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A History of World Orders and Catastrophic Change

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For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff talks to historian Alfred McCoy about the long history of empire through the lens of his new book, To Govern the Globe. Alfred McCoy is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he teaches and researches modern Philippine social and political history, U.S. foreign policy, colonial […]

Infrastructure Bill 101

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Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed a historic $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. First up today, Wednesday host Carousel Bayrd takes a close look at the history of the infrastructure bill and how it made its way through Congress with UW–Madison political science professor Eleanor Powell. Then, she talks about what the […]

In Conversation with Poet Clemonce Heard

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For today’s show, Tuesday host Ali Muldrow spends a joyful hour talking about a difficult subject with poet Clemonce Heard, author of the new poetry collection Tragic City, which investigates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Clemonce Heard is a poet from New Orleans. His debut collection is Tragic City (Anhinga Press, 2021). Did you enjoy […]

Inside the World of Truckers

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“We’ve been trained not to see an enormous industry that’s right there in front of us.” That’s Anne Balay, a licensed commercial truck driver and author of the book Semi Queer. Today, she joins Monday host Patty Peltekos on the show to talk all things trucking: licensing and labor conditions; health and safety; the challenges […]

Psychedelics @ UW

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Today, we take a look at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances—how the center came to be, what they research, and what it might mean for the future of psychedelics in Wisconsin and the United States. Paul R. Hutson is director of the Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive […]

Meet Critical Race Theory, Latest Bogeyman of the Right

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Conservative critics of critical race theory are calling it the “greatest threat to religious liberty in America today.” In state legislatures throughout the U.S., GOP lawmakers are pushing for it to be banned in schools. And right-wing organizations like ALEC have been doing their part to push this anti-CRT agenda. But what is critical race […]

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