After an informational hearing on Madison’s sister city of Kanifing, The Gambia, the Common Council met for over five hours last night, voting to allow more unrelated renters to live […]
APA Valentine’s Day Love & Radio Hour
Love isn’t just one thing. We can have love for our partners, our friends, our family—and, of course, ourselves! That’s what we’re celebrating on today’s […]
Paying Tribute to Black Intellectual Foremother bell hooks
No Black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much.’ Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much.’ … No woman has ever written enough. – bell hooks, Remembered […]
The Forced Detention of Children at the Border
Friday host Esty Dinur spends the show examining current U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies and the forced detention of children away from their families, who are legally seeking […]
Trauma, Drama, and Yo’ Mama: Surviving the Holidays
Expecting some turkey and drama this holiday season? Today we discuss how to deal with family trauma and drama during the holidays with therapist Myra Renee McNair, Laurie Burgos, and […]
The Family
On Monday December 16th on A Public Affair, our host John Quinlan was joined by guest is David Laskin, author to discuss his latest book, of “The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century”. Spanning 150 years, and the different experiences of various branches of his Jewish family in Eastern Europe, Palestine, and the US, it’s a book written with the evocatively lyrical style of great fiction, in evoking fascinating individual stories amidst the backdrop of events both tragic and uplifting.