WORT’s Darien Lamen talks with John Nichols about what’s happening in Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary. Nichols writes about electoral politics for The Nation magazine and he is also Associate Editor of The Capital Times in Madison.
People Got Ready – and had a great event!
WORT-FM Community Radio, together with the Wisconsin Book Festival, hosted the kick-off event for the national book tour of PEOPLE GET READY, the new book by John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney that looks at the future of technology and how it will impact our way of life. On Friday, January 19th in the Madison […]
People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy
Host Jonathan Zarov interviews John Nichols, co-author of the book: People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its national affairs correspondent. His posts have been circulated internationally, quoted in numerous books, and mentioned in debates […]
The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy
12 PM: What effects does the digital divide have on the future of democracy? Today Allen Ruff talks with Bob McChesney, co-author of the newly released book “People Get Ready,” to discuss this and the need for a new economy. But first, assistant news director Dylan Brogan gives an update from the “Day Without Latinos […]
Book Event: People Get Ready
John Nichols and Bob McChesney have written a new book, People Get Ready, and they want WORTians to be the first to hear about it at a special, free event, Friday, February 19, 7 pm, at the downtown Madison Public Library, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. Nichols and McChesney are household names for WORT listeners. […]
Dollarocracy
According to dollarocracy-book. When asked if random selection for members of the U.S. Congress would work better than our money driven elections, 45% of Americans believe that candidates would do a better job if they were randomly selected electing candidates using the current big-money system. Check out this edition of A Public Affair to hear more!