On the WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 8, 2021: * We speak with longtime state Senator Jon Erpenbach, who announced he will not be running for re-election next year; * A bill unveiled today would standardize phone call rates for people incarcerated in Wisconsin jails and prisons; * Artful Encounters speaks with sound artist Nick Hwang; * Rob gives us the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves; * and Madison in the Sixties recaps the tragic death of Otis Redding in Madison. All that, and more, in tonight's news. Please excuse any anomalies in today's podcast as we reckon with our prone-to-fail archive system.