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The East High School Black Music Ensemble, Four Years On

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For four years, the Black Music Ensemble has given high school students a venue to study and perform music from the African-American tradition. The group meets for several hours of practice and workshops weekly, and performs between six and eight times a year. Host Jonathan Zarov speaks with founder Wilder Deitz about a fundraiser for […]

In Conversation with Comedian Hari Kondabolu

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Friday  host Jonathan Zarov speaks with comedian Hari Kondabolu about race and performing ‘honest comedy.’  Kondabolu is a Queens-raised, Brooklyn-based comedian and writer. He’s appeared on a plethora of late-night comedy shows, including Conan, Jimmy Kimmel, @mightnight, and the Late Show with David Letterman.  He was a writer and correspondent for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. He’s also the […]

MSU Professor Explains Betsy DeVos’s History On Education

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, having stayed mostly out of the news since her confirmation hearing last year, appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday. Policy scholars were not convinced that she understood the state of the nation’s schools. Mitchell Robinson is Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education at Michigan State University, and he joins the […]

Melanin Speaking Uplifts Students of Color

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Melanin Speaking is a UW student group dedicated to giving multicultural voices and students of color a platform and safe space to speak on issues relating to self, social identity, the UW campus and society-at-large. It’s a student run publication for graduate and undergraduate student artists. Accepting a wide range of content from poetry and […]

Reflecting on Ursula Le Guin’s Legacy

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Ursula K. Le Guin wrote spectacularly fantastic stories that transformed the world of speculative fiction, and her tales challenged traditional notions of gender along the way. She passed away this week at the age of 88. Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov speaks with Alexis Lothian, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, College […]

International Promoter Live Nation Acquires Madison’s Frank Prod...

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Madison found out this week that Frank Productions, the Madison-based independent promoter group, is being acquired by Live Nation, a large, international promotions company. Jonathan Zarov speaks with two music journalists about what this acquisition for Live Nation will mean for Madison’s music scene.  Dave Brooks is a Senior Correspondent for Billboard Magazine, and founder of Amplify. […]