Recordings from Cap Times Idea Fest, a two-day event featuring lively discussions and engaging conversations with leaders from the realms of politics, the economy, education, journalism and culture.

Cap Times Investigative Reporter Katelyn Ferral s…

The news media’s credibility crisis

In 1979, The Progressive magazine gained national…

The First Amendment, government authority and nuclear weapons

This year's Cap Times Idea Fest included a medita…

What Trump has wrought and what 2020 could bring

Seattle, while booming, has also become a caution…

How does Madison not become Seattle?

What happens when predominantly white, non-disabl…

How can theater become more inclusive?

Conventional wisdom has it that American politics…

Is there a political center?

John Nichols talks with two federal judges about …

A new take on criminal justice reform

Thanks to companies like Epic Systems and a bevy …

Will health care supercharge Madison's economy?

In 2017, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson visited the first-…

One-on-one with Ron Johnson

Enacted in 2018, Act 185 forces the eventual clos…