On Tuesdays, the Daily Cardinal — one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers — shares the latest in campus news. This week, producer Hope Karnopp talks with editor-in-chief Addison Lathers about the […]
Campus Mask Mandates Are Back
After the CDC issued its controversial new guidelines in May announcing that vaccinated people could go without masks in most indoor and outdoor spaces, many local health departments and businesses […]
How Universities Shape Urban Life
University campuses play a major role in whatever city they’re in, from local politics to gentrification and even policing. We’re in the midst of a new economy, argues urban historian […]
Free Speech: A 2021 Explainer
There’s been a lot of talk lately about free speech and the First Amendment. What is—and what isn’t—protected free speech? Today on the show, legal expert Howard Schweber breaks it […]
Split Show: Grad Worker Sit-In and Toni Morrison Documentary
Earlier this afternoon, graduate workers from the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) occupied the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s administration building to demand fair pay and improved policies for graduate employees. For the […]
Lessons from Madison in the Sixties with Stu Levitan
For today’s episode, Allen chats with author and historian Stu Levitan about his new book Madison in the Sixties. They discuss how the political climate and resistance movements of the ’60s […]
