My Special Report for listener-supported community radio WORT on 4 big Madison stories of the 1970s: Spring Semester 1970 - the city burns; Paul Soglin, Revolutionary Mayor; the Sisterhood of the Seventies; the commercial sex industry.
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The Madison BookBeat conversation on WORT-FM with Doug Bradley about his new book, "The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir," in which he explores the meaning of his life through the music of his generation, from Doo-Wop Philly to hard rock Vietnam and beyond. www.wortfm.org/doug-bradley...
From community radio WORT-FM: The Madison BookBeat conversation with Cary Segall about his new book "A Talk in the Woods: Voices Along the Appalachian Trail" (Back Burner Books), recounting the stories of the people he met hiking from Georgia to Maine.
www.wortfm.org/cary-segall-...
Plugging Monday's Madison BookBeat with Cary Seagall about his engaging new book "A Talk in the Woods: Voices from the Appalachian Trail," about the people he met while hiking 2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine. Monday 1-2 at 89.9 FM and anytime at wortfm.org and on the WORT app.
142 years ago today, five men died in a frightful and tragic accident while Wisconsin was building an extension to its state capitol. {From "Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Vol. 1, 1856-1931 (uwiscpress.wisc.edu)
Madison, October 1969: political protest and repression of future protesters; racial progress and a very public personal tragedy. My report for listener-sponsored community radio WORT 89.9 FM. www.wortfm.org/madison-octo...
The Madison BookBeat conversation with Margaret Mooney and Meg Gaines about "Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories" (Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2025), on listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM.
www.wortfm.org/margaret-moo...
The WORT conversation with Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride about his book "A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest and Polarization," a gripping account of his life and actions during the twin traumas of 2020 - COVID and intense BLM protests that rocked the city.
www.wortfm.org/mayor-dennis...
@bobserve.com Alpine Valley Outlaws. Full concert audio:
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To exploit Lily Tomlin's 86th birthday yesterday, posting our 2015 conversation:
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Transcript:
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Illustration by Charlie Powell, courtesy Isthmus.
Promo reel for Monday's Madison BookBeat episode with Fred Risser and Doug Moe - Author about their new book, Forward For The People: The Autobiography of America's Longest Serving Legislator. Listen live 1-2 at 89.9 FM or anytime at wortfm.org or on the WORT FM app.
Industry, government, the UW and tourism/recreation - the Madison economy, captured from a kayak on Lake Mendota.
Historian Sean Wilentz, author of "Bob Dylan in America," discusses the artistic impact Dylan and Allen Ginsberg had on each other. From "Books & Beats with Stu Levitan," WXXM-FM 92.1 The Mic, Sept. 2010. Transcript below.
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Forstmann Woolen Company, inside front cover Life magazine, 1945-1947.
Plugging next week’s Madison BookBeat show with Doug Moe, author of “Saving Hearts and Killing Rats - Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin.” June 30 1-2pm 89.9, and any time at wortfm.org and on the WORT app. Listener-sponsored community radio since 1975.
Catalpa has entered the chat. My backyard, Madison WI.
Back when federalizing the National Guard made sense. October, 1957.
My 2023 conversation with the esteemed music journalist and historian Joel Selvin about his book "Sly & The Family Stone: An Oral History." Madison BookBeat, on listener-supported community radio WORT 89.9 FM. www.wortfm.org/joel-selvin-...
My account of Madison's first generation of gay rights and gay leaders, for listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM 89.9.
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#Dylan birthday celebration at the Spring Green (WI) General Store BobFest, 5/25/25. Dramatic renditions of first and last cuts from Street Legal and Gates of Eden. A little rushed (only had 10 minutes), but a solid B+, maybe A-, delivery.
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Thanks, Craig! (BTW - I fixed the typo in the title)
Dramatic renditions of #Dylan "Changing of the Guards," "Gates of Eden" and "Where Are You Tonight?" Spring Green (WI) General Store, BobFest 2025, May 25.
youtu.be/DCNJHbpzBEc
The first got posted without the post-show crowd noise being cut. Ignore that one.
Cavortin' in Davenport. Bob Dylan and His Band, Adler Theatre 4/8/25. Bob on guitar on It Ain't Me, Babe; Crossing the Rubicon; Desolation Row and Watching the River Flow. archive.org/details/dave...
Oops, the edit to cut the after-show didn't take. Sorry. Just ignore.
