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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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00:18:40

Alder Bill Tishler Calls For Safer Streets And More...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Madison Alder Bill Tishler explains his plans for a fourth term with WORT reporter Sutton Johnson.

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00:26:12

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WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Trump, Musk, and the Republicans in Congress have a goal to cut $800 billion from Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, and this, says Karen Dolan from the Institute for Policy Studies, will result in cuts to support of poor, food programs, medical care, and undermines the moral values that our current budget supports. Dolan is co-author of a report "The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington" available on the IPS website.

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00:18:04

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WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Trump's cutbacks of environmental protections are coming with blinding speed, and his goal to cut the EPA by 65% would threaten clean water programs, rural waste and water projects, work done by the Army Corps of Engineer, funding of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and more. Mary Grant, Public Water for All Director at Food and Water Watch, shows how all the gutting of the federal government programs strive to make the programs fail, to make ripe pickings for privatization.

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00:09:15

Trump Cuts To State Keep Money in Wrong Places, Says...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Trump Cuts To State Keep Money in Wrong Places, Says Rep. Ryan Clancy by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:07:17

Forecast For Wednesday 3-12-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Photo by Kenton A Fowler, used with permission.

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00:15:55

“I’m excited to get the budget balanced,” says Kim...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Kim Richman is running to represent Madison’s far east side on the city council. Now retired after nearly 40 years in the soft drink and food industry, he’s an active board member of the Elvehjem Neighborhood Association. Richman faces one opponent this spring in Sean O’Brien; current alder Jael Currie isn’t seeking re-election this year. Sitting down with WORT News Producer Faye Parks, Kim Richman touted his record of community service and his dedication to transparency. Image courtesy: Kim

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00:50:14

Subtle Desi Traits 31: Immigration and Politics

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Subtle Desi Traits 31: Immigration and Politics by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:22:40

Jeffrey Maurer

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/12

Joining Thursday Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz is Emmy and Peabody-winning speechwriter and comedy writer Jeffrey Maurer, whose career includes long stints at both the EPA and John Oliver's HBO show Last Week Tonight. His new project - the political comedy Substack “I Might Be Wrong" promises comedy, politics and swearing in pretty equal amounts. With a background in Politcal Science, Government and International Relations, he's probably a lot more qualified than most who pontificate on

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00:54:01

The History of Mexican Rock and Roll

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/11

On today’s show we travel back in time with Dr. Julia Palacios, a scholar of Mexican music from the 50s and 60s. She joins host Carlos Dȧvalos to talk about the influence of US rock and roll on Mexican culture between 1955-1965.

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00:03:20

UW-Madison students stage walk-out in support of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/11

A crowd of students at UW-Madison joined a walk-out this morning in support of Mahmoud Khalil. A key figure in last spring’s pro-Palestine protests at Columbia university, Khalil was arrested Saturday by ICE agents – sparking fears for student activists here in Madison.

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00:23:54

Housing crisis requires an “all of the above”...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/11

Incumbent alder Tag Evers has represented Madison’s west side on the city council since 2019. He’s seeking another term this spring and faces one opponent in Robert Luther, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired city of Madison firefighter. Sitting down with WORT News Producer Faye Parks, he outlined his “all of the above” approach to Madison’s affordable housing crisis. Image courtesy: Tag Evers.

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00:02:00

News From the Parallel Universe # 21

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Now that she's won the White House in a landslide, President Jill Stein starts to implement her agenda, starting with universal health care - paid for by reducing the military budget and taxing the rich! VP Wald announces Federal Employee Appreciation Week - just in time to lay off not one federal worker.

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00:03:16

Protesting Musk, Demonstrators Head to Madison Tesla...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Protesting Musk, Demonstrators Head to Madison Tesla Dealership by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:14:52

Windstar Solutions_WEB_FINAL

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Windstar Enterprises wants to edit your mind. We’ll talk with founder Dr. Richard Stillwell.

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00:04:05

Stuff Yer Face: Lacy Rude of Lacy's Cafe

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

This week on Stuff Yer Face, feature contributor Emily Tucker chats with Lacy Rude, a veteran of the Madison food industry who now highlights local food producers at her "snack bar" style cafe inside the Bur Oak music venue.

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00:54:16

Rolling Back Climate Regulations

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

You might have missed the Trump administration’s roll back of climate regulations in the flurry of executive orders and DOGE actions over the past few weeks. To get caught up, today host Douglas Haynes takes a comprehensive look at climate related actions on the federal and state levels. He’s in conversation with Marianne Lavelle of Inside Climate News and Brett Korte of Clean Wisconsin. Featured image of the Glacier Hills Wind Energy Center via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

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00:06:55

Tony Robinson Remembered 10 Years After He Was Killed

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Tony Robinson Remembered 10 Years After He Was Killed by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:05:20

Hundreds Gather to "Stand Up for Science" at the...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Hundreds of protestors braved slushy conditions at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday to “Stand Up for Science,” rallying against the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The protest was part of a nationwide event, with rallies organized in states across the country.

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00:08:50

Forecast from Monday, 3-10-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Forecast from Monday, 3-10-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:51:38

Christine Wenc on the legacy of The Onion

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/03/10

Christine Wenc on the legacy of The Onion by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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