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 around these monuments—debates that are really about public history and our shared commemorative landscapes. For today’s show, guest host Yuri Rashkin hosts a roundtable with […]
Investing in Infrastructure and the Care Economy
Earlier this spring, the Biden-Harris administration announced the American Jobs Plan, “an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs [and] rebuild our country’s infrastructure.” For this show, guest host Yuri Rashkin first takes a close look at the American Jobs Plan and its implications for transportation and the built environment with Joseph […]
Food Insecurity During the Pandemic
An estimated 13.7 million U.S. households were food insecure last year—and this number has only grown during the pandemic, with nearly 1 in 4 households experiencing food insecurity in 2020. Today on the show, guest host Yuri Rashkin hosts a vital and timely roundtable about food insecurity in our local community with a panel of […]
A Trip Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole
Today on the show, guest host Yuri Rashkin takes a close look at QAnon, a set of conspiracy theories circulating on the internet that has grown increasingly popular during the pandemic and leading up to the election. Together with conspiracy theory debunker Mike Rothschild and Russian media researcher Vasily Gatov, we spend the hour learning […]
Podcast Mini: Democracy in the Park
Today on the show, Monday host Patty Peltekos and co-pilot Yuri Rashkin learn about the Democracy in the Park program with Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl. Democracy in the Park is an event where Madison voters can register to vote and return their absentee ballots securely to official poll workers at over 200 parks throughout […]
What the Media is Getting Wrong about the U.S. Postal Service
“It’s a logistics story first and foremost, but it’s been reported as a Donald Trump story,” says journalist Alex Shephard of all the recent reporting on the United States Postal Service. “When you look at the full story of why the USPS is in crisis, it’s much more complicated and interesting.” Today on the show, […]
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