8 O'Clock Buzz

Hannah Mortensen from Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin talks about their upcoming “Lanterns for Peace” event on August 7th from 6:30 to dusk at Tenny Park, to remember the 77th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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In a recently published article in Nature Communications entitled “Neurotoxic amyloidogenic peptides in the proteome of SARS-COV2: potential implications for neurological symptoms in COVID-19“, co-author Nicholas Reynolds, fellow at the the La Trobe institute for Molecular Science in Melbourne, Australia, talks with Jan about the similarity between brain effects of long-term COVID and amyloid aggregates in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s patients. Their early basic-science studies could lead to better understanding and potential treatments.

A lay-person summary of their research can be found at the Institute for Public Accuracy.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr Alvin Thomas and Dr. Logan Edwards sit in and talk with Dane County Circuit Judge and Senior Pastor at Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church Everett Mitchell about his story, his candidacy for State Supreme Court, and how to change the world starting in your community.

More on Pastor Mitchell: https://www.christthesolidrock.com/our-pastor-1 and his work as a judge and election campaign: https://www.judgeeverettmitchell.com/about-judge-mitchell 

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Since the 1980s, zebra mussels have starred as one of the main villains for the Midwest Great Lakes area, coating pipes and gunking up shipyard marinas with their prolific appearance. These invasive species have wreaked havoc on the natural environment and cost both the U.S. and Canada billions of dollars to reign in the damages. And here to talk about the strategies for managing this ecological nuisance is Christine Keiner, Chair for the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

 

The Conversation | The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause big problems

 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Ciara Nash Brings The Art To Hawthorne Library

For some time now, the Monday Buzz has been bringing you the exploits of the Madison Public Library’s various artists-in-residence. We’ve heard from a variety of visual, performing, literary and multimedia artists who have set up camp in the Bubbler Room of Madison’s Central Library. The Bubbler program has recently started to reach beyond downtown and out into the neighborhood libraries as well. Edgewood College art therapy graduate Ciara Nash works in acrylics and graphic design and currently serves as the artist-in-residence at Hawthorne Library, on Madison’s near east side. Ciara Nash joined the Monday Buzz on August 1, 2022.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin SNAP Leaves Many Out

First created in 1939 by the Roosevelt Administration as a way of simultaneously keeping people from starving and coping with food surpluses during the Great Depression, the U.S. Food Stamp program has gone through a long evolution and many changes. Now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by the federal government and FoodShare in Wisconsin, the system still fails many in need. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism takes a hard look at Wisconsin’s FoodShare program in their new “Beyond Hunger” series.  Wisconsin Watch Managing Editor Dee Hall and Editor Erin Gretzinger joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on August 1, 2022.

 

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Author Ada Calhoun talks with Liz DiNovella about her most recent book, “Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me“, giving personal insight into her father, “New York School” poet Frank O’Hara. O’Hara was the center of poets and artists from the 1950’s and 1960’s who ushered in a lusty new gay sensibility–urbane, witty, obsessed with all forms of culture from Russian ballet to the trashiest Hollywood movie.

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Guest host Liz DiNovella talks with Emily Mills, former editor of Our Lives magazine, Wisconsin’s LGBTQ publication, freelance writer, and musician. Their conversation covers abortion rights, queer rights, action that can be taken since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, as well as Act 10 in retrospective discussion.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr Alvin Thomas, and Dr. Logan Edwards:  Dr. Tiffany Green, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Population Health Sciences Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Co-Chair the Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance of Dane County joins us to talk about racial disparities in health, women and families in Dane County; in the second half, Dalvery Blackwell, Co-Founder and Executive Director of African American Breastfeeding Network joins us from Milwaukee to talk about improving infant and maternal health with breast feeding and birth support for African American mothers

More on Black Maternal & Child Health Alliance of Dane County: https://www.bmcha.org/

Dr Green’s CV and contact information: https://pophealth.wisc.edu/staff/green-tiffany/ 

More on African American Breastfeeding Network: http://aabnetwork.org/ 

More information on Dalvery Blackwell and her history from Wisconsin Public Health Association: https://www.wpha.org/general/custom.asp?page=dalveryblackwell

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Stan Cox, Senior Scientist at The Land Institute, recently wrote and article in The Nation titled “War is Not and Excuse to Ignore Climate Change“, where he says the country is at a “T”, with the opportunity to make significant changes to greenhouse gases and lead the world — or to bend to the money of fossil fuel industry.

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