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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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00:04:54

The Past Isn't Past: May 3rd Arrest of Jane...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/29

53 years ago this coming Saturday, 7 Chicago women were arrested for performing illegal abortions. They were part of the clandestine “Jane Collective” that performed approximately eleven thousand safe abortions between 1965 and 1972. Feature contributor Harry Richardson has the story. Image Source: Nicholas Leete

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00:12:01

CTM Puts Grown-Ups on Trial

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

The Children’s Theater of Madison is putting grown-ups on trial for crimes against the environment. Director Marcella Kearns joins us with more about the new play, “The Trials.”

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00:17:34

The Rise and Fall of Michael Gableman

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

From state supreme court justice to disgraced and disbarred lawyer. They say you have to fly high to fall so far. Wisconsin Watch’s Tom Kertscher tells the tale of the rise and fall of Michael Gableman.

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00:04:52

Protesters speak out against Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

A Milwaukee circuit court judge is being charged with two felonies — obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. Judge Hannah Dugan is alleged to have helped an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest. Her arrest on Friday made headlines nationwide. WORT Reporter Eliot Hughes catches us up with what's happened.

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00:08:59

Trump’s anti-DEI orders are unconstitutional, state...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

The U.S. Department of Education is directing schools across the country to end all diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. And in a memo earlier this month, the department threatened to cut federal funding if schools fail to certify their compliance. Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s orders, as our state stands to lose more than half a billion dollars if the feds follow through on the threat. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul told our News

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00:03:42

Madison Mixology: The Last Word

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

This week on “Madison Mixology,” we visit our neighbors in Detroit, Michigan to learn about a spiced cocktail that almost disappeared in the 1920’s. Feature contributor Charlie Belawski shows us how to make “The Last Word” and tells us about its revival in the cocktail renaissance.

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00:10:04

Mental Health Warrior Film Festival Returns to Flix...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

Mental Health Warrior Film Festival Returns to Flix Brewhouse this Saturday by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:12:21

Forecast from Monday, 4-28-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

Forecast from Monday, 4-28-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:54:10

Status of Childcare in Wisconsin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

On April 17 a record breaking number of child care advocates marched on the Wisconsin state capital and sent a message to legislators that the state needs to invest $480 million in childcare. According to the Institute for Research on Poverty, without this investment, 1 in 4 childcare providers in the state could shut down. To shed light on these changes, host Douglas Haynes is joined by Corrine Hendrickson and Ruth Schmidt, two child care professionals and advocates. Featured image of kids at

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00:12:20

Shivali Chandrashekar interview

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

Hejira world music radio show host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick interview of Shivali Chandrachekar

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00:28:00

Empowering Women to Advance Rohingya Rights

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

Yasmin Ullah, Rohingya feminist, author, poet, and social justice activist is also the Founder and the Executive Director of the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network. Born in the Northern Arakan state of Burma/Myanmar, she fled with her family to Thailand in 1995 and remained a refugee until moving to Canada in 2011. The Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network is a women-led, Rohingya-led and refugee-led organization working on Rohingya human rights issues, sexual and gender-based

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00:10:36

Forward Lookout for April 28, 2025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/28

In this week's edition of Forward Lookout, host Brenda Konkel and producer Christina Lieffring run through the week's meetings for Dane County and the City of Madison. The City is still working through the details of the process for hiring a police chief, the county has a pretty hefty Personnel and Finance Committee meeting, and the UW Extension Committee is meeting about... crops? nitrogen? If you know, let us know.

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00:07:04

The annual Cheese Makers Convention: The artistry of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/27

More than 2,000 attendees gathered at the Alliant Energy Center last month for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers annual convention. Bert and Pete talk about their anger, frustration, and confusion regarding the federal tariffs...and the winners of the cheese competitions in this week's episode of The Milkweed. Photo by Dennis Zhang on Unsplash

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00:29:42

Radio Literature: Madison's Theatre Community, with...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/27

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00:04:34

Homeless shelter's single-day closure strains...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/26

Unexpected maintenance-related shutdown at the Beacon cut off essential services for Madison's unhoused. Matvei Mozhaev surveyed how the homeless community and city resources adapted to the situation. Full transcript on https://www.wortfm.org/homeless-shelters-single-day-closure-strains-unhoused-community/

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00:55:18

So Ridiculously Over the Top and Corrupt

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/26

This week on Mel & Floyd: The WORT Zeppelin brings the funk; Pope Francis in retrospect; Police state reaches Milwaukee judge; Ironically named Department of “Justice” investigating Act Blue; Tax increase for millionaires? Not so much!; Distracting from the bone spurs; Resurrecting 9/11 conspiracy theories; 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

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00:03:57

Student Homelessness at New High

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/25

The reported number of unhoused students in Wisconsin’s public schools hit a record high last year. Also on the rise: the number of children who are unhoused and unaccompanied by an adult. More than 20,000 students in Wisconsin public schools reported being homeless at some point in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. That’s according to a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum, a nonpartisan research organization.

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00:53:56

An update on lawsuits brought against Standing Rock...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/25

In late March, the climate advocacy group Greenpeace was ordered to pay $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the oil company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The grassroots protests against DAPL in 2016 and 2017 were organized by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous water protectors. Greenpeace peacefully supported the protests but was charged with defamation by Energy Transfer. On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is joined by Cody Hall who reminds listeners of what happened at the

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00:52:57

The Art of Community: A Book Discussion Group

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/25

A book club is a great way to build community—bringing people together around shared interests, while also introducing them to new perspectives and ideas. Today, Bill Tishler hosts his inaugural episode centered on community. Tishler, who is also a local elected official, has been hosting book clubs in his district. On today's episode, four area residents join him in the WORT studio to share their thoughts on recent book clubs they participated in this year and how the books they read raised

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00:10:29

RFK Jr

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/04/25

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses vaccines, sperm count, fluoride, and autism in a wide-ranging Friday Buzz interview with Andy Moore.

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