Guests George Gonis and Bill Lueders join us to talk about UW-Madison’s decision to remove Fredric March’s name from the university, amid a growing number of scholars, actors, and civil rights advocates who argue that decision was hasty, and should be reconsidered.
Grappling with Madison’s Racist Past – And Present
For today’s show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd talks about uncovering UW–Madison’s campus history with Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Public History Project. They discuss some of the project’s research, […]
The Monument Debate
As more Confederate monuments are coming down this summer, including a long-contested statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville earlier this month, we turn our attention to the debates swirling […]
Public History: WWI and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Today on the program, we look back one hundred years to the public health effects of World War I and the influenza pandemic of 1918 with Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, curator of […]
Public History Project Comes to UW-Madison
A new public history project at UW-Madison aims to uncover the histories of those at the university who were marginalized and discriminated against. Chali Pittman sat down with the project’s […]
