funk, soul and hip-hop. By 1971, Stubblefield had settled in Madison, where for the next forty years he held court, playing weekly Monday gigs, first with the Clyde Stubblefield Band, then with the […]
Youth Job Center: getting teenagers skills to land and hold a job
The Madison Metropolitan School District and youth services nonprofit Briar Patch have teamed up to create the Youth Job Center, aimed at getting teenage kids the skills they need to land and hold a job. Joining 8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing to tell us more are MMSD’s Sarah Ouzonian and Briar Patch’s Youth Employment […]
Judge: Unabomber Has It Better! than WI Incarcerated Juveniles
In June, U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson condemned the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections for maltreatment of teenage inmates at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile detention centers. Calling the Department of Corrections “callously indifferent” to the welfare of its inmates, Judge Peterson noted that Ted Kaczinski, also known as the Unabomber, […]
Snark and Sweetness
This week on Mel & Floyd: Higher education is ruining America, the good old days when teachers could smoke, Earl Comstock: whale hunter lobbyist, Senator Jon Rohnson, Chinese gaffes, pimps in Brazil, nothing burger news, Catholic gluten and near wine, transparency of the border wall, selfie deaths, bird songs, American birthrates