12/6/10: Groundwork

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Guest: Z Haukeness from Groundwork, a white anti-racist collective in Madison. Haukeness talked about how racism is institutionalized in our society and how everyone can take on the responsibility of fighting racism. The group expects to begin meeting regularly again in February, and anyone interested in getting involved can contact Haukeness.

11/29/10: Grampa’s Gun Shop

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Guest: Larry Gleasman, owner of Grampa’s Gun Shop at 1374 Willy St. Gleasman buys old guns, fixes guns, and sells guns. Gleasman talked about how he got involved in the gun business, how he decides who to sell guns to, and why he believes concealed carry could prevent deaths by gun violence.

11/22/10: Willy St. Co-op

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11/15/10: The EDGE Project

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Guests: Livy Baldwin and Alicia David from the EDGE Project. The EDGE Project implements sustainable development projects on Lingira, an island in Uganda. Check out their blog here, or find them on Facebook here.

11/08/10: WISPIRG’s Hunger and Homelessness Campaign

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Guest: Vijay Pai, coordinator of WISPIRG‘s Hunger and Homelessness campaign. Hunger and Homelessness Week is November 15-19. Learn about the week’s events on their Facebook group.

11/01/10: Concious Impact Club, Elliot Smith, Mark Diman

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Guests:

• Erica Johnson and Bettny Mazur from Conscious Impact Club. Members of the club examine the effects that their decisions have on their bodies, their communities and the environment. Visit their Facebook page for more information, or email them at consciousimpactclub@gmail.com.
• Elliot Smith singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow, America, and others
• Mark Diman playing his old Beatles records

We also featured music from local musicians Martin Potter and Brittany Lumley.

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10/25/10: Madison West seniors, LGBT Campus Center leaders

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Guests:

• Cassandra Brown and Angela Filer from the LGBT Campus Center. Brown and Filer talked about the recent suicides related to LGBT bullying, and the climate of LGBT bullying on the UW-Madison campus. Brown is the Leadership and Involvement Coordinator and a leader in Stop the Silence Campaign. Filer is the Communications and Public Relations Specialist
• Seniors Joaquin Selva and Jacob Fiksel from Madison West High School. They organized a sit-in to protest the district’s proposal to have students choose between preparatory and accelerated classes. The Wisconsin State Journal covered the protest. The students formed a Facebook group to organize students and keep everyone in the loop.

10/18/10: Mark Diman and Will Rose

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Guests:

• Mark Diman, spinning “Beatles ’65″
• Will Rose, rapper, spitting freestyle. Listen to more of Will Rose on his MySpace

10/11/10: Darrell Lowell, firefighter

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Guests:

• Darrell Lowell, a firefighter who has experienced homelessness
• Heidi Weglightner, from the People’s Affordable Housing Vision. Find the Housing Vision on Facebook here, and view the petition here.

10/4/2010: Local music and causes

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Guests:

• Ruma, from the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project
• Claire Peterson, Chair of PAVE
• Elliot Thomas Smith, singer
• Martin Potter, singer/songwriter