This is a spirited conversation with author Dr. Ashley D Farmer on her newly released book Queen Mother, Black Nationalism, Reparations, and The Untold Story of Audley Moore. It is an inspiring read and a thought provoking study of a life lived with purpose, critical thinking and love. Take time to learn what has been kept from too many of us.

Ashley Farmer is an award - winning writer, researcher, and cultural analyst who explores Black History and its implications today. Her ideas and insights have appeared in Harpers Bazaar, NPR, The Washington Post and Teen Vogue. She is an associate professor at the University of Texas - Austin. Her first book: Remaking Black Power: How Black Women transformed an Era was shortlisted for numerous prizes.

Julian Brave NoiseCat's book We Survived The Night is set to be published on October 14, 2025, the Day after Indigenous People's Day. It's a most powerful weaving of historical and contemporary Indigenous life, mythology, personal accounts of family and community, and is profoundly moving.

Julian is a writer, filmmaker, powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker.  His first documentary, Sugarcane, directed alongside Emily Kassie, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, and was given the Directing Award in U.S. Documentary.

Celebrating and educating about local diversity, the Baraboo Acts Coalition has been working together for the past six years to create an open and affirming place where everyone thrives. Our guest is Marcy Huffaker who is co-chair of the coalition. Take a listen and be inspired. https://www.barabooactscoalition.org

Following the interview with Marcy, is an informative piece on possible high transmission lines traversing southwest Wisconsin counties. For more information contact: Rob Danielson at [email protected]

Ben Passmore is an Ignatz and Eisner award-winning author and political cartoonist and his graphic novel Black Arms That Hold You Up is a gripping account of Black history seldom told. It is introspective and challenging. The book is raw in its honesty and refreshing in its telling. 

A Conversation with Fatemeh Jamalpour. For The Sun After Long Nights by two acclaimed Iranian female journalists, depicts the oppression of ethnic minorities and particularly of women since the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom Movement. It was an honor to be given a glimpse into the courage and deep love of their homeland and their sisterhood. Co-authored by Nilo Tabrizy.

Elspeth Hay is a writer, creator and host of the Local Food Report, whose lifelong curiosity helped produce her new book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food.  Take time with this conversation as she unravels the stories of food scarcity and farming that have plagued us - and the hopeful remembrance of learning with and from the land and one another... and what can still be.

A conversation about reclaiming our collective values of love and caring with political and community activist, Ajak Johnson. Your can find her at Four Score and Twenty and at Badger Collective on social media.

Natalka Akulenko is a proud Ukrainian American. As her country remains invaded by Russia, she speaks of her people and her homeland with courage and love. And informs us the best ways to help. 

Debra Giilispie is the founder of Milwaukee’s Mothers Against Gun Violence. She advocates for the voices of survivors of gun violence, recognizing the healing evoked in telling their stories. This is a powerful telling of one mother’s love.

My guest is Paul DeMain. Paul DeMain is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, also known as Skabewis amongst the Ojibwe. He is a member of the Bear Clan and resides on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation and on Madeline Island in Northern Wisconsin. A former investigative reporter for the national publication News from Indian Country, Paul now days spends his time doing community and environmental advocacy work.