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The Struggle and Triumph of the Crimean Indigenous People
October 17, 2025

Today, Host Esty Dinur speaks with cultural anthropologist and professor Greta Uehling about her book Decolonizing Ukraine: the Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom.

Anna Lekas Miller On the Impacts of Immigration Laws on Families
October 16, 2025

Anna Lekas Miller talks about the effects of the new ICE immigration policies along with her book Love Across Borders, which explores the human stories and the consequences of couples with mixed citiz

Founders of Autonomy News Discuss the Changing Landscape of Abortion i...
October 15, 2025

Susan Rinkunas and Garnet Henderson are co-founders of the independent reproductive rights and justice publication, Autonomy News. They joined Ali Mudrow today in a wide-ranging conversation about the

Using fiction to think about domestic violence
October 14, 2025

'A Public Affair' host Dana Pellebon speaks with novelist Helen Winslow Black about her novel Seven Blackbirds. Black discusses how each persons experience of domestic violence is unique, and how f

Wisconsin Authors Discuss Birds, State Parks, and Wisconsin Ecology
October 13, 2025

Today we were joined by two guests, Dexter Patterson and Scott Spoolman who discussed the books they will present at the Wisconsin Book Festival: Birds of the Great Lakes, and Wisconsin State Parks. -

Honoring 30 Years of Esty Dinur in your Ears
October 10, 2025

On the show today, long time-host Esty Dinur celebrates 30 years on A Public Affair. She says her driving motivation has always been to focus on issues that arent covered by mainstream media and to c

How Latin America Shaped US History
October 09, 2025

On todays show, host Allen Ruff is joined by award winning historian, Greg Grandin to talk about his new book, America, Amrica: A New History of the New World.

Project 2025 Is Going Smashingly
October 08, 2025

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.

There’s No True Democracy Without Separation of State and Church
October 07, 2025

Annie Laurie Gaylor says that more Americans 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 Comma

Sustainability is the Quiet Infrastructure of Life
October 06, 2025

Today we feature community-based climate solutions with Jess Stahl, the Project Director of the Grist 50, and Deneine Christa Powell of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.