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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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00:07:51

US soybeans not selling

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Before Trump’s tariff war, one third of U.S. soybean production was going to China. And since May of this year, China hasn’t bought any American soybeans – putting farmers under a tremendous strain. Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer go over the history of soybean sales compared to today’s market in this edition of “The Milkweed.” Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash.

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00:07:37

Alcohol License Review Committee urges city council...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

The city of Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee (or ALRC) weighed a proposal last week to update its own composition, terms, and duties. The initial proposal also sought to eliminate a seat on the body reserved for a UW-Madison student representative. Critics of that proposal, including ALRC chair Colin Barushok, argue that it risks silencing students’ voices on alcohol policy and nightlife safety. Responding to the pushback, the committee ultimately approved an amended version of the

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00:06:25

Cardinal Call: city ordinance proposal to remove...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

This week host Amellia Fowler speaks to Staff Writer Haellie Opp about her story “Proposed city ordinance eliminates student seat on alcohol committee” in a discussion of Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committees vote to keep a student seat reserved. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: UW-Madison students ‘pump up’ to support domestic violence survivors - Aanya Agrawal UW’s ‘Fill the Hill’ flamingo fundraiser breaks record - Zoey Jiang Multicultural Greek student

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00:54:16

Finding Respite While Caregiving: A Wisconsin Roundtable

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Finding Respite While Caregiving: A Wisconsin Roundtable by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:22:09

Budgets, budgets...and more budgets

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Budget season is well underway for Dane County and the city of Madison, so this week is slated to be a busy one for local government. Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble have the rundown in this edition of “Forward Lookout.”

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00:09:19

Forecast from Monday, 10-20-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Forecast from Monday, 10-20-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:26:51

Zooming with Zarni

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Zarni, an international human rights activist, academic, educator, organizer and advisor originally from Burma. Zarni spent time in Madison and made many friends while getting his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. Since then he has traveled the world and become known for his organizing, education and advising skills as well as his commitment to justice and peace. Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal interviewed Zarni to get some idea of the current situation in Myanmar. Zarni spoke of the recent high

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00:09:57

Growing Up Native in Wisconsin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Ho Chunk Elder and storyteller Sherman Funmaker will give us a preview of his story workshop at Meadowridge Library.

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00:12:54

Birdability Makes Birding Accessible

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

Birdability Makes Birding Accessible by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:10:20

Federal Workers Under Shutdown

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

The federal government shutdown enters its fourth week with no end in sight. What’s not getting done, and how is the shutdown affecting government workers? We’ll talk with Nicole Cantello, EPA scientist and AFGE Local 704 President and with Aryn Melton Backus, a former CDC employee, Executive Director of National Public Health Information Coalition and a member of Fired but Fighting.

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00:05:17

Service, Office and Retail Clerks Union of Canada....

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/20

October 22 is the 53rd anniversary of the founding of the Service, Office and Retail Clerks Union of Canada. (SORWUC). This feminist-led, women-oriented democratic organization was founded on October 22, 1972 at a time when options for women were limited and women’s wages were often below social assistance levels, and existing unions “hadn’t done much about it.” Harry Richardson has the story. Image Courtesy: WORT photo archive

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00:06:20

Elder Care Relies on Immigrants

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/19

The difficult and low pay work of taking care of elders in assisted living and skilled nursing care facilities in the United States is often done by immigrants. Labor Radio reporter Jeannine Ramsey spoke with a resident of a Madison retirement community about what the future might hold if immigrants are no longer there to do this work.

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00:58:30

Twenty-Three Minutes of Chewing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

This week on Mel & Floyd: Reevaluating Nixon; The upcoming No Kings rally and the many reasons for it; Not even Newsmax or Fox “News” will sign the new Pentagon restrictions; Clean energy gaining ground despite right wing’s best efforts; Choosing ignorance; The trouble with corn dogs; 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

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00:53:26

The Struggle and Triumph of the Crimean Indigenous...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

Today,Host Esty Dinur speaks with cultural anthropologist and professor Greta Uehling about her book Decolonizing Ukraine: the Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom.Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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00:52:49

Using fiction to think about domestic violence

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

Novelist Helen Winslow Black discusses how each person’s experience of domestic violence is unique. Image courtesy of Helen Winslow Black

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00:08:13

Bernell’s Bar

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

Rita Adair joins The Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss Bernell’s, Madison’s first bar dedicated to women’s sports, opening soon on Sieferth Road.

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00:15:35

Aissa Olivarez

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

Attorney Aissa Olivarez joins The Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the rise in ICE arrests across Wisconsin and how communities can support immigrant families facing detention.

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00:17:37

Mark Pocan

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/17

Congressman Mark Pocan joins The Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss threats to free speech, the ongoing government shutdown, health care access, and ICE activity in Wisconsin.

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00:14:22

Wisconsin’s teacher turnover rate sees “partial...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/16

Wisconsin’s teacher turnover rate is on the slow path to recovery after the state saw a record number of educators leave their jobs in 2023. That’s according to a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum, which emphasizes that the state’s teacher turnover rate is still higher than ideal. Mark Sommerhauser, the Policy Forum’s communications director, joined our News Producer Faye Parks to outline the trends. Image courtesy: CDC via Unsplash.

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00:04:51

How will the government shutdown impact Wisconsin...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/16

Wisconsin is already feeling the effects of the government shutdown, according to a warning today from the state’s Department of Workforce Development. Thousands of federal workers in the state are facing job insecurity, federally-funded labor programs are running on fumes, and critical data collection is on pause. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.

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