Listen in to state representative Ryan Clancy as we recap his fall (the season!) in the Wisconsin State Assembly. We hit Wisconsin's state drink, Israel and Palestine, and new legislation around housing and prison reform. Email creamcitysocial@gmail.com to get your community questions answered next month!   Show Links: Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioned News Darrin Madison Ryan Darrin   ..read more

Wisconsin once led the nation in progressive policy and had the most successful socialist party in the country. So what happened? In this episode, we talk with  journalist and author Dan Kaufman to dissect Wisconsin's political evolution and discuss what we can do moving forward.  ..read more

Listen in to state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy recap their 7th month in the Wisconsin State Assembly. We hit Milwuakee County & City's new sales tax, child bartenders, emails from a cop, plans for the future, and DC vs. Marvel. Email  creamcitysocial@gmail.com to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: Child Labor Laws in Wiscosnin  Sheriff's Deputy Emails Darrin Madison Ryan Darrin   ..read more

Listen in to state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they talk through their 6th month in the Wisconsin State Assembly and what to do about the hotly debated state budget. Email creamcitysocial@gmail.com to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: Ryan’s 620 WTMJ Baseball Interview Darrin Madison Ryan Darrin   ..read more

Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as we talk through their fifth month in office. We do a read-along to the Recombobulation Area’s “The Wisconsin State Assembly just passed a bill reshaping the state’s shared revenue system. What’s in it?” and sus out what the shared revenue proposals going through the assembly mean for Wisconsin’s (and Milwaukee’s!) future. If you’d like your community questions answered in our next episode, please email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com and we’ll ask your state representatives! Show Links: Recombobulation Area’s Shared Rev ..read more

We’re back! Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they talk through their fourth month in office. We hit the now not-so-recent April supreme court race, their visit to Copper Lake and Lincoln Hills child prisons, and of course your community questions. If you’d like your questions answered next episode please email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com. Tune in next week to learn all about the hotly debated shared revenue bill going through the legislature and what it means for Milwaukee Show Links: Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislato ..read more

Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, finishes his saga of organizing with the Black Panthers, encounters with the FBI, and in the end, winning a $4 million lawsuit against him and his fellow editors of the factory newsletter The Fighting Times. See Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. Links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below: Show Links: Jon’s FBI File: https://www.jonathanmelrod.com/fbi Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-me ..read more

Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, takes us back to a time when labor organizing brought with it the perils of the FBI, association with the Black Panthers, and ultimately a $4 million lawsuit. Come talk to Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. The links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below. Show Links: Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-melrod-author-of-fighting-times-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-549436929647 Jon’s Boo ..read more

Follow state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy in their third month at the state capital as we talk through the constitutional amendments on our April 4th ballots and the "burning" of public records. Reach out to us with your community questions and we'll get them answered next episode! Email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com Show Links: Constitutional Amendments Explained - https://creamcitysocial.libsyn.com/reimagining-cash-bail  Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2536 Ryan Clancy - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023 ..read more

Nate Gilliam of MKE Freedom Fund invites us to ask a big question - does cash bail make us safer? Along the way, we learn the context behind the two constitutional amendments on Wisconsin’s April 4th ballots and how to decipher what your vote means. Show Notes: MKE Freedom Fund: https://www.mkefreedomfund.org/ New Jim Crow (resource): https://newjimcrow.com/ Beyond Courts (resource): https://beyondcourts.org/en   ..read more