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WORT 89.9FM Madison · ShaH Evans and DJ Pain 1 To Play “Your Lunchtime Live” Series

The Vice President and founding member of the Urban Community Arts Network (UCAN), ShaH Evans, joins Friday Buzz host Dylan Brogan to talk about his upcoming concert as part of the Downtown “Your Lunchtime Live” series.

(Images courtesy of ShaH Evans and The University of Wisconsin Madison)

On day four of a nine-day march from Milwaukee to Madison to pressure Democrats to move forward with a plan for licensing and citizenship for 11 million people in the reconciliation budget, Armando Ibarra, author of the “The Latino Question” and Director of the U.W. School for Workers, talks about what this march means and how you can join in on June 27th — from the east side to Goodman Community Center — and June 28th — from Olbrich Gardens to the Capitol.

Of Chuck Collins’ recent book, Senator Bernie Sanders says “book reveals not only the inner workings of the elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality.” In that book, “The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Spend Millions to Hide Trillions”, Chuck Collins talks about the “silver spoon oligarchs” — families of mega wealth in the U.S. who take advantage of an inadequate tax system and a wealth defense industry to hide wealth for generations and cheat society from the benefits of this money.

In the 1950’s, individuals who wanted to change their sex were considered “delusional” by the medical community. Seventy years later, medical providers are still struggling to understand and relate to issues of trans patients, according to stef shuster, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of the recent book “Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender“. The book documents the anxieties of medical providers in understanding trans patients, and provides suggestions on how they can better relate to this group of patients.

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Liv Froehlich, Program Manager from FairShare CSA Coalition joins us to talk about how FairShare connects consumers to farmers and Routes to Roots, their easygoing (and COVID-safe) summer long Bike/Drive/Walk self guided fundraising tours of Madison-area farms and community gardens.

More on FairShare CSA and Routes to Routes: https://www.csacoalition.org/routestoroots-tours

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr Damita Brown (in exile) …

Developer and Advisor Sean Anderson and board member and long-time educational advocate Barb Alvarado from Milestone Democratic School, a school designed by youth for you, join us for an update on their efforts to change education in Madison after their first year open (virtually).

More on Sean and Milestone Democratic School: https://milestonedemocratic.org/

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With Father’s Day just past, Brandeis University classical scholar Joel Christensen joins us once again to offer some reflections on what ancient Greek epics offer us on the topic of Fathers and Sons.

“Odysseus with an aged Laertes” Theodoor van Thulden, Free Art License, via Wikimedia Commons

 

In 2020, when the federal Department of Revenue tried to distribute billions of dollars in stimulus payments under the CARES act, it ran into a problem.  As many as 25% of American households — over 24 million people — do not have their own checking or savings account.  These households had to wait several weeks for a paper check, if they got one at all.  Even if they got a check, they had to rely on expensive check-cashing services to see the benefits of the stimulus package.  The lack of affordable financial services helps keep millions of Americans mired in poverty.  One possible solution, as proposed by New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand, would be to allow the U.S. Post Office to provide basic banking services at a low cost.  Terri Friedline is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan.  Also joining us is Ameya Pawar, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Chicago and a senior fellow at the Economic Security Project.

On June 17, Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to recommend a 2021-2023 biennial budget that includes 3.4 billion dollars in tax cuts and very little of the new spending proposed by Governor Tony Evers.  The financial bill highlights the stark contrasts in political philosophy and priorities between Republicans and Democrats.  The state got some unexpected good news earlier this year, when revenue projections came in much more strongly than anticipated, due to strong sales and corporate tax revenues, not to mention an influx of federal aid related to the COVID pandemic.  Jason Stein is the research director for Wisconsin Policy Forum, and he joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on June 21, 2021.

WORT 89.9FM Madison · New Local Newsletter Puts the Reader First

Founded by Sam Hoisington and Hayley Sperling, Madison Minutes is a new weekly newsletter that brings a breath of fresh air to the local news scene.

Friday Buzz host, Dylan Brogan, is joined by Sam to talk more about the newsletter.

 

(Images courtesy of Sam Hoisington and Madison Minutes)