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Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd speaks with journalist and author Katherine Reynolds Lewis about her book The Good News About Bad Behavior. It’s part parenting guide, part psychology explainer on why modern society makes kids so undisciplined, and blueprint for how to rebuild lost self-control, resolve family conflict, and change the trajectory of young lives. Katherine […]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope… it’s a bird! Monday host Patty Peltekos speaks with ornithologists Clint Boal and Cheryl Dykstra, authors of Urban Raptors: Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities, from Island Press. Dr. Clint Boal is Professor of Wildlife Biology at Texas Tech University. He is the former president for […]
Esty Dinur speaks with Leo Panitch, professor of political science at York University and the co-editor of the Socialist Register. The 2018 edition of the annually-produced journal is Rethinking Democracy, which presents a series of essays re-examining liberal democracy and neoliberal capitalism.
Dubbed by some as “the Pablo Neruda of North America,” poet Martín Espada will be honored in Chicago next week as the 2018 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s prestigious Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for his outstanding lifetime literary achievement. Espada, with deep ties to Madison, is the first Latino poet to win this award since […]
Wakanda forever! Wednesday host Lilada Gee speaks with actress Ms. Dorothy Steel, who portrayed a merchant tribe elder in this year’s blockbuster film Black Panther. This hour of conversation with the seasoned 92-year-young actress covers her path to stardom and reflections on getting this point in her life, and how society has changed in that […]
On today’s pledge drive show, substitute host Gil Halsted speaks with Joan Treppa, author of Reclaiming Lives: Pursuing Justice for Six Innocent Men. It’s the story of one woman’s mission to find justice for six men she believes were wrongfully convicted right here in Wisconsin.
