In a hour with several callers, host Allen Ruff talks with Madison-based author, Vietnam veteran, and activist Doug Bradley. His new book is Who’ll Stop the Rain: Respect, Remembrance, and Reconciliation in Post-Vietnam America. It explores how the music of the Vietnam era helped create safe, nonjudgmental environments for listening, sharing, and understanding. Doug Bradley […]
The War at Home with Glenn Silber
As we approach the 40th anniversary screening of the Academy Award–nominated documentary film The War at Home, Allen spends the hour with director Glenn Silber and Vietnam War veteran Doug Bradley to discuss the political climate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 1960s. There is a public screening of The War at Home on Sunday, […]
The Power of Music in the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War Program Series The Power of Music in the Vietnam War Thursday, December 7, 7-8 p.m. Verona Public Library Music serves as a backdrop for the Vietnam War in films, documentaries, and in memories. On Thursday, December 7, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the Verona Public Library, war veteran and UW-Madison author […]
Veterans Day and post-election fears
Happy Veterans Day! Sub host Matt Rothschild is joined in the studio by Will Williams of Madison Veterans for Peace, and Doug Bradley, author of We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War, to discuss the veterans, post-election fear, and “poser patriotism.”
The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
How did U.S. troops use music to connect to others and cope with the complexities Vietnam War? Today Allen Ruff talks with Doug Bradley and Craig Werner, authors of the recently released “We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War,” which looks at the impact of popular music on the […]
Brian and Matt present Jimi Hendrix and a new book
Veterans Brian and Matt have worked each September since the mid-2000s on an Access Hour program featuring some aspect of Jimi Hendrix’s life and accomplishments and art. This year’s show again runs closely in conjunction with Jimi’s passing (Sep 18, 1970). This year Brian and Matt feature some special guests (Craig Werner and Doug Bradley) […]