Hejira world music radio show host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick recently caught up with Sona Jobarteh, the pioneering woman kora player from the Gambia, while … [Read More]
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MUSICIANS for WORT Benefit @ Mickey’s – LET’S ROCK!
WORT is super fired-up to return to Mickey's on Friday, March 24th at 10pm for a fundraising Party! It's been awhile since we've done a show at … [Read More]
Fareed Haque on Jazz in Flight
On Thursday's Jazz In Flight host Matt Marcus interviewed Fareed Haque, who is playing with Goron Ivanovic at the North Street Cabaret on Friday March … [Read More]
Run for Refugee Food Security Saturday March 4th
The 42nd Annual Freeze for Food is a 5//10 K Run/Walk around Lake Wingra or the Arboretum on Saturday, March 4th. This year the Returned Peace Corps … [Read More]
Pianist Luke Leavitt brings “furniture music” to WORT
If you stop by the Garver Lounge between 5pm and 7pm on the second Thursday of the month, you will probably see Luke Leavitt playing piano, maybe with … [Read More]
Latest News
Council to Vote on Raising Backyard Chicken Limit
Snickers huddles with her two sisters beneath a coop, trying to stay warm and out of the wind. But when former WORT News Director Molly Stentz … [Read More]
Jael Currie Running for Re-election For District 16 Alder
With the spring general election less than three weeks away, we continue our coverage of all the alder races on the ballot with a trip to the far-east … [Read More]
Updates and progress on East-West Bus Rapid Transit
Construction for Bus Rapid Transit, or B-R-T, is officially underway. In an informational meeting on Tuesday, Transit officials outlined the plans … [Read More]
Transparency Talk: And the 2023 OPEE Awards go to…
Every other Thursday, WORT contributor Jonah Chester sits down with Tom Kamenick, president of the Wisconsin Transparency Project, to discuss open … [Read More]
How Local Elections Could Look Different By 2025
The proposal would stagger alder elections, so that only half of the council seats would be up for change in any given year. That’s a change from … [Read More]
Latest Talk
Why “you are the problem” language isn’t helping the climate
In a piece for The Progressive, Sage Lenier wrote: "Gen Z isn’t getting the education we need to survive and adapt to a climate-changed world." She joins us to discuss the current education around climate change, the impact it has on mental health, and … [Read More...]
Nick Vander Puy on The HELP Campaign to Save the Penokees
Madison Book Beat host Gil Halsted sits down in the studio with Nick Vander Puy, journalist and author of the recent book "Water Protectors: The H.E.L.P Campaign to Save the Penokees" (Strong Dog Press, July 2022). It's a book that details the Harvest … [Read More...]
Cafe Coda’s “Coda Coach” Brings Music to the Neighborhoods
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Cafe Coda's "Coda Coach" Brings Music to the Neighborhoods Cafe Coda has served up cutting-edge jazz and improvisational music to Madison’s audiences for several years now. In addition to its role as a music venue, Cafe Coda has a … [Read More...]
James Webb Telescope Marks One Year in Operation
WORT 89.9FM Madison · James Webb Telescope Marks One Year In Operation The James Webb Space telescope, perhaps the most complicated piece of machinery humanity has ever produced, has now completed one revolution around the sun. Locked into a … [Read More...]
