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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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00:53:02

Dean Robbins, "Wisconsin Idols: 100 Heroes Who...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

Dean Robbins, "Wisconsin Idols: 100 Heroes Who Changed the State, the World, and Me" by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:04:47

Tuskegee Experiment Expose: 1972

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

July 25th is the anniversary of the 1972 expose of the forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. A government whistleblower leaked documents proving two hundred poor African American men in Alabama with syphilis were not told they had the illness and were denied treatment so doctors could study syphilis’s effects. The study continued even after the cure, penicillin was developed in the 1940s. Image: Group of men who were test subjects in the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments. Image Courtesy: Department

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00:10:54

Forecast from Monday, 7-21-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

Forecast from Monday, 7-21-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:13:12

Winnie Cheung interview

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

Hejira world music radio show host interview of Winnie Cheung

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00:53:58

Genocide Is An Absolute Line

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

“No tragedy is too great to shrug away now,” amidst our “every growing tolerance for calamity and violence,” writes Omar El Akkad in his new New York Times bestseller, One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This. On today’s show, El Akkad joins host Douglas Haynes to talk about his new memoir, which weaves the personal essay with cultural critique. Featured image: cover of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.

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00:14:57

Lumberjack World Championship Report

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

We’ll bring you up to date on the World Lumberjack Championship just completed in Hayward, Wisconsin. Event manager Samantha LaSalle brings us up to speed.

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00:12:45

ToTheEnd Entertainment Showcases Madison Hiphop Talent

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

A new hiphop collective run by teenagers seeks to showcase Madison’s Latino hiphop scene. We’ll talk with ToTheEnd Entertainment performers Andrew Arias, also known as “teenache” and Damian Guzman, also known as “Big Dame.”

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00:11:48

WI Supreme Court Curbs JCRAR Power

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/21

A new Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling tells the Legislature to butt out of state administrative rules. State Democracy Research Initiative attorney Derek Clinger tells us why that matters.

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00:07:45

Immigration realities and food supply

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/20

70% of Wisconsin’s dairy workforce is undocumented immigrants. The immigrant workforce has been on some farms for decades, sometimes multi-generationally. Pete and Bert talk about how this multifaceted issue affects all aspects of the food industry and how history is repeating itself.

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00:56:14

It’s Sad When Celebrity Couples Break Up

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/20

This Week on Mel & Floyd: Luther [Luthor?] returns while Mel remains in rehab; More minion moments; WHO’s going to hell?; What’s Obama up to?; The etymology of “Verklempt”; Pleistocene rewilding; Isaac Newton: party pooper; 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 to this podcast! Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM

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00:05:09

Rental Scams in Madison Rampant on The Internet

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

If you’ve ever been searching for a new rental property, and come across a deal that seems unrealistically cheap, you may have found a rental scam.It’s a growing problem in Wisconsin, and recently almost caught a new Madison resident. Photo courtesy of Ted Balmer/Unsplash

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00:21:39

Theramones on WCFY 7-11-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

The Theramones on Who Cooks For You on WORT-FM 7-11-25

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00:52:13

Every day is the worst day in the Gaza Strip

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

On today’s show, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa reports from hospitals in Gaza. He tells host Esty Dinur that “every day is the worst day in the Gaza Strip.” Dr. Sidhwa volunteered at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza from March 25-April 8, 2024 with the World Health Organization, and again from March 3-April 1, 2025 with American NGO MedGlobal. Featured image of the destruction of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza via Wikimedia Commons.

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00:52:51

Steven Davis: "The Other Public Lands"

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

Bookbeat host Bill Tishler interviews political science professor Steven Davis about his new book "The Other Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands."

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00:13:31

Patrick Marley

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

Patrick Marley discusses DOJ voter roll requests and election concerns ahead of 2026.

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00:06:26

Guy Who Can't Say Goodbye 07182025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

Fresh off a trip to Finland for an international conference of others like him, Guy Who Can’t Say Goodbye joins the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz.

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00:03:13

Ankurs Picks 07182025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

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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00:15:49

Jessie Opoien

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/18

Jessie Opoien explains Wisconsin’s bipartisan budget deal and early signs in the 2025 governor’s race.

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00:06:09

$25 million in six years: the cost of Wisconsin’s...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/17

Wisconsin’s divided government has a hefty price tag. Since Governor Tony Evers took office in 2019, the Republican-held Legislature has spent millions in taxpayer dollars to fund their near-constant legal battles with the executive branch. The money has been funneled to a handful of high-powered conservative law firms – with lawyers who previously worked for Republican Governor Scott Walker and former state Attorney General Brad Schimel. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.

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00:05:35

Get to Know Michelle Drea, Madison’s City Assessor

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/17

It takes a lot of staff to keep the city running, but many of them work behind the scenes. This week on “Get To Know Your Local Government,” WORT reporter Sutton Johnson headed back to City Hall to meet Michelle Drea, Madison’s city assessor. Drea talks about her background as an attorney, what she does on the average day, and some common misconceptions about local property taxes. Image courtesy: Dylan Brogan

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