How can Stonewall be explained to young adults? How did a raid of the Stonewall Inn become a catalyst that triggered an explosive demand for gay rights? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!
Culture Crash
Is it impossible for creative artists to earn a living in our society? Is there a crisis of the creative class? Is America’s middlebrow culture collapsing? Check out this edition of A Public Affair to find out more.
Giving It Raw: Nearly 30 Years of AIDS
How do you seize life when you discover you are HIV positive? How do you face your own mortality with grit and dark humor? Check out this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!
Syria: A History of the Last Hundred Years
Why have Syria’s foundations as a nation proved so fragile? Why has the international community been so powerless? Is the Syrian Civil War the greatest humanitarian and political crisis of the twenty-first century? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!
In Our Power
Are you familiar with Israel’s 2008–9 “Operation Cast Lead” assault on the Palestinians of Gaza? What kind of student movement emerged on US campuses for justice in Palestine? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!
Our Declaration: In Defense of Equality
Why is the Declaration of Independence, one of the most profound documents in the history of government, rarely read from start to finish? Why do so few Americans actually know what it says? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!