On this episode of "Two Tickets Please!" host Josiah Wampfler sits down with Grant Phipps and Sara Batkie from Tone Madison to discuss their experiences at the 2025 Wisconsin Film Festival and the films they saw. Then, Josiah gives his four favorite films from the festival.By Scott Gordon

Madison's acting police chief, Victor Wahl, talked with protestors who blocked off the intersection of East Washington Avenue and Stoughton Road on Saturday, June 13, 2020.By Scott Gordon

The Madison-based artist discusses navigating different areas of the arts world and their widely varied body of work.Conduit is a livestreamed series created by Tone Madison, UnderBelly, and Communication. Find out more at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

Flight Path is an in-depth report on grassroots opposition to the basing of F-35 fighter jets in Madison. Available as this audio documentary and a four-part written series to be published serially over the next week, Flight Path is a partnership project of Tone Madison, Communication, and Northside News. The Air Force officially chose Madison as a…

Carlee Latimer discusses the Madison Public Library's multi-faceted programming for artists and makers.Conduit is a livestreamed series created by Tone Madison, UnderBelly, and Communication. Find out more at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

The Milwaukee-based journalist talks with us about covering Wisconsin politics through his newsletter, The Recombobulation Area.Conduit is a livestreamed series created by Tone Madison, UnderBelly, and Communication. Find out more at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

The Madison musician discusses his solo project Asumaya and several other facets of his work.Conduit is a livestreamed series created by Tone Madison, UnderBelly, and Communication. Find out more at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

A conversation about the Madison non-profit's efforts to support artists with disabilities. For more information about Conduit, visit tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

Morris Ramen chef Francesca Hong discusses her effort to get relief for local restaurants during the pandemic.Join the conversation at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

City of Madison Arts Administrator discusses how city government is responding to the pandemic when it comes to public funding for the arts, and some of the longer-term impacts she anticipates on the local arts community. More information about the Conduit series at tonemadison.com/conduitBy Scott Gordon

Four Star's Lewis Peterson joins Tone Madison's Grant Phipps for a conversation about home viewing and coping in quarantine.By Scott Gordon

We're partnering up with UnderBelly and Communication to bring you Conduit, a weekly series of livestreamed conversations about arts, culture, and community in Madison. Join us on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. for interviews and conversations about how we can support the arts in Madison in a time of social distancing and after this is all over. Here's a r…

Tone Madison's Steven Spoerl and Scott Gordon catch up on a bunch of good music that Madison artists have released during the first weeks of 2020.By Scott Gordon

A podcast conversation with the Madison musician about his ongoing “State Of The Baritone” series.By Scott Gordon

Tone Madison's Grant Phipps, Edwanike Harbour, and Jason Fuhrman discuss the highlights of Madison's film scene in 2019 and what might be ahead for local cinephiles.By Scott Gordon

Exploring a time capsule of Madison music from the mid-oughts.By Scott Gordon

A conversation with artist Kel Mur and chef Francesca Hong about the Feast project.By Scott Gordon

Hear the audio version of our interview with the Madison electronic duo.By Scott Gordon

A Room Of One's Own staffer Misian Taylor reflects on the outsized impact of the store's campaign to raise money for immigrant legal aid.By Scott Gordon

Four cinephiles discuss UW Cinematheque's four-part series on Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.By Scott Gordon

The author joins us to discuss and read from her debut novel, "Mostly Dead Things."By Scott Gordon

The two multi-media artists explore bugs and dams in a joint show at the Overture Center, up through September 1.By Scott Gordon

Members Hannah Baker and Lawrence Gann catch up with us about the Madison band's development.By Scott Gordon

A conversation with Jessica Williams of the Free The 350 Bail Fund.Photo by BobbyLight on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobbbylightBy Scott Gordon

Gender Confetti’s Elyse Clouthier (all pronouns) and Sylvia Johnson (they/them and she/her) drop by the studio to talk with the Dropouts about their new full-length album, We’re Gay. The pair reflect on their July 20 album release show at The Wisco (3:20), share the history of their latest song “No Borders” (9:31), dig into the lyric zine for We’re…

City of Madison arts administrator Karin Wolf discusses her latest piece for Our Lives Magazine.By Scott Gordon

The poet discusses his work in an interview co-produced with The Adroit Journal.By Scott Gordon

From the album "We're Gay." More info: https://genderconfetti.bandcamp.com/album/were-gayBy Scott Gordon

It’s Cancer Season and the Dropouts are all up in their feelings. Alex and Shaun review Mariee Sioux’s latest tearjerker, Grief In Exile, and take a deep dive into their favorite sob-worthy albums (6:26), share lessons they’ve learned about personal and historical grief, and lighten the mood with a game of Astrology Vespucci (25:52). After the brea…

The Madison event booker and DJ discusses the return of the Hot Summer Gays series.By Scott Gordon

Mike Cammillerri Organ Trio, Sea Foam In My Swimsuit, and others help soundtrack the season.By Scott Gordon

The Dropouts interview a mixed media artist and talk about some events happening around Madison.By Scott Gordon

Producer and podcaster Jordan Cohen joins us for a conversation recorded at the Corral Room in May.By Scott Gordon

The hosts of our sister podcast, Record Store Dropouts, expand on a discussion from a recent episode.By Scott Gordon

Revisiting a heady work of sound collage from the mid-aughts.By Scott Gordon

Former Madisonsian Shane O'Neill charts his journey from punk rock to the New York Times.By Scott Gordon

Why is Madison's Live Nation subsidiary investing in a locally developed music app?By Scott Gordon

The Dropouts discuss building safer concert spaces and talk with Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Katherine Paul. (Photo by Eleanor Petry.)By Scott Gordon

The saxophonist plays a Tone Madison-presented solo show on June 6 at Café Coda.By Scott Gordon

The musician shares a demo and discusses her songwriting and approach to visuals.By Scott Gordon

A sendoff for one of our favorite illustrators. See more of Rachal's work at rachalduggan.com or instagram.com/radillustrates.By Scott Gordon

Hosts Alex Nelson and Shaun Soman reflect on Mitski’s April 3, 2019 performance at The Sylvee in Madison. Along the way, they recall past Mitski shows they’ve attended (1:34), rave about her chair-heavy new stage show (5:51), examine discourse around identity and music consumption (11:20), and formally analyze a few music videos from her transforma…

Record Store Dropouts is a music-adjacent podcast for music-adjacent people. On their quest for good conversation and trivial knowledge, hosts Shaun Soman and Alex Nelson explore how visual objects (e.g., album covers, music videos) are made and the extent to which they inform the listening experience. Having collectively worked at, erm, one differ…

The week in events, video-store precarity, and post-mayoral blocks.By Scott Gordon

The Madison-based writer and storyteller discusses her first book, "We Are Staying."By Scott Gordon

We share some finds from Madison's annual celebration of zines and radical print culture.By Scott Gordon

Photographer Spencer Wells discusses his recently published book "Forward."By Scott Gordon

A brief journey through the Ex Hex leader's brilliant discography.Photo by Juan Bendana on Flickr(CC BY 2.0)By Scott Gordon

Tone Madison contributor Kailee Andrews catches up with Milwaukee-based director Carol Brandt, whose fourth feature, PET NAMES, screens on April 5 as part of the Wisconsin Film Festival.By Scott Gordon

Ezell and pianist Becca May Grant discuss their work on the 2018 album "Voices."By Scott Gordon