Brutal Wisconsin

Join hosts Evan and C.J. (formerly also Chris) as they take a look behind the mask of "Midwest-Nice" to reveal the true, brutal, face of Wisconsin. Through exploring everything from the strange to politics, we'll learn with a few laughs!

Brutal Wisconsin On Tap #12 04/24/2024

Brutal Wisconsin On Tap #12 /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30960763

A Brief History of Wisconsin Part II: the Voyageurs 04/24/2024

A Brief History of Wisconsin Part II: the Voyageurs This week Kent and C.J. discuss the disenfranchisement of people with disabilities, a lack of transparency over the deaths in Wisconsin’s prisons, and spreading wildfires. For the main topic they discuss the fur trade in Wisconsin and the period of French exploration and colonization. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30960598

A Brief History of Wisconsin Part I 04/17/2024

A Brief History of Wisconsin Part I This week C.J. and Kent discuss a spate of wildfires, a Trump election denier being picked to head up the RNC in Wisconsin,. For the main topic they begin their series on a history of Wisconsin. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30857433

USS Wisconsin: One of the Last Battleships 03/20/2024

USS Wisconsin: One of the Last Battleships This week C.J. and Kent discuss bombs threats to a Waukesha and the addition of an election denying lawyer. For the main topic they discuss the history of the battleship USS Wisconsin and its monstrous 16-inch guns. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30450758

Brutal Wisconsin On Tap #11 (Free Patreon Sampler) 03/14/2024

Brutal Wisconsin On Tap #11 (Free Patreon Sampler) To offer a little sample of Brutal Wisconsin on Tap we give you this loose conversation where they discuss Trump and the unique nature of American Fascist attitudes. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30366513

Wisconsin News Update 3/13/24 03/14/2024

Wisconsin News Update 3/13/24 This week C.J. and Kent discuss the news, including police chase guidelines, mental health at UW River Falls, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reviewing a 2022 ballot dropbox decision, Evers vetoing an anti-trans law, and a Dollar General's staff quitting enmasse. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30366133

Back to the News 03/06/2024

Back to the News This week C.J. and Kent return from hiatus to discuss the news. They talk about both the Wisconsin and Federal Supreme Court rulings, the false elector scheme, and Viola Davis, a renowned female drummer from Wisconsin. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/30248083

Sticking to the News 02/14/2024

Sticking to the News This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss the Evansville Tornado, Wisconsin ranking last in art funding, and updates to the gerrymandering of our election maps in Wisconsin. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29943873

Wisconsin and the Confluence of Colonialism and Capitalism 02/07/2024

Wisconsin and the Confluence of Colonialism and Capitalism This week C.J. And Kent talk about some news including our state’s budget surplus, a new bridge in Superior that is the result of Biden’s infrastructure spending, and the inequitable state of Wisconsin’s present tax code. For the main topic they talk about the season ahead and the topics we will explore, as well as the theoretical lenses through which we will view this specific period of history within our state. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29834228

Breitbart is Racist Propaganda 01/25/2024

Breitbart is Racist Propaganda This week, Kent and C.J. discuss updates to the story of Joe Gow and reforms to prisoner’s property rights. They also discuss a Breitbart article that deceptively discusses a crisis in Whitewater that is due to an influx of immigrants in order to portray their presence as a part of a “flood” brought by Biden. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29637768

New Year, New Election Maps 01/09/2024

New Year, New Election Maps To ring in the new year Kent and C.J. stick to the news and discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling on our electoral maps and the GOP response, the mismanagement of PFAS remediation funds, as well as the UW Lacrosse Chancellor Joe Gow being fired for making pornography with his wife. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29419373

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part Three: Religion and Spiritualism 12/20/2023

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part Three: Religion and Spiritualism This week C.J. and Kent discuss the UW System’s agreement to Vos’ terms on DEI, a program to pay for higher education for Indigenous people, the human cost of the Dobbs decision, and the resignation of a police officer accused of being an Oathkeeper. For the main topic they continue their discussion of Warren Chase’s The Gist of Spiritualism, this time focusing on his fundamental spiritual/religious ideas. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29160513

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part Two: Spiritualism and Science 12/13/2023

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part Two: Spiritualism and Science /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/29049728

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part One: Warren Chase 12/06/2023

Spiritualism in Wisconsin Part One: Warren Chase This week, C.J. and Kent discuss unions filing a lawsuit against Act 10, Wisconsin prisons, and the Christmas tree erected by the Church of Satan- along with the ire it raised among conservatives. For the main topic, they start a multiple-part series investigating the roots of spiritualism in Wisconsin and cover some of its history and one of its proponents, and an all-around cool dude, Warren Chase. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28949318

Doveland, Wisconsin Part Two: Kernels of Truth 11/28/2023

Doveland, Wisconsin Part Two: Kernels of Truth This week C.J. and Kent talk about the opening of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s hearings about our gerrymandered election maps, mental health in the UW system, and Evers’ use of an anonymous email. For the main topic they continue their discussion of Doveland, Wisconsin, a supposedly vanished town. They talk about some of the possible kernels of truth that have helped make this urban legend of the digital age, such as paper towns, Wisconsin’s missing people, and the association with Project Sanguine. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28834428

Blood Tribe = Nazi Trash 11/22/2023

Blood Tribe = Nazi Trash This week C.J. and Kent discuss the sentencing of the woman who murdered her friend with Visine, bipartisan support of a pilot program exploring the use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms to treat PTSD in veterans, and UW System budget cuts due to the Republican's fight over DEI. Additionally, they discuss the neonazi group “Blood Tribe,” who marched on State Street recently to attempt an intimidate people /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28765933

The Mystery of Doveland Wisconsin Part One: Project Sanguine 11/16/2023

The Mystery of Doveland Wisconsin Part One: Project Sanguine This week C.J. and Kent talk about the urban legends surrounding Doveland, Wisconsin as well as the much more real Project Sanguine, a plan by the US Navy to turn 40% of Wisconsin into a giant low-frequency transmitter. They also discuss Microsoft’s investment into the Mount Pleasant land originally meant for Foxconn, an order for the secret meetings regarding the impeachment proceedings against Justice Protasiewicz, and the rise in feral hogs in the state. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28679838

Weird Wisconsin News of the Past 11/07/2023

Weird Wisconsin News of the Past This week C.J. and Kent discuss a new Menominee language center, PFAs in private wells, estimates about how much money legalized cannabis would generate for our state, and proposed constitutional amendments. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28549688

Cracking and Packing 11/01/2023

Cracking and Packing On this very special Halloween Episode C.J. and Kent discuss book bans, a guardian article about our gerrymandered state, and some Halloween spookiness. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28481192

The Cult of the Black Snake 10/24/2023

The Cult of the Black Snake This week Kent and C.J. discuss news, including book bans in Menominee Falls, the continuing attempts to impeach Janet Protasiewicz, a man who repeatedly brought a firearm to the Wisconsin State Capitol and asked to speak to Governor Evers, and an incident in which a woman assaulted a man with a knife in front of the Old Fashioned. For the main topic, they continue to discuss the Cult of the Black Snake, August Derleth, Michael Bertiaux, and Kenneth Grant. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28414922

Ben Shapiro and Other Lovecraftian Monsters 10/17/2023

Ben Shapiro and Other Lovecraftian Monsters This week C.J. and Kent discuss the USS Milwaukee, Ben Shapiro speaking at UW Madison, racial inequity in Dane County, and supposed rites performed at Wisconsin lakes to summon Lovecraftian deities. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28348943

Kent Went to Taliesin 10/10/2023

Kent Went to Taliesin This week C.J. and Kent talk about the absurdity of recent Republican laws as well as the recent state and FTC lawsuits against Amazon. They also discuss Kent’s recent trip to Taliesin. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28281926

Flamingos in Lake Michigan 09/26/2023

Flamingos in Lake Michigan This week C.J. and Kent discuss the warning of an election watchdog, the revival of the Hochunk language, and the flamingos in Lake Michigan. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28152872

Frank Lloyd Wright Part X: The Imperial Hotel 09/19/2023

Frank Lloyd Wright Part X: The Imperial Hotel This week Kent and C.J.talk about the recent happenings in the Wisconsin Supreme Court and legislature as well as the design and construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28088045

The Beast of Bray Road Revisited 09/12/2023

The Beast of Bray Road Revisited This week C.J. and Kent discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s first hearing, fines for Florence hardwoods, a company whose negligence cost a 16-year-old their life, and, in better news, Top Chef filming in Milwaukee. They also revisit a topic from a previous episode, the Beast of Bray Road, mainly because C.J. watched a really bad documentary about it. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/28015287

RoJo: Lord of the Man-Faced Pigs 08/29/2023

RoJo: Lord of the Man-Faced Pigs This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss Cory Tomczyk, a Republican lawmaker who allegedly called a child an anti-gay slur at a public meeting, as well as Ron Johnson running cover for the Green Bay Sweep. They also discuss the life of Ada Deer, a trailblazer for Indigenous rights, as well as burials discovered on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/27886125

Rebecca Bradley Can’t Stop Updating Her Own Wikipedia 08/15/2023

Rebecca Bradley Can’t Stop Updating Her Own Wikipedia This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news, discussing more developments in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a civil case against the ten false electors, a racial slur used for a cow’s name in the State Fair, and Kenosha Police punching a black man at an Applebee’s. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/27764838

A Shifting of the Balance 08/09/2023

A Shifting of the Balance This week C.J. and Kent stick to the news and discuss our state’s problem with alcohol, the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, possible redistricting, and Obreros Unidos /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/27707862

Mothman in the Wildfire Smoke 07/25/2023

Mothman in the Wildfire Smoke This week C.J. and Kent discuss more mothman sightings, the US soldier who crossed the DMZ into North Korea, as well as a wildfire in Waushara County. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/27567075

Evers, the Line Item Veto, and 400 Years of School Funding 07/11/2023

Evers, the Line Item Veto, and 400 Years of School Funding This week C.J. and Kent discuss the aftermath of the Republican budget proposal, which resulted in Evers using the line-item veto to increase school funding for the next 400 years. They also discuss a handful of other political losses for the GOP, a pair of Mothman sightings, and claims by Representative Gallagher that the forthcoming Barbie movie is Communist Chinese propaganda. /episode/index/show/cozyhorse/id/27438273

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