University of the Air

Recent riots in Ukraine and Chinese expansion of airspace pose new chanllenges for US foreign policy. Howard Schweber provides some insights.

Charles Franklin specializes in stastical methods, public opinions and elections and he'll tell us how the US Supreme Court influences how Americans think about a variety of issues.

Join us for University of the Air as bluesman Poor Howard Stith discusses and performs examples of an original American art form.

Afro-American Studies Professor Craig Wener tells us about author Ralph Ellison, whose 1953 book "The Invisible Man" was a groundbreaking study of race relations in America.

Belle La Follette didn't always agree with husband Robert but, according to biographer Nancy C. Unger, she exerted a considerable influence upon his progressive politicss.

UW scientist Francis Halzen in part of a team that spends months at a time in Antarctica looking for neutrinos in the search for the origins of the universe.

In 1898, when H.G. Wells wrote "War of the Worlds," he had no way of knowing that Orson Welles would turn it into the most famous play in the history of radio--a play that still raises questions about how far fiction should go to simulate reality. Lawrence University Drama professor Tim Troy tells us how broadcasting's greatest hoax came to be.

Financial help for the vulnerable means more than just cash--it means training them how to handle money to get the most out of it, and our guest, Michael Collins, will share some ideas.

Historian Scott Knickelbine tells us that Wisconsin's worst natural disaster--the 1871 Peshtigo fire--was just one of several blazes burning during the same fateful October week, the one that also spawned the great Chicago Fire. What caused it and how was it connected to the other conflagrations? Some answers this afternoon from University of hte Air.

From Melville to Eddie Murphy, disabilities affect the characters in a surprising number of books and plays, and UW English professor Ellen Samuels will tell us how.

With the colorful backdrop of the Celtic harvest festival, Dancing at Lughnasa describes a bitter harvest for the Mundy sisters, a time of reaping what has been sown. Director Patricia Boyette and company will take us behind the scenes of the latest UW Theatre Department production.

A number of US universities, notably NYU, Yale, and UW, have created partnership arrangements or overseas campuses. What are the motivations behind these moves, what are the criticisms, and how do they reflect larger trends in the globalization of higher education? UW political scientist Howard Schweber provides some insights.

Using examples from a wide range of music, author Richard Pettengill reveals new insights into the role that performace plays at the heart of musical culture.

Ronald Diamond of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will tell us how to recognize Borderline Personality Disorder and discuss the prospects are for treatment.

John Muir invented a new way of interacting with the outdoors. Is it still practical today? Guest Daniel Einstein has some insights.