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Latest Episodes

A World Beyond: Reconstructing Our Reality
September 15, 2025

Can art change our daily reality? Pinney Library Artist in Residence Ellie Braun talks about folk art, textiles and jewelry changing the world we live in.

Green Burial Offers Alternative to Embalming
September 15, 2025

Anita Lawrence from Solas Natural Burial Preserve tells us how to help protect the earth even after death.

Data Centers Threaten Wisconsin and Global Climate
September 15, 2025

All that internet seems like it just floats around in space, but it chews up huge amounts of infrastructure, land and electricity. Amy Barrileaux of Clean Wisconsin explains how a data center near you

CSW Community Change-Maker Awards, 2025
September 10, 2025

CSW Change-Maker Awards for 2025. Mary Ellyn and Joe Sensenbrenner, nominated by Rooted, are winners of the Liesl Blockstein Community Leadership Award, have worked for decades to safeguard public lan

Who OK’d Club Culture?
September 09, 2025

Today on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, DJ Dee Franko joins us in studio for some laughs and some serious business.

Saving a Species with a Frog Sauna
September 08, 2025

Could a sit in a sauna save an endangered frog population? Environmental journalist Saugat Bolakhe brings us the story of a surprisingly simple solution to a conservation problem in Australia.

Canadian Wildfires in Perspective
September 08, 2025

Several Republican Congressional reps, including Wisconsins own Tom Tiffany and Glen Grothman, recently took the Canadian government to task for failing to contain forest fires this summer. As you m

White Collar Prosecutions Linked to Crime Victims Services
September 08, 2025

By law, revenues generated from federal prosecutions go to a special crime victims service fund. But that money has been drying up, forcing deep cuts in service agencies, such as rape crisis centers,

A Blast From the Past
September 04, 2025

In tribute to the 50th anniversary of WORT, host Tony Castaeda is welcoming back former volunteers to speak about the history of the radio station.

Surviving Sexual Violence
September 04, 2025

The Sexual Violence Resource Center (RCC), formerly known as the Rape Crisis Center, has been providing critical services for survivors of sexual assault, incest, harassment, and sexual exploitation f