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Prof. Patrick W. Steele, "Home of the Braves: The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee"

Posted October 4, 202100:53:20

As the 2021 National League Central Conference Champion Milwaukee Brewers are about to open their playoff series against, yes, the Atlanta Braves, Stu...

Dave Zirin, "The Kaepernick Effect: Taking A Knee, Changing The World"

Posted September 27, 202100:56:01

On the second and last Madison BookBeat show during the fall pledge drive, Stu Levitan welcomes a long-time friend of community radio and other alternative...

Nicholas D. Hayes, "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House: How An Omission Transformed The Architect’s Legacy"

Posted September 20, 202101:02:32

For his first show during the fall pledge drive, Stu Levitan welcomes Nicholas D. Hayes, author of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House: How...

Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, "Wisconsin, The New Home of the Jew: 150 years of Jewish life at the UW-Madison"

Posted September 13, 202100:52:12

Stu Levitan marks the Jewish High Holy Days with an encore presentation of his conversation from April 2020 with Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, History instructor...

David Maraniss, "Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe"

Posted September 6, 202101:02:29

Stu Levitan welcomes Madison’s favorite journalistic son, and his most frequent guest, David Maraniss. As proud Madisonians know, David grew up on...