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Three seventh graders in Sun Prairie were suspended and excluded from the school's year-end celebration because one of them gave another a hair trim -- because the school considered the clippers a weapon. This week, we talk through what we know, how it could have been handled differently, and whether race was a factor. Then, State Assembly Representative Samba Baldeh joins us to talk about his campaign for State Senate as well as his new grocery store on Madison's East Side. 
Links:
https://madison365.com/sun-prairie-7th-graders-suspended-for-giving-friend-a-trim-clipper-considered-a-weapon/
https://blueprint365.org/the-hustle/international-grocery-opens-on-madisons-east-side/
 
 

Two weeks after an angry parent accosted him on stage at graduation -- and video of the incident went viral worldwide -- Baraboo schools superintendent Dr. Rainey Briggs sits down with our Rob Chappell (14:40) to talk about the moment, the aftermath, and what it means for Baraboo. Plus, we preview this weekend's Big Gay Market (0:45), dig into some FAFSA difficulties (6:55) and ask the team about what we want the soundtrack of our lives to be.
Links:
https://madison365.com/the-big-gay-market-to-host-biggest-event-yet-this-weekend-at-alliant-energy-center/
https://madison365.com/the-big-gay-market-to-host-biggest-event-yet-this-weekend-at-alliant-energy-center/
https://madison365.com/technical-problems-with-new-fafsa-form-threatens-to-delay-financial-aid/
 
 

Today, we look ahead toward a couple Juneteenth events (01:25), preview a new play at Overture Center (07:50) and get an update (and takes) on the incident at Baraboo High School's graduation (47:17). In the interview segment (18:25), Araceli Esparza and Paquita Purnell join us to talk about the upcoming Yo Quiero Dinero event, featuing the stories of women of color who are learning to claim their voices. Plus, we talk car upgrades (55:15) and hear the unusual sequence of events that led Rob to publish a poetry collection 25 years ago (10:40).
Today's episode is brought to you by Midwest Mujeres.
Links:
Register for Yo Quiero Dinero
https://madison365.com/madison-juneteenth-turns-35/
https://madison365.com/black-people-must-set-the-table-for-what-we-need-to-help-us-the-center-for-black-excellence-and-culture-will-host-official-groundbreaking-ceremony-on-june-19/
https://madison365.com/black-mens-coalition-of-dane-county-to-hold-production-of-the-kernel-of-truth/
 
 

This week, the team discusses a campaign to get rid of student lunch debt once and for all; the business opportunities available when the NFL Draft comes to Green Bay; and a "journalist" who says he went undercover as a Black man to learn about racism in America. Plus, longtime nonprofit leader, Madison alder and State Assembly candidate Nasra Wehelie stops by the studio to talk about her campaign and what it means to be a "ground up" leader.
Links:
Freedom, Inc., Madison Area DSA launch Free School Meals for Madison campaign
Packers to host workshops for Wisconsin companies to do business with the 2025 NFL Draft

This week, Wild Bearies founder and Indigenous chef Elena Terry joins us to talk about her time as a guest mentor and judge on Top Chef, and Maia Pearson stops by the studio to talk about her run for State Assembly. Plus, a new study explores gender-based violence in Asian American communities, a County Board race in Rock County goes to court, and we decide who's a camper and who's a glamper. 
Today's episode is sponsored by Steinhafels.

This week, we get an update on the deal that ended the UW encampments, and a scathing Faculty Senate resolution critical of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin that'll be up for a vote Monday. Plus, a fundraiser is looking to help elderly renters struggling with rent increases. Then, Madison native and "Looking for Alaska" star Denny Love joins us to talk about the acting business, his part in the upcoming season of "The Mayor of Kingstown" starring Jeremy Renner, and how his father helped prepare him for the role.  He'll be in town June 7 to host a screening of the first episode. And in the midst of all that news, the team talks skin care, sleepaway camp and the talents we wish we had.
Today's episode is sponsored by Steinhafels.