Chronic Wasting Disease, (CWD) was first found in the Wisconsin White Tail Deer population in 2001. In this update, Perpetual Notion Machine host Robert W. Monthey welcomes Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Health Conservation Specialist, Amanda Kamps. Monthey and Kamps talk about the history of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin, and how the disease […]
Subtle Desi Traits, Episode 4: Sikh Genocide and American Education Sy...
On this fourth edition of Subtle Desi Traits, host Ankita Bharadwaj examines religious and racial supremacy in India and in the USA, as November 2021 marks the 37th anniversary of Sikh genocide in India *and* Native American Heritage Month. Ankita and their guests talk about one of the most deplorable historical events of free India […]
Fireside Chat with Will Williams and Allen Ruff
In our 10th or maybe 12th Thanksgiving day chat with Will William the phone lines light up as we talk about the historical wrongs of our nation, the things we are all thankful for, and the strange tradition of pardoning of white turkeys. Will Williams is a Vietnam veteran, a local peace veteran activist, and […]
Proposed assembly bill could terminate parental rights of incarcerated...
In this month’s ExPO edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz, Jerome Dillard talks with State Public Defender Kelli Thompson, Wisconsin Senate representative Lena Taylor, and ExPO representative Dwayne about a Wisconsin Assembly bill AB627 which will allow termination of parental rights of any individual having “substantial incarceration”. Usually reserved for an individual with potential threat […]
Digging into Foxconn with Lawrence Tabak
It’s been four years since Wisconsin inked a contract with Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn. The year was 2017, President Trump was in office, and then-Governor Scott Walker was running for re-election. After just months of consideration, Walker signed an agreement for Foxconn to come to southern Wisconsin — after all, Wisconsin was “open for business.” At […]
Thanksgiving Resistance Episode
On this month’s show—Thanksgiving. Essentially, why do we still celebrate this racist, colonial holiday? Thanksgiving perpetuates white supremacy and romanticized notions about Indigenous Peoples. To celebrate the current Thanksgiving mythology is to celebrate the theft of land through ethnic cleansing and enslavement. I interview three Indigenous guests who are pushing back at Thanksgiving through protest […]
