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Green Bay is starting a Conservation Corps to provide work to unemployed residents. The city's mayor shares the details. We also hear about Beloit College's unique plan for reopening this fall. Plus, we catch up on the week in national politics.

With theaters still closed, a film critic discusses movies we can watch at home that illuminate different aspects of the generations of oppression Black Americans have faced. And we talk with a political science professor about the reporting on U.S. intelligence that Russia offered bounties to kill American troops in Afghanistan.

We talk about unhappiness in America, how to experience the emotion and move forward. Then we learn about how COVID-19 is making an already difficult process for college students in Wisconsin to vote even worse. And we look at a court ruling reinstating the state's stricter early voting requirements.

Both major parties say the federal deficit is a problem, but it keeps growing. We talk with an economist who says it might not be as harmful as with thing. We also talk about why more public health officials are leaving their posts. Plus, why a rail line in Plymouth lacks safety features at its crossings.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. We find out what their argument is and what a successful challenge would mean. A political scientist and judicial decision-making researcher breaks down the SCOTUS decision to invalidate a Louisiana abortion law. We also see what polling shows about Wisconsin's economy during the pandemic.

An investigative justice reporter informs us about millions of dollars' worth of government contracts that went to questionable companies for coronavirus tests and protective equipment. Then we talk with a professor of human development about materials that have been found to assist children of incarcerated adults. And we discuss the uptick in COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin and several other states.

A Wisconsin ice cream scientists walks us through churn-less ice cream-making on this week's Food Friday. Then we learn about a study showing a percentage of Black Milwaukee voters who didn't participate in April's election. And the Democratic Party announced it will scale back its 2020 nominating convention. We'll talk about how that will impact Milwaukee businesses.

Slowing down and reflecting can be a really good thing, our guest argues -- in ways we may never have done if not for the restrictions of the pandemic. And, the politics of bringing down statues and cyber protest are a few of the topics we'll discuss with a sociology professor interested in socio-political movements.

We talk with a journalist who's looked into the possible longer term work space changes that might come from the coronavirus pandemic's impact on people needing to work from home. And we look back to the AIDS epidemic in Wisconsin, and what can be learned from that pandemic. We also talk about political polling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The DNR is once again looking for original art to accompany its conservation funds-raising game bird stamps. We talk with the project's organizer about what they're after, and how the funds get used. And an art educator gives us some tips for bringing out our own inner artist. We also hear about a violent protest in Madison last night.