A Public Affair

02/27/2025

Dear listeners, you may have noticed that it's been a little quiet on this page. We've been focused on bringing you the shows you know and love LIVE on air every weekday from 12-1pm CT. 📻

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01/06/2025

“Food touches every aspect of our lives,” says Civil Eats editorial director Margo True. Listen to True and senior staff reporter Lisa Held highlight their reporting on food systems and agriculture from last year.

Douglas Haynes talks with Civil Eats about the best of their reporting on food systems and agriculture from last year.

12/18/2024

Tune in today to hear what we know about Monday's devastating school shooting.

We'll kick off the show off with Representative Mark Pocan. Then, WORT News' Chali Pittman and Christine Driscoll will fill us in on their reporting. Finally, we'll speak with David Riedman from the K-12 School Shooting Database.

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11/28/2024

Catch Allen Ruff's annual fireside chat with veteran and peace activist, Will Williams.

We’re joined today by Will Williams for the 13th (or is it the 15th) annual fireside chat with host Allen Ruff.

11/22/2024

How do we keep moving forward? What should we be doing to strengthen progressive causes? Our guests have some ideas:

On today's two part show, Esty Dinur speaks about the incoming Trump administration's looming threats against immigrants without legal status and the social justice movement at large.

11/21/2024

On today's show, we get into what consequences protesters are facing under a flood of (relatively) new bills in nearly half of US states. And why they should protest anyway. Stan Cox joined Allen Ruff on the air, and you can find the archive here:

In a piece titled Outrageous Anti-Protest Laws Can’t Silence the Climate Movement: But Will U.S. Protesters Face Even Greater Peril in 2025?, Stan Cox writes that since 2016, 21 states […]

11/06/2024

Early this morning, the Associated Press called the presidency for Donald Trump. Just now, Vice President Harris conceited. On today's A Public Affair, our host, guests, and callers grapple with a Trump win.

Listen here:

The Associate Press has called the 2024 Presidential election for Donald Trump at at 5:34 a.m. EST on October 6th, 2024. This came after the AP determined a Trump victory […]

11/05/2024

Happy Election Day! Check out today's show while you wait for polls to close:

It’s election day! As people line up at their polling locations, plan their watch parties, and prepare for a long wait for presidential election results, host Bert Zipperer speaks with […]

11/04/2024

ICYMI:

As the now regional war between Israel and Hamas continues, more than 43,000 people in Gaza have been killed. At least 100,000 have been injured. These numbers are most definitely […]