Isthmus on WORT Podcast
1) Untapping the Potential of Yeast
(WORT) — Adam Powell reports in this week’s Isthmus that scientists at the UW-Madison have figured out a way to more easily combine different yeast strains. They hope it will lead to new types b...Show More
2) One Man’s Dream of a Downtown Lakefront Park
(WORT) — Noted Madison Architect Kenton Peters lives in a condo overlooking John Nolen Drive. For 40 years, he’s tried to convince the city to build a park on top of the busy thoroughfare right ...Show More
3) Dane County’s Most Remote Spot
(WORT) — Isthmus contributor Liz Merfeld ventures out into the abyss to find the most remote spot in Dane County. Merfeld joins Dylan Brogan in studio. Read more at isthmus.com.
4) Policymakers Misdiagnose Skills Needed to Fill Jobs Gap
(WORT) — Isthmus contributor Steven Potter explores the much lamented skills gap that Wisconsin employers say is preventing them from expanding their workforce. Potter joins Dylan Brogan at the...Show More
5) Isthmus on WORT: GOP Prevails on GAB, Campaign Finance
(WORT)– The Republican majority is muscling two bills through the state Legislature, one that would do away with the Government Accountability Board and another that would rewrite Wisconsin’s ca...Show More
6) Craft Brewery Slowdown
(WORT) — The number of new breweries opening in Wisconsin is now lagging the rest of the nation by some 50%, according to the latest figures from the Brewers Association. Some entrepreneurs are ...Show More
7) Looking for E.T.
(WORT) — Isthmus Senior Contributor Jay Rath tells the story of UW alumn William Borucki, dubbed the planet hunter by NASA. Borucki was instrumental in getting the Keplar telescope launched into...Show More
8) A Language Plan for Madison Schools
(WORT) — In the latest edition of Isthmus, Allison Geyer reports on the success of the dual-language immersion classes in the Madison Metropolitan School District and some unintended consequence...Show More
9) Goodbye, Oscar Mayer?
MADISON (WORT) — Isthmus’ Jay Rath reports on the whether yet another corporate shakeup at Oscar Meyer will end the company’s 122-year-old history with the City of Madison.
10) Can Exact Sciences Dominate the colon cancer screening field?
MADISON (WORT) — There’s been a lot of talk about the medical tech company Exact Sciences moving it’s headquarters to downtown Madison. In the latest edition of Isthmus, News Editor Joe Tarr ha...Show More