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WORT 89.9FM Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison

Listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, noncommercial community radio broadcasting to south-central Wisconsin at 89.9 FM and online at wortfm.org via our studios in Madison. We provide an outlet for communication, education, free expression, entertainment, training and access for the purpose of sharing music, information, news, and cultural experiences, and strive to give people underrepresented elsewhere in traditional media a voice. NOTE: Most of the content posted at this time are news stories

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00:24:03

Pakistani Power Has a Moment

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/26

Shezad Baloch, a seasoned journalist in Pakistan and now resident in Madison, grew up in Balochistan, Pakistan, the country’s largest and least populated province. Shezad has been with WORT's World View in the past to explain the Pakistani government’s relationship with Balochistan and how the province’s natural resources are a draw for international exploitation. Now the US government is cozying up to Pakistan and has held talks with Pakistan’s powerful military as US relations with the

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00:09:24

Wisconsin youth sue for the “right to a stable climate”

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

More than a dozen Wisconsin young people under the age of eighteen are suing the Public Service Commission and the state Legislature. Their argument: Wisconsin law favors the fossil fuel industry and is driving the state to expand its greenhouse gas emissions. Not only do these laws contribute to a worsening climate crisis, their attorneys contend, but they also violate Wisconsin youth’s constitutional rights. To learn more, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with Tony Wilkin Gibart, executive

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00:05:24

Demonstrators outside governor’s mansion demand...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Governor Tony Evers’ time in office is coming to an end. But prison reform advocates say there’s still time for him to follow through on his campaign promises. They gathered outside the governor’s mansion Saturday to share their message. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.

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00:07:24

Dropping cheddar cheese pricing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Cheddar is the dairy industry’s cheese pricing basis. And with 90 percent of all Wisconsin milk going into the cheese vat, a sudden drop in the price of cheddar is a cause for alarm. In this edition of “The Milkweed,” Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer discuss the latest cheddar trends – and the many factors behind a significant price drop earlier this month. Photo by Tanya Barrow on Unsplash

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00:03:58

Madison Mixology: Hangover Cures Special

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

This week on “Madison Mixology”, feature contributor Charlie Belawski and fellow bartender Riley Kappel talk Hangovers. They’ll go in depth about their own experiences, odd cures and even some of their own remedies.

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00:53:02

The Intellectual Roots of Social Gospel Christians

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Today, Sara Gabler speaks with renowned theologian and social ethicist, Gary Dorrien, about his new memoir, Over from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life. Featured image of the cover of Over from Union Road by Gary Dorrien.

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00:08:28

Forecast from Monday, 8-25-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Forecast from Monday, 8-25-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:10:51

Finding Home on Highway_14

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Madison-based performance artist Nicole Gruter begins her cross-country journey down one of America’s iconic highways. We’ll hear Nicole’s first report from the road.

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00:13:21

Getting Medieval With the Society for Creative...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Are Madisonians aware that they live within the Barony of Jararvellir? The Society for Creative Anachronism’s Lauren Perry and Jim Polewski take us back to the middle ages.

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00:14:37

New Madison Clerk Ordered to Fix Election Process

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

More fallout from the City of Madison’s lost vote debacle greets the city’s new clerk. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur has the story.

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00:52:30

Tom Alesia, "Baseball Like It Ought to Be: How a Shoe...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Stu Levitan welcomes award-winning journalist Tom Alesia to discuss his new book, "Baseball Like It Ought to Be: How a Shoe Salesman's Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited a Summer Collegiate Baseball Revolution"

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00:13:20

Forward Lookout for August 25, 2025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

What will Madison's stronger tree protection ordinance mean for construction and infrastructure? Three City Committees are meeting (at the same time!) to talk through it. Hosts Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble will talk through those and all the other City and Dane County meetings this week on Forward Lookout.

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00:57:06

Ants Gone Wild!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

This week on Mel & Floyd: The kazoo will be ready!; Musk’s DOGE cuts result in increased ant smuggling; Tommy Tuberville rails against male cheerleaders [R.J. needs to step it up to retain his “Dumbest Senator” title]; Fighter jet noise in Madison; A bumper crop is a bad thing?; Shocker: trump meme coins nearly worthless; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening

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00:52:19

Privatization Poisons Democracy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

There’s so much chaos in the news and in many communities across the country. To discuss this week’s headlines, Esty Dinur is joined by writer and political analyst, Mary Geddry. They discuss how Trump’s authoritarian chaos is spreading.Featured image of the exterior of a detention center via Flickr.

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00:29:07

8.20.2025 Queery

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Queery host, Gregg Potter, an international collaboration coach and Executive Director of the International Institute on Collaboration, helps us dig in an find some internal JOY! Sit a spell and listen in as Gregg coaches us to find the Joy from within each of us.

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00:10:36

Textile Arts Center new location

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Elizabeth Tucker joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to share how the Textile Arts Center’s new south side location opens September 7 with a quilt showcase.

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00:08:23

JP Hair Design

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

JP Patterson from JP Hair Design joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss free student haircuts this Sunday at the Alliant Center.

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00:01:59

Ankurs Picks 08222025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

On the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz, Ankur Malhotra shares his picks for the best music events happening around Madison the next week.

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00:18:56

Charlie Sykes 08222025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Charlie Sykes joins the Friday Buzz to unpack Trump’s week of controversies, from Putin to the Smithsonian.

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00:08:37

Trump-ordered refiring of Michigan coal plant comes...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/21

Just days before a coal plant in Michigan was slated to retire, the Trump regime issued an emergency order in May to keep it running – one of a series of actions from the federal government responding to a “national energy emergency.” But the plant isn’t necessary to support the power grid even when demand is at its peak, according to both the utility company that owns it and Michigan state regulators. Dr. Ciaran Gallagher is the Energy and Air Manager at Clean Wisconsin. She tells our News

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