This week the gang keeps its run of returning guests going with Gabe Yeager from Downtown BID #21 and Milwaukee-based photographer Samer Ghani to talk about all of the work done to highlight Milwaukee - and our City's arts, culture, and civic pride - as part of the National COVID-19 Memorial and the inauguration events last week.

Mac and David take on Bernie mittens (00:43); Mac's experience hosting Ex Fabula's Re-Imagining Milwaukee online event (3:40); Samer and Gabe join to chat about arts and culture's role in highlighting our City during national moments of reflection (14:37); That time last week when Rachael Maddow's producers slid into Samer's DM (23:50); No longer content with being the underdog (26:36); The role of arts and culture in institutional life (32:59); Don't Hibernate, Celebrate Safely and MKE It Local Winter Activations (45:14); How does Milwaukee unify in 2021? (55:02).

Samer Ghani: https://www.samerghani.com/ (Web) | https://www.instagram.com/samerghani/ (Instagram)

Gabe Yeager: https://www.milwaukeedowntown.com/ (Downtown BID #21) | https://www.milwaukeedowntown.com/experience/blog/out-hibernation-massimals-mke-are-here (Massimals!) | https://www.mkeitlocal.com/ (MKE It Local) | https://www.milwaukeedowntown.com/bid-basics/community-projects/road-democracy (Road of Democracy)

Audio Transitions: https://soundcloud.com/shonnhinton/milwaukee-strong-featuring-the-milwaukee-all-stars ("Milwaukee Strong," featuring the Milwaukee All Stars)

S210 Ephemera

https://www.lightthehoan.com/ (Light the Hoan)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKP_k_qnoce/ (Samer's IG story with video from MSNBC)

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2021/01/20/milwaukee-bucks-mascot-represents-wisconsin-during-biden-inauguration/4237973001/ (Bango in the Parade Across America)

https://youtu.be/C-qYgs_yOXA?t=22634 ("Pursuing the Vision," Tia Richardson, Parade Across America)