Record Store Day, Re-Segregation Of Schools, State News

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A new report shows that some American schools are becoming racially segregated. Veronica Rueckert and Cynthia Schuster find out what’s behind this. On this, Record Store Day, we find out why records are still used and loved. We’ll also look back at the week in Wisconsin news.

Featured in this Show

  • Record Store Day

    Disco may be dead, but vinyl records are alive and well. We talk with a record store owner about Record Store Day, and why this stubborn music format refuses to fade away.

  • Some American Schools Are Being Resegregated, Report Says

    According to a new report by ProPublica, poor black students are increasing being sequestered into schools of their own through gerrymandering and white flight, essentially establishing a similar divide to the one America saw sixty years ago.

  • State News Round-Up For April 18

    WPR’s assistant news director joins us for a look at what’s making news in Wisconsin this week.

Episode Credits

  • Veronica Rueckert Host
  • Cynthia Schuster Host
  • Karl Christenson Producer
  • Galen Druke Producer
  • Dave Zero Guest
  • Nikole Hannah-Jones Guest
  • Noah Ovshinsky Guest

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