How can we have an economy that works for us, rather than us working for the economy? Today we’re talking about working co-ops, workers, and unions with guest host Bert Zipperer and guest Anne Reynolds and Alexia Kulwiec. Anne Reynolds is the executive director of the UW Center for Co-Operatives. She develops courses, conferences and […]
Chinese Exclusion Act and Vincent Chin to Black Lives Matter and Islam...
Guest host Bert Zipperer is joined by award-winning author, journalist, activist, and Fullbright Scholar Helen Zia. Helen Zia has been instrumental in all sorts of important work around the country. She is the author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, about the contemporary struggles of Asian American communities to be full participants […]
United World Colleges Brings Together People And Cultures Through Educ...
Geraldine Paredes Vasquez and Laurie Frank join guest host Bert Zipperer to discuss the United World Colleges, a world-wide system of 18 schools that bring students from 149 nations together for the final two years of high school in a boarding school setting. UWC was started by Kurt Hahn, a refugee from Nazi Germany, as a […]
The Reality of Restorative Justice in Dane County
What is the Dane County Community Restorative Court? Today Bert Zipperer hosts a discussion on restorative justice in Dane County Courts and CRC, an official program of Dane County Dept of Health and Human Services Bert is joined by Ron Johnson, coordinator of the CRC, as well as PeaceKeeper Circle Keepers Emanuel Scarbrough, Caroline Warner, […]
Know Your Candidates: Zach Wood & John Terry
We continue our candidate series with District 8 candidates for Madison City Council. Joining guest host Bert Zipperer in the studio is incumbent Zach Wood and challenger John Terry Jr. District 8 covers most of the University of Wisconsin campus. Zach Wood was elected for his first term in 2015. John Terry, who was formerly homeless, […]
Ranked Choice Voting
The November election showed that many Americans are not happy with the two major democratic parties. How can our democracy empower third parties? Guest host Bert Zipperer takes on ranked-choice voting, a system allowing people to vote for a second choice after voting for who they really want, and helps assure all representatives have over […]