Attention Terry Kath fans, Chicago fans, and fans of guitar-driven soulful rock & roll everywhere! D.J. el Serpentine's "The Rattlesnake Shake" is … [Read More]
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Saturday January 19 8 pm at Mills Hall 455 North Park Street, Madison The Panama Papers: Tom Curry, tuba, with Mark Hetzler, trombone A duo … [Read More]
Fresh Friday Music Specials!
Staying in tonight? We'll keep you warm and cozy!! Tune in and snuggle up with your friends on community radio. It's free, it's safe, and you can … [Read More]
89.9 Social Club “Open Mic” January 24th
Special Acoustic “Open Mic” Edition of The 89.9 Social Club. Thursday January 24, 6:30-9:00pm. Lakeside Street Coffee House, (in their fun, cozy ba … [Read More]
Friday Eve Music Specials!
Our music hosts have some very tasty theme shows for you tonight! From Bill Clark: Almost forgot! Tonight on Dave Watts' Blues Cruise I'll be making … [Read More]
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Madison’s mayoral challengers on the arts
On this episode we're bringing you a live conversation with most of the people running to be the next mayor of Madison. The event was called … [Read More]
Madison In The Sixties: January – The Third Week Of January, 1969
Bad news for a Monona Terrace auditorium, two nights of radical theater, and an off-beat mayoral campaign. Just some of what was going on in Madison … [Read More]
Organ Transplant Surgery: How did it start and where are we today?
Organ transplant surgery has saved countless lives. While this procedure can be difficult and risky, it has become one of the most recognizable types … [Read More]
Bubbler Artist-In-Residence: Cartoons & Animation w/ Rodney Lambright Jr.
Walking the line between fiction and reality, cartoons have the power to convey seemingly complex messages through subtle, and often creative, ways. … [Read More]
UW Cinematheque’s adventures in 3-D
UW-Cinematheque's spring season of art-house film screenings kicks off on January 18 at Vilas Hall with Blake Williams' Prototype, which will take … [Read More]
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Dispatches from Brazil Under Newly-Elected President Jair Bolsonaro
On October 28, 2018, Brazil elected far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. What has been happening in Brazil during the first few weeks of his presidency? On today's episode, we get the updates from Victor … [Read More...]
Spirituality in the Poems of Mary Oliver
The popular poetry and prose writer Mary Oliver—known for her meditations on the natural and spiritual world—passed away on Thursday. Widely read in introductory English classes, but sometimes shunned by "fancy critics," Oliver won a Pulitzer Prize in 198 … [Read More...]
Migrants and Asylum Seekers in 1940s China and Today
For today's episode, guest host Bert Zipperer spends the hour talking to Helen Zia about her new book, Last Boat Out of Shanghai, and connecting the history of the mass exodus out of Shanghai in the 1940s to events happening today at our own southern … [Read More...]
Poetry and Identity with Danez Smith
For today's episode, Ali is joined in the studio by Danez Smith, a Black, Queer writer and performer from St. Paul. They spend the hour discussing the intersections of poetry and identity, art and activism, and what it means to share and heal through … [Read More...]