A Public Affair

A Public Affair


Latest Episodes

Collective Acceleration Counteracts Modernity
September 05, 2025

Norma Wong advises listeners do small things to create a better world and not fixate on fighting everything that you are ideologically opposed to.

How the Drug Trade Relies on the US Military
September 04, 2025

Oswaldo Zavala speaks with guest host Carlos Dvalos about the myth of drug cartels, the USs military occupation of Mexico, and his study of the Latin American author, Roberto Bolao.

Reinventing Political Media Through Storytelling
September 03, 2025

Ali Muldrow welcomes Steven Olikara back to WORT to talk about building narratives with the power to unify the US political terrain.

Public Education is the Beating Heart of Democracy
September 02, 2025

When we talk about public education, were talking about the heart of democracy, says todays guest Heather DuBois Bourenane, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Public Education Network.

Immigrants Are the Backbone of the Food System
September 01, 2025

Alba Velasquez and Darin Von Ruden are experts in the US food system, and they tell host Douglas Haynes that theyre concerned about the rising fear they see in immigrant communities in California and

Open Line with Esty Dinur
August 29, 2025

Listeners kept the phones ringing today during our open line show. Host Esty Dinur heard from callers concerned about vaccines and public health as well as the political health of the democratic party

Repatriation is Just Deportation Dressed Up
August 28, 2025

On todays show, we hear from journalist Nyki Duda who draws a line from anti-immigrant movements of the 1920s to the present.

Moms Are the OG Organizers
August 27, 2025

If youre a mom on social media, you might know Kate from her Instagram profile, @motherhoodforgood. She joins host Ali Muldrow today to talk about parenting and women in democratic politics.

From the Archive: The Politics of Climate Change in 1998
August 26, 2025

Today were rebroadcasting a show from December of 1998 in which host Dan Jaffee interviews Susan Nossal, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Wisconsin, and Nancy Cole of the Union of Concer

The Intellectual Roots of Social Gospel Christians
August 25, 2025

Sara Gabler speaks with renowned theologian and social ethicist, Gary Dorrien, about his new memoir, Over from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life.