Podcast appearances and mentions of david ahrens

Jane Hirshfield—widely regarded as one of America's greatest living poets—joins Madison Book Beat for a rich conversation about poetry, the natural world, and the human condition. The New York Times Magazine has called her work “some of the most important poetry in the world today,” and her latest collection, The Asking: New & Selected Poems, showcases the depth and range of a life devoted to lyrical inquiry.In this episode, host David Ahrens and guest co-host Heather Swan, a poet and faculty member at UW-Madison and the Nelson Institute, delve into the themes that define Hirshfield's work: ecological awareness, tenderness amid grief, and poetry as a vehicle for transformation.In an intimate and expansive interview, Ahrens and Swan trace Hirshfield's poetic origins through six life-shaping jobs (as recently profiled by Swan on Lit Hub) and revealing her belief in poetry's ability to create moments of changed understanding—acts of witness, clarity, and care.Jane Hirshfield will give a public reading from The Asking tonight — Monday, May 12 — at 6 PM at the Madison Central Library, 3rd Floor. The event is sponsored by the Madison Book Festival and the Nelson Institute, with books available for purchase from Mystery to Me and a signing to follow.

Tana Elias has more than three decades of experience at the Madison Public Library. After one year in the role, she's “just settling in” to the position as Director of the MPL.Elias sits down with Madison Book Beat host David Ahrens for a conversation about the history, funding, services and evolution of the Madison Public Library system, which has nine libraries in the city, operates the mobile Dreambus service, and is now building an “Imagination Center” on the north side.Elias and Ahrens also take up the changing role of libraries in the digital age. Contrary to the notion of a library dealing in books only, today's Madison Public Libraries function as a community hub and resource — giving everything from seeds to art to yes, digital and physical books to the community.They also discuss the threat of losing federal funding, and the significant milestone for MPL coming up this year: 150 years of service.

As 2024 draws to a close, David Ahrens reflects on his bountiful year of reading. He's joined by Chali Pittman, Andrew Thomas, and callers throughout the hour to share their recommendations. New York Times bestseller James by Percival Everett is a clear favorite. It's a re-imagining of Huckleberry Finn from a distinctly different point of view. That's not the only retelling worth reading — Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver reimagines David Copperfield as well. Also recommended by David: The Lucky Ones, a memoir by Madison's own Sara Chowdhary, recounts a personal experience of anti-Muslim violence in India (Chowdhary was just interviewed by Madison BookBeat). Meanwhile, caller Gil recommends Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji, recently interviewed on World View. David recommends a slate of books by Irish authors, including Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, and Long Island by Colm Tóibín. Plus, the beautifully-written Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe —which has now been turned into a TV series. As for nonfiction, Chali recommends Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water by Amorina Kingdon. In the political sphere, Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Josephine Riesman gives insight into the rise of Donald Trump. And Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein begs not to be confused with Naomi Wolf. David recommends Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism by Maurice Isserman and Andrew recommends At the Vanguard of Vinyl by Darren MillerIn more fiction, Gil recommends Northwoods by Daniel Mason, Jade recommends Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange, and David recommends Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.  

Zara Chowdhary sits down with David Ahrens to talk about her exquisite memoir The Lucky Ones (Penguin, 2024).In 2002, Zara Chowdhary was sixteen years old and living with her family in Ahmedabad, India, when a train fire claimed the lives of sixty Hindu passengers — and upended the lives of millions of Muslims.Instead of taking her school exams that week, Zara is put under a three-month siege, with her family and thousands of others fearing for their lives as Hindu neighbors and friends transform overnight into bloodthirsty mobs, hunting and massacring their fellow citizens.The chief minister of the state at the time, Narendra Modi, was later accused of fomenting the massacre. Now, he is India's prime minister.Chowdhary's The Lucky Ones entwines lost histories across a subcontinent, as it prods open a family's secrets, and gazes unflinchingly back at a country rushing to move past the biggest pogrom in its modern history. Somehow, it also reflects the joy of two young sisters living their lives by resisting the bleakness of their home life and the dangerous world outside.It is a warning to the world by a young survivor, to democracies and to homes that won't listen to their daughters. It is an ode to the rebellion of a young woman who insists she will belong to her land, family, and faith on her own terms.About the guest: Zara Chowdhary is a writer and lecturer at UW-Madison. She has an MFA in creative writing and environment from Iowa State University and a master's in writing for performance from the University of Leeds. She has previously written for documentary television, advertising, and film. You can find more at zarachowdhary.com or follow her on Instagram @zarachowdhary.

On today's show, host David Ahrens speaks with former Wisconsin State Senator Chuck Chvala about the 2024 presidential election and more. The post Senator Chuck Chvala on the 2024 election appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

How do you make change at organizations that resemble hard granite, and aren't designed to bend?Only by patiently and persistently nudging them forward day-by-day, one improvement at a time, according to the authors of Bending Granite: 30+ true stories of leading change (Acta Publications, 2022). It's a compilation of stories from leaders, mostly in and around Madison, writing about the organizations they loved and sought to improve.It's a book that promises “no big bang, no instant pudding, no quick fixes.” Nonetheless, it might lend insight for managers on effectively changing the status quo.On today's show, host David Ahrens speaks with Tom Mosgaller and Michael Williamson, two of the volume's co-editors.Mosgaller and Williamson join Ahrens in the studio to talk about the nature of leadership, the role of quality assurance, and the importance of paying attention to purpose, processes, and people.Michael Williamson has led many complex public organization, including stints as chief of staff for Madison Mayor Joe Sensenbrenner, assistant to UW-Madison chancellor Donna Shalala, and policy assistant to Wisconsin Governor Lee Dreyfus.Williamson is the former Executive Director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, which manages the Wisconsin Retirement System's trust funds. Now retired, he continues to serve on a variety of nonprofit boards.Tom Mosgaller describes himself as a “change agent by nature, and leader by nurture.” For more than a dozen years, he served as the City of Madison's Director of Organizational Development and Training. In his tenure, the city's quality assurance work received worldwide recognition as a pioneering effort and was recognized by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).Mosgaller later worked as Director of Change Management for NIATx, a division of the UW Madison School of Engineering that works to improve the delivery of community-based health services.He is past President and Chairman of the Board of the American Society for Quality and has served as a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiner and judge for the Wisconsin Forward Award. He now works as a consultant through his business, Gnarly Oaks.Find more about Bending Granite – including interviews and resources – at bendinggranite.org. 

Hallie Linden yearns to write for the New York Times. At the moment, she's stuck at a daily newspaper in tiny Green Meadow, Indiana, a town known for its amusement park and nothing else. It's 1989, and juicy reporting jobs are hard to find. She resolves to work hard, win a few awards, and then welcome the job offers.In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens speaks with Cynthia Simmons. She's author of a recent novel called Wrong Kind of Paper, the story of a young reporter in a small town who resists the corporate journalist demand to avoid “controversy.”The novel unexpectedly turns into a two track thriller — one uncovering the deadly corruption and the other is the fight to get the story published.Before her career as a reporter, novelist and professor of media law, Cynthia Simmons was the News Director of WORT-FM. Since then, she's held numerous prestigious reporting positions, and is now the Associate Teaching Professor at Penn State, where she teaches mass media law.In this interview, she also shares with Ahrens the special contribution of listener-supported radio by providing the information necessary for a democracy to function.

For more than a decade, Greg Mickells led the Madison Public Library. He's responsible for a significant transformation of the Madison library system.His tenure as Director took him to three continents, and to the White House in 2016, when Madison Public Library was recognized with a National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Additional awards received under Mickells' leadership include a Wisconsin Innovation Award for "The Bubbler" program, and as a Top Innovator by the Urban Libraries Council in the Race and Social Equity category.Under his hand, the Library has transformed significantly over the last decade. Three libraries - Central, Meadowridge, and Pinney - have been expanded and renovated. The Library's taken over the Wisconsin Book Festival, launched The Bubbler program, launched the Dream Bus, and navigated safe library service during the pandemic. Dozens of community-based partnerships have been established under his leadership.As of February 2, Mickells is retired from his post as Director of the Madison Library System, after eleven years at the helm. He was feted earlier this month with a retirement party, where foundation Executive Director Conor Moran, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Madison Public Library Board President Alyssa Kenney, staff, community partners, and friends praised Greg for his kindness, care for his staff, and vision for making Madison Public Library a national and even international leader in the library world.WORT host David Ahrens - who got the chance to work with Mickells as a former Madison alder - sat down with Mickells shortly before his retirement for this exit interview.

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens talks with with Thomas Pearson.Thomas Pearson is a professor of anthropology at UW-Stout, where he also leads the social science department.As a cultural anthropologist, he understands and appreciates the diversity of cultures and expressions of a common humanity. After the birth of his daughter, who has Down's Syndrome, he documents his struggle towards broadening the concept of humanity to all people-including those who are differently able and thinking about how we can enable them to achieve their full capabilities.That complexity and exploration of evolving ideas of disability and difference is outlined in his new book and the subject of today's interview. It's called Margaret Mead, the Problem of Disability, and a Child Born Different, published in fall 2023 from the University of California Press.In addition to numerous academic articles and essays, Thomas Pearson is also the author of “When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community,” published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2017.

An economist who advocated for people in poverty.A bassist who played with pop stars and jazz greats, mentored youth, and worked on the endless project of healing racism.A trailblazer who broke down barriers and successfully took on the federal government.An environmental advocate who took her PhD to the grassroots.A progressive governor who championed civil rights.And a labor militant who is mostly remembered for his kindness.Those are some of the people we lost in 2023, people who worked to make the world better and more equitable for us left in this world.In this special edition from the WORT 6pm Local News, host and contributor David Ahrens takes the time to remember the lives of a handful of the people who passed away in 2023.People who, each in their unique way, made a difference certainly in the lives of those who loved them. But also touched the lives of our community in their good works.

The Dane County Farmers' Market is the largest producers-only farmers market in the nation. Last year, it celebrated its 50th anniversary.In celebration of that significant milestone, the DCFM has released a hardcover, full-color, 258-page cookbook. The Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook (published this year by Little Creek Press) features 125 recipes that give a global spin to locally-sourced ingredients.With a foreword written by chef Tory Miller, and photographs by Bill Lubing, the cookbook is written by Terese Allen. She's the author of a variety of local food columns, and author of several other books, including The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State, Fresh Market Wisconsin: Recipes, Resources and Stories Celebrating Wisconsin Farm Markets and Roadside Stands, and The Ovens of Brittany Cookbook. She's a co-founder and longtime leader of the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) and past president of REAP Food Group.In this edition of Madison Book Beat, Terese joins host David Ahrens to talk about Madison's unique food culture, what it means to be a "foodist", and what makes the Dane County Farmers' Market so special.

Al Jarreau is one of the most beloved musical artists to come out of Milwaukee, and his music – from jazz to pop to R&B – defies easy classification. He performed with a bevy of jazz musicians, and blended an eclectic mix of other styles into his work.But Jarreau is perhaps best known for his live performances and expressive vocal improvisation. When he passed away in 2017, the New York Times wrote of Jarreau's “virtuosic ability to produce an array of vocalizations ranging from delicious nonsense to clicks and growls to quasi-instrumental sounds.”On this edition of Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens sits down with Kurt Dietrich, author of Never Givin' Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2023). It's the first biography of Jarreau's life and career, and compiles details collected by Dietrich in interviews with Jarreau himself, alongside dozens of Jarreau's friends, colleagues, and family.Dietrich joins us to play examples of Jarreau's eclectic talent, virtuosic vocalization, and early life in Wisconsin.About the guest: Kurt Dietrich is professor emeritus of music at Ripon College, where he taught from 1980 to 2019. He received his master's degree from Northwestern University, where he studied trombone, and later was a trombonist with jazz fusion group Matrix.In addition to many articles, he's the author of three other books about jazz: Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2018), Jazz ‘Bones: The World of Jazz Trombone (Advance Music, 2005), and Duke's ‘Bones: Ellington's Great Trombonists (Alfred Music, 1995). You can find more at his website, kurtdietrich.net.

On Madison Book Beat, we aim to highlight local authors and book events. And sometimes, we hope that you just might learn about the next book on your to-read pile.On this pledge drive edition of Madison Book Beat, we flip the table, asking YOU: what're you reading? What book should we add to our reading list? David Ahrens hosts today's open line.Books mentioned by callers and by hosts in this episode include…Elizabeth Engstrom's When Darkness Loves Us (Valancourt Books, 1985),Works by Ross Gay, including The Book of Delights (Algonquin Books, 2019), The Book of (More) Delights (Algonquin Books, 2023),When Crack Was King (One World, 2023) by Donovan X RamseyPathogenesis: A history of the World in Eight Plagues (Crown, 2023) by Jonathan KennedyOur Share of Night by Mariana EnríquezRogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks (Anchor, 2023) by Patrick Radden KeefeWizards: David Duke, America's Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right (Vanderbilt University Press, 2022) by Brian FairbanksIndigenous Continent: The Epic Quest for North America (Liveright, 2022) by Pekka HämäläinenAlso recommended in today's episode is Libby, an app that lets patrons use their library card to check out and read eBooks or listen to eAudiobooks.

This week on Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens speaks with Jonathan Melrod, a prominent radical, political activist, labor organizer, human rights lawyer and pancreatic cancer survivor, now out with a memoir: "Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War" (September 2022, PM Press).Melrod's memoir highlights his time as a student radical on the UW-Madison campus, during the peak of anti-war upheaval in the 1960s. But unlike the vast majority of protesters, after the demonstrations ended, Melrod committed himself to organizing the industrial working class for revolution.What follows is an account of his thirteen years organizing workers in Milwaukee, and then Kenosha, where he takes on the managers of the AMC plant -- while at the same time challenging the sclerotic UAW local to focus on the interests of its members, and fending off attacks from the FBI and local police "red squads."Melrod describes a balancing of beliefs and interests, short-term and long-term strategies as he deals with the day-to-day problems of speed-ups on the line, discrimination and sex and race harassment, while also focusing on his long-term goals of building a working-class capable of fighting for revolution.Madison Book Beat host David Ahrens talks with Jon Melrod about his evolution as an organizer and revolutionary, prior to several appearances in Madison: On Wednesday, September 27, Melrod will return to the UW-Madison campus for a talk through the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice. The talk, titled "A Radical's Journey from Campus to the Shop Floor in 1970s Wisconsin," will take place at 12:30 at the Havens Wright Center Seminar Room in the Sewell Social Science Building at 1180 Observatory Drive. Registration is required, but a virtual option is available. Register here. On Thursday, September 28, Melrod will speak at A Room of One's Own Bookstore at 6pm, in conversation with local labor leader Bill Franks. Find more information here. Find more about Jonathan Melrod at his website, jonathanmelrod.com, or follow him on Twitter @JonathanMelrod.

The Palestinian city of Jenin, in the West Bank, is in international headlines after several were killed and dozens injured in an Israel raid. The city is a significant symbol of Palestinian resistance — and it figures heavily in Christa Bruhn's new memoir, Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine. The memoir, ten years in the making and published this summer by Little Creek Press, follows Bruhn's journey of curiosity to Jerusalem and Gaza, first forged while studying abroad and later as a mother of three Palestinians. It documents the challenges Palestinians face living in the shadow of the State of Israel, and the deep connection Palestinians have to their homeland that inspires them to keep on living their lives in spite of those challenges.Christa Bruhn is an author, photographer and culinary artist with a lifelong passion for peace and justice. She has a PhD from UW-Madison in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She now splits her time between her home in Madison and extended family abroad. She joins host David Ahrens in conversation about her debut book, and what she's learned from her travels.

The US education system has been sold as the solution for individual success and economic security. Should that still be the model?Our guest, Jonathan Shelton, questions the idea that education should be the main way to access economic opportunity - especially when pitted against other social democratic alternatives. That's the starting point to his richly-researched new book, The Education Myth, published this spring by Cornell University Press. David Ahrens speaks with Jon Shelton about his new book.Jon Shelton is Associate Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. A national expert on teacher unions, public education, and the history of working people, Shelton's work has been featured in the Washington Post, Dissent, Jacobin, and numerous other publications. You can follow him on Twitter @prof_shelton. 

How should reporters consider their ethical responsibilities to the public? That's a question studied through a historical lens in a new book by UW-Madison journalism professor Kathryn J. McGarr. In City of Newsmen, McGarr explores how how the midcentury national press corps kept quiet about their skepticism in the first decades of the Cold War. National journalists, who were at the time almost exclusively white males, knew full well that they had reason to be cynical about the war and the US government's lack of transparency. The question, explored by McGarr from a bevy of personal correspondence from the time, is why they hid those doubts from the public. For more, Madison Book Beat host David Ahrens sat down with McGarr to talk about her research and her new book. About the guest: Kathryn J. McGarr is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison, where she teaches courses in literary journalism and the history of journalism and mass communications. Her research specializes in twentieth-century U.S. political history, with a focus on gender, foreign policy, and the news media. In addition to her recent book City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington (University of Chicago Press, 2022), she's also author of a 2011 book exploring Democratic power broker Robert Strauss.

Wisconsin author Patricia Skalka is out this summer with Death Casts a Shadow (July 2022, UW Press). It's her seventh book in the Dave Cubiak mystery series, which pits a former Chicago cop against a roster of killers, all in beautiful Door County.In fact, the series was sparked by the beauty of Door County itself, says Skalka. She joins host David Ahrens to talk about the importance of place as a character in storytelling in this edition of Madison Bookbeat.About the guest: Patricia Skalka is the author of the award-winning Dave Cubiak Door County Mysteries. She turned to fiction after a career in nonfiction as a staff writer, freelancer, ghost writer, writing instructor, and book reviewer. She lives in Milwaukee and Door County. You can find more about her at patriciaskalka.com.

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, David Ahrens speaks with Rebecca Donner, author of a compelling and deeply-researched biography about her great-great-aunt Mildred Fish Harnack, a Wisconsin woman who went on to lead an anti- Nazi espionage ring in Berlin.It's titled "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler," (Little, Brown and Company, 2021), was an instant New York Times bestseller, and has since received multitudinous honors, including being listed for a 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award, a New York Times Notable Book of 2021, and a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of the Year.Rebecca Donner is the winner of many awards and is the recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She is also the author of the novel Sunset Terrace and Burnout, a graphic novel about ecoterrorism. Ms. Donner is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught writing at Wesleyan University, Columbia University, and Barnard College. She is the great-great niece of Mildred Harnack.

Kyoshi David Ahrens is a martial arts practitioner and instructor at the East Coast Karate in Rhode Island. I don't know if I could separate myself from the Martial Arts. People say all the time that Martial Arts is part of my life but I think my life is just part of Martial Arts. Kyoshi David Ahrens - Episode 630 Lost as a teenager because of the tough life he went through. Martial Arts was the reason why Kyoshi David Ahrens was able to cope but it was Martial Art's influence on him as a child that kept his passion. Today, true to his mission, Kyoshi Ahrens is teaching kids as well as adults to keep them focused, fit and confident. Kyoshi David Ahrens is known for his integrity, professionalism, and unconditional commitment to excellence in his teaching and his training. He teaches all around the world, throughout North America, Okinawa, and South Africa. Listen to learn more! Show Notes Find out more about Kyoshi David Ahren's school at eastcoastkarate.net.

David Ahrens, candidate for Dane County Supervisor, District 17, explains their qualifications for this office and why they are running. This Special Election is being held Tuesday, June 4th.

David Ahrens, candidate for Dane County Supervisor, District 17, explains their qualifications for this office and why they are running. This Special Election is being held Tuesday, June 4th.

Host Susan Hamblin welcomes 15th District Alder and Transit & Parking Commission member, David Ahrens, and Madison Metro General Manager Chuck Kamp to discuss the current and future state of Madison's bus system.

Host Susan Hamblin welcomes 15th District Alder, David Ahrens, and 16th District Alder, Denise DeMarb, to discuss Madison's most recent efforts to become a more sustainable city.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. We discussed the company's acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company's continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. We discussed the company’s acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company’s continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. We discussed the company’s acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company’s continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. We discussed the company’s acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company’s continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. We discussed the company’s acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company’s continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. He is responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing and communications plan, which is particularly important given FRONTEO's rebranding to integrate UBIC North America and its subsidiaries. We discussed the rebranding, the impact it will have on the company's business, and the key factors that distinguish FRONTEO from its competition, among other topics. In addition, FRONTEO is sponsoring and participating the Today's General Counsel exchange on e-discovery on July 18th and 19th at the New York City Bar Association.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. He is responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing and communications plan, which is particularly important given FRONTEO’s rebranding to integrate UBIC North America and its subsidiaries. We discussed the rebranding, the impact it will have on the company’s business, and the key factors that distinguish FRONTEO from its competition, among other topics. In addition, FRONTEO is sponsoring and participating the Today’s General Counsel exchange on e-discovery on July 18th and 19th at the New York City Bar Association.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. He is responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing and communications plan, which is particularly important given FRONTEO’s rebranding to integrate UBIC North America and its subsidiaries. We discussed the rebranding, the impact it will have on the company’s business, and the key factors that distinguish FRONTEO from its competition, among other topics. In addition, FRONTEO is sponsoring and participating the Today’s General Counsel exchange on e-discovery on July 18th and 19th at the New York City Bar Association.

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market. He is responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing and communications plan, which is particularly important given FRONTEO’s rebranding to integrate UBIC North America and its subsidiaries. We discussed the rebranding, the impact it will have on the company’s business, and the key factors that distinguish FRONTEO from its competition, among other topics. In addition, FRONTEO is sponsoring and participating the Today’s General Counsel exchange on e-discovery on July 18th and 19th at the New York City Bar Association.

Eve Galanter hosts the Director of Madison Public Libraries, Greg Mickells, and 15th District Alder, David Ahrens, to discuss the City's library system.

6th District Alder, Marsha Rummel, and 15th District Alder, David Ahrens, discuss the future of the Garver Feed Mill.