At 7:21 Thursday Morning you can hear a new version of John Harbison's "The Cross of Snow" performed by mezzo soprano Jazimina McNeil with UW … [Read More]
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Upcoming Classical Music Events
Thursday May 25 7:30 pm at the First Congregational United Church of Christ 1609 University Avenue, Madison Maestro John DeMain conducts … [Read More]
Joey B. Banks & Clyde Stubblefield All Stars
In anticipation of the 20th annual WORT Block Party, this Sunday, May 21st from 11am - 7pm on the 200 Block of Martin Luther King Jr. BLVD in Madison, … [Read More]
Yid Vicious Bringing Vicious Yiddish To WORT Block Party
Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble has been a local favorite for many years now. They play Yiddish folk music, but add their own touch into the more … [Read More]
Dub Superheroes Use Melodic Weapons To Spread Good Block Party Vibes!
The ten members of Dub Foundation form a local roots dub group that features blazing horns, shotgun snares, razor sharp skanks, slashing dubs, slick … [Read More]
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Strawberry Cake
Ingredients6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pie plate 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 … [Read More]
First United Methodist Church and MACH1 Bring Foot Care to Homeless
Once a month, First United Methodist Church and MACH1 hold a Foot Clinic for the homeless in Madison. Volunteers gather at 203 Wisconsin Avenue and … [Read More]
This Is What I Ate – Rockhound Brewing Company
This Is What I Ate gets BASIC with Madison's latest variation on a popular theme, the brew pub, at the Rockhound Brewing Company!! … [Read More]
Privatization Report
In March, the State of Wisconsin's Department of Administration (DOA) issued a report showing required cost-benefit analyses for public service … [Read More]
Albert Einstein and Genius
Who would have thought that a science radio show would be plugging a TV show? But Perpetual Notion Machine producer Dennis Shaffer not only loves … [Read More]
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Food System Security in Madison
How do issues of racial equity play into food access? Sub host Anjali Misra discusses this and food system security with Lexa Dundore, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin Master's Program in Urban and Regional Planning.Dundore spent the … [Read More...]
Following the Money of the USDA Organic Label
Is your organic food really "organic?" Joining us by phone to talk about his ongoing investigations of organic agriculture is Washington Post reporter Peter Whoriskey. He works on projects in business, healthcare, and health.Farmers hoping to benefit … [Read More...]
Women’s World News & A Little Vengeance, Too!
Boko Haram returns some of the women they kidnapped in 2014.A young rape victim castrates her assailant.Iranian women are given the illusion of voting, again. And our own HTN reporter Kathy Lin talks about a new novel about Chinese … [Read More...]
Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching of the Lumberjack Era
In the 1920’s, the lumbering era in the Upper Midwest was drawing to a close. Most of the original northern pine forest in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota had been clear cut, and the logging camps and river drivers moved westward, in search of virgin ti … [Read More...]
Reading the Earthquake History in the Rocks
Geologists at the University of Wisconsin have discovered what may prove to be the Rosetta Stone of earthquake studies. UW-Madison postdoctoral student Randy Williams and his advisor, Laurel Goodwin, have used veins of calcite in rocks from New Mexico to … [Read More...]