Now that the dust has settled after the April 9 Israeli snap elections, Editor Emily Wurst and Sam take a deep dive into the country's successive challenge of building a governing coalition. The pair also take on the recent unrest in Venezuela and how its intra-state power struggles affect allegations of U.S. imperialism.

Read more about these topics on the WIRe:

Is Another Gaza War Inevitable?

Israeli Prime Minister and his Legal Woes

Guaidó V. Maduro: What Happened and What is Next?

Editor-In-Chief Becca Hanks joins Sam to chat about the results of the Israeli elections, the recent coup in Sudan and the continuing toil of Brexit. The pair also chat with Dr. Brad Barham of the UW-Madison Agriculture and Applied Economics department on the potential impacts of Donald Trump's tentative plans to cut off aid to the Northern Triangle.

Read more about these topics on the WIRe:

Is Brexit Going to do More Harm than Good? https://thewire.wisc.edu/2018/11/20/is-brexit-going-to-do-more-harm-than-good/

Israeli Prime Minister and his Legal Woes

https://thewire.wisc.edu/2019/03/23/israeli-prime-minister-and-his-legal-woes/

American Response Weakens as Venezuelan Migrant Crisis Worsens

https://thewire.wisc.edu/2018/11/06/american-response-weakens-as-venezuelan-migrant-crisis-worsens/

Join Alice and Jack for the second episode of Jack Teaches Alice About Space! For our second episode, we'll be discussing the recent issues with NASA's spacesuits that made international headlines just a few weeks ago. It's a dive into the history behind spacesuits and spacewalks, so we hope you'll enjoy the commentary and learn something on the way!

Host - Carter Thomson

Co-Hosts - Ameya Kulkarni, Noah Clark, Anthony Battaglia

Description: Amyea, Noah and Anthony join Carter to create a round robin mock draft where they each make a selection every 4 picks. Analysis for each pick, disagreement and crazy picks between the 4 as they select 32 players for the 2019 NFL draft.

Host - Carter Thomson

Co-Hosts - Jonah Malkin & Jonathan Mills

In episode 4 of The Student Section Jonah Malkin and Jonathan Mills join Carter Thomson to discuss the first round matchups of the NBA playoffs and dive deeper into who they think will come away with the series victory in the first round. All three then choose who they think will be the Final Four teams left standing in the Conference Finals.

Links:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26297350/everything-know-opening-round-2019-nba-playoffs

http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/matchups

In this episode of #Represent, we first talked about the upcoming live action Mulan movie and the debate of whether they would cast a Chinese actress to play the role of Mulan. We then talked about Sandra Oh's win at the Golden Globes for Best Leading Actress, and her role as Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy as one of the early Asian representation in popular culture. Lastly, we talked about Riverdale and why it's important to have diverse storytellers in Hollywood.

Memes: 

Nasa is looking for your hairline: https://bit.ly/2Lrd7Lu

High school teachers vs. College professors: https://ifunny.co/video/high-school-teachers-thev-re-not-gonna-baby-you-in-u8ru20uc6

Live Action Mulan Movie: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a19753568/disney-live-action-mulan-casting-news/

Riverdale's representation problem:https://www.bustle.com/p/riverdale-has-a-huge-representation-problem-despite-its-amazingly-diverse-cast-49201

Ross Butler Quote: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/01/136906/riverdale-reggie-mantle-ross-butler-interview

After one week apart, Nour and Matt are reunited to discuss their thoughts on Damian Lillard's incredible first round performance, the problem with the OKC Thunder, and the rest of the NBA Playoff picture before delving into some NFL Draft analysis and Game of Thrones "The Battle of Winterfell" predictions. Ciao, Jack.

Nour is joined by fellow WSUMer Peter Kolanowski and resident golf expert Sam Stekel to discuss Sam's incredible day at The Masters, Tiger Woods' comeback for the ages, observations and takes from the first round of the NBA Playoffs so far and more.

This week on The Amazing Specialist:

Ben and Izzi discuss Ben's trip to the south to experience Austin's South by Southwest! Izzi interviews Ben to hear the ins and outs of attending shows, films, and his various interactions with the performers.

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