University Of The Air

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. "University Of The Air" can be heard on Sundays at 4 p.m.

  • “Composering”
    Meet Bill Banfield, Black music activist and acclaimed composer of jazz, symphonies, operas, songs, and chamber works.
    20 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 53 minutes 30 seconds
    Sounds and Us from Moscow to Madison
    13 December 2024, 3:30 pm
  • 53 minutes 30 seconds
    A 17th Century Christmas
    Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Schutz, Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Herman Schein…they’re not exactly household names today. But in the years before Johann Sebastian Bach, they composed music for the Christmas season—beautiful music that you may hear at Christmas time without knowing who wrote it.
    4 December 2024, 3:16 pm
  • Conversation Analysis
    A study of conversation takes us into the whole range of human interactions–criticizing, storytelling, apologizing, and joking, among many others that reveal the relationship between the participants in a conversation.
    27 November 2024, 8:48 pm
  • Reducing Bias
    Groundbreaking work in UW’s Stereotyping and Bias Research Lab has found new, evidence-based ways to reduce bias, create inclusion, and promote equity.
    18 November 2024, 11:01 pm
  • “Composering”
    Meet Bill Banfield, Black music activist and acclaimed composer of jazz, symphonies, operas, songs, and chamber works.
    18 November 2024, 10:56 pm
  • 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.
    1 November 2024, 7:45 pm
  • Sitting Pretty
    Wheelchair user and Sitting Pretty author Rebekah Taussig discusses her experience with disability.
    27 October 2024, 10:06 pm
  • The Devil at Law in the Middle Ages
    During the Middle Ages, the Devil was often depicted demanding a strict adherence to the law, while the Virgin Mary sometimes represented a more merciful application of it. In surprising […]
    23 October 2024, 8:29 pm
  • 53 minutes 30 seconds
    Gerrymandering
    For two hundred years, America’s political parties have manipulated voting districts to keep power. Former Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader and Secretary of Health and Human Services under Governor Tommy Thompson […]
    21 October 2024, 8:43 pm
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