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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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00:52:47

When progressive ideas about government became...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

Many people conflate the anti-communist Red Scare of post-World War II America with the Hollywood blacklists portrayed in movies and TV shows or, particularly in Wisconsin, with McCarthyism. Today, guest host Christina Lieffring speaks with Clay Risen about his new book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, in which he shows that the movement was much bigger than one industry or one man. The Red Scare was the first time there was a large-scale conspiratorial fear of

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00:23:32

The Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

The Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project has focused on friendship, information about Central America and help solving everyday problems for 38 years. From 1987, when during the Contra war Richland Center was paired as a sister city with the municipality of Santa Teresa, Nicaragua and then, in 1997, when the Santa Teresa mayor asked for Sister City help in protecting sea turtles and helping the people of the remote villages of the Chacocente Wildlife Refuge on the Pacific coast, they

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00:51:58

Doug Moe, "Saving Heats and Killing Rats: Karl Paul...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

Doug Moe, "Saving Heats and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin" by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:07:35

Selected shorts and dairy industry updates

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

“The Milkweed” has its finger on the dairy industry’s pulse – from avian flu and vaccines to illegal Polish butter. Tune in for the latest updates from Pete Hardin and host Bert Zipperer. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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00:04:23

Legislature’s proposed budget falls short on victim...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

The state Legislature’s budget writing committee approved only a fraction of the Department of Justice’s funding requests for victim services during a session late Friday. State Attorney General Josh Kaul urged state lawmakers today to fully fund their request – or risk decimating services across Wisconsin. Image courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Justice via their website.

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00:15:49

Madison Queer Liberation March Brings Politics Back...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Madison’s Queer Liberation march seeks to make Pride political again. We hear from participants at the June 28, 2025 rally.

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00:09:51

Full Out Formula Improv Circus Presents "I Think it...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

What could make an acrobatic circus act more terrifying? What if performers have no idea what they’ll be doing, and take spontaneous suggestions from the audience? That’s exactly what the Full Out Formula troupe will do when they come to the Madison Circus Space this week. Acrobats Sierra Rhoades Nicholls and Kevin Flanagan tell us how it’s done.

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00:08:26

Forecast from Monday, 6-30-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Forecast from Monday, 6-30-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:53:50

Rural Communities in Alaska Face Down Climate Change

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Last week huge swaths of North America experienced record high temperatures, and the Alaskan arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the globe. To talk about the ways that climate change is affecting rural communities in Alaska, host Douglas Haynes is joined by ProPublica and KYUK journalist, Emily Schwing, about her recent article, “Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.” Featured image: photo of permafrost erosion in Alaska by

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00:26:43

India in the 21st Century: I Am On The Hit List

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

WORT’s World View covers news from India. In this week’s feature, Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal talk with Rollo Romig whose book, I Am on the Hit List, presents events in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, India in his chronicle of the life and the 2017 death of Indian journalist, Gauri Lankesh. But beyond giving us an interesting tale about Gauri Lankesh, he schools us in the transformation of religion, culture, media and politics in India in the 21st century in a way that brings the news we present

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00:16:36

Rubin Observatory Takes a Wide View of Universe

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

A new observatory in Chile takes a wide angle view of the universe, and could help us detect earth destroying asteroids. We’ll talk with the scientist directing the construction of this revolutionary telescope, U.W.’s own Keith Bechtol.

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00:04:52

The Past Isn't Past: Remembering Howard Zinn

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

This fourth of July week, The Past Isn’t Past recalls the words of Howard Zinn, a historian and author, who wrote in July 4th, 2006, “on this July 4th, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols,” particularly its justification and glorification of the US’s military actions throughout history. Image Courtesy: Slobadan Dimitrov, shared under Creative Commons via Wikipedia. Image shows Howard Zinn speaking at Pathfinder bookstore in Los Angeles, August 2000

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00:11:51

Affordable housing outside Madison and who gets final...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Even though this week is a bonus 5th week of the month, there's still some excitement in this week's agendas. Forward Lookout hosts Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble discuss affordable housing development outside Madison, the Madison Common Council will get an update on state lobbying, and will decide who gets to make the final decision on appointments to the Police Civilian Oversight Board.

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00:58:01

Talking with Abigail Swetz & Tyrone Creech, Jr about...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/28

Talking with Abigail Swetz & Tyrone Creech, Jr about "US v. Skrmetti" by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:56:54

The Galactic Glue That Holds Everything Together

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

This Week on Mel & Floyd: Elmer is this week’s “Mel”; Politics & capitalism explained; Some downsides of the “beautiful bill”; The NYC mayoral race - big money vs votes; The two issues that unite Wisconsin voters; An overdue movie review; A First for Alaska; More lawsuit threats & a contracting economy; Monkeys With Pants; Too Many Tourists with Too Many Phones; Pre-Columbian farms in the U.P.; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD

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00:52:18

Issues Facing Madison’s Unhoused Community

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

On today’s show, host Carlos Dávalos speaks with scholar, Danny Parker, about her on the ground research on unhoused folks in Madison and how communication ecologies play in the reproduction of poverty. Often we’re presented with a very top-down picture of civic infrastructure, but Parker reports from the front lines and focuses on the lived realities of the most vulnerable in our communities.Featured image: a view of State Street via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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00:12:56

Jeremi Suri

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

Historian Jeremi Suri examines U.S. bombings in Iran, the history of escalation, and what the U.S. must accept to stop the violence.

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00:02:08

Ankurs Picks 06272025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

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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00:05:52

Cadre Mandy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

SNAP cuts could impact 1 in 8 Wisconsinites. Cadre Mandy of Second Harvest explains the risks and who’s most vulnerable.

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00:04:41

Craig Hetherington

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/27

Craig Hetherington of J&M Displays reveals how fireworks shows come together for the Fourth of July, from setup to spectacle. Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash

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