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This week on Mel & Floyd: A free-ranging ecumenical conversation followed by a film festival recap; A full load of appliance-related bills from the House GOP; Fantasies about Michelle Obama; Reasons for the teacher shortage; Tennessee cracking down on inbreeding; Antecedents to “Airplane”; Ongoing record-high temperatures; Moon moving further from Earth [out of embarrassment?]; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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On this year’s Mel & Floyd Film Fest Special, Smarty Pants ditches us for a smarty conference so Mel calls in Floyd and they set up shop in the lobby of the Bartell Theater. With a line up of 7 guests and 4 films, the funny boys do their best to stick to a script!





Joining us to kick off the show are 4 Star Video’s Lewis Peterson and the Wisconsin Film Festival’s Ben Reiser to tell us about the films they are excited about. 

We then talk with co-directors Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman about their thriller comedy Coup! This dark and deeply clear full-length movie tells the story of a rebellious servant who attempts to take over the home of his wealthy employer. Coup! is showing at 8:30pm on Friday, April 5th at The Barrymore.



We then have the exclaimed art critic Mary Louise Schumacher to talk about her film Out of the Picture which is debuting in the US during the festival. The documentary follows art critics as they embracing the changing landscape and the death of many smaller newspapers and magazines across the country. Out of the Picture is showing at the Chazen Museum of Art, Friday, April 5th at 8:15pm.



Next, director Nathan Deming joins the funny boys to talk about his short film February. The film is about a young Mexican man who struggles to settle into his new life in a small Wisconsin town, but then he discovers ice fishing. February is a Golden Badger Award winner and plays at 2pm on Sunday, April 7th at the Marquee at Union South.



Lastly, we talk with Peter Flynn, director of Film is Dead, Long Live Film. The documentary mixes in depth interviews with film collectors and rich images recovered from Nitrate and safety film.  Film is Dead. Long Live Film will play on Saturday April 6th  at 1:15pm at the UW Cinematheque.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: An Easter bunny tale; The return of rickets; A series of right wing fantasies; Child labor in Tennessee; Colon cancer rising; Being poor is….bad?; An analysis of “adolescent smell”; A big win in Thailand; Election fraud in Georgia; Big money machinations in Duluth; Abortion issue flips a seat in Alabama; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants mic needs a little blue pill & Mel  is phoning it in; Is Mel dating a chatbot?; Parliamentary maneuvering in Britain; Voter fraud in Russia?; Supreme Court packed by losers; No DEI for Alabama; Why living on Mars is a pipe dream; Pig kidney with a side of onions; Tennessee attempts to ban nonexistent threat; Colombian bird proves the fallacy of binary thinking; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ides of March edition; Nixon on gun rights; How to change minds? 10,000 uncles!; Evangelical calling for cash; Ron Johnson calls for inaction; The methadone of dictators; New electric bus routes; An insufficiently gutted moose in Alaska; [anti] Communist indoctrination in Florida; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd:  Mel & ‘Pants discuss their “cans”; More pledge rapping – to donate call 608-256-2001 or go to www.wortfm.org and click the “Donate” button; Orange menace calls kettle black after watching speech through various filters; Ron Johnson’s review of Tucker’s softballs; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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