Today’s two-part show takes up issues of protest and extremist religious activism. In the first segment, attorney Patricia Hammel offers updates on the new, quietly-passed legislation known as the “pipeline trespass bill” (Assembly Bill 426) that has serious consequences for environmental protesters in Wisconsin. For the remainder of the show (starting at 17:10), Esty is […]
How Fascism Works with Jason Stanley
As fascist ideologies continue to infect American discourse, Esty spends the hour with Yale philosopher Jason Stanley to identify the core tenets of fascist thought and politics, as outlined in his new book, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the […]
How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination
With white nationalist discourse on the rise in the U.S. and around the globe, today we focus our attention on the goals, strategies, and culture of the American alt-right. Our guest is Alexandra Minna Stern, author of Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination. Alexandra Minna Stern is […]
Nixon, Trump, and the History of Impeachment with Michael Koncewicz
As Congress takes up impeachment proceedings against President Trump, Esty and co-pilot Zoe Sullivan spend the hour with political historian Michael Koncewicz to discuss presidential abuses of power and the history of impeachment through the lens of his book They Said No to Nixon. Michael Koncewicz is a political historian and Cold War Collections specialist the […]
Split Show: Mutual Aid Networks and the High Climate Cost of the Milit...
For the first part of today’s program, Esty talks to Mutual Aid Networks founder Stephanie Rearick and organizers Annaleise Hall and Kate Macdonald, who have been traveling throughout the Midwest and East Coast on their Solidarity Sprint tour, about their work building sustainable economies and futures in their local communities in the US, the UK, […]
A Look to the Future: Military, Politics, and Artificial Intelligence
For today’s episode, we look to the future with an eye to politics, tech, society, and humanity. First, Greg Palast stops by the studio as part of his three-day visit to Madison for the 18th annual Fighting Bob Fest. He outlines his opposition to siting F-35 jets in Madison—or anywhere—and briefly talks Trump, 2020, and […]
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