Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from July 5, 2018. With the national conversation about white supremacy on the rise, Allen talks to historian Linda Gordon about her latest book, The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition. They discuss the rise of the KKK in […]
Madisonians Weigh In On Presidential Candidates
We, Peyton Barber and Mario Canacasco, the news interns for WORT FM, set out on a mission to find out who people were planning to vote for in the 2020 election, and the issues that would bring them to the polls. We took it to the streets of Madison to ask about four dozen people […]
Split Show: 2020 Presidential Race and US–Venezuela Updates
On today’s two-part show, we bring you updates on American electoral politics and the U.S.’s intervention in Venezuela. First, Esty discusses the overcrowded 2020 presidential race with William Pitt, senior editor at Truthout. In the second segment, anthropology professor Adrienne Pine describes her experience as an embassy protector at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C., […]
How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics with Laura Briggs
“All politics is reproductive.” That’s the major claim of Laura Briggs, our guest today. She joins Carousel in the studio for a far-reaching discussion of reproductive justice and contemporary American politics. They talk Reaganomics and the destruction of the social safety net, the stereotype of the “welfare queen,” identity politics, the disappearing 40-hour workweek, reproductive […]
Why Competition in the Political Industry is Failing America: A Strate...
Lecture by Katherine Gehl
Let’s Talk American Politics
On today’s episode, guest host Ali Muldrow has a freewheeling conversation with activist and researcher Lisa Graves about American politics right now. With input from callers, they take up the rise of figures like Scott Walker, the intersection of race and politics, the Kavanaugh confirmation, and much more. Lisa Graves is the president of True North […]
