Brutal Wisconsin

04/07/2025

Ep. 219: News Update: July Fourth Edition

This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss the rise in alcohol-related liver disease deaths in Wisconsin, Ron Johnson's opposition to the increased Medicaid tax, and a Republican-proposed bill intended to expand access to treatment over incarceration for the mentally ill people who arrested for low level crimes.

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20/06/2025

Ep. 218: : Welcome to the Dystopia

This week Kent and C.J. stick to the news and discuss wildfire smoke, facial recognition technology, and Derrick Van Orden being a horrible person.

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06/06/2025

Ep. 217: Harry Houdini Part VI: The Demise of a Legend

This week Kent and C.J. discuss the ongoing assault on our democracy, the wildfire smoke hanging in the air, and Aaron Rodger’ signing with the Steelers. For the main topic, they discuss the events that lead to Harry Houdini’s death.

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23/05/2025

Ep. 216: Harry Houdini V. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This week Kent and C.J. discuss upcoming cuts to BadgerCare, a death in the Milwaukee County Jail, and the online community that helped sow the seeds of the ALCS shooting. For the main topic, they discuss the beginnings of the feud between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini over Spiritualism.

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16/05/2025

Ep. 215: Hannah Dugan and Civil Disobedience

This week Kent and C.J. discuss the evils of the Trump administration, alongside a pair of palate cleansing paranormal tales.

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25/04/2025

Ep 214: Harry Houdini Part IV: Houdini and Spiritualism

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the practice of police in rural Wisconsin of dropping unhoused people off in cities with no support and Aaron Jones’ return to the City of Green Bay for the NFL draft. For the main topic they discuss an article Harry Houdini wrote about his debunking of Spiritualist séances.

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18/04/2025

Ep. 213: Harry Houdini Part Three

This week C.J. and Kent talk about the Army Corps’ plans for Line 5, Brett Favre's political designs, and DOGE's impact on Americorps. For the main topic they continue to discuss Harry Houdini, this time focusing on his aviation pioneering, escape from a dead “sea monster”, and his role in training American soldiers during World War One.

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28/03/2025

Ep. 212: Harry Houdini Part Two

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the Social Security Administration’s compassionate allowance program and Elon Musk's election sweepstakes. For the main topic they discuss some stories from Harry Houdini’s early life.

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21/03/2025

Ep. 211: Harry Houdini Part One

This week C.J. and Kent talk about the lack of transparency in police misconduct as well as Robin Vos considering holding off deciding on the budget until after a court case about an Evers veto. For the main Topic they discuss a brief overview of the life of Harry Houdini.

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14/03/2025

Ep. 210: GOAT and Mothman

This week C.J. and Kent discuss GOAT, the Wisconsin version of DOGE, the Supreme Court election, and some tales of Mothman.

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28/02/2025

Ep. 209: Surrealism in Wisconsin: Art as Subversion

This week Kent and C.J. discuss an anti-trans bill and the lies of a $5k check from DOGE. They also discuss Surrealism and the ways in which art can be a form of resistance.

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21/02/2025

Ep. 208: Surrealists of Wisconsin Part Two: Lorine Niedecker

This week Kent and C.J. discuss Evers’ Budget proposal and the way in which it attempts to account for federal spending cuts, they also discuss Elon Musk's involvement with the upcoming election. For the main topic, they discuss the surrealistic poetry of Loraine Niedecker.

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