WORT 89.9FM Madison · An Evening With Wisconsin Artifacts Humans have settled in what is now Wisconsin since at least the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. […]
A Canoe From 1000 B.C.
WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Canoe From 1000 BC 3,000 years ago, in 1,000 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel and the Assyrian Empire began. The Latins had just entered Italy. […]
Thirteen Thousand Years of Wisconsin History
Most Wisconsin history books begin their narrative with the arrival of French explorer Jean Nicolet at what is now Green Bay in 1634. By the time of Nicolet’s landing, however, […]
Radio Chipstone: The Man Mound of Sauk County
Just east of Baraboo on the aptly named Man Mound Road lives the only surviving anthropomorphic effigy mound in North America. Built between 750 and 1200 AD by Late Woodland […]
What’s New in the Science of What’s Old
In 1879, German naturalist Ernst Haeckel drew his version of a “Genealogical Tree of Humanity” to show how human beings are related to other species of animals on the earth. […]
Rebroadcast: Wildfires and Disaster Response
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from January 7, 2019. As wildfire season approaches again, we return to this conversation with guest Dave Lowe, who works for the US Forest Service […]