A Public Affair

Latest Episodes
How Aid is Being Weaponized in Gaza
Allen Ruff speaks with friend of the show, Mouin Rabbani, about Yasser Abu Shabab, the continuing genocide in Gaza, the chaos created by US-backed aid organizations, and more.
A Safe, Decent, Affordable Home for Everyone
Matvei Mozhaev speaks with Maria Foscarinis, a principal architect of the 1987 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the first major piece of federal legislation to address homelessness.
What’s in Madison’s Water?
Greg Michaud interviews Joe Grande, the Water Resources Manager at Madison Water Utility. They discuss whats in Madisons drinking water and how consumers can have confidence in their tap water.
AI Data Centers are Coming to Wisconsin
Douglas Haynes unpacks the future of AI in the state of Wisconsin with Brett Korte and Lorena Jaume-Palas.
Media in the time of the American Empire’s Decline
Economist Richard D. Wolff joins host Esty Dinur to talk about the state of the American empire and the state of independent media.
True Community is a Subversive Thing
Today Allen Ruff sits in the guest seat and is interviewed by Bert Zipperer about his life and the history of WORT.
Life Lived on the Edge of Freedom
Yuri Rashkin is joined by independent journalist Jonathan Fink to break down the recent development in the war in Ukraine.
On the Morality of Taxpaying
On todays show, host Sara Gabler speaks with sociologist Dr. Ruth Braunstein about money and morality and how people invest a lot of symbolic value (in addition to material value) in the act of tax p
Building Symbiotic Relationships with Beavers
Journalist Bennet Goldstein discusses the ways that people are living with beavers and learning how to mitigate floods and drought from them.
Resisting Nuclear Energy in Wisconsin
On todays show, host Esty Dinur is joined by two representatives from Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) to talk about the Point Beach Nuclear Reactor in Two Rivers, Wisconsin on Lake Michiga