Lilada Gee is joined by frequent side-kick Cassy Marzette to talk about her story and her upcoming One Women Show: “A Conversation with Ashes” on August 4th. “A Conversation with Ashes,” written, produced and performed by Cassandra Marzette, investigates the stigma of a life challenged by mental illness, love, and spirituality. When a traumatic experience […]
A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
What are the measures of the human scale? What is the “burden of bigness,” and the Beanstalk Principle? In his most recent book, “Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future,” Kirkpatrick Sale takes a new look at how the crises that imperil modern America are the inevitable result of […]
Center for Media and Democracy’s Lisa Graves
Lisa Graves joins Allen Ruff on today’s program. Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy here in Madison. Graves joined the CMD in 2009, where she and her associates investigate dark money donations, and a ever-broadening examination of policy shapers and democratic investigations. Today they discuss the potential changing […]
A Celebration of Service, with Sina Davis
Community leader Sina Davis of the Allied Drive neighborhood joins the program today to discuss her work serving Madison. This past weekend, Davis was honored at A Celebration of Life, Love & Service at the Boys & Girls Club. Lisa Peyton-Caire, Founder of Black Women’s Wellness Day and another leader in the community, said Sina […]
Madison School Board Approves Next Year’s Budget
MMSD approved a $390 million dollar preliminary operating budget last night in a 7-0 vote. Board members Thomas J Mertz and Anna Mueller Moffit join Carousel Bayrd to recap the budget and forecast the next year, including amendments for class size, Welcoming Schools initiative, and more.
WORT Board Candidates Jim Bredeson, Dave Devereaux-Weber & Fred O...
Today’s show concludes our interviews with the candidates for the WORT Board. Esty Dinur talks with the remaining candidates in the Supporting Member category, Jim Bredeson, Dave Devereaux-Weber and Fred Olsen. The Listener-Sponsor group consists of 4 of the 11 seats, and includes anyone who has made at least an annual, basic ($40) listener-sponsorship level contribution […]