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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)
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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...
Madison, October 1969 - WORT-FM 89.9
A massive antiwar protest, and repression of future protesters; racial progress and a personal tragedy. Stu Levitan recounts some of the events in Madison in October 1969.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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.
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Margaret Mooney, "Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories" - WORT-FM 89.9
What was it like for a lesbian to seek to become a mother, either through childbirth or adoption, in the years before the US Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right to same-sex marriage? Wha...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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.
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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.
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Mayor Dennis McBride, "A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest and Polarization" - WORT-FM 89.9
Stu Levitan welcomes Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride for a conversation about his new book A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest and Polarization. It's a gripping and insightful first-person account o...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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...
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September 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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.
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Transcript:
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Illustration by Charlie Powell, courtesy Isthmus.
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
To exploit Lily Tomlin's 86th birthday yesterday, posting our 2015 conversation:
archive.org/details/b-bw...
Transcript:
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
Illustration by Charlie Powell, courtesy Isthmus.
archive.org/details/b-bw...
Transcript:
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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.
August 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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.
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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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Sean Wilentz on Dylan & Ginsberg : Stu Levitan, Sean Wilentz : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Historian Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan in America, discusses the impact Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg had on each other on Books & Beats with Stu...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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archive.org/details/wile...
Forstmann Woolen Company, inside front cover Life magazine, 1945-1947.
June 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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.
Stu Levitan previews next week’s Madison BookBeat on WORT-FM 89.9 | Stu Levitan
Stu Levitan previews next week’s Madison BookBeat on WORT-FM 89.9.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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.
June 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Catalpa has entered the chat. My backyard, Madison WI.
Back when federalizing the National Guard made sense. October, 1957.
June 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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-...
June 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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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Madison in the Seventies - Gay Rights - WORT-FM 89.9
An account of Madison's first generation of gay rights and gay leaders.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My account of Madison's first generation of gay rights and gay leaders, for listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM 89.9.
www.wortfm.org/madison-in-t...
www.wortfm.org/madison-in-t...
#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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The Poetry of Bob Dylan
YouTube video by Stu Levitan
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May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCNJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCNJ...
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.
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The Poetrty of Bob Dylan
YouTube video by Stu Levitan
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May 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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
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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...
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Bob Dylan and His Band, Adler Theatre, Davenport Iowa, April 8, 2025. Full Show.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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...
Baby Blue>Give Myself To You. Davenport, IA, 4.8.25
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Give My Baby Blue Mind 2 U : Bob Dylan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Bob Dylan and His Band perform It's Al Over Now, Baby Blue and I Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You, Adler Theatre, Davenport Iowa.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Baby Blue>Give Myself To You. Davenport, IA, 4.8.25
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@bobserve.com Weidner Center, Green Bay, April 6, 2025. Complete show. archive.org/details/dyla...
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Bob Dylan and His Band, Weidner Center, Green Bay WI
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April 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@bobserve.com Weidner Center, Green Bay, April 6, 2025. Complete show. archive.org/details/dyla...
Every Grain of Sand, Green Bay 4.6.25.
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Bob Dylan and His Band perform Every Grain of Sand at the Weidner Center, Green Bay WI
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April 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Every Grain of Sand, Green Bay 4.6.25.
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@bobserve.com Who's coming to Eau Claire and Green Bay this weekend?
April 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
@bobserve.com Who's coming to Eau Claire and Green Bay this weekend?
This is pretty funny. SNL 1980. www.dailymotion.com/video/xmanp5
Bob Dylan & Woody Guthrie
Dailymotion video by dag2007
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March 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is pretty funny. SNL 1980. www.dailymotion.com/video/xmanp5
A dramatic rendition of Bob Dylan's sacrilegious lullaby in D Minor. Hope you like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Zw...
Gates of Eden (Dylan)
YouTube video by Stu Levitan
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March 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A dramatic rendition of Bob Dylan's sacrilegious lullaby in D Minor. Hope you like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Zw...