Black Oxygen Podcast
1) Who owns "Freedom"? With Isaia Ben-Ami
On this week's episode, the team talks through two in-progress stories. First, a bankrupt donation platform owes almost $408,000 to more than 50 nonprofits in Wisconsin. Then, Dane County Executive Me...Show More
2) Echoes of Stark Park with Freddie Owens
On this week's 365 Amplified, we have yet another Sun Prairie schools update, where the former West High School principal now faces charges of failure to report child abuse -- including in a case not ...Show More
3) Controversy, conflicts & money magic
It's a long one today -- we've been off for a couple weeks and have a lot to catch up on! First, Omar talks through a few highlights of the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr Day celebrations and activit...Show More
4) Who Are Wisconsin Schools Really Working For?
This week on 365 Amplified, Rob Chappell, Omar Waheed, and Stephanie DÃaz de León dig into Wisconsin's latest school district report cards and ask a hard question: who actually benefits from how schoo...Show More
5) The No Wax Cloud Dancer Edition
As promised after last week's grammar discussion, Rob talks through the etymology of the word "sincere" and Omar coins a new slang term. All that only after: We get updates on stories we've been foll...Show More
6) It's Bazaar & Gala Season
In this week's episode of 365 Amplified, the team dives into a busy stretch of community events, local politics, sports news, and a thoughtful conversation with the leaders of the Urban League of Grea...Show More
7) Will Rodney Rave be Wisconsin's first Native member of Congress?
On the podcast today, Rob talks through a few news items before chatting with Rodney Rave, who's running for Congress in Wisconsin's Third Congressional District, which covers most of Western Wisconsi...Show More
8) What is community journalism? with Kynala Phillips
Rob's flying solo today, with a few news updates: a new Congressional candidate in western Wisconsin, an effort to support a beloved local musician who collapsed on stage after a heart attack last wee...Show More
9) A "cosmic romp" & local news controversy
On the podcast today, Rob, Stephanie and Omar talk through some local news, including a summit of Milwaukee social justice nonprofits, a snow removal apprenticeship program and the Madison College soc...Show More
10) A false news story, a response and what it all means
This week, News 3 Now published an erroneous news story about Madison-based nonprofit Urban Triage, and Madison365 was the only outlet to correct the record. On the podcast today, Rob, Nicholas and Om...Show More