Joe & Rya TAKE FIVE: Watertown LGBTQ School Board Scandal

Joe & Rya TAKE FIVE: Watertown LGBTQ School Board Scandal

May 20, 2026 · 7 min · Season 4

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Joe and Rya discuss the Watertown Wisconsin school board's decision to ban a musical piece related to LGBTQ history and the implications of this action.

Students rehearsed Omar Thomas's "A Mother of a Revolution" for months. Then their school board banned it. Joe and Rya unpack the Watertown Wisconsin controversy that's now national news and ask the real question underneath it: can honoring LGBTQ history be considered indoctrination when the music has no words? Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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