The 2017 Madison Area Music Association awards were on Sunday June 18 and your favorite community radio station took home two trophies! WORT won Best … [Read More]
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Friday June 23 7:30 pm at at the Playhouse/Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society present “Alphabet Soup: Cs … [Read More]
Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach New Album Delights!
Waiting on a Song, the second solo album by Black Keys guitarist and songwriter Dan Auerbach (pictured), is the follow-up to 2009's Keep It Hid. For t … [Read More]
Silver Ochre’s Hot Pursuit of Happiness With Thollem Electric
On Saturday, June 24th at 8pm, Arts & Literature Laboratory presents “Silver Ochre’s Hot Pursuit of Happiness with Thollem Electric”. Silver Ochre … [Read More]
Robert Earl Keen speaks with WORT
WORT welcomes Robert Earl Keen back to Madison on June 13 with an exclusive interview on Mud Acres, hosted by Tim Britton. Keen is an American sin … [Read More]
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Journalist Wanted
WORT is hiring an Assistant News Director. This position assists the news department in the production of WORT Local News, our hour-long … [Read More]
Lovely Socialite get leaner and louder
Lovely Socialite have embraced a few different kinds of maximalism since forming in Madison in 2009. The instrumental band's initial name was Lovely … [Read More]
Randy Bryce Declares His Candidacy for Congress
In May, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan held a national approval rating of just 25%, similar to the low approval numbers of the Congress he … [Read More]
Wildlife Weekly: Robins
On this episode of Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society Wildlife Center, talks to us about robins. As summer … [Read More]
The Sun’s Sibling
This week on Radio Astronomy, Jacqueline Goldstein and Erin Boettcher discuss the birth of stars from stellar nurseries: large, dusty, gaseous clouds … [Read More]
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WORT Board Candidates Martin Kehrein & Jerry Chernow
Day three of our interviews with the candidates for the WORT Board of Directors continue. Today, we talk with two of the candidates running for the Supporting Member position on the board. The Listener-Sponsor group consists of 5 out of the 11 seats, … [Read More...]
The Killing of Charleena Lyles
"The most disrespected person in America is the black woman.The most unprotected person in America is the black woman." - Malcolm X On July 18th, Charleena Lyles was shot and killed by police after reporting the theft of an Xbox at her home. Police said … [Read More...]
League of Women Voters is about more than voting
Social policy, good government, and protection of natural resources -- and you thought all the League of Women Voters did was get the vote for women. Andrea Kaminski, secretary of the Wisconsin branch of the League of Women Voters, talks about their work … [Read More...]
Congress approves weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
More than 40 organizations in the U.S. came out against the recent congressional bill to approve U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a country which has a proven track record of bombing civilians and other war crimes. The bill passed, but not by much, … [Read More...]
Dow-DuPont merger limits choices and competition
The Department of Justice has approved the merger of two of the largest agribusinesses. How this will affect farmers and consumers is discussed by Food & Water Watch's Patty Lovena. … [Read More...]