April Kigeya
Getting Messy on the Radio
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
Brandi is once again joined by her co-hosts April Kigeya and a tardy Clyde Mayberry. The three catch up on their relationships, recap some of the crazy actions of the first week of the second Trump administration and spill the local tea. It's an episode that will keep you tuned in to the end!
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Talking Polygamy and Spilling Tea
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
Brandi is joined in the studio by her co-hosts April Kigeya and Clyde Mayberry to catch up in the new year, discuss the topic of polygamy in relationships, and spill the local tea of what is going on in the community across Dane County.
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Resource Updates, Censure Votes & Listening Sessions
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
Brandi is joined by April Kigeya in the studio for the show. Brandi and April share what is going on around the Madison area and all the topics the show plans to touch on this week. We also get an update from what Urban Triage is able to provide during the holidays, while some of the staff is taking time off to spend with loved ones.
Let's dive into the tea. If you have not heard about the Charles Myadze saga that is taking place on the Madison Common Council, Brandi and April dive into the details of the story reported by Tone Madison.
Brandi and April wrap the show with an update from what happened this past week surrounding an incoming charter school in Madison, and a feedback session that didn't like the feedback Black community leaders gave to the incoming school.
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Black Love on Display
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
This week, Brandi is joined in the studio by April Kigeya and Clyde Mayberry to recap the lay of Black news after the election and check in with each other about Black love.
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Catching Up and Spilling Tea
Brandi Grayson is joined in the studio by co-hosts April Kigeya and Clyde Mayberry for another edition of Black Convergence. The three catch up on what is going on in their own lives, celebrate wins and talk about what is coming next. Then, Brandi shares a clip of what the impact is when a women grows up without her father and the three discuss their view on that relationship dynamic. Finally, the show wraps with what is up in the news headlines and how the election is right around the corner.
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
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Holding Space in Relationships
Join Brandi Grayson to discuss the challenges and obstacles families face today. Discussions, guests, and interviews will focus on vulnerable populations--specifically Black families. We cover controversial topics, from religion to race and from relationships to policies to legislation. Join the finest hostess with the most-ess Brandi Grayson every week.
Brandi is joined by April Kigeya and Clyde Mayberry for a show full of Black love and relationship talk. What does it mean to hold space for your partner in a relationship? Can straight men love straight men? Brandi, April and Clyde discuss all these aspects and more.
Then, Brandi, April and Clyde share a response from Dana Pellebon, candidate for Dane County Executive, at a Madison College forum held earlier this week about her experience and why she is qualified to be the next Dane County Executive.
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Discussing Domestic Abuse & Hygiene Habits
Your hostess with the mostess, Brandi Grayson, is once again joined in the WMDX Studio by April Kigeya and a surprise zoom from cousin Clyde while he's in Italy (just kidding he is just in an extra camera frame today). The three begin the hour with a discussion of Love once again, and the conversation then shifts to domestic violence and the effects it has on Love. If you are in need of assistance with domestic abuse, call 2-1-1 or visit DAIS Madison for resources.
Then, Brandi, April and Clyde discuss a new political ad by the Trump campaign targeting Black women. Brandi shares her thoughts on why Trump is making ads like this now, he's grasping. Then, a retrending topic on social media has the three reeling on what hygiene habits white people have, asking producer Luke his bathing habits.
The show wraps for the week with Brandi, April and Clyde sharing local news updates with their organizations. Be sure to check out and attend Urban Triage's upcoming Third Annual Harvest Festival on September 7th! Several groups will be hosting a Dane County Executive Forum coming up on Thursday September 19th at 5pm.
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Who’s Gonna Tell ’em?
Kicking off the hour, Brandi recaps her week in Las Vegas visiting her mother and her partner. With cousin Clyde once again MIA, April Kigeya joins Brandi for the hour as co-host. Brandi and April have some fun right from the top with a TikTok remix of First Lady Michelle Obama's comments of the presidency being a Black job. The two discuss Love and share the exciting aspects they saw from this past week's Democratic National Convention.
Then, Brandi shares some of the details for Urban Triage's upcoming Third Annual Harvest Festival coming up on September 7th. Then April talks about what is at stake for the Dane County Executive race on the ballot this November and why she is supporting Dana Pellebon and why you should too.
After that, Brandi and April discuss the situation surrounding Jordan Chiles and her Bronze Olympic Medal. Then, the two get into the dynamics between emotional and household roles. The show wraps up with Brandi sharing a bit from behind the curtain on difficulties on fundraising as a nonprofit in Madison, WI.
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Women’s History Month
Brandi is joined once again by Dane County Supervisor April Kigeya, and new cohost Jay to celebrate Women's History Month. Plus, right as Black History Month comes to an end, Brandi tackles the latest example of anti-Blackness happening right here in the Madison community. Finally, the race for County Executive is on, and Brandi says that while the coverage has been one-sided, there is one candidate above the rest.
Free Day Saturday
Brandi and Keena are joined by Dane County Supervisor April Kigeya for a free day Saturday, covering anything and everything.
It's Black History Month, and this year, they get an extra day! But still, in the Madison news sphere, Black people are overwhelmingly shown in a negative light, as criminals. Why don't they ever show the positive thing happening in the Black community, there's no shortage in Madison of positive Black news.
Then, there was a tragedy in Middleton last weekend, leaving two young children dead. Brandi, Keena, and April break down the emotional strain that everyone is feeling both here in Madison and across the country.
