August 15, 2013 - Biomimetics

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

The 8/15/2013 PNM episode was produced by Kaitlin Stack Whitney and engineered by Matthew Zmudka.

What do ground squirrels, the Department of Defense, the death of public science funding, jellyfish, asymmetrical warfare, geckos, and lobsters have in common?

Our guest was Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, a geographer and currently a Research Associate at the University of Exeter within the Department of Geography and the Science, Technology, and Culture research cluster. She is working on a book, Life’s Work: The Labor of Biomimetic Science. Check out her background and links to her work on her website.

You can listen to the show here:

Also, we made the following announcement about a course on hunting and sustainability being offered by the WI Department of Natural Resources:

Back by popular demand, one of Madison College’s most popular continuing education courses returns this fall. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the college will offer at least two continuing education courses that aim to show how hunting supports conservation and healthy living. Two “Hunting for Sustainability” classes will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. on five consecutive Tuesdays beginning Aug. 27, each at Madison College’s West and Truax campuses in Madison. Keith Warnke, Wisconsin DNR hunting and shooting sports coordinator, says the program is aimed at novice adult hunters who did not grow up hunting but wish to safely harvest locally sourced, free-range wild game that’s a natural, healthy, low-fat source of protein. For more information or to register for the course, call Madison College, 608.246.6210, or Keith Warnke, 608.576.5243.