This episode originally aired on August 6, 2020. Historian Susan Reverby’s latest book offers a complex portrait of Alan Berkman, a doctor who was radicalized in the 1960s and joined a clandestine struggle for change, was imprisoned for nearly a decade, battled cancer several times over, and ended his life of activism with a successful […]
The War at Home with Glenn Silber
As we approach the 40th anniversary screening of the Academy Award–nominated documentary film The War at Home, Allen spends the hour with director Glenn Silber and Vietnam War veteran Doug Bradley to discuss the political climate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 1960s. There is a public screening of The War at Home on Sunday, […]
The Life and Work of Radical Philosopher Herbert Marcuse
On today’s episode, Allen sits down with cartoonist Nick Thorkelson and editor Paul Buhle to talk about their new volume on radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse, whose ideas inspired the New Left of the 1960s and, according to Angela Davis, can be just as valuable today. Nick Thorkelson is a cartoonist living in Boston. He is […]
Lessons from Madison in the Sixties with Stu Levitan
For today’s episode, Allen chats with author and historian Stu Levitan about his new book Madison in the Sixties. They discuss how the political climate and resistance movements of the ’60s can have valuable lessons for our time as well, including the effects of urban renewal, race relations, the role of protesting and civil disobedience, and […]
This Week in 1960
Local historian Stu Levitan takes us back to the second week in April, 1960.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’roll
(WORT) — The 1960s were a tumultuous time and Madison was not excluded from the action. Local historian Stu Levitan now tells us how the era of sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll made the Mad City.
