The Humanist Union of Madison
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Past and Coming Events for 2025
When	Topic	Location
Mondays, 10 am and 5 pm	Humanism Today, a series of programs from the Humanist Union of Madison and other sources on west Madison's progressive low power FM radio station, WIDE-LP. See the Monday program schedule.	WIDE-LP 99.1 FM west Madison
Last Thursday of month	Atheist Lounge discussion sponsored by Madison Skeptics.	online
Sunday February 2, 10:00 to 11:15 AM	Raging Grannies presented by Barbara Park and Karen Deaton and the The Raging Grannies of Madison and Dane County.	In the Meeting House*
Sunday April 6, noon to 1:15 PM	Coffee Stories: Capitalism, Colonialism, Climate Change, & a Killer Fungus presented by Caitilyn Allen, Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison Dept. of Plant Pathology. See p. 8 of the April Prairie Fire for details.	In the Annex*
Saturday September 27, 10:30 - 11:15 AM	Facebook and Billionaire Greed, a discussion of the book Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, led by Bob Park. See a summary of the book here and an overview of the controversy surrounding the book on the Wikipedia page here. See the C-SPAN video of the author's testimony before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee at Meta Whistleblower Testifies on Facebook Practices. You can read the hearing transcript here. The audio recording of our meeting is available here.	At Bethel Horizons retreat
Sunday October 5, 11:30 AM	Have lunch with Dr. Jack Williams, former director of the Center for Climatic Research at UW-Madison, for some Q&A on Helping Plants Adapt to Climate Change: Lessons from the Last Ice Age. This follows his 10 AM presentation on the topic at Prairie UU Society.	In the Meeting House*
Thursday October 23, 7 to 8 PM	Learn about radon from Amanda Koch, Program Manager for the State of Wisconsin's Indoor Radon Program. See an information sheet on radon from Public Health Madison & Dane County here and see a radon map for the Madison area here. This meeting follows a Prairie UU Society potluck starting at 5:30 PM in the Meeting House. Amanda's slides are available here and the program audio recording is available here (1 hr. 29 min.).	In the Meeting House*
Sunday November 2, noon to 1:15 PM	Q&A with Fabien Accominotti. This follows his 10 AM presentation at Prairie UU Society on "Elites in Democratic Societies" and a congregation potluck starting about 11:30 AM in the Meeting House.	In the Annex*
Sunday February 1 or 8, noon to 1:15 PM	How Can we Find Other Life in the Universe? will be the topic of our speaker, Thomas Beatty.	In the Annex*
Events with a gray background are not sponsored by the Humanist Union of Madison but are likely to be of interest to humanists.

* Directions to Prairie Meeting House and Annex
2010 and 2006 Whenona Dr, Madison WI 53711

Past Events Since 2004 a large table with links to meeting recordings, photos, and related web pages