Madison BookBeat

Richard L. Pifer, "The Great War Comes to Wisconsin: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis"

Stu welcomes Richard L. Pifer for a discussion of his book “The Great War Comes to Wisconsin: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of...

UW Prof. John Milton Cooper, Jr., "Woodrow Wilson: A Biography," part 2

Stu Levitan welcomes UW Professor Emeritus John Milton Cooper, Jr., for part two of their discussion of one of the most important presidents in American...

Jennifer Chiaverini, "The Women's March"

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers

Stu Levitan welcomes NY Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini, here to discuss her...

Greg Mitchell, "The Beginning Or The End: How Hollywood – And America – Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb""

On the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, an encore presentation of Stu Levitan’s conversation from last August with Greg...

Andrew Maraniss, "GAMES OF DECEPTION, The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team, and the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany."

Well, the Olympics are giving us some great performances and amazing story lines, so we have dialed up an encore presentation of our 2020 conversation...