Brutal Wisconsin

This week C.J. and Kent return from hiatus to discuss the news. They talk about both the Wisconsin and Federal Supreme Court rulings, the false elector scheme, and Viola Davis, a renowned female drummer from Wisconsin.

This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss the Evansville Tornado, Wisconsin ranking last in art funding, and updates to the gerrymandering of our election maps in Wisconsin. 

This week C.J. And Kent talk about some news including our state’s budget surplus, a new bridge in Superior that is the result of Biden’s infrastructure spending, and the inequitable state of Wisconsin’s present tax code. For the main topic they talk about the season ahead and the topics we will explore, as well as the theoretical lenses through which we will view this specific period of history within our state.

This week, Kent and C.J. discuss updates to the story of Joe Gow and reforms to prisoner’s property rights. They also discuss a Breitbart article that deceptively discusses a crisis in Whitewater that is due to an influx of immigrants in order to portray their presence as a part of a “flood” brought by Biden.

To ring in the new year Kent and C.J. stick to the news and discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling on our electoral maps and the GOP response, the mismanagement of PFAS remediation funds, as well as the UW Lacrosse Chancellor Joe Gow being fired for making pornography with his wife.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the UW System’s agreement to Vos’ terms on DEI, a program to pay for higher education for Indigenous people, the human cost of the Dobbs decision, and the resignation of a police officer accused of being an Oathkeeper. For the main topic they continue their discussion of Warren Chase’s The Gist of Spiritualism, this time focusing on his fundamental spiritual/religious ideas.

This week, C.J. and Kent discuss unions filing a lawsuit against Act 10, Wisconsin prisons, and the Christmas tree erected by the Church of Satan- along with the ire it raised among conservatives. For the main topic, they start a multiple-part series investigating the roots of spiritualism in Wisconsin and cover some of its history and one of its proponents, and an all-around cool dude, Warren Chase.

This week C.J. and Kent talk about the opening of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s hearings about our gerrymandered election maps, mental health in the UW system, and Evers’ use of an anonymous email. For the main topic they continue their discussion of Doveland, Wisconsin, a supposedly vanished town. They talk about some of the possible kernels of truth that have helped make this urban legend of the digital age, such as paper towns, Wisconsin’s missing people, and the association with Project Sanguine.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the sentencing of the woman who murdered her friend with Visine, bipartisan support of a pilot program exploring the use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms to treat PTSD in veterans, and UW System budget cuts due to the Republican's fight over DEI. Additionally, they discuss the neonazi group “Blood Tribe,” who marched on State Street recently to attempt an intimidate people

This week C.J. and Kent talk about the urban legends surrounding Doveland, Wisconsin as well as the much more real Project Sanguine, a plan by the US Navy to turn 40% of Wisconsin into a giant low-frequency transmitter. They also discuss Microsoft’s investment into the Mount Pleasant land originally meant for Foxconn, an order for the secret meetings regarding the impeachment proceedings against Justice Protasiewicz, and the rise in feral hogs in the state. 

This week C.J. and Kent discuss a new Menominee language center, PFAs in private wells, estimates about how much money legalized cannabis would generate for our state, and proposed constitutional amendments.

On this very special Halloween Episode C.J. and Kent discuss book bans, a guardian article about our gerrymandered state, and some Halloween spookiness.

This week Kent and C.J. discuss news, including book bans in Menominee Falls, the continuing attempts to impeach Janet Protasiewicz, a man who repeatedly brought a firearm to the Wisconsin State Capitol and asked to speak to Governor Evers, and an incident in which a woman assaulted a man with a knife in front of the Old Fashioned. For the main topic, they continue to discuss the Cult of the Black Snake, August Derleth, Michael Bertiaux, and Kenneth Grant.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the USS Milwaukee, Ben Shapiro speaking at UW Madison, racial inequity in Dane County, and supposed rites performed at Wisconsin lakes to summon Lovecraftian deities.

This week C.J. and Kent talk about the absurdity of recent Republican laws as well as the recent state and FTC lawsuits against Amazon. They also discuss Kent’s recent trip to Taliesin.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the warning of an election watchdog, the revival of the Hochunk language, and the flamingos in Lake Michigan.

This week Kent and C.J.talk about the recent happenings in the Wisconsin Supreme Court and legislature as well as the design and construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s first hearing, fines for Florence hardwoods, a company whose negligence cost a 16-year-old their life, and, in better news, Top Chef filming in Milwaukee. They also revisit a topic from a previous episode, the Beast of Bray Road, mainly because C.J. watched a really bad documentary about it.

This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss Cory Tomczyk, a Republican lawmaker who allegedly called a child an anti-gay slur at a public meeting, as well as Ron Johnson running cover for the Green Bay Sweep. They also discuss the life of Ada Deer, a trailblazer for Indigenous rights, as well as burials discovered on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.