Last month, poet Martín Espada won a 2021 National Book Award for his collection Floaters. According to the judges, “These poems remind us of the power of observation, of seeing […]
Latin American History, Politics, and Culture Through Film
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW–Milwaukee hosted its 42nd Annual Latin American Film Series earlier this week. For today’s show, Esty spends the hour talking with […]
Resistance, Struggle, and Solidarity through Poetry with Martín Espad...
“As we live in times of hate, we need poems of love.” For today’s episode, Allen is joined in the studio by Matt Rothschild to enjoy a selection of poems […]
Madison Supports a New Guitar Festival in Puerto Rico
In spite of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquakes, a small but determined group of Puerto Rican guitarists are pushing ahead with a planned guitar festival on February 7th […]
Split Show: Weaponizing Outer Space and Dispatches from Puerto Rico
It’s a split show today! First, we hear from Karl Grossman about his research on weaponizing outer space in the wake of President Trump’s recent directive to establish a U.S. […]
Resiliency: Designing Community Infrastructure to Withstand Flooding
When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017, not everyone was surprised by the impacts. Professor Shane Hubbard of University of Wisconsin Atmospheric Sciences had been […]