On December 19, 2020, socialist intellectual and friend of the show Leo Panitch passed away from COVID-19. Today, we honor his legacy by speaking with his longtime friend and colleague Sam Gindin, a Canadian scholar and activist who co-authored The Socialist Challenge Today and other volumes with Panitch. He and Esty reflect on the past […]
New Year’s Day Show: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Today, we kick off 2021 with a looking-back/looking-forward conversation with alder Rebecca Kemble, a longtime Madison organizer, water protector, labor activist, and housing advocate. She talks about her hopes for the new year—the rising generation, community rights, the power to act collectively—and discusses important moments from 2020 in Madison city government, including higher resident participation […]
Governor Evers Submits Compromise COVID Bill to State Legislature
Picture taken from Flickr under the Creative Commons License. Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced a compromise COVID-19 relief bill. The new proposal would cost $100 million, much less than Evers’ $541 million proposal announced in November. That same day, Governor Evers sent a memo to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos highlighting some of the areas […]
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 2020 Edition
As the Trump presidency draws to a close, the administration has moved to solidify a number of initiatives on the international diplomatic front, especially in regard to Israel and Palestine and the broader Middle East. Today on the show, we’ll be discussing U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, politics and concerns in the region, […]
Responding to Biden’s Cabinet Picks
Joe Biden has been involved in DC politics since 1972, when he was elected to the Senate. Now as president-elect, all eyes are on Biden as he assembles the key players in his administration—and it’s looking an awful lot like Obama-era, business-as-usual politics, much to the disappointment of more progressive voters. Today, we’re joined by […]
The Sinking Middle Class
The concept of the middle class has a unique hold on the American imagination—for years, it’s been the central talking point of both dominant political parties. But what is this middle class and what does it really mean to “save” it? Save it from what? From whom? Today on the show, Allen explores these questions […]
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