UW-L political science prof. Chergosky on culture wars, luring 300 pound pigs, smuggling fruit rollups

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in the WIZM studio Friday for La Crosse Talk PM discussing about the culture wars on school boards, as a teacher is fired over the song Rainbowland. We also talked about the conspiracy of banning TikTok, luring a 300-pound pig on the loose in Wisconsin and Americans smuggling Fruit Rollups. Began the show talking about a Waukesha teacher being fired over the Dolly Parton-Miley Cyrus song Rainbowland, which led to a discussion about politics infecting nonpartisan races all the way down to school boards. After that, we got Chergosky’s first impressions of Five Guys in Onalaska, before having some fun with how Taco Bell and Taco John’s are fighting over the trademark “Taco Tuesday.” Ended the show on a Fruit Rollups controversy, where a TikTok trend led to it being out of stock in Israel, therefore leading to Americans caught smuggling, what is apparently, too much Fruit Rollups into that country. And, in the midst of that conversation, we discussed the conspiracy of banning TikTok in the US — it’s already been banned in Montana. 

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300-pound pig on loose in Wisconsin: 

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/05/16/potbellied-pig-Albert-escaped-Green-Bay-Wisconsin/3511684263409/

Teacher suspended over Dolly-Miley Rainbowland

https://www.wizmnews.com/2023/03/27/wisconsin-school-bans-miley-dolly-duet-from-class-concert/

Taco Tuesday duel between Taco Bell and Taco John's

https://www.wizmnews.com/2023/05/19/taco-tuesday-trademark-tiff-flares-anew-between-fast-food-competitors/

Smuggling Fruit Rollups into Israel

https://www.today.com/food/news/americans-smuggling-fruit-roll-ups-israel-rcna83408

Congress debate over banning TikTok

https://www.wizmnews.com/2023/05/06/ban-social-media-for-kids-fed-up-parents-in-senate-say-yes/

 

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