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?

WSUM Presents: WIReCast Ep3

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/

WSUM Presents: WIReCast Ep 2

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!

WSUM Presents: Jack Teaches Alice About Space Ep. 2

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.

WSUM Presents: The Student Section Ep5

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

WSUM Presents: The Student Section Ep. 4

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

WSUM Presents: #Represent Ep. 3

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.

WSUM Presents: Friday Night Mics Ep. 3

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.

WSUM Presents: Friday Night Mics Ep. 2

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.    

WSUM Presents: The Amazing Specialist Ep. 1

Outline: Brie and Will introduce the core questions they hope listener participants will try to answer and share by way of Message on Facebook or by Email. 1. Short Re-Introduction to the topic and mission of PYB 2. Brie and Will share the core questions they hope listener participants will respond with their own thoughts about.  Our Facebook Page Link:  fb.me/PYBPodcast  Send us a Facebook Message at:   m.me/PYBPodcast. email us at: pybpodcast@gmail.com

WSUM Presents: Pick Your Brain Ep2

In episode two of The Student Section Asher Low joins Carter Thomson and Austin Urbach to dissect the Final Four matchups in this year's March Madness Tournament with thoughts on how each team can get to the finals and we make predictions on who we think will end up cutting down the nets.    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26401638/first-look-2019-final-four  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26411800/how-2019-final-four-teams-were-built

WSUM Presents: The Student Section Ep2

In this episode we start by talking about the film industry choosing to ignore Asian origins and how To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before defied that. We then transitioned into talking about “Subtle Asian Traits,” a meme page on Facebook that has overtaken the Asian community. Lastly we took a surface at the new Netflix Original Series Umbrella Academy and alleged racist Instagram posts on their account.  “Hi Welcome to Chili’s” vine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEGCAS8nCPU       To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before       Quote from Jenny Han about having Lara Jean portrayed by an Asian actress    https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/g22823381/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-movie-fun-facts/     Subtle Asian Traits    https://afinde-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/fb07036f-7bc7-49b5-80b4-26dad5dd6a57.jpg      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtle_Asian_Traits https://www.facebook.com/groups/1343933772408499/   Umbrella Academy    https://www.koreaboo.com/news/umbrella-academy-ellen-page-racism-ben-justinmin/

WSUM Presents: #Represent Ep 2

In this relaunch episode of the WIReCast, Editor Emily Janicik joins Sam Buisman to talk Brexit, Israeli elections and Mueller report. Sam also sits down with Jonathan Godinez, president of Latinx Badgers, to discuss Governor Tony Evers’ budget proposal to extend in-state tuition to undocumented residents of Wisconsin. 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/ Fake News and Foreign Policy  https://thewire.wisc.edu/2019/02/07/fake-news-and-foreign-policy/

WSUM Presents: WIReCast Ep1

WSUM Presents: Earthspeak Podcast Ep. 1

Join Alice and Jack for the first-ever installment of Jack Teaches Alice About Space! For our first episode, we’ll be running over the recent failure of a launch to the International Space Station, and how a “launch escape system” saved the lives on board. It’s a dive into the history behind it and hopefully learn about the launch escape system and everything that makes it a fascinating part of space exploration history.

WSUM Presents: Jack Teaches Alice About Space Ep. 1

NCAA March Madness Tournament Breakdown on how we got to the Sweet 16. Wisconsin loses round 1 to Oregon along with our Sweet 16 and Elite 8 picks leading into our Final Four teams.    http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/id/401123382 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJ9KV4cCXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZemoJGqLV0

WSUM Presents: The Student Section Ep. 1

Making sense of the Sweet 16 and NCAA Tournament, Why LeBron the ‘GM’ hurts his legacy and NBA Power Rankings, MLB Opening Day   After a brief hiatus, Nour Hatoum and Matt Bach are back at WSUM with the first episode of the Friday Night Mics Podcast to discuss the state of Wisconsin basketball, their thoughts on the NCAA Tournament so far, Ja Morant and Zion Williamson, and give their Sweet 16 picks before delving into an NBA MVP debate.Shout Out to Jack in Italia. Ciao.   Link to relevant topics:  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26371789/which-no-1-seed-fall  

WSUM Presents: Friday Night Mics Ep1

The goal is to build a relationship with listener-participants and start an ongoing and expanding Podcast community and conversation.  The target audience is across all ages, experiences, and identities (as many folks as are interested)!  Introduction to the topic and mission of PYB Co-hosts Introductions, Brieanna Harris and William Clifton Each Co-host interviews the other about why they are doing the show Co-hosts share with listener-participants their hopes and desires for them to also share their thoughts connected to the mission of the show, the impact in their lives and on their community.

WSUM Presents: Pick Your Brain Ep. 1

#Represent is a show where we talk about Asian culture and how Asians are being represented in the media. In this episode, we dive deep into the groundbreaking movie “Crazy Rich Asians” and the importance of Asian representations in Hollywood films, and how Asian family values are reflective of the Asian community. We also talked about Chinese New Year and how the show “Fresh Off the Boat” depicts Asian American families celebrating Chinese New Year in the Western world. Links to some of the memes and clips we talked about: Bae & Fam vine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVy1bzMOG8 Merry Chrysler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-Nu351j58 Crazy Rich Asians Trailers: https://youtu.be/ZQ-YX-5bAs0 Fresh Off the Boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TzZNdqSohU  

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