For many people, books provide comfort, distraction, or a window into another world—something we could all use a little bit more of these days. Today’s show explores how readers are accessing books and supporting local bookstores and literary events in new ways, from the distance. First, we talk to Joanne Berg, Jayne Rowsam, and Charlotte Colaluca […]
Split Show: Pipeline Trespass Bill and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Ch...
Today’s two-part show takes up issues of protest and extremist religious activism. In the first segment, attorney Patricia Hammel offers updates on the new, quietly-passed legislation known as the “pipeline trespass bill” (Assembly Bill 426) that has serious consequences for environmental protesters in Wisconsin. For the remainder of the show (starting at 17:10), Esty is […]
Wisconsin Poets on Social Justice
With the Wisconsin Book Festival in full swing this week, we continue our series of author interviews. Ali talks to current Madison Poet Laureate Oscar Mireles and 2015–16 Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser, both of whom contributed to the anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. They discuss their work as educators, activists, […]
Reclaiming Community with Bianca Baldridge
Approximately 2.4 million Black youth throughout the United States participate in a wide range of after-school programs that focus on tutoring, academic achievement, sports and play, organizing and activism, cultural identity, and more. Today on the show, Carousel sits down with Bianca J. Baldridge to talk about the youth workers who run these programs—who are […]
Wisconsin Book Festival Kicks Off Thursday
Book lovers will flock to the Madison Central Library starting on Thursday for the annual Wisconsin Book Festival. The event has four days of authors and writers lined up to give talks on works ranging from poetry to politics to science literature. WORT producer Nina Kravinsky caught up with book festival organizer Conor Moran to […]
Angela J. Davis on Policing the Black Man
A Public Affair contributor Gil Halsted recorded a talk given by Angela J. Davis earlier this month during the Wisconsin Book Festival, entitled “Policing the Black Man.” Ms. Davis is a professor of law at American University, editor of the recent book Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment, and author of Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American […]
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