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FEBRUARY 2012
Sunday 02-05-2012 11:24am CT
2/12/12 - Great Emancipator Episode
To celebrate the 202nd anniversay of the birth of the Great Emancipator, conversations with Charles Bracelen Flood, author of 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History and Ronald C. White, author of A. Lincoln: A Biography. Plus, dramatic readings of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural.
2/5/12
Madison Recycling Coordinator George Dreckmann answers all your trash and recycling questions (including how to dispose of a deer carcass). And Karl Denson previews his Feb. 14 gig at the Majestic Theater, performing the Rolling Stones' classic Sticky Fingers. JANUARY 2012
Sunday 01-29-2012 11:32am CT
1.29.12
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The great novelist Walter Mosley discusses his new Leonid McGill mystery, All I Did Was Shoot My Man.
10:20
John Mosca, director (and trombonist) for the Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, previews the VJO's concert this Saturday at the Wisconsin Union Theater.
11:20
Tom Bellino, discusses Planet Arts a 501 (c) (3) non-profit record company which he organized to release Vanguard Jazz Orchestra records.
11:50
A dramatic reading of The Raven on the 167th anniversary of its first pubilcation attributed to Edgar Allen Poe
1.22.12
10
Philip Freeman, Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths
11:15
Barb Krause, WellExpo Madison
11:30
Kirk Massey, Blue Man Group
11:45
Tom Bellino, Planet Arts
1.15.12 - MLK Day
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"Why I Am Against the War in Vietnam," Martin Luther King, Jr., sermon delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967.
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"Letter From Birmingham Jail."
1.8.12
10
Kyle Henderson has a great new CD out, and a launch party at the Brink Lounge on Friday. But we've got him first. Some blue-eyed soul for your Sunday morning.
10:45
Talking landmarks with City Preservation Planner Amy Scanlon and Jason Tish, Executive Director of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation.
11:30
Rick Axsom, curator at the Madison Museum for Contemporary Arts, on the stunning exhibition of Chicago Imagists, on display till Jan. 15
1.1.12 - Best of Books & Beats 2011, vol. 2
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Justin Martin, Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
10:15
Brigid O'Farrell, She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker.
10:30
Scott Miller, The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century.
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Brad Schreiber, Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London- The Untold Story of a Musical Genius
11:30
Dave Zirin, Not Just A Game:Power, Politics and American Sport DECEMBER, 2011
Wednesday 12-21-2011 9:16pm CT
122/25 - Best of 2011, Vol. 1
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10:30
Seth Mnookin's important and powerful best-seller, The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear (Simon and Schuster) is a devastating expose of how the media helped charlatans and quacks scare so many parents into believing there's a link between vaccines and autism that parts of the country have lost herd immunity against disease we once thought eradicated. Now infants are dying, and communities are suffering millions of dollars in economic loss. (Airdate, 1.23.11)
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meachem (American Lion) discusses American Homer, the new collection of essays commemorating Shelby Foote's magnificent Civil War trilogy. (Airdate, 4.17.11)
11:30
Tom Morello, The Nighwatchman, was quite a local presence during the recent troubles. Excerpts from a conversation that aired 9.4.11
11:45
Reflections on my father, David M.Levitan, of blessed memory.
12/18
Leslie S. Klinger co-edited the new anthology, A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, edited the award-winning The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, and was technical advisor to the new Robert Downey, Jr. movie. An engaging conversation with one of the leading Sherlockians of the day.
12/11
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The inside story of the greatest record man who ever lived, from Robert Greenfield, author of The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun:: Behind the Music at Atlantic Records with Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones [Simon & Schuster] {Music: Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, the Coasters, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Cream, Zeppelin, the Stones}
11:30
To paraphrase George Santayana, "those who tear down their past are condemned to forget it." Part one of a discussion with Madison Preservation Planner Amy Scanlon and Jason Tisch, Executive Director of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. [Audio courtesy of Access: City Hall, Madison City Channel] {And more music from the Atlantic archives}
12/4
10
The American Cataline? Or something worse? Details from David O. Stewart, author of American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America [Simon and Schuster] {Music - Bob Dylan, "Clothes Line Saga"; Byrds, "Have You Seen Her Face"; Beach Boys, "Do You Wanna Dance?"; Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "Heart Like a Wheel"}
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The holiday season 70 years ago was one of the darkest in American history. Details from Stanley Weintraub, author of Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World At War, December 1941 [Da Capo]. {Music - Glenn Miller, "Chattanooga Choo Choo"; Andrew Sisters, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; Duke Ellington, "Take The A Train"}
NOVEMBER, 2011
Sunday 11-20-2011 11:56am CT
11/20
10
UW Alums David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker in a free-flowing Q&A about their trend-setting filmmaking careers.
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James Howard, President of the Madison Metropolitan School District, and Superintendent Dan Nerad in the Access: City Hall newsmaker interview. Audio courtesy of Madison City Channel.
11/13
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Swindled out of all his money by his business partner, dying of throat cancer, Ulysses S. Grant spent the last year of his life writing his extraordinary 291,000-word Personal Memoirs. A remarkable story brought vividly to life by Charles Bracelen Flood in Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year [Da Capo].
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Janet Essley discusses her new exhibition of paintings of garment industry workers, now on display at the Playhouse Gallery at the Overture Center for the Arts.
11:30
Cinematic activists Luciano and Dw Wanberg preview the WYOU Community Television benefit for the Wisconsin Uprising Archives, this Tuesday at the High Noon Saloon.
11/6 -
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A casual conversation with two of Wisconsin's funniest filmmakers, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the UW alums who gave us Airplane!, Top Secret!, the Naked Gun series, and so much more.
10:30
The great jazz guitarist John Scofield has a wonderful new album of ballads, A Moment's Peace, and a tour itinerary that brings him to the Stoughton Opera House this Thursday. Here's some career review and concert preview.
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Mildred Fish-Harnack, born in Milwaukee and educated at the UW-Madison, became the only American woman ever executed on direct orders of Adolp Hitler for her role in the Berlin resistance movement. Joel Waldinger previews the new Wisconsin Public Television documentary, Wisconsin's Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story,airing Monday at 8 pm.
11:50
The Nation's William Greider reflects on Hunter S. Thompson, his predecessor as National Affairs Correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine. OCTOBER 2011
Sunday 10-30-2011 10:49am CT
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11:30
10/23 - Wisconsing Books Festival and More!
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More with Olympic star and hero John Carlos, author of The John Carlos Story (with Dave Zirin).
11:15
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10:50
William Greider, Re-Imagining Capitalism: Can Democratic Principles Survive in our Capitalist Economy?(@WBF 10/21) {part 1 of extended conversation}
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11:30
Saturday Night Live Head writer and Weekend Update Anchor Seth Meyers (@ Barrymore 10/18)
11:45
10/9
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Susan Troller, "Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks." @ Wisconsin Book Festival 10/19
10:20
Musician/radio personality/radio host David Gans (@ The Frequency, w/ Roy Jay band, 10/22).
10:50
Jonathan Eig, Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
11:20
Ambrose Akinmusire, w/ the Miles Davis Experience 1949:1959 @ Capital Theater 10/11.
10:55
Reflections on the Days of Awe & Repentance and Dorn Hardware. (Separate reflections)
10/27
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Kaleem Caire, CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison, discusses his proposal for Madison Prep charter school.
10:45
Reflections on life in Madison during Prohibition
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With the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs, a replay of the first part of our conversation with John Thorn, Major League Baseball's Official Historian. author of Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game.
11:15
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), remarks from kickoff for Fighting BobFest.
11:30
Jeff Burkhart, Executive Director, Literacy Network. SEPTEMBER 2011
Saturday 09-24-2011 7:11am CT
9.25.11
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The 2010 Gulf Oil Disaster is back in the news with the release of the official government investigation into its causes. Which makes this a good time to replay our conversation with Joel Achenbach, author of A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher.
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Debra Amesqua is retiring after 16 years as Madison's first female Fire Chief. A Newsmaker Interview, audio courtesy of Access: City Hall on the Madison City Channel.
9.18.11 Highlights of Fighting BobFest X
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Former Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI)
9-11-11: Getting Ready for Fighting BobFest X
Highlights from Fighting BobFest 2010, with Rev. Jesse Jackson. Rep. Dave Obey and Jim Hightower. Music: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye.
Sept. 4 - Getting Ready for Labor Day (and beyond)
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Ed Garvey previews the 10th Annual Fighting BobFest, at the Alliant Energy Center Sept. 17, featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, former Rep. Dave Obey, Prof. Cornell West, Jim Hightower, Ellen Bravo, Thom Hartmann, John Nichols, Greg Palast and more -- the greatest line-up since the 1927 Yankees.
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Tom Morello, the Nighwatchman, is one of the most politically astute and active musicians around. He was here for the protests this last winter, and he's coming back Sept. 5 with Wayne Kramer and Tim McIlrath in a benefit for the Nation Institute at the Barrymore Theater. A conversation with music, featuring selections from his new releases, Union Town and World Wide Rebel Songs.
11:50
Excepts from a conversation with Kaleem Caire, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison, about the proposed Madison Prep.
AUGUST, 2011
Saturday 08-27-2011 2:23pm CT
8/28/11
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Shortly after the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, American military personnel shot about 90,000 feet of color film documenting the devastation – not just to buildings, but also to people. The disturbing film was suppressed at the time, not shown publicly until the 1980s, and never fully aired. In Atomic Cover-up: Two US Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and The Greatest Movie Never Made, Greg Mitchell, blogger for The Nation, shines a searing spotlight on this black hole of history. A revealing conversation with the former editor of Editor & Publisher, Nuclear Times and Crawdaddy.
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An engaging conversation with my favorite female blues slinger, Susan Tedeschi, a 2009 Grammy nominee for Best Contemporary Blues Album (won by husband Derek Trucks). Touring in support of their great debut album, Revelator, The Tedeschi Trucks Band is at the Riverside in Milwaukee this Friday.
8/14/11
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Remarks by Academy Award-winning documentarian -- UW Class of 1969 -- Erroll Morris, from last fall's Distinguished Lecture Series. (Replay from 11/14/10)
10:30
Musician Kyle Henderson on Blue-Eyed Soul, the Producers and his new Kickstarter CD project.
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An hour of political satire and commentary with the multi-talented P.S. "Pete" Mueller -- including the Interrogation of Richard Nixon on his Petition for Admission to Heaven.
8/7/11 -Sad Anniversaries Episode
10am
It was on August 9, 1945 that the U.S. commenced the world’s second atomic bomb attack, on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing about 75,000 and leaving several hundred thousand hibakusha, or “survivors.” An in-depth conversation about their plight with Sue Southard, author of the forthcoming Nagasaki.
11:15
It was on August 9, 1995 that Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia died. A conversation about the continuing musical and cultural legacy of the Grateful Dead, with musician/radio personality/author David Gans.
11:45
It was on August 9, 1975 that Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency. (OK, at least one anniversary is happy). A little wallowing in Watergate, in honor of the unindicted co-conspirator. JULY, 2011
Saturday 07-30-2011 1:11pm CT
7/31/11 - Special Jam Band Festival Report Episode
10am My report from Gathering of the Vibes and Gratefulfest, featuring interviews with Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead, Rhythm Devils, Mickey Hart Band), David Nelson (New Riders of the Purple Sage, David Nelson Band), Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Allman Brothers Band), Wavy Gravy, and David Gans (Grateful Dead Hour).
7/24/11 - While I'm off with all my Deadhead friends at the Gathering of the Vibes (held in Seaside Park, Bridgeport CT -- a park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted), an All-19th Century Episode (just about)
10am
How could a lone and lonely anarchist strike down the father of modern America? An in-depth conversation with Scott Miller, author of The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century. [Random House]
11:15am
Learn about the life and times of our greatest landscape architect/early conservationist/roving correspondent/health officer in part 2 of our conversation with Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted [Da Capo]
7/17/11
10am
Musically, culturally and socially, New Orleans is one of the great cities of the world. Katrina and the federal flood that followed left it battered, but not beaten. An extended conversation with award-winning music journalist John Swenson, about his entertaining and important new book, New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans. [Oxford]
11:30
Amit Pal, Managing Editor of The Progressive Magazine, comes to the studio to discuss his new book, 'Islam' Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Non-Violence Today. [ABC Clio]
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7/10/11 -- All Star, All-Baseball Episode
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Major League Baseball's official historian, John Thorn, author of Baeball In The Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game. [Simon & Schuster]
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Radical Sportswriter Dave Zirin on why the All-Star Game should not be played in Arizona.
11:45
Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend.
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7/3/11 - A Revolutionary Episode with Harlowe Giles Unger, author of American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked the Amercian Revolution; The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and the Nation's Call to Greatness; Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation. May, 2011
Friday 05-20-2011 12:46am CT
May 22, 2011 - Bob Dylan 70th Birthday Extravaganza The greatest and most important writer in the English language since Shakespeare turns 70 on Tuesday. Here's our celebration. 10 A rundown of WHY Bob is the greatest and most important, etc., etc. 10:15 Roger McGuinn discusses Mr. Tambourine Man, and more Stu recites a free verse tribute to Bob, circa 1991 10:30 Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan in America, discusses Bob and the Beats 10:45 Excerpts from the 1965 San Francisco Press Conference 11 A faux interview with Bob, taken from his lyrics 11:15 Excerpts of an interview with historian Douglas Brinkley 11:30 Stu performs dramatic renditions of Gates of Eden, Mississippi and Changing of the Guards 11:45 Excerpts of an interviw with Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet. May 15, 2011 10 Nora Dunn was part of the first great Saturday Night Live cast (1985-1991) after the charter troupe. And she's had a pretty fine TV and movie career ever since. She brought her new one-woman show to the Bartell Theatre this weekend to benefit the Mercury Players Theatre. An extended conversation with a funny and talented woman who's proud to be middle-class and from Middle America. 11 One year ago, we were deep in the misery and mystery of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. An in-depth conversation with the Washington Post's Joel Achenbach, whose exceptional new book, A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher [Simon and Schuster], makes sense of it all. May 8, 2011 10 Newsmaker interview with Mayor Paul Soglin (audio courtesy of Access: City Hall, Madison City Channel). 11 Annual Mothers' Day Salute, featuring my mom, Judith Morley Levitan, performing Blood Feud (the Oresteia of Clytemnestra) and some of her shorter poems. Also, reports on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the exhibition Frank Lloyd Write: Organic Architecture and the 21st Century, now at the Milwaukee Art Museum. May 1, 2011 - Special New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Episode, feat. music by Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Bob Dylan and the cast of Nine Lives: A Musical Adaptation. My annual tribute to the great American music festival. 10 George Wein, the legendary founder of NOJ&HF (and also the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals) and author of Myself Among Others: A Life in Music [Da Capo], in an archived interview from 2004. 10:25 Dan Baum, author of Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death and Life in New Orleans [Speigel & Grau], discusses his engrossing book and the wonderful 24-song, 109-musician new musical adaptation by Colman DeKay and Paul Sanchez [ Mystery Street Records] 11 Fats Domino is the forgotten founding father of rock and roll. A conversation with Rick Coleman, author Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock and Roll [Da Capo] tries to make that right. 11:45 Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap, Le Show) has helped to define a comedic age. His first documentary film, The Big Uneasy, is a devastating indictment of how the real damage to New Orleans wasn't caused by Katrina, but by the Army Corps of Engineers. An excerpt from recent remarks to the National Press Club. APRIL, 2011
Sunday 04-24-2011 7:33am CT
4/24/11 10 Harlow Giles Unger, American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution [Da Capo] 11 Larry Marion, The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archives, 1964-196611:30 Tim Wendel, High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time [Da Capo]. 4/17/11 - 10 We get to hear the comedian-actor John Fugelsang -- the only person to interview 2 Beatles on 2 continents in 2 days -- every Friday on the Stephanie Miller show. On April 23, we get to see him, whe he comes to Madison with the Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour for 2 Big Shows at the Barrymore Theatre . But we've got him first. 11 Random House is marking the Civil War Sesquicentennial by a new edition of Shelby Foote's 3-volume classic, The Civil War: A Narrative. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham ( American Lion) discusses the accompanying series of essays on Foote, American Homer.4/10/11 10AM Loudon Wainwright III has been my second favorite singer/songwriter (after Bob Dylan) ever since Shelley Stenhouse played Me and My Friend the Cat for me in the fall of 1971. I still see Shelley whenever I go to NYC, and I always see LW3 when he comes around these parts. Loudon, recipient of the 2010 Grammy for Traditional Folk Album for High Wide and Handsome: The Charley Poole Project, will be at the Stoughton Opera House this Saturday. But we've got him first. 10:15 The baseball season is in full swing. Good time for another chat with Tim Wendel, author of High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time, now out in trade paperback from our friends at Da Capo Press. Part one of an extended conversation. 11 I like Loudon Wainwright so much, I'm replaying our conversation from 2008, when he appeared at the Majestic Theater. 11:30 Conclusion to the conversation with Brigid O'Farrell, author of She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker. [Cornell] 11:45 About 20% of Americans read at or below the 5th-grade level; most health care materials are written above the 10th-grade level. That's a prescription for a medical crisis. In Wisconsin, between $3.4-7.6 billion is wasted each year because of poor communication between patients and providers. Erin Aagesen, Health Literacy Coordinator for Wisconsin Literacy Inc., comes to the studio to preview this week's Health Literacy Summit at the Alliant Energy Center. 4/2/11 - Mayoral Matters 10 Highlights of joint appearances by Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and former Mayor Paul Soglin.
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