If you want to understand the role that race has played in Madison’s past and present, Settlin’: Stories Of Madison’s Early African American Families is an essential read. Its author, educator and Edgewood College faculty member Muriel Simms, began interviewing people for the book in the early 2000s, focusing on people who descended from African […]
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New Reporting Shows Inequality of Cash Bail
“Innocent until proven guilty” is one of the main tenets of the country’s justice system. But that’s not the experience some Americans say they have after they’ve been arrested. A new story from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism looks into cash bail in the state, and what happens to the people who can’t afford […]
Madison’s mayoral challengers on the arts
On this episode we’re bringing you a live conversation with most of the people running to be the next mayor of Madison. The event was called “Madison’s Arts Future: A Mayoral Candidate Forum on the Arts, Culture and Creativity,” and it took place this past Wednesday, January 16, at the Barrymore Theatre on Madison’s east […]
Madison In The Sixties: January – The Third Week Of January, 1969
Bad news for a Monona Terrace auditorium, two nights of radical theater, and an off-beat mayoral campaign. Just some of what was going on in Madison 50 years ago this week. The third week of January, 1969 Hopes that the city would soon start construction on a 2,300-seat civic auditorium at Monona Terrace start to fade […]
Organ Transplant Surgery: How did it start and where are we today?
Organ transplant surgery has saved countless lives. While this procedure can be difficult and risky, it has become one of the most recognizable types of surgery. But how did we start transplanting organs, and how did we get to where we are today? University of Wisconsin Hospital Surgeon Dr. Josh Mezrich delves into that and […]
Bubbler Artist-In-Residence: Cartoons & Animation w/ Rodney Lambr...
Walking the line between fiction and reality, cartoons have the power to convey seemingly complex messages through subtle, and often creative, ways. As a cartoonist, Rodney Lambright Jr. makes use of the surreal imagery to disarm readers with a friendly atmosphere on the surface, but then dives into psychological trauma and the unconscious mind through […]
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