Best Richard Vasquez Podcasts (2024)

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Poet Nikki Wallschlaeger Talks Getting The Rhythm Right In “Hold Your Own” 49:43

5d ago49:43

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In her fourth collection, Driftless Area-based poet Nikki Wallschlaeger further proves herself as a singular poet of astonishing emotional depth and formal range. Hold Your Own is a steadfast search for peace, self-acceptance, and pleasure in a world that makes those basic rights an everyday challenge for Black women. It was published in May 2024 b…

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An Update from the Creator 1:29

17d ago1:29

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Author and publisher Richard Sweitzer on his own terms 1:01:54

19d ago1:01:54

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Richard Sweitzer about his book ODE The Scion of Nerikan. Richard is award-winning author and longtime morning radio host. He received his Master’s of Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Richard is the author and publisher of ODE The Scion of…

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The Visit 1:30

22d ago1:30

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Richard, whilst sitting at home watching the latest episode of his favorite show, gets an unexpected visit. Cast: Cesar Lebron III - Richard Leon Thulring - Alex Sterling Stephen Quinn - {REDACTED} Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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"The Echoes Beneath" - Trailer 5:38

1M ago5:38

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Join host Alex Sterling as he ventures into the depths of Houston's unseen realms in this trailer for "Whispers from the Void." This episode teases an exploration into the hidden enclaves of the city, where secrets of the ancient Order of the Black Pharaoh linger. What begins as a simple broadcast quickly escalates into an eerie, otherworldly encou…

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Introductions 6:28

1M ago6:28

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In this thrilling episode of "Whispers from the Void," host Alex Sterling introduces the esteemed team of experts, each specializing in different aspects of the unknown and the occult. As they delve into the mysteries of ancient myths, modern-day occult practices, and psychological depths, an unexpected and sinister presence disrupts the broadcast,…

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Author Richard Scott Larson discusses his new memoir, "The Long Hallway" 50:32

1M ago50:32

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Richard Scott Larson's debut The Long Hallway (University of Wisconsin Press, April 2024) is a lyrical memoir that expresses a boy’s search for identity while navigating the darkness and isolation of a deeply private inner world. Growing up queer, closeted, and afraid, Richard Scott Larson found expression for his interior life in horror films, esp…

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Whispers of R'lyeh IV | The Gates of Dawn 4:24

1M ago4:24

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In the fourth and final episode of our mini-series, "Gates of Dawn," we dive deeper into the haunting tale of R'lyeh and the enigmatic Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Dr. Michael Torres takes us through the historical and psychological aspects of the Gilded Trident's fateful expedition, exploring the ancient myths surrounding R'lyeh and the chilling en…

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Whispers of R'lyeh II | R'lyeh Resonance: The Piper's Call 6:19

2M ago6:19

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In this eerie episode of "Whispers from the Void," we dive into the haunting tale of the Gilded Trident and its doomed crew. Through the recovered diaries, we explore their descent into the sunken city of R'lyeh, ensnared by haunting melodies that blurred the line between reality and madness. Join host Alex Sterling and his team of experts as they …

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Whispers of R'lyeh III | The Calls of the Deep: Echoes and Whispers 5:44

2M ago5:44

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In this unsettling installment of "Whispers from the Void," Alex Sterling and his team continue to delve into the haunted waters of R'lyeh and the eerie melodies of the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Through the diaries of the Gilded Trident's ill-fated crew, they explore the psychological unraveling caused by these enigmatic sounds. Experts discuss t…

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Whispers of R'lyeh I | The Arcane Diaries and the Piper's Call 6:18

2M ago6:18

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In this captivating episode of "Whispers from the Void," host Alex Sterling and his team of experts delve into the chilling tale of the Gilded Trident and its ill-fated crew. Exploring the enigmatic diaries recovered from the doomed expedition, they unravel the mystery of the Piper's haunting melody and its connection to the legendary realm of R'ly…

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RACHEL WERNER AND HER MANY TALENTS 54:54

2M ago54:54

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Rachel Werner about her children’s book, Moving and Grooving to Fillmore’s Beat and her cookbook, Macro Cooking Made Simple. Rachel is a model, an author, a poet, a book reviewer, the founder of The Little Book Project, a freelance writer and digital medical consultant, teaching ar…

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Author Beth Nguyen discusses her new memoir, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" 54:00

2M ago54:00

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Madison author Beth Nguyen’s latest book Owner of a Lonely Heart (Scribner, July 2023) is a memoir about parenthood, absence, and the condition of being a refugee: the story of Beth’s relationship with her mother. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her family fled Saigon for America. Only Beth’s mother sta…

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Poet Daniel Khalastchi on Wordplay, the Collision of Images, and White Whales

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with poet Daniel Khalastchi about hist new collection The Story of Your Obstinate Survival (2024, University of Wisconsin Press). The Story of Your Obstinate Survival is a propulsive collection. It’s very funny, uncannily mundane and starkly surreal. The poems are a collision of juxtap…

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Angela Trudell Vasquez on Poetry in her Life 44:52

3M ago44:52

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Angela Trudell Vasquez, who until recently, was the City of Madison Poet Laureate. Trudell Vasquez is a poet, writer, performer, and activist. Her most recent chapbook, My People Redux (2022, Finishing Line Press) honors her heritage, contending with generational hardships immigran…

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Madison Poet Cynthia Marie Hoffman On “Exploding Head” 53:40

3M ago53:40

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Cynthia Marie Hoffman’s latest book of prose poetry, Exploding Head (Persea Books, February 2024) is described as an OCD memoir in prose poems. It chronicles her childhood onset and adult journey through obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which manifests in fearful obsessions and counting compulsions that impact her relationship to motherhood, re…

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Bending Granite Tells Tales Of Leading Organizational Change 52:00

3M ago52:00

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How do you make change at organizations that resemble hard granite, and aren’t designed to bend? Only by patiently and persistently nudging them forward day-by-day, one improvement at a time, according to the authors of Bending Granite: 30+ true stories of leading change (Acta Publications, 2022). It’s a compilation of stories from leaders, mostly …

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Ann Garvin On Writing Her First Book At Age Fifty 50:00

4M ago50:00

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with local Madison author Ann Garvin. Ann Garvin became an author at age fifty. She has now written five books. Ann Garvin is a nurse, a professor, and USA Today Bestselling Author. She thinks everything is funny and a little bit sad. Ann writes stories about women with a good sense of …

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Cynthia Simmons On The “Wrong Kind Of Paper” 52:00

4M ago52:00

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Hallie Linden yearns to write for the New York Times. At the moment, she’s stuck at a daily newspaper in tiny Green Meadow, Indiana, a town known for its amusement park and nothing else. It’s 1989, and juicy reporting jobs are hard to find. She resolves to work hard, win a few awards, and then welcome the job offers. In this edition of Madison Book…

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Fragile Institutions: Shibani Mahtani And Timothy McLaughlin on the 2019 Protests in Hong Kong 51:47

4M ago51:47

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with journalists Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin for a conversation on their book Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy (2023, Hachette Books). Among the Braves is a narrative history of the 2019 pro-democracy …

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Jacquelyn Mitchard On The Importance of Titles 35:24

5M ago35:24

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with prolific author Jacquelyn Mitchard. Mitchard is now a frequent lecturer and professor of fiction and creative nonfiction at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpellier. She once worked as a journalist at several Wisconsin newspapers, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and…

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A conversation with Greg Mickells, retiring director of Madison Public Library 53:35

5M ago53:35

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For more than a decade, Greg Mickells led the Madison Public Library. He's responsible for a significant transformation of the Madison library system. His tenure as Director took him to three continents, and to the White House in 2016, when Madison Public Library was recognized with a National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Additional awards…

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It’s Not Nothing: Essayist Peter Coviello on How Our Favorite Books and Songs Help Us Make Worlds Together

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Peter Coviello on his book of essays Is There God After Prince? Dispatches from an Age of Last Things (2023, University of Chicago Press). Exuberant, effusive, rye, and incisive, this collection of essays analyze a wide range of cultural objects in order to shore up some modicum o…

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Madison's Shoshauna Shy on bringing poetry to the public 48:56

6M ago48:56

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with local poet Shoshauna Shy. Shoshauna Shy has been involved in local poetry and literary events for decades. She founded the Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf program in 2004, a project with the mission of placing poetry in public places where it isn't expected. She's previously worked for …

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Heather Swan’s Lyrical Language Of Beauty And Devastation 52:43

6M ago52:43

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On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews Heather Swan about her latest book Dandelion, a collection of poetry which explores our uniquely human relationship with this natural world, not only in its wondrous beauty, but also in its devastation and fragility. About the guest: Heather Swan is a poet, non-fiction writer, and e…

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Thomas Pearson, Author Of An Ordinary Future, On Disability And Difference 53:02

6M ago53:02

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens talks with with Thomas Pearson. Thomas Pearson is a professor of anthropology at UW-Stout, where he also leads the social science department. As a cultural anthropologist, he understands and appreciates the diversity of cultures and expressions of a common humanity. After the birth of his daug…

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The Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook With Food Writer Terese Allen 48:20

7M ago48:20

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The Dane County Farmers' Market is the largest producers-only farmers market in the nation. Last year, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. In celebration of that significant milestone, the DCFM has released a hardcover, full-color, 258-page cookbook. The Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook (published this year by Little Creek Press) features 125 r…

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Prof. Stephen Kantrowitz, ”Citizens Of A Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History Of The 19th Century United States.” 1:30:54

8M ago1:30:54

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Stu Levitan’s guest is UW history professor Stephen Kantrowitz, whose new book should be of special interest to those of us here in Teejop. It’s Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the 19th Century United States from the good people at the University of North Carolina Press. If you are like most Americans with an immigrant background, …

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The Life And Music Of Al Jarreau 53:05

8M ago53:05

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Al Jarreau is one of the most beloved musical artists to come out of Milwaukee, and his music – from jazz to pop to R&B – defies easy classification. He performed with a bevy of jazz musicians, and blended an eclectic mix of other styles into his work. But Jarreau is perhaps best known for his live performances and expressive vocal improvisation. W…

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Poet Tacey M. Atsitty on Risking Your Heart and Being Swallowed Up 51:17

8M ago51:17

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Tacey M. Atsitty about her poetry collection (At) Wrist, (2023, The University of Wisconsin Press Press). In a fever dream of metaphor and image, Atsitty explores themes of loss, romantic love, and faith. Drawing on the familiar poetic form of the sonnet, Atsitty demonstrates how …

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UW Prof. Stephen Kantrowitz, "Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the 19th Century United States " 52:46

9M ago52:46

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Stu Levitan welcomes UW history professor Stephen Kantrowitz, whose new book should be of special interest to those of us here in Teejop, it’s Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the 19th Century United States from the good people at the University of North Carolina Press. If you are like most Americans with an immigrant background, yo…

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Alison Townsend On The Spirit Of Place 54:32

9M ago54:32

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On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews author Alison Townsend. Alison is an award-winning author of two poetry collections, The Blue Dress & Persephone in America, and a volume of prose, The Persistence of Rivers. She is also a professor emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She joined us in the s…

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What Are You Reading? 53:24

9M ago53:24

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On Madison Book Beat, we aim to highlight local authors and book events. And sometimes, we hope that you just might learn about the next book on your to-read pile. On this pledge drive edition of Madison Book Beat, we flip the table, asking YOU: what’re you reading? What book should we add to our reading list? David Ahrens hosts today’s open line. …

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A Musical Translation of Movement: Jérôme Camal on Guadeloupean Gwoka and (Post) Coloniality

10M ago

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with musician and scholar Jérôme Camal on his monography Creolized Aurality: Guadeloupean Gwoka and Postcolonial Politics (2019, University of Chicago Press). Jérôme Camal is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his research and teaching focus…

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Joyce Carol Oates, "Zero-Sum" 52:59

10M ago52:59

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Stu Levitan welcomes to Madison BookBeat one of our greatest living writers, perhaps the preeminent American writer, Joyce Carol Oates. She holds a master’s degree and an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, but of greater immediate interest is that she’s coming back to Madison for an appearance at the Wisconsin Book Festival this T…

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B. Pladek’s Magical Intersection Of Ecology And History 51:03

10M ago51:03

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On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews author Ben Pladek about his debut novel Dry Land. It is 1917, and a young forester in the north woods of Wisconsin has just discovered he has a magical gift: his touch can grow any plant in minutes. Through this thought-provoking novel, Pladek brings us on a eloquent journey that ex…

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Jon Melrod's "Fighting Times" in Wisconsin 52:45

10M ago52:45

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This week on Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens speaks with Jonathan Melrod, a prominent radical, political activist, labor organizer, human rights lawyer and pancreatic cancer survivor, now out with a memoir: "Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War" (September 2022, PM Press). Melrod's memoir highlights his time as a stud…

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Novelist And Poet Quan Barry On Nonduality, Communicating Beyond Language, And Writing Across Genres 53:03

10M ago53:03

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with novelist, poet and playwright Quan Barry about her novel When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East (2022, Vintage) and her forthcoming collection of poetry Auction (2023, University of Pittsburgh Press). “Why do we need to believe our lives must add up to some grand narrative, and wh…

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Poet Deshawn McKinney On Vulnerability As A Muscle 52:15

11M ago52:15

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On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews poet Deshawn McKinney. The Milwaukee poet is out with his debut chapbook father forgive me (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, 2021). It’s a collection described as “an acerbic hip hop hymnal” filled with “fearless, wounding and tender” poems. About the guest: Deshawn McKinney is a writ…

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Scholar Nicole Fox On Memorials, Transitional Justice, And The Inescapability Of Memory 53:37

11M ago53:37

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Nicole Fox about her monograph, After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda (2021, The University of Wisconsin Press Press). How does a society move forward after the mass violence of genocide? What role do public memorials play in creating healing narratives ? Whose exper…

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Michael Dorgan, "No Fight, No Blame: A Journalist's Life in Martial Arts" (part 2) 1:28:00

12M ago1:28:00

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Part two of Stu Levitan’s conversation with his friend and former newspaper colleague Michael Dorgan, about his new book No Fight, No Blame: A Journalist’s Life in Martial Arts. It is an absorbing read about a fascinating life which both general readers and martial arts aficionados will enjoy. And quite a life it has been in both those fields for M…

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On (Short) Storytelling, with Wisconsin writer Steve Fox 48:30

12M ago48:30

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The stories included in Steve Fox’s new collection “traverse a tapestry of tenderness, dissonance, indifference, dystopia, and charm.” They frequently feature Midwest settings, along with motifs centering trauma, loss, class, and politics. The collection, titled Sometimes Creek, was published earlier this year by Cornerstone Press, and won the 2022…

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The search for dignity in Palestine, with Christa Bruhn 53:33

1y ago53:33

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The Palestinian city of Jenin, in the West Bank, is in international headlines after several were killed and dozens injured in an Israel raid. The city is a significant symbol of Palestinian resistance — and it figures heavily in Christa Bruhn's new memoir, Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine. The memoir, ten years in the making a…

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Local Writer JK Cheema On Writing, Family, And Remembering The Past 53:00

1y ago53:00

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with JK Cheema on her new memoir, The Black Attache: Vignettes from a Life (2023, Calumet Editions). Born in 1942 to a Sikh family in Lahore, Cheema witnessed history in the making as the subcontinent of India was being divided into the separate countries of India and Pakistan. After m…

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Jon Shelton on "The Education Myth" 52:05

1y ago52:05

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The US education system has been sold as the solution for individual success and economic security. Should that still be the model? Our guest, Jonathan Shelton, questions the idea that education should be the main way to access economic opportunity - especially when pitted against other social democratic alternatives. That's the starting point to h…

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Writer John West On Paradox, Redemption, And Playing Bach 53:40

1y ago53:40

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with John West about his genre-bending memoir, Lessons and Carols: A Meditation on Recovery (2023, Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Co.). Lesson and Carols takes its shape from the Christian liturgical practice of the same name, often celebrated on Christmas eve. The service consists of nin…

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Mark Borthwick, "A Brave and Lovely Woman: Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright" 1:16:05

1y ago1:16:05

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Stu Levitan welcomes Mark Borthwick, here to talk about his new biography of his second cousin thrice removed, A Brave and Lovely Woman: Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright, from the good people at the University of Wisconsin Press. Mamah Borthwick was a highly educated, charismatic young woman from Oak Park Illinois at the turn of the 20th cent…

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Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington 51:00

1y ago51:00

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How should reporters consider their ethical responsibilities to the public? That's a question studied through a historical lens in a new book by UW-Madison journalism professor Kathryn J. McGarr. In City of Newsmen, McGarr explores how how the midcentury national press corps kept quiet about their skepticism in the first decades of the Cold War. Na…

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Scholar Sami Schalk On Black Disability Politics from the Black Panthers to the 2020 Uprising

1y ago

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In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Sami Schalk about her book, Black Disability Politics (2022, Duke University Press). Across six tightly-argued chapters and two praxis-focused interludes, Black Disability Politics explores how Black cultural workers have engaged disability as a social and political issue differen…

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Madison Infuses Scott Mitchel May’s New Novel, “Breakneck”

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In Scott Mitchel May’s latest novel, a serial killer who believes he’s possessed by an Irish demi-god haunts Madison while a city detective tracks his patterns for years. A former Capitol intern becomes a separationist working to retake the American Southwest. The US is led by a President who speaks gibberish except when on the air, and a Wisconsin…

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