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For today’s 9/11 anniversary show, we hear two perspectives on the fallout of the September 11 attacks and the long War on Terror. First up, Stephen Zunes on the United States’ “Greater Middle East” policy. Then, professor Deepa Kumar on Afghan women, Islamophobia, and the politics of empire. Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and […]
Today, we welcome back Wednesday host Ali Muldrow (and her adorable new co-pilot, Frida Hallelujah) for a conversation about the importance of the arts with UW’s new arts director, Chris Walker. They talk about “arts for everyone everywhere,” Chris’s vision for the arts on campus and in the community, and why access to the arts […]
Workers at Colectivo Coffee recently voted in favor of forming a union. This would make Colectivo the largest unionized café in the United States and provide a model for other restaurant-industry employees hoping to organize after a long year-and-a-half of precarious and sometimes dangerous working conditions under COVID. To discuss this win and what comes […]
For today’s show, Friday host Esty Dinur is joined by Jill Ferguson, a Milwaukee-based water protector who was recently arrested with violent tactics at Camp Firelight for her participation in an action protesting Enbridge’s Line 3. Jill describes the brutal way she was treated by deputy Alexander Yocum and talks with Esty about police violence […]
Today on the show, social and cultural critic Henry Giroux joins Thursday host Allen Ruff to talk about manufactured ignorance, the infodemic, neoliberal capitalism, and other threats to education and democracy. Henry Giroux is a professor in the English and cultural studies department at McMaster University. His research focuses on critical pedagogy, education, neoliberalism, and the […]
Today, WORT reporter Jade Iseri-Ramos and hemp farmer Kattia Jimenez co-host a show about all things cannabis—state policy in Wisconsin and across the country, the effects of the 2018 farm bill, the future of legalization, and more. For the first half, they are joined by cannabis journalist Mona Zhang. Then, they talk about Kattia’s farm […]
