Last month, a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe was recovered from Lake Mendota in Madison. Today on the show, guest host Bert Zipperer puts this canoe in historical context with Bill Quackenbush, […]
The Politics of Resentment, Five Years Later
Back in 2016, before the presidential election, political science professor Kathy Cramer published a new book, The Politics of Resentment. It chronicled her findings after traveling around rural Wisconsin and […]
This Holiday Season, Let’s Tax the Rich
“We’re increasingly becoming a country with a tiny number of extraordinarily wealthy people, a large underclass, and no middle class. Societies that are structured like this do not end well […]
Media and Democracy in 2020
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s debate and with the November election fast approaching, today Allen spends the hour with co-pilot Bert Zipperer and media scholar Bob McChesney to talk about […]
Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy
It is estimated that Afghanistan produces up to 85% of the world’s opium and heroin. With that in mind, today we take a close look at the global drug trade, […]
The First Sixteen Days: An Interview with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
Exactly one month ago today, on April 2, 2019, former alder Satya Rhodes-Conway was elected as the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. On April 17, 2019, she took the oath of […]
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