Sikowis is unable to make the show due to the unexpected severe storms in the plains, so we’re re-running this interview on spearfishing from A Public Affair in April…. Spearfishing […]
WORT Wins Milwaukee Press Club Awards!
WORT Wins 8 ‘2021 Excellence in Journalism Awards’ Over the weekend, the WORT News Department won eight awards in audio categories in the 2021 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Awards from […]
Ojibwe Fishing Rights and Wisconsin’s Spearfishing Controversy
Spearfishing season for tribes in Wisconsin begins each April—and with it comes a long history of controversy and racism. For today’s show, WORT assistant news director Nate Wegehaupt is joined […]
Hack the World: “Neptune Frost” Is Afrofuturist & Sur...
Neptune is a young non-binary adult who, after running away from their enslavement in a mining camp in Burundi, joins a hacker’s collective looking to survive on the outskirts of an oppressive society. “Neptune Frost” is a surreal Afrofuturist examination of gender, sex, capitalism, oppressive police forces, and technology. Nate Wegehaupt reviews.
January begins National Radon Action Month.
Today begins National Radon Action Month, a month dedicated to informing people about the dangers of radon in our homes. We all know radon is bad, but what exactly is […]
Madison Common Council to Debate Changes in Government Structure
In spring of 2021, Madison residents gave their opinion on the job of city alders through a set of non-binding referendums. Essentially, these four questions were opinion polls, intended to […]
