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WORT Local News presents alternative viewpoints in its news – both in the sources it uses and the stories it covers. Newscasts include local and state news, weather, and regular features. It aims to give underrepresented people a voice.

Bioethics Expert Discusses Concerns With Right-to-Try Law

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President Donald Trump signed a “Right to Try” bill yesterday, which lets terminally ill patients use not-yet FDA approved drugs. Those patients can now opt to use medicine that’s passed the first stage of testing at the federal agency. U.S, Sen. Ron Johnson is an author of the bill and says it’ll save lives. The […]

Foraging, Wild Edibles, and the Arboretum

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In this episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, PNM’s hunter/gatherer Lincoln Tice explores the search for wild edibles, or in other words, foraging. With a little bit of education, anyone can find edible plants and fruits right from their own backyard or neighborhood. Lincoln’s guest is Kelly Schwartz, who just happens to also be a […]

Erik Kramer’s experimental twist on folk music

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Erik Kramer’s first solo release, A House, Floating In The Middle Of A Lake, was one of our favorite Madison records of 2017. Kramer combines folk guitar instrumentals with electronics and field recordings, but with an approach that varies a lot from track to track. “Gayatri” builds on an entrancingly bleary bed of synths and […]

UW-Madison’s very own observatory and the history behind it

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In this episode, Brianna Smart and Zach Pace keep their discussion terrestrial and tell us about UW-Madison’s history in studying astronomy. The Washburn observatory was created in 1877. Just a year prior to the creation of the observatory the Wisconsin state legislators passed a resolution saying that they would provide salary for a new professor […]

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