Friday October 19 12:15 pm at the Atrium Auditorium of the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison Flutist Cristina … [Read More]
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WORT Record Riot Saturday October 13 at Art In
A Riot is often characterized as a violent or dangerous situation but can also refer to unrestrained revelry or a brilliant display, as in a "riot of … [Read More]
Ring In The Fall With New Music on WORT!
Richard Thompson's brand new album shoots straight to the top this week, and soon he'll be here in town to showcase these tunes live! Other notable … [Read More]
Gender Confetti!!! LIVE on WORT
If you missed their blisteringly fun set at WORT’s Underground Stage during the 41st Annual Willy Street Fair earlier this month, tune in to 89.9 FM fr … [Read More]
20 Years of Something Wonderful on WORT!
Ryan Parks, the wonderful host of Something Wonderful, an exploration of electronic music, celebrated his 20th anniversary with WORT during his … [Read More]
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Drumming and teaching with Mandjou Mara
Mandjou Mara is a musician who was born in the west African nation of Guinea, and has spent the last 10 years living in Madison. He's a singer and a … [Read More]
Madison In The Sixties: October – October 1968
A great neighborhood center opens on the east side … the backlash builds to life on campus … and a great man dies. Some of the stories making news fif … [Read More]
A Wisconsin Hemp Harvest
A bill passed in 2017 allowed Wisconsin farmers the opportunity to grow hemp for the first time in nearly fifty years. The first round of hemp farmers … [Read More]
All of Us Research Program
Tonight's episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine looks into the All of Us Research Program, a program asking for participants to provide health data. … [Read More]
Soglin Budget Proposal Wouldn’t Fund New Data Analyst Position for MPD
Last Wednesday, Mayor Paul Soglin proposed a $332,000,000 operating budget for 2019. Nearly $77,000,000 of that money would go toward the Madison … [Read More]
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Helping High School Students Prepare for Life After Graduation
College, trade school, work, the future. How can we help graduating high school students navigate the transition into the next phase of life? Harry Hawkins explores this issue with guests Janell Thom Schneider, counselor at Oregon High School, and Andrea … [Read More...]
Dane County Time Bank celebrates and expands
Dane County Time Bank is celebrating its 13th birthday on Saturday, October 20th, from 7-10PM. Originally established as a mechanism to replace money with shared services, the Time Bank has expanded to support restorative justice, and to become a hub of … [Read More...]
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger does more
Founded in 1990, after groundwater contamination was detected at the Badger Munitions Plant, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) began as a grassroots effort to assure safe drinking water, but since then has expanded its watchdog efforts to … [Read More...]
Pozner on GOP’s White Male Persecution Complex
Jennifer Pozner has a new article on Truthout, and she talks to Jan Miyasaki about how the Kavanaugh hearings demonstrate the white male persecution complex in light of Kavanaugh's allegations of rape. She discusses how the all-male Republican senators on … [Read More...]