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Recent Episodes

The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman

Posted August 6, 2020 • 00:52:50

Historian Susan Reverby recently published a new book, Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman, which offers a complex...

Getting Out the Vote in 2020

Posted August 5, 2020 • 00:54:08

With Wisconsin’s partisan primary just around the corner, today Ali spends the hour talking voting rights, voter access, and getting out the Black...

Meet Assembly District 76 Candidates Dewey Bredeson and Patrick Hull

Posted August 4, 2020 • 00:54:09

Today on the show, we wrap up our last round of interviews with candidates running to represent Wisconsin’s 76th Assembly District, which covers Madison’s...

Housing Precarity and Eviction During the Pandemic

Posted August 3, 2020 • 00:55:10

Every month since April, around 30% of Americans have missed their housing payments. The federal eviction safeguard, along with the other benefits of...

Police Violence at Home and in Portland

Posted July 31, 2020 • 00:54:44

Today, we hone in on two sites of police violence: at home and in the streets. First, we discuss the unseen epidemic of domestic violence among police...