As part of our ongoing coverage of the F-35 fighter jets, today Allen is joined by defense analyst Pierre Sprey, an outspoken critic of the F-35s who raises serious concerns about their safety. Over the course of the hour, Sprey makes the case for how the F-35s weaken US air power and why opposing them […]
Music and healing from the Vietnam war with Doug Bradley
In a hour with several callers, host Allen Ruff talks with Madison-based author, Vietnam veteran, and activist Doug Bradley. His new book is Who’ll Stop the Rain: Respect, Remembrance, and Reconciliation in Post-Vietnam America. It explores how the music of the Vietnam era helped create safe, nonjudgmental environments for listening, sharing, and understanding. Doug Bradley […]
Democracy and the Red-Green Revolution with Victor Wallis
Allen spends the hour with author and activist Victor Wallis to discuss a wide range of issues touching on contemporary U.S. politics, democracy, and ecosocialism. Victor Wallis is an author and activist who teaches in the Liberal Arts Department at the Berklee College of Music. He is the senior editor of the journal Socialism and […]
Holiday Special: 2019 Highlight Reel
For today’s special end-of-year holiday edition, we present some highlights from interviews we’ve hosted this year featuring short segments from our entire lineup, Monday through Friday. We start the hour with Monday host Patty Peltekos, who earlier this year interviewed tech journalist Kashmir Hill about her research for the award-winning piece “The House that Spied […]
A Report Back from Chile with Adam Schesch
With mass mobilization and protest ongoing throughout Chile since October, we turn our sights back to Santiago for today’s episode. What are the popular grievances, concerns, and demands that have brought millions of people into the streets—and what have these grassroots movements been able to achieve? Our guest is historian Adam Schesch, recently returned from […]
Understanding the Political Crisis in Bolivia with Ben Dangl
Exactly one month ago yesterday, a right-wing coup overthrew Bolivian president Evo Morales and forced him into exile. Today on the show, Allen speaks with historian and journalist Ben Dangl about the events leading up to the political crisis, the developments of the past month, and the broader historical context for the forces at play […]
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