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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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00:07:17

Stuff Yer Face: Heidi and Julian Zepeda of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/24

This week on Stuff Yer Face, we’re revisiting Feature Producer Emily Tucker's conversation with Heidi and Julian Zepeda, co-owners of Tortilleria Zepeda in Lone Rock, Wisconsin. This husband-and-wife tortilla team met in Julian’s home of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and relocated closer to Heidi’s home in southwestern Wisconsin. Finding themselves surrounded by cornfields and lacking the type of tortillas Julian craved, they dove into making their own using traditional processes perfected by

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00:54:01

A New Community Court is Coming to Dane County

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/24

On today’s show, host Dana Pellebon is in conversation with District Attorney Ismael Ozanne about his office and the new community court that will help reduce racial disparities and recidivism in Dane County. Featured image of District Attorney Ismael Ozanne.

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00:09:50

Low Voter Turnout in Student Government Election

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

The Associated Students of Madison represents all UW-Madison students, yet the 2026 spring election saw only a 4% student voter turnout. ASM has helped secure initiatives like 24-hour libraries, mandatory pre-exam study days and caps on tuition increases, along with distributing bus passes, operating the Open Seat Food Pantry and helping fund Registered Student Organizations. For more on ASM and its spring election, Ellie Huber sat down with college news editor Zoey Elwood. In other campus news,

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00:11:46

Katie Michel won’t support any cuts to the county...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Katie Michel, a member of the Deerfield town board since 2021, is running this spring to represent rural District 37 on the Dane County Board. She’ll face off against incumbent supervisor Kerry Marren in the April 7th election. Speaking this afternoon with our News Producer Faye Parks, Michel said she would be an advocate for public safety and infrastructure maintenance. Image courtesy: Katie Michel.

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00:49:34

Doug Metoxen Kiel on Unsettling Territory

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Doug Metoxen Kiel on Unsettling Territory by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:14:01

Anne Kalmering interview

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Hejira World Music radio show host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick interview of Anne Kalmering about her new album Tshiribim, accompanied by Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic

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00:07:34

The impact of war on consumer prices

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

The average food travel distance from farm to table is 1700 miles, according to one study. But as the war in Iran drives up energy costs across all industries, that distance could shrink. Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer predict what's ahead for food producers and consumers, in this edition of "The Milkweed." Photo by Eduard Delputte on Unsplash

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00:09:16

Forecast from Monday, 3-23-26

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Forecast from Monday, 3-23-26 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:09:16

Forecast from Monday, 3-23-26

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Forecast from Monday, 3-23-26 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:27:55

Messing With Iran, Then and Now

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Norman Stockwell and Scott Anderson discuss the modern history of Iran. They first consider the U.S. history that begins with Iranian students invading the American embassy Tehran and holding diplomats hostage. Then they discuss the Iranian version that begins with the CIA helping engineer the overthrow of the democratically elected president, Mohamed Mosaddegh, and putting the Shah on the Iranian throne. Scott Anderson supplies the telling details of the events that led to the current disastrous

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00:09:07

Change orders, change orders, and more change orders

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

The Dane County jail project’s original construction plan has now been modified more than two hundred times, with more changes going to a vote this week. And Madison leaders are set to get a report on the city’s housing needs. Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble describe what’s on the docket, in this edition of “Forward Lookout.”

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00:25:55

School Board Seat 6 Candidate: Blair Mosner Feltham

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Blair Mosner Feltham has been a teacher since 2010 and says you can’t produce curriculum unless you’ve been in the classroom. She wants to keep her seat on the School Board so she can see her vision of a stable future for the district in practice. Featured image of Blair Mosner Feltham.

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00:28:43

School Board Seat 6 Candidate: Daniella Molle

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Danielle Molle’s educational journey began in public schools in Bulgaria before she attended public universities in the US. She has worked as an education researcher for 15 years with an emphasis on the needs of multilingual students. For the past five years, she has worked as a research partner to districts across the country that are changing their systems to advance equity in schools. Featured image of Daniella Molle.

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00:11:29

Midwest Video Poetry Festival 2026

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

In its six years of existence, the Midwest Video Poetry Fest at the Arts and Literature Laboratory has become world-renowned, one of the premier events for short-form lyrical films. Festival curator Genia Daniels and Arts Lit Lab Executive Director Rita Mae Reese tell us about the 2026 edition.

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00:12:51

Taxes Only Part of Housing Costs

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

All those school and city referenda citizens approved over the last couple of years have now shown up on local tax bills. Deaken Boggs of the Madison Area Community Land Trust tells us how those property tax hits are making an already unaffordable housing market even worse.

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00:13:29

Slaying the Gerrymandering Dragon

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/23

Slaying the Gerrymandering Dragon by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:56:34

Middleton children's author, educator and "math...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/22

Our guest is Middleton author, former teacher and "math interventionist" Suzy Scudder, showcasing her new math-focused children's book "Count Upon Your Friends." "Count upon your Friends" is a picture book about a young boy named Harry. He is afraid to climb the steep basement steps to go up to his bedroom. He and his mom make a game of it by placing one of his stuffed animals on each step and counting them along the way. Once Harry is safely off to bed, an enchanted escapade ensues, and in the

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00:57:32

Tablets for the Irony Impaired

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/20

This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants minds the store [with help from Saga and Luther] while Mel is off in search of the perfect beer; Treason for a reason; Hatin’ on billionaires; Laundry fire on the USS Gerald R. Ford; Nazis are all about the merch; All about flags; The politics of vector graphics; 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

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00:54:06

Deforestation Won’t End Because of Good Corporate Hearts

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/20

With so much carnage in the news cycle, it’s easy to overlook the wellbeing of the world’s rainforests like the Amazon, the “lungs of the planet.” On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is in conversation with Laurel Sutherlin of the Rainforest Action Network about the importance of protecting this precious resource from deforestation caused by industrial agriculture. Featured image of a palm oil plantation in Indonesia.

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00:12:39

Spring at Olbrich 03202036

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2026/03/20

Kia Karlen talks with Olbrich Gardens director Tanya Zastrow about spring events and future planning for the growing Madison landmark.

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