WORT Seeks Talk Host
04/25/13 5:49 PM | Molly Stentz
Have you ever wanted to be on the radio? Do you enjoy learning about the world and sharing interesting news and information with those around you? Consider becoming a host of A Public Affair on WORT.
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Missouri v. McNeely
The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution is supposed to protect citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents. But who decides what searches are unreasonable? That question is debated in the courts.
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Race, Capitalism, and Arts in the U.S.
On Wednesday May 22nd, host Karma Chavez interviewed Hakim Bellamy, who is the Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, NM, about his new book, Swear. They discussed issues of race, capitalism, and arts in the U.S.
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Madison Makes Music!
03/28/13 4:50 PM
Madison will have its first ever Make Music Madison festival on June 21st, the summer solstice.
read article »Venerable Milwaukee Radio Station Drops Local Talk
02/28/13 7:49 PM
After 20 years on the air, a venerable black-owned community radio station has dropped its local talk programming. Earlier this week, the owners of Milwaukee’s WMCS 1290 AM pulled the plug on its local hosts.
read article »Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
02/21/13 12:05 PM
On Thursday February 21st, host Allen Ruff kicked off the Pledge Drive with an in-depth interview with author and professor Bob McChesney. They discussed McChesney’s recently published book, “Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy.”
read article »Growing Up Black In South Madison
02/26/13 10:31 AM
Dr. Richard Harris, author of “Growing Up Black in South Madison: An Economic Disenfranchise Of South Madison” spoke with the Buzz on Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
read article »Captive Audience
02/13/13 12:05 PM | A Public Affair
On Wednesday February 13th, host Karma Chavez interviewed author Susan Crawford about her recent book, “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.”
read article »Where do the Giant Lake Sculptures Come From?
02/11/13 2:01 PM | buzz
It wouldn’t be winter in Madison if there weren’t something odd poking up from the Lake Monona ice. Folk Artist Tim Browning talks about his latest decoration on top the ice.
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