The bottom line is not a race to the bottom

Moderator: Zach Brandon
Panelist: Jessica Cavazos
Panelist: Carolyn Cawley

Business advocacy is changing because politics is changing. It is no longer easily defined by left or right. Increasingly it is right and wrong. In recent years, many companies have begun to make their public advocacy about more than taxes and regulation. Listen to a trio of commerce experts discuss the essential role business can play in improving our society.

Other Sessions

Free speech at UW-Madison: 175 years of sifting and winnowing

Sept. 19, 7:00 p.m.

David Maraniss, Jennifer Mnookin, Paul Soglin, Daniel Tokaji

The University of Wisconsin has been on the bleeding edge of debates about free speech for almost all of its 175 years. Hear an all-star panel including the university’s chancellor and law school dean plus the city’s longtime mayor (and a former campus protester) talk with Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss about the past and the future of freedom of expression.

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Living with the news: A conversation with Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt

Sept. 21, 7:00 p.m.

David Maraniss, Al Hunt, Judy Woodruff

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the landmark federal legislation that (among many other things) paved the way for tremendous growth in women’s athletics at all levels across the country. Hear a top-flight panel of writers, researchers, athletes and sports administrators talk about how that’s come about and what comes next.

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One-on-one with Bernie Sanders

Sept. 22, 7:00 p.m.

John Nichols, Bernie Sanders

Join Cap Times associate editor John Nichols for a fascinating discussion with Bernie Sanders, the iconic Vermont senator whose outspoken leadership on progressive ideals made him a formidable candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020.

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