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

In this two-part show, host Esty Dinur discusses the state of the US with Leader Stacey Abrams and reflects on the life of the peacemaker U Thant with his grandson Thant Myint-U.

Todays guest, John Bellamy Foster of the Monthly Review, tells host Allen Ruff about Albert Einsteins legacy as a socialist.

Journalist Haley Cohen Gilliland joins host Ali Muldrow to talk about her new book and the lessons we can still learn from the unrelenting grandmothers who fought to find their missing grandchildren.

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

Learning about your local environment is a great way to feel more at home. Thats the message that Madison Public Librarys latest Naturalist in Residence Andrea Debbink wants folks to understand.

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

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.

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

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.