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June 03, 2024 European Union Adopts Artificial Intelligence Regulations
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On May 21, 2024, the European Council, which includes the heads of state for each of the members of the European Union, unanimously voted to adopt the Artificial Intelligence Act. The AI Act, which the European Parliament approved in March after years of debate, establishes the most comprehensive regulations on artificial intelligence technologies yet adopted. Because any company that wishes to market their product within the European Union must comply with EU regulations, industry analysts expect the legislation to have a global impact. Dragoș Tudorache has represented Romania in the European Parliament since 2019, where he has served on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age. Tudorache joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing to discuss the legislation.
Ioan Dragos TUDORACHE official portrait – 9th Parliamentary term
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19 min
May 30, 2024 Update on Gaza
Another week and more horrific stories from the ongoing genocide in Gaza as Israeli military forces continue their assault on Palestinian civilians. Jennifer Lowenstein, activist and freelance journalist, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about recent events there including the bombing of a refugee encampment resulting in 45 deaths, the Biden Administration’s backtracking of enforcing tougher measures against the Israeli government, and the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other top officials.
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23 min
May 30, 2024 Should You Stay or Should You Go
Definitely go to the Burr Oak tomorrow night, Friday, May 31, as Madison’s own The Dead Johnnys pay tribute to the English punk rock band, The Clash. Jim Goronson, one of the main members of the Madison band joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about their show and the musical odyssey that made the English punk pioneers a “clash-ical” act. Tomorrow night’s lineup includes The Blue Herons and the Broken Boards. This is your chance to rock the Casbah, or at least the Burr Oak.
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13 min
May 29, 2024 2024 GOP Megadonors — Who they are and where their money goes
It’s been 14 years since the Supreme Court opened the floodwaters of large, and highly unregulated, election campaign donations in the U.S. The Center for Media and Democracy’s Research Director, David Armiak, tracks some of these large donors, including Charles Koch and Wisconsin’s Richard Uihlein, and where their money goes and how it affects local and national elections.
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22 min
May 29, 2024 FTC: Corporate Greed of Grocery Chains Responsible for High Costs for ...
COVID has had long-term effects — not just health effects on some people, but also high grocery prices on everyone. Sulma Arias, Executive Director of People’s Action Institute, talks about a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report that shows how COVID resulted in business failure of smaller grocery suppliers, to the advantage of the large chains such as Kroger and Walmart, who have held consumer prices high for continued greed and record profits.
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20 min
May 29, 2024 Say Things Fearlessly
Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail featuring RR Moore and Lolo Lature, catching up on the latest trip to Vegas and it’s culture and opportunities, networking in the entertainment world, some of what’s going on this summer, and talking seriously about negativity attracting attention and child sexual relationships.
Coming up next week: summer youth programming and what’s coming up this month for Juneteenth and more!
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49 min
May 27, 2024 Queens of Destruction Showcases Women of Silent Film Comedy
If you think of classic silent film comedy stars, chances are your mind will turn to Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy or Harold Lloyd. But what about Florence Turner, Texas Guinan, Edna “Billy” Foster or Tsura Aoki? Men did not have a monopoly on early twentieth century slapstick humor. The next installment of Duck Soup Cinema at Madison’s Capitol Theatre features the “Queens of Destruction,” a new compilation of female comedians hell-bent on toppling gender stereotypes. Maggie Hennefeld joined the Monday Buzz by phone to tell us about these early pioneers of silent comedy. Hennefeld is a professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, and co-curated the “Queens of Destruction” program.
Photo: Still from Léontine s’envole, 1911, courtesy Duck Soup Cinema
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13 min
May 23, 2024 Could Presidential Election Hinge on Wisconsin’s Gaza Vote?
In Wisconsin’s April 2nd state presidential preference primary, over 47,000 citizens cast their ballot for “uninstructed” as a way to protest the Biden Administration’s unwavering support for Israel in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Reema Ahmad, today’s guest on the 8 O’Clock Buzz, talks with host Tony Castañeda about how important these “Gaza voters” are to Biden, and how his administration’s handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and position on military funding for Israel could cost him the November election.
Ahmad is a political strategist and the Campaign Manager for Listen to Wisconsin’s Uninstructed Campaign.
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27 min
May 23, 2024 Keeping the Blues Alive
Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda welcomes Madison Blues Society President Steve Porter onto the show in advance of the 2024 Chicago Blues Festival at Millenium Park June 6-9. The Society is hosting a bus trip to the free festival on Saturday, June 8, and there still are seats open. With an 8:15am departure and 12:30am return, you’ll be able to see and hear the entire day’s extraordinary lineup and travel there and back in safety and comfort with other blues lovers.
The Madison Blues Society has been “celebrating blues music in the greater Madison area” for most of the past 30 years, and makes it their mission to keep the blues alive. Becoming a member helps them bring great blues musicians to Madison and supports local musicians and venues that host live music, and ensures that you’ll always know about upcoming shows and bus trips.
Details, pricing and the schedule for Chicago Blues Festival can be found on the Madison Blues Society’s webpage, and information about the festival in general can be found on the Chicago Blues Festival homepage.
The thrill is definitely not gone.
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12 min
May 22, 2024 Remnant Alliance: Right-Wing Candidates Coming to a School Board Near ...
Steven Monacelli, Dallas-based freelance investigative reporter, has been reporting on the Remnant Alliance, a coalition of seven groups espousing “Christian Nationalism” — a doctrine to provide a ruling “privilege Christianity” in law, policies, elimination of the separation of church and state. This religious movement is grooming and funding right-wing candidates for local school board elections in Texas and other states to advance their religious governmental goals.
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21 min