PanAfrica host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick had the opportunity to interview Jenny Cathcart, author of "Notes from Africa-A Musical Journey with Youssou … [Read More]
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Music Highlights the week ending May Day
Friday April 30 at midnight on XLII90 Live Music Radio Hour, Nufone Rick ended up switching it around at the last minute. Tony Markellis, bassist for … [Read More]
“New Needles” Host Sounds Off!
Update! Harry Rag interviewed host Reasonable Facsimile, with fascinating results. Follow this link to stream it on demand and please feel free to add … [Read More]
Music Highlights April 17-24
Here's a look back at WORT's Music Week in Review and some highlights from our music programming over the past 7 days. On Sattaday, April 24 from … [Read More]
Virtual Wisconsin Flute Festival Brings a “Rockstar Lineup” to Your Screen
As they struggled to adapt a beloved musical event to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Wisconsin Flute Festival made two big … [Read More]
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New Domains: Memes and Milk-Chugging Teens Shape Culture at UW Madison
In 2017, one UW Madison student created a Facebook group for students to share their own comedic jabs at campus life through memes. Today, the group … [Read More]
Amid protests, budget committee shreds Evers’ proposals
As the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was poised to strip hundreds of Governor Evers' proposals from the next state budget today, folks from … [Read More]
Common Council Approves New Tiny Home Village for Madison’s Houseless Population
On May 4th, the Madison Common Council approved Madison’s second Tiny House village. When finished, the village will house about two dozen unhoused … [Read More]
Madison common council narrowly shoots down homeless shelter
Earlier today, in the wee hours of the morning and after hours of public input and debate, Madison’s Common Council failed to approve purchasing a … [Read More]
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, part 2
Madison in the Sixties – the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot, part 2 Sunday, May 4, 1969 - Late afternoon Tear gas lingers in the soft spring … [Read More]
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Free Hashbrowns With Every Vote
This week on Mel & Floyd: John Cage Tribute or Engineering Mishap?; Wild Kingdom Playing Out in Mel’s Domicile; Rampant Vacc-Idiocy and Ways to Fight It; Latest Personal Hygiene Trends; Weird Sh*t at Kid Rock’s Place [the 2nd Amendment Guarantees … [Read More...]
Community Healing in the time of BLM
At 6PM on Friday, May 6, 2021, Peggy Choy, Associate Professor, Dance Department/Asian American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will coordinate a on-line performance webinar entitled "Community Healing in the time of BLM: Anti-Asian Violence and … [Read More...]
Biden follows previous administrations to increase military spending
With a goal of "Fighting for a U.S. federal budget that prioritizes peace, economic security and shared prosperity", the National Priorities Project analyzes U.S. military spending (currently 49.5% of national discretionary spending) and recommends how … [Read More...]
Wisconsin’s Old Growth Forests
What are old-growth forests? How did European settlement of Wisconsin change our landscape and what remains of our ancient forests? In this edition of Perpetual Notion Machine, host Patrick Sajbel speaks with John Bates, naturalist and author of nine … [Read More...]
