Brutal Wisconsin

Join your hosts C.J. and Evan as they finish their conversation about the mythic cycle of Red Horn, also known as He-who-wears-human-heads-for-earrings. This week they talk about parts of the cycle that took place following Red Horn’s death at the hands of the giants, which includes a quest of his sons to find their father as well as the rest of their adventures.. News: Minocqua road name change a...

Join your hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the Red Horn cycle, where they follow He-Who-Wears-Human-Heads-As-Earrings as he goes on the warpath with Kunu, hunts bears, and faces down giants. News: MKE Ukrainians protest and Evers’ fight for fair maps.

Join C.J. as he shares a few tall tales that abounded in the lumber camps of Northern Wisconsin. He shares the tale of the Gazunk, the Oomph, and the Agropelter.

Join your hosts C.J. and Evan as they continue to discuss the folklore of Wisconsin. This week they discuss folktales both imported and indigenous, like the Tommyknockers, the naming of Badfish Creek, and the tale of He-who-wears-human-heads-as-earrings. News: WIGOP goes after unemployment/medicaid and Curling news and talk with Evan!

Join your hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the explosive conclusion of the siege of Vicksburg as well as General Order Number Eleven, an order issued by General Grant that expelled all Jewish people from the department. News: Gray Wolf protection restored and RoJo aims for the WEC.

Join your hosts CJ. and Evan as they continue their discussion of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and their journey through the Western Front of the American Civil War. This week they discuss the battles of Raymond and Jackson, as well as the beginnings of the siege of VIcksburg, Mississippi. News:New Suicide Hotline number and Illinois rec. marijuana revenue.

Join your hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss a handful of weird tales of extraterrestrial contact. These stories range from Men in Black type encounters to strange aerial phenomena. News: Ballot box updates and Aaron Rodgers might be Q

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss Wisconsin folklore, both that of the early settlers and the indigenous people of this land. News: Wetland restoration in Green Bay area and WIGOP’s Sandhill Crane (not Mothman) bill.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they continue to follow the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Division and Company C, the Badax Tigers, as they fight their way through the Western theater of the American Civil War. News: Oldest scorpion fossil discovery and WIGOP’s evil parental rights bill.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they continue to follow R.S. McMichael and discuss Confederate prison camps, ethnic regiments from Wisconsin, as well as the Battle of Iuka. News: Rittenhouse verdict discussed

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss a collection of Wisconsin folklore that includes stories such as the Blueman, Lazy Tim Wooden, and the song of the Ghoul’s Club. News: Deer population COVID alert, and Johnson’s overconfidence in indecision.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the journey of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment from the wake of the Battle of Shiloh, the Siege of Corinth, and the end of the summer of 1862. In this episode we also discuss R.S. McMichael’s letters and learn more about the life of a Union soldier on the Western Front in 1862. Oh, and Nathan Bedford Forrest, first Grand Wizard of the KKK gets shot, at...

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they begin they’re discussion of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry’s and R.S. McMichael's journey through the American Civil War. This week they discuss their first baptal, their baptism of fire, Shiloh. News: Kleefisch insanity, GOP approves abortion bill, and Rittenhouse judge.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss reports of the weird and paranormal from the founding of Madison to the present day. Also, CJ’s secret chili recipe revealed! News: Madison Cop Shoots Madison Cop and WI Second in Nation in Local Recalls.

Join C.J. for a few show updates and a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the exorcism of Anna Ecklund by Father Theophilus Reisinger, a Marathon, Wisconsin, based exorcist, in Earling, Iowa. This case became national news after a German-language pamphlet Begone Satan! and its English translation became incredibly popular among American Catholics. News: Former AG candidate deletes podcast and Kleefisch is a disaster.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the attempted assassination of former president Teddy Roosevelt by John Schrank in Milwaukee,as he was campaigning during the Presidential election of 1912. Roosevelt, despite being shot, gave the speech which he had scheduled.

Join Hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the rash of flying humanoid sightings across the great lakes region. These sightings extend, roughly, from Gary, Indiana to Milwaukee and Madison, with the bulk taking place on the lakefront in Chicago. News: Slenderman stabbing update, Milwaukee landlord booted, and county voting machines.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss Frederick Jackson Turner, influential historian and Wisconsinite. FJT taught at UW Madison, during which time he published an essay entitled “The Significance of the Frontier in the American History” which argued that through our frontier expansion Americans became exceptional.

Join hosts Evan and C.J. as they discuss the Sewer Socialists of Milwaukee and Victor Berger, the first Socialist member of congress. The Sewer socialists, so-named for their focus on infrastructure, represented a more radical and revolutionary counterpart to the progressive movement under LaFollette and others.

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they continue their discussion of Robert Welch and the John Birch Society, a far-right organization based in Appleton. News: RoJo pushes horse medicine, GOP xenophobia, and a Rep. Grothman take-down. Cleanser: Devil’s Lake Thunderbirds

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss Robert Welch and the John Birch Society, a far-right political organization based in Appleton, Wisconsin. News: GOP socialism for unemployed anti-vaxxers, and Wisconsin Democracy Deserts. Cleanser: Pterodactyl Sighting

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they discuss the Bradley Foundation, the source of significant funding for organizations challenging the 2020 election results, as well as other conservative to far-right causes. News: Lincoln Hills, and the The Big Lie ‘fraudit’ heads to WI. Cleanser: Winged Entity Sighting

Join hosts C.J. and Evan as they read and discuss excerpts from the collected broadsides of Victor Berger, Milwaukee politician, newspaper editor, and first socialist congressperson. News: Suni Lee's Olympic gold-medal victory, Lake Geneva D'n D museum, and killer cop runs for sheriff. Cleanse: Mayfly Invasion

Join hosts Evan and C.J. as they discuss the murder of Bridget McCaffery and the execution of her husband John, which would ultimately be the only execution undertaken in our state. News: Ron Johnson shits on himself and Mandela Barnes gets significant, early support. Cleanser: Flying Fish?