A Public Affair

A Public Affair


Latest Episodes

Skunk Hill Spring Gathering
April 18, 2025

Host Esty Dinur speak with Fred and Germaine Pidgeon about the Skunk Hill Spring Gathering and Paul DeMain about Trumps executive orders ending environmental protections.

Van Jackson on Zombie Economic Nationalism
April 17, 2025

Allen Ruff speaks with Van Jackson about how tariffs will hurt the working class, the rise of crony capitalism, the increasingly flagrant spoils system, and Arundhati Roys vision of civil disobedienc

State of the Arts: Wisconsin Humanities Loses Funding
April 16, 2025

As federal cuts to arts and culture programs are hitting local organizations hard, host Ali Muldrow speaks with Jessica Becker and Jen Rubin of Wisconsin Humanities.

Mariel Barnes explains the “manosphere”
April 15, 2025

Christina Lieffring speaks with scholar Mariel Barnes about the manosphere, its rising influence on US politics, and how it leads to doxxing and violence

USDA Ends Farm to School Programs
April 14, 2025

Douglas Haynes speaks with three experts about the USDAs decision last month to eliminate two programs that help schools, child care centers, and food banks buy food from local farms.

The Uhuru 3 Legal Victory
April 11, 2025

Esty Dinur speaks with Chairman Omali Yesitela and Penny Hess of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement who are working toward African liberation and anti-colonialism worldwide.

Rachel Ida Buff on Birthright Citizenship and Due Process
April 10, 2025

Allen Ruff is joined by scholar and activist Rachel Ida Buff to talk about the right to due process through the 14th Amendment and the Trump Administrations goal to end birthright citizenship.

State of the Arts: Round 1
April 09, 2025

We regularly talk with poets and artists about their work. And today host Ali Muldrow is joined by three professionals who work behind the scenes to make local arts programming happen.

Robert McChesney Retrospective
April 08, 2025

On todays A Public Affair were honoring the life and legacy of Bob McChesney who passed away on March 25.

What we lose when schools close their doors
April 07, 2025

UWs two year schools are accessible and affordable, but theyre closing at an alarming rate, Ken Brosky tells Douglas Haynes.