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For today’s episode, we kick off the hour with Gregory Wilpert, who offers a brief political history of Venezuela and an overview of the United States’ involvement. For the second segment, Allen is joined in the studio by Juancito Trukupey, a Madison-based Venezuelan musician. Juancito shares his experience as a Chavista living in Caracas and […]
On today’s episode, guest host Harry Hawkins talks to psychology professor Markus Brauer about what behavioral science can tell us about achieving diversity and inclusion. As the director of the Brauer Group Lab, Professor Brauer researches how people’s thought processes, perceptions of others, and behaviors are affected by being members of a social group. He […]
We pick back up with another edition of Meet the Candidates, this time for the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) school board. For today’s show, Carousel interviews the candidates for seat 3, Cris Carusi and Kaleem Caire. They spend the hour discussing their priorities for the students and teachers of Madison’s K–12 school system.
On Thursday, January 31, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer gave a public lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. For today’s episode, guest host Gil Halsted presents a recording of Dr. Kimmerer’s talk, entitled “We the People: Expanding the Circle of Citizenship for Public Lands.” Robin Wall Kimmerer is a plant ecologist, writer, and SUNY Distinguished Teaching […]
What’s going on with the crisis in Venezuela and the United States’ involvement? For today’s episode, we speak to Eric Draitser and Lucas Koerner to get critical updates. Eric Draitser is an independent political analyst and host of CounterPunch Radio, a podcast produced in partnership with CounterPunch magazine and website. His work focuses primarily on […]
For today’s episode, Allen gets updated on US–Iran relations and the history and current status of the Iran nuclear deal with Scott Ritter, author of Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who, as a chief inspector for the United Nations in Iraq […]
