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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 14h

🎙️We're entering week two of the government shut down and ICE is violently raiding neighborhoods in Chicago. To make sense of these pages straight out of the Project 2025 playbook, @alimuldrow.bsky.social is joined by @thelisagraves.bsky.social.

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Project 2025 Is Going Smashingly - WORT-FM 89.9

To make sense of the dramatic changes in our nation and in our backyard, host Ali Muldrow is joined by friend of the show, Lisa Graves.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️@annielauriegaylor.bsky.social of @ffrf.org.web.brid.gy says that more folks than ever identify as non-religious, but that hasn't stopped Christian nationalists from eroding the separation of state and church by putting the 10 Commandments in schools.

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There’s No True Democracy Without Separation of State and Church - WORT-FM 89.9

Annie Laurie Gaylor says that more Americans than ever identify as non-religious, but Christian nationalists are endangering our democracy.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 2d

🎙️Today we feature community-based climate solutions with Jess Stahl of @grist.org, and Deneine Christa Powell of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. Powell says that sustainability isn't a luxury, but a necessary part of life.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 5d

🎙️The global drug trade is at home in the US military, says journalist Seth Harp who joins us on the show today to talk about his new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, out now from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

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Drug Trafficking and Mass Violence in the US Special Forces - WORT-FM 89.9

Journalist Seth Harp joins Esty Dinur to discuss new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️Hypocrisy is the main theme of today’s show; from Supreme Court rulings about racial profiling, affirmative action, and court injunctions, @tasullivan21.bsky.social who writes for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social sees a troubling trend emerging.

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Sliding from Constitutional Democracy to Constitutional Cruelty - WORT-FM 89.9

Hypocrisy is the main theme of today’s show; from Supreme Court rulings about racial profiling, affirmative action, and court injunctions, Terrance Sullivan sees a troubling trend emerging.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️Madison poet laureate Steven Espada Dawson and Madison youth poet laureate Octavia Ikard discuss how art responds to and drives political life, the idea of selfishness and self-expression, and how formal poetry can bring order to chaos.

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Local Poet Laureates Save Our Wednesday - WORT-FM 89.9

Steven Espada Dawson and Octavia Ikard discuss the role of poetry in self expression and healing but also in response to political life.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 8d

🎙️Mosaic artist Laurel True is coming back to Madison to work on an installation at the new Bartillion Men’s Shelter. She took feedback from community members, staff, and over 40 men's shelter clients in designing the project.

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Creative Placemaking Through Mosaics at the New Men’s Shelter - WORT-FM 89.9

Laurel True discusses the new art installation at the men's shelter and her career of community-based projects and creative placemaking.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 9d

🎙️Climate scientist @drkatemarvel.bsky.social there’s no conflict between getting the facts right and having feelings about them. Her new book, Human Nature, tells the stories of humans taking action to protect the world around them.

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Facts and Feelings are Both Needed to Fight Climate Change - WORT-FM 89.9

In Kate Marvel's new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet, she looks to times when people have come together to fight ecological problems, like the killing of whales, the Cl...

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 12d

🎙️A proposed bill getting bipartisan support in Wisconsin would require state agencies to follow the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Our guest today, Raz Segal, says the definition is vague and harmful.

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Defining Antisemitism Won’t End It - WORT-FM 89.9

Raz Segal tells host Esty Dinur that the IHRA definition of antisemitism is vague and conflates the state of Israel with Jews.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 13d

🎙️We're arriving at the "death rattle of democracy" says today's guest, @girouxh.bsky.social. Giroux reflects on political violence, neoliberal fascism, and the weaknesses of the corporate media in the US and offers advice for resistance.

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We’re Living on the Raw Edge of Violence - WORT-FM 89.9

Henry Giroux reflects on the state of US politics, the reality of neoliberal fascism, the weakness of legacy media, and how to find hope.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 15d

🎙 Amari Johnson found contemporary resonances of maroonage in the Algiers parish of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He tells host Dana Pellebon about how the Black Star Cafe sought education for liberation.

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The Maroon Tradition Endures After Katrina - WORT-FM 89.9

Dana Pellebon discusses the history of maroonage in the Black diaspora with independent scholar Amari Johnson.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 16d

Today we are joined by Missy Jeanne and Ben Smith, two of the creators of GLEAM, the annual outdoor evening exhibit at Olbrich Gardens.

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GLEAM Art Exhibit Celebrates its 10th Anniversary at Olbrich Gardens - WORT-FM 89.9

Today we are joined with Missy Jeanne and Ben Smith, two of the creators of GLEAM, the annual outdoor evening exhibit at Olbrich Gardens.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 21d

🎙️Dr. Sagashus T. Levingston is a scholar and author who wants to change the narrative around economic shame and Black motherhood. She tells @alimuldrow.bsky.social about "infamous mothers," orgasms, home ownership, and so much more!

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Mothering Doesn’t Equal Martyrdom - WORT-FM 89.9

Author and scholar, Dr. Sagashus T. Levingston, tells host Ali Muldrow about economic shame and the power of homeownership.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 22d

🎙️ As Madison and Dane County prepare their upcoming budgets, the issue of how to address housing is front and center, especially for Dairy Drive. Alder Davy Mayer and Supervisor Heidi Wegleitner weigh in on what could be the future of the community.

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The Future of Dairy Drive Could Be Decided Tonight - WORT-FM 89.9

Alder Davy Mayer and Heidi Wegleitner talk about the different ways that the city and the county can support the Dairy Drive community.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 23d

🎙️Higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy but meeting the needs of the average student, says @glastris.bsky.social. He's the editor of @washingtonmonthly.com which just put out its 2025 college rankings.

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A Successful College Should Not Look Like A Country Club - WORT-FM 89.9

Our guest, Paul Glastris, says that higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy, but meeting the needs of the average student.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 26d

🎙️Political violence is front and center in the news and today’s conversation. In this 2-part show, @staceyabrams.com
discusses the state of autocracy in the US and @thantmyintu.bsky.social reflects on the life of his grandfather, the peacemaker U Thant.

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Stacey Abrams and Thant Myint-U on How to Build Peace - WORT-FM 89.9

In this two-part show, Stacey Abrams discusses political violence and Thant Myint-U reflects on his grandfather's peacemaking legacy.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 27d

🎙In the US, Albert Einstein isn’t well known for his views on socialism. But in 1949, he wrote an essay for the inaugural issue of the Monthly Review called “Why Socialism.” John Bellamy Foster joins us to discuss Einstein and his legacy as a socialist.

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The Smartest Man Ever was a Socialist - WORT-FM 89.9

Today’s guest, John Bellamy Foster of the Monthly Review tells host Allen Ruff about Albert Einstein’s legacy as a socialist.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 28d

🎙️ Journalist @hco96.bsky.social tells @alimuldrow.bsky.social about the intrepid Argentinian grandmothers who took great risk to find their missing daughters and grandchildren in the face of the brutal dictatorship that covered it up.

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The Indomitable Spirit of Argentinian Grandmothers - WORT-FM 89.9

Journalist Haley Cohen Gilliland talks about the lessons we can still learn from the unrelenting grandmothers who fought to find their missing grandchildren.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 29d

🎙️Today we celebrate the joy of reading with Rowan Childs of the Madison Reading Project. She tells host Dana Pellebon that we have to not only teach kids how to read but how to love reading.

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Getting Joyful Books in the Hands of Kids - WORT-FM 89.9

Rowan Childs of the Madison Reading Project tells Dana Pellebon that it's important to not only teach kids how to read but how to love reading.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎙️Andrea Debbink is the latest Naturalist in Residence at @madisonlibrary.bsky.social. She talks about her love of black walnut trees and Starkweather Creek, recommends children’s nature books, and advises listeners on how to get to know your local birds.

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Do you know the birds in your backyard? - WORT-FM 89.9

Naturalist Andrea Debbink discusses her love of black walnut trees, recommends field guides, and advises listeners on how to get to know your local birds.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎙Norma Wong advises listeners do small things to create a better world and not fixate on fighting everything that you are ideologically opposed to. She draws from her new book, When No Thing Works, from @natlanticbooks.bsky.social.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎙️Journalist and scholar Oswaldo Zavala speaks with @davaloss.bsky.social about the myth of drug cartels, the US’s military occupation of Mexico, and his study of the Latin American author, Roberto Bolaño.

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎙️Steven Olikara says that music is a good metaphor for how to engage in the political sphere. He says we should be like jazz musicians because they’re expert listeners, skilled improvisers, and actively engaged in call and response.

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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · Sep 3

A little peek behind the curtain of what I do as a radio talk show producer for @apublicaffair.bsky.social .

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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎙️Wisconsin has a constitutional obligation to public education, but more and more state money is being funneled into voucher schools says @hdbwi.bsky.social of the @wiscednetwork.bsky.social.

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