Esty Dinur speaks with Kamau Franklin about organizing against the militarized law enforcement training center called “Cop City” in Atlanta, the assault of and targeting of Black communities by police

Peter Kornbluh discusses the historic 1975 expose of the CIA, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders" and the attempts to halt its circulation.

Journalist Nell Bernstein discusses the youth and families leading the charge to close youth prisons and end the dehumanization of incarceration.

In this prerecorded conversation from late July 2025, host Esty Dinur follows up with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon who visited Madison to report on his work in hospitals in Gaza.

On this Thanksgiving Day edition of A Public Affair, Allen Ruff is joined by our traditional Thanksgiving guest, Will Williams, to reflect on perennial issues like colonialism, militarism, and racism.

Carlos Dvalos is in conversation with journalist Carlos Prez Osorio who sailed with the Global Sumud Flotilla as a journalist last summer.

Whether youre hosting a large party at your home or visiting family or friends, you can still practice self care and set boundaries, says guest April Kigeya.

Douglas Haynes is joined by journalist Phoebe Weston to talk about how the biodiversity crisis is happening in our own bodies and how efforts to reverse it are succeeding.

Matvei Mozhaev tells the story of Brian Deschane, a Madisonian who experienced homelessness for three years.

Journalist Lital Khaikin discusses how the continued marginalization of Darfur is key to understanding the war in Sudan.