Stu Levitan looks back at the civil rights news and an existential threat to local urban renewal in April 1964.

The Madison area is blessed with a wide variety of weekly and monthly dairy marketing publications and resources, both public and private. These publications are vital to dairy farmers and cheese manufacturers. Bert and Pete take a good look at the history of dairy publications and their value to the farmers and cheese manufacturers today in this week’s edition of The Milkweed.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Full house: Floyd joins Mel and Smarty Pants!; Old guys discuss surgery; Space travel tales; White House manipulating time and space??; Measles at Ft. Bliss; The “joys” of coal mining; Overachieving sperm donor in the Netherlands; Adventures with AI; The great Swedish moose migration; And other random topics; Notice something missing? We had to remove the music from the podcast version of Mel & Floyd. For the complete experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-fi while listening to this podcast!

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This Spring, Fred and Germaine Pidgeon have reason to celebrate. On May 3, the Friends of Powers Bluff are hosting a Spring Gathering and Homecoming at present day Powers Bluff County Park in Arpin, Wisconsin, also known as Skunk Hill or Tah-qua-kik. This area was originally home to the Potawatomi, Ho Chunk, Ojibwe, and Menominee People. After years of work by the Pidgeons, the land is being preserved, and this will be celebrated with presentations, walks, crafts, and giveaways.

The Pidgeons tell host Esty Dinur about the historical and traditional importance of this land, the generations of Native children from this area who were taken and put into boarding schools, the Religious Crimes Code of 1883 that forbade Indigenous people from practicing their traditions and religions, the goblin ferns that grow there, the work of cataloging the burials at Sunk Hill, and the harmony they want to build in the world.

Later in the show, we’re also joined by Paul DeMain who talks about all the environmental protections that Trump is ending through executive orders and threats to the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and many more.

Featured image: a map of petroforms on Skunk Hill, courtesy of Fred and Germaine Pidgeon.

Marlisa Condon joins the Buzz to talk about reviving the East High Booster Club and supporting student athletes beyond uniforms.

DANEnet hosts an Earth Day electronics recycling event with secure data wiping and safe reuse of tech gear.

Dr. Mariel Barnes examines how Trump’s brand of masculinity shapes culture, politics, and gender violence on today’s Friday Buzz.

On the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz, Ankur Malholtra shares his picks for the best music events happening around Madison the next week.

On this episode of Cardinal Call, hosts Oliver Gerharz and Ted Hyngstrom talk to the Daily Cardinal's Editor-in-Chief Frankie Pica and Managing Editor Ava Menkes about the Cardinal's Spring 2025 Action Project, Uncertain Horizons: Immigration in Wisconsin. They discuss the stories in the issue including a photo essay on immigrant students, a local choir, and the Fulbright program.

A crowd of people rallied on UW-Madison’s Library Mall today as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Ed.

Their demands: that UW-Madison leaders make a plan of action to resist the Trump administration and give union leaders a seat at the table.

Image courtesy: Maria Segura / WORT News.