Madison BookBeat

08/30/2022

My conversation with my fellow Cap Times alum Rob Zaleski about his new book of interviews with the only former Madison police chief to become an Episcopal priest, "David Couper Beyond the Badge: Reflections of an Ex-Cop."
https://www.wortfm.org/rob-zaleski-david-couper-beyond-the-badge-reflections-of-an-ex-cop/

06/28/2022

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX with this extended conversation with Doug Moe about his excellent new biography of the UW's first director of women's athletics, Kit Saunders.

https://www.wortfm.org/doug-moe-the-right-thing-to-do-kit-saunders-nordeen-and-the-rise-of-womens-intercollegiate-athletics-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-and-beyond/

05/30/2022

The Madison BookBeat conversation with Kim Oclon about her moving and insightful LGBTQ coming of age YA novel, "The War on All Fronts."
https://www.wortfm.org/kim-oclon-the-war-on-all-fronts/

04/26/2022

My favorite interview so far this year. Dr. Patrick McBride, Emeritus Professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the youngest person ever to be an Equipment Manager and Assistant Trainer in professional sports (he started working for the Brewers, Packers and Bucks at age 15), discussing his book "The Luckiest Boy in the World."

Stu Levitan welcomes a Madison author with a remarkable life story, Dr. Patrick McBride. His book, written with his twin brother Dennis is, “The Luckiest Boy in the World.” Dr. […]

01/05/2022

Getting 2022 off to a wondrous start with an encore presentation of the 11/2/20 Madison BookBeat conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil about her enchanting and stimulating book "World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments," on listener-supported WORT.

Your listener-supported, community radio home for Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. Stu Levitan gets 2022 off to a wondrous start with an encore presentation of a conversation with […]

12/14/2021

My conversation with Madison author Christi Clancy about her wise and well-written coming-of-age novel "Shoulder Season," set at the Lake Geneva Pl***oy Club Hotel in 1981. https://www.wortfm.org/christina-clancy-shoulder-season/

11/02/2021

My conversation with the Rock and Roll Detective, Jim Berkenstadt, author of "The Beatle Who Vanished," the true story of Jimmie Nicol, who briefly filled in for an ill Ringo Starr on the Beatles 1964 World Tour.

10/26/2021

My conversation with Terry Frei about his Wisconsin Historical Society Press book "Third Down And A War To Go: The All-American 1942 Wisconsin Badgers." Some extraordinary yet typical young men like 2-time All-American Dave Schreiner and Bob Baumann, both killed on Okinawa just weeks before the end of the war; Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Otto Breitenbach, Bob Rennebohm and more.

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers We click on two of the criteria today as Stu welcomes the award-winning journalist Terry Frei, author of Third Down and a War to Go: The All-American 1942 Wisconsin Badgers, from our very good friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The....

10/23/2021

Very much enjoyed Christina Clancy's presentation at the Wisconsin Book Festival on her new novel, "Shoulder Season." Looking forward to having her on an upcoming episode of Madison BookBeat.

10/19/2021

My conversation with UW Prof. Jordan Ellenberg about his best-seller "Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else." He'll be at the Wisconsin Book Festival this Saturday, 3:00 PM at the Discovery Bldg, 330 N Orchard.

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers It’s the most wonderful time of the year, time for the Wisconsin Book Festival, 28 events this week alone, both in-person and online, and Stu Levitan welcomes one of the featured presenters, and one of the brightest stars in the firmament that is...

10/05/2021

As the NL Central Conference champion Milwaukee Brewers prepare to open their playoff series against the Atlanta Braves, a timely Madison BookBeat talk with Prof. Patrick W. Steele about his book, "Home of the Braves: The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee," from our very good friends at the University of Wisconsin Press.

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers As the 2021 National League Central Conference Champion Milwaukee Brewers are about to open their playoff series against the Atlanta Braves, Stu Levitan welcomes Prof. Patrick W. Steele for a discussion of his award-winning book, Home of the Braves...

09/21/2021

The MBB conversation with Nick Hayes about his excellent book on the rise and mysterious fall of Frank Lloyd Wright's American System-Built houses.

Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers For his first show during the fall pledge drive, Stu Levitan welcomes Nicholas D. Hayes, author of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House: How An Omission Transformed The Architect’s Legacy from our very good friends at the University of Wisconsi...