On the podcast today, a profile on UW's new folklorist and ethnomusicologist, hip-hop scholar Dr. Langston Wilkins. Plus, an update on the mess in Congress, the first hints of Forward Madison's 2023 schedule and slighty improved COVID stats.

On the podcast today: an update on the Indigenous arts leader who turned out not to be indigenous, a bit on the recent Congressional shenanigans, and COVID stats remaining steady.

Longtime Madison leader Kirbie Mack joins the show today as one of our 52 Most Influential Black Leaders to tell her story and talk about new efforts with Blacks for Political and Social Action and the Madison schools.

A leader of Madison's Indigenous arts community was revealed recently to not be Indigenous at all. On the show today, we talk through how Kay LeClaire apparently deceived the community, how the deception was discovered and what it means. 

Longtime Milwaukee educator Dr. Stephanie Maney-Hartlaub, one of Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black leaders, joins the show today to give us an update on City Year Milwaukee and its efforts to provide opportunity’s for the city’s young people.

Libraries are becoming community centers, and Madison Public Library Teen Librarian Willie Glenn Sr is in the middle of that movement. One of Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders, he joins us today to talk about his work on the south side.

Kimyatta Ratliff, one of this year's 52 Most Influential Black Leaders, joins the show today to talk about ColorBold Business Association and her own entrepreneurial journey.

Alnisa Allgood, founder of Collaboration for Good (and several other ventures), joins the show today as one of this year's 52 Most Influential Black leaders. We discuss the role technology can play in the nonprofit world, the importance of connection and a lot more.

Willie Jude, vice chancellor of university advancement and alumni relations at UW-Parkside, joins the show today to talk about his journey back to Wisconsin after nearly two decades away. He's one of the 52 Wisconsinites highlighted on this year's list of the Most Influential Black leaders. 

Artist Kiba Freeman joins the show today as one of this year's 52 Most Influential Black Leaders. The Chicago native has been living in Stevens Point for more than 12 years and has a lot to say about art, community and how his children inspire his work.