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Helen Shiller, "Daring To Struggle, Daring To Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago's Uptown Community"

Posted November 28, 2022 • 01:30:29

Stu Levitan welcomes one of the most interesting and politically important UW graduates from the late sixties, Helen Shiller, whose career encompassed...

Madison Book Beat: Tegan Nia Swanson on "Things We Found When The Water Went Down"

Posted November 21, 2022 • 00:52:40

This week, host Angie Trudell Vasquez speaks with local writer Tegan Nia Swanson about her...

Frank Emspak, "Troublemaker: Saying No To Power"

Posted October 31, 2022 • 01:02:19

Stu Levitan welcomes WORT’S own Frank Emspak about his new memoir Troublemaker: Saying No to Power.

WORT listeners probably...

Peter Fauerbach, "Fauerbach Brewing Company Madison Wisconsin 1848-1967"

Posted October 24, 2022 • 00:52:52

Stu Levitan welcomes Peter Fauerbach, the namesake and great-great-grandson of the founder of the brewing company that is synonymous with Madison, for...

Maggie Ginsberg On Her Debut Novel, “Still True”

Posted October 17, 2022 • 00:53:39

In this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Angie Trudell Vasquez speaks with local author Maggie Ginsberg. Her debut novel “Still True,” set in a...