University of the Air

American universities are facing new questions about their purpose. How are they adjusting to address those questions and what will tomorrow’s university look like? For this final broadcast of University of the Air, we'll look into the future with Johannes Britz, Senior Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs of the Universities of Wisconsin.

In her final University of the Air broadcast, Emily Auerbach engages in a lively conversation with UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin about her journey to becoming 30th chancellor, the highs and […]

This hour explores the life and legacy of singer, songwriter, pianist, and activist Nina Simone, followed by a look back at other women of the Civil Rights Movement such as Rosa Parks and singer-activist Fannie Lou Hamer. 

During the Cold War, “the man on the spot” could wield great power over US policy in Europe, Korea, Africa, Latin America, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Iran. Raising the question: Did the influence of individual espionage agents lead to costly mistakes?

The U.S. expelled nearly one million people of Mexican descent during removals labeled "voluntary repatriation" between the 1920s and 1940s. What was the outcome then and what does it tell us about how we arrived at the current deportations?

The University of Wisconsin has the oldest labor education program in the country and remains active today.

Every ship that carried Africans into forced servitude in the New World had a story. If we look closely at one of those stories, we’ll find that we’re soon caught up in a dangerous web of merchants, slave traders, and seafarers on four continents. We’ll also find out where the ultimate power was—in the monarchy or somewhere else?

Explore the variety and special cultural features of Latinx populations here in the Midwest.

The US Constitution establishes what the US Supreme Court has the power to rule on. But recently the Supreme Court has chosen not to rule on a variety of major cases that fall under its jurisdiction.

Educator, author, and veteran Doug Bradley explores the soundtrack of his life before and after Vietnam in "Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir."