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University of the Air Wisconsin Public Radio
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4.5 • 28 Ratings
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Hosts Norman Gilliland and Emily Auerbach invite distinguished faculty guests from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss topics in music, art, writing, theater, science, education, and history.
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Fredric March
In recent years Wisconsin native Fredric March has been criticized for his participation in a questionable student organization at the University of Wisconsin. But in addition to being a brilliant […]
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Banished Mexican American Women
New oral histories reveal that during the Great Depression, the U.S. government banished thousands of Mexican American women to Mexico, including many who were American citizens.
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The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain
Britain in the 1840s was wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty. There were attempts to assassinate the queen and her prime minister, and the ruling class lived in fear of […]
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The Exciting Soil Under Your Feet
Jo Handelsman is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Vilas Research Professor, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. She previously served as a science advisor to President Barack Obama as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Her lab focuses on understanding the genetic basis for stability of microbial communities, the role of a gut community as a source of opportunistic pathogens, and the soil microbial community as a source of new antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes.
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The Art and Science of Presidential Rhetoric
One of the most famous of cold War speeches is JFK’s address to citizens of a divided Berlin on June 26, 1963-a speech epitomizing the divide between the US and its Allies on one side of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union and its buffer states on the other. During the Cold War, several US presidents used rhetoric to project US power and intentions to a world audience. What were their methods?
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The Famous Trial of Joan Little
Accused of fatally stabbing her jailer with an ice pick, Joan Little became the first woman acquitted of murder because of her right to self-defense against sexual assault.
Customer Reviews
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UofA is like a mini class on a topic that is of importance currently or form history.
The best of the university programs C
Wide ranging material normally well presented. Thoughtful hosts
A model of intelligent conversation
It's a very rare thing to find a program of such intelligence in any medium these days. These interviews are for mature, educated adults with a broad range of interests. Beware: you might be forced to think in order to keep up with the hosts and their guests! Wondrous.