Madison authors, topics, book events & publishers Stu Levitan welcomes former Madison journalist Bill Christofferson, author of The Man From Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson, himself a former Madisonian, from our friends at the University of Wisconsin Press, still located right here in Madison. As to Gaylord Nelson – Tom Brokaw calls […]
Madison BookBeat
Madison BookBeat
Madison BookBeat highlights local authors and book events. The show, hosted by Stu Levitan, airs every Monday afternoon from 1-2 pm.
What happened to Letters and Politics?
We know our listeners love Mitch Jeserich's insightful interviews on Letters and Politics from KPFA. We will still air the show on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. You may also find the show online, anytime.
What is the theme music?
The theme music is titled “Little Sherry," off the Nick's Bump album from renowned musician Ben Sidran.
Matthew Levin, “Cold War University – Madison and the New ...
Madison Authors, Topics, Book Events, Publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Matthew Levin, who scores a trifecta — he’s a PhD from the UW, and the author of “Cold War University: Madison and the New Left in the Sixties” from our friends at the University of Wisconsin Press. As to the topic – in the 1960s, the […]
Larry “Ratso” Sloman, “On The Road With Bob Dylan,&#...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes The Rev. L. J. Sloman of the Last Exit Before the Freeway Church of God, as seen on WMTV’s The Weekend Starts now with Ben Sidran, a/k/a UW graduate student Larry Sloman, a/k/a “Ratso,” to talk about a book, and album and a movie. The […]
R. Richard Wagner, “We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin&#...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers On today’s show, R. Richard (Dick) Wagner, author of We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin’s Early Gay History, covering the period from territorial days to the 1960s. It’s from our friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, which in September will publish his companion volume, Coming Out, Moving […]
Jen Rubin, “We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a ...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers In 1934, in the depths of the first Great Depression, a Russian immigrant named Leon Rubin and a friend signed a lease for 2580 Broadway in NYC, between 97th and 98th Streets, and opened a radio repair shop they called Radio Clinic. They not only survived the depression, […]
Rob Zaleski, “Ed Garvey Unvarnished: Lessons From a Visionary Pr...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. Our guest today is journalist and author Rob Zaleski, for a conversation about his new book Ed Garvey Unvarnished: Lessons from a Visionary Progressive. It’s published by our friends at the University of Wisconsin Press. As the subtitle indicates, Ed Garvey was indeed a visionary progressive, with a […]
