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WORT 89.9FM Madison · 3D Scanning Uncovers the Mysteries of the 1,200 Year Old Canoe

A twelve hundred -year-old canoe was recently discovered in Lake Mendota.

The discovery of such an old artifact can also come with many questions.

Kai Brito talks to Lennon Rodgers, Director of the UW Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Labs and James Skibo, State Archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society, to learn more about how 3D scanning helped uncover some of these questions.

 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Executive Director of Veterans for Peace Discusses the Current Peace Movement

As cracks appear in the global order and powerful countries lurch toward war, what should the peace movement do? And what happened to that movement that filled streets all over the world when the U.S. invaded Iraq?

Executive Director of Veterans for Peace, Garett Reppenhagen, joins today to help answer these questions.

The son of a Vietnam Veteran, Reppenhagen served in the U.S. Army as a Cavalry/Scout Sniper in the 1st Infantry Division. Increasingly disillusioned with the US invasion of Iraq, he was honorably discharged and helped to found Iraq Veterans Against the War.

 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · LunART Festival Kicks Off Monday to Celebrate Women in the Arts

Professor Mary Perkinson kicked off the LunART festival Tuesday with a lecture and performance about tuberculosis and classical music. LunART is a celebration of women in the arts, and is back in-person this year after two years of virtual programming. This week’s program is full of great music, art, comedy, and even theater. Dr. Perkinson is a UW alumna and currently a Distinguished Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

 

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It’s coming NEXT WEEK! The LunART Festival — a multicultural festival of women in the arts starts May 31st. Board member Sue Goldwomon, long known to WORT listeners, talks with Jan Miyasaki about the activities of this 6-day festival which includes international classical music, jazz, a women’s comedy show, lectures, and more, some events free and others have an admission charge. For more information, go to the LunART Festival website.

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The common thought is that millionaires will flee a state if their taxes are raised, and the state of Massachusetts is considering just that — a constitutional amendment that would put a 4% tax on the income of some 21,000 millionaires in that state. But Omar Ocampo’s recent paper in the Institute for Policy Studies, “Debunking the Myth of the Fleeing Millionaire“, contradicts that misconception and estimates that they are less likely to move than the average citizen. Massachusetts estimates that around $1 Billion will be raised and used for public education and transportation improvements.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · My America: Food from the African Diaspora

Kwame Onwuachi has spent years discovering what the idea of what American food really means.

The James Beard Award-winning chef will be giving a talk at the Madison Central Library.

Madison College Community Engagement Coordinator Jodie Pope will moderate, and joins to discuss this event.

 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Revolutionary City and Political Movements in Urban Centers

The Cuban Revolution and the Zapatista movement cemented the idea of revolutionaries building their power in the countryside.

But, in recent years, political movements have started and grown in urban centers.

Mark Beissinger, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, joins to talk about his new book, The Revolutionary City.

 

 

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Hydropower has a significant role to play in U.S. energy production, despite its relatively small contribution compared to other sources. Hydropower plants may only contribute ~6-7% of all power generation, however, these facilities can do things other power plants can’t. Hydropower is extremely convenient for blackout power, and it can be a reserve power for the grid when needed. However, with the prevalence of floods, drought, and other precipitation uncertainties, the consistency that hydropower once had is being brought into question. WORT’s Kai Brito speaks to Caitlin Grady, Penn State Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and leader of the FEWs Lab, and Lauren Dennis, Penn State Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering and Climate Science and member of the FEWs lab, to explain the importance of hydropower for the U.S. electric grid.

The Conversation | Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change – it’s also essential to the US electric grid

 

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Dr Jasmine Zapata, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Community Health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, joins us to talk about public health, particularly living through the pandemic and the mental health impact on the community and especially health care workers.

For more information on Dr. Zapata and all she does: https://www.drjasminezapata.com/

If you need help navigating healthcare, contact Well Badger and get support: https://www.wellbadger.org/

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Dr. Jasmine Zapata is a double board certified physician specializing in the fields of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Community Health within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion at the Wisconsin Department of Health where she provides expert guidance for a variety of public health promotion, planning and policy efforts. In this role she also serves as co-chair of the Governor’s Health Equity Council Subcommittee on Power, Access, and Representation as well as co-chair of the Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team. She is also an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she practices clinically in the newborn nursery and is involved in a variety of scholarly activities aimed at increasing diversity in medicine and promoting health equity. She has many lived experiences that help her uniquely connect with the communities she serves and is well known for her infectious energy, passionate advocacy, and heart for service. Her ultimate mission in life is to “heal, uplift, and inspire.” 

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Alex Tanke, a farmer on Dispersion Farms joins us to talk about subsistence farming, giving back to the community, and the life of a socially responsible modern farmer.

More information on Dispersion Farms: http://www.dispersionfarms.com/ and Agrarian Land Trust: https://www.agrariantrust.org/ 

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Alex Tanke is a tree crops nursery person with special focuses on Honey Locust, American Persimmon, Hickories, and Black Walnuts. He subsistence farms with his two housemates and partner, growing dent corn, potatoes, wheat, winter squash, and others. Among other things. His website is www.DispersionFarms.com. Email him at [email protected] to chat, meet up, consult on tree crops, get help grafting nut trees, forage together, or get trees or seeds.

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