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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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00:16:56

Local Nonprofits face federal funding cuts

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/21

Kia Karlen talks with Cheri Dubiel and Tess Romanski about federal funding cuts and how The Big Share helps local nonprofits continue their vital work.

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00:22:29

Latinos For Trump

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Robert Velez, professor of political science at University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, joins host Tony Castañeda to discuss the recent phenomena of Latinos voting for Don Trump in the last presidential election.

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00:19:22

A DOGE's Life

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Elon Musk and his crew at the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have taken aim at the Federal government with the goal of dismantling departments with whom they consider too woke.

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00:52:12

Fighting Corporate Power by Empowering Workers

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Our guest today, Ric Urrutia, is an organizer, podcaster, artist, and co-host of the We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast. He’s hosting a free workshop tonight at the Madison Labor Temple from 6-8pm on building worker power. The workshop will show participants how to read corporate documents and analyze corporate political contributions, and think critically about corporate investments. Our guest today, Ric Urrutia, is an organizer, podcaster, artist, and co-host of the We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast

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00:10:02

The Issue

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Robyn George recently graduated with a BS in Textile and Fashion Design from UW Madison. However, that was not her original plan. In this episode of Radio Chipstone, George tells contributor Gianofer (JON nah fer) Fields and anyone listening, why she chose to do what she WANTED instead of what she thought she SHOULD do.

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00:09:14

She's got her hands in the clouds

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Janice Arnold created a four-thousand-foot hanging felt sculpture called Woolen Clouds, currently hanging in the central lobby of Nancy Nicolas Hall on the UW-Madison campus. The work is the result of the 3.5 years Arnold spent as caregiver for her parents. Each square foot represents a day in their lives as she cared for them during their transition. In this episode of “Radio Chipstone,” Arnold shares how her relationship with felt-making helped her create something beautiful out of

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00:07:25

WBPD Tami Medicaid 2-20-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

President Donald Trump and his Tech billionaire adviser, Elon Musk are making sweeping cuts to the federal government. President Trump told Fox TV News on Tuesday that he would not touch Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. A Public Policy Analyst with the Wisconsin Board for People with Disabilities calls the President’s promise all rhetoric. WORT News Reporter Maria Segura talks with Tami Jackson about W-B-P-D, her policy initiatives and more….

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00:53:12

A Roundtable on Proposed Medicaid Cuts

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

To make sense of proposed Medicaid cuts would mean to Wisconsinites, host Sara Gabler is joined by three guests, William Parke-Sutherland, the Government Affairs Director at Kids Forward, Lisa Hassenstab, the Public Policy Manager for Disability Rights Wisconsin, and Rene Eastman, the Senior Vice President of Policy and Finance for LeadingAge Wisconsin. Featured image via Disability Rights Wisconsin.

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00:08:50

Where IS Fairchild's Arm

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

The next time you find yourself on Fairchild Street by the Capitol, instead of white knuckling it through where it whips around King street, maybe you could distract yourself with a bit of Wisconsin History. Like who is Fairchild and why was a street named after him? Jenny Pederson is the Public programs Director for the Wisconsin Historical Society. In this episode of Radio Chipstone and on a beautiful Fall afternoon, Pederson tells contributor Gianofer (JON nah fer) Fields, the ghostly tale

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00:06:15

Forecast from Wednesday, 2-19-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Forecast from Wednesday, 2-19-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:08:51

The Order of the Furby

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

Have you ever had a toy so cute you wanted to just squeeze the stuffing out of it? Well, you may want to give that notion a second thought when it comes to the Furby. In this edition of Radio Chipstone contributor Gianofer (JON nah fer) Fields introduces us to the furry little creature. Come to think of it…we haven’t seen her in a while…

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00:08:56

When memorial doesn't mean forever

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/20

When the UW announced plans for a new practice facility next to Camp Randall Stadium, those who purchased memorial bricks for the terrace had questions. One being…what’s going to happen to the bricks. A spokesperson clarified the confusion and promised that the bricks would be saved and reused. Abby Witzig and her family decided to bring their brick home. In this edition of Radio Chipstone, contributor Gianofer (JON nah fer) Fields and Witzig spend a sunny Wednesday afternoon retrieving a

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00:07:25

Madison, February 1964: Civil Rights and Teenage Rumbles

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

Stu Levitan looks back at news of civil rights and teenage rumbles in Madison, February 1964. WORT airdate - Feb. 19, 2025.

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00:20:45

buzz-2-19-25-Olivia-Williams

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

Buy a house, but lease the land it's on? It may sound strange, but that's how the Madison Area Community Land Trust helps people get into home owning, but at a much lower cost. Executive Director, Dr. Olivia Williams, talks about the advantages of home buying this way, and how over 60 homes in the Madison preserves the affordability of home own in these days of increasingly more expensive homes.

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00:05:00

Sleepy primary paves the way for high stakes Election...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

After a relatively sleepy primary yesterday, it’s full steam ahead to Election Day on April 1st. The voters who did turn out narrowed down the candidate pool for state superintendent and a handful of city council races. April 1st is slated to have a bigger impact, with a state Supreme Court race and a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.

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00:17:06

buzz-2-19-25-Claire-Gervais

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

With the goal to "work to inform healthcare professionals, the public, and policy makers about the effects of environmental toxins and climate change on public health", the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network works to educate residents to potential environmental health issues such as climate change, farm chemicals, plastics, and more. Co-President Dr. Claire Gervais talks about these issues and their upcoming conference -- this year focusing on micro- and nano-plastic contamination and health

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00:09:22

Fruit on the GO!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

Many years ago, a scruffy gentleman asked if we’ve ever eaten a pine tree. What he didn’t ask was how the pine tree felt about being eaten. Did he even consider the life of the pine tree or did he just pop up on the scene and start chewing? We will never know. However, thanks to Clementine Penner, we may have a glimpse into the delicious and apparently active lives of fruit. Penner is a recent graduate from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She is an artist who earned her BFA in

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00:07:38

State Senator Dora Drake on 'Safe Haven' Bill

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

A Biden-era policy established so-called “protected areas” – like schools, medical facilities, and places of worship – where immigration enforcement was restricted. That way, the guidelines stated, people would be able to access essential services without fear of deportation. President Trump rolled back those guidelines last month as one of his first actions back in the Oval Office. Wisconsin Democrats are now working on a bill to re-establish protected areas in our state. Sitting down today with

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00:52:54

Literacy and the Ongoing Freedom Struggle

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

On today’s show, host Ali Muldrow speaks with Derek Black whose new book, Dangerous Learning: The South’s Long War on Black Literacy, traces Black literacy between the American Revolution and Reconstruction. For Black citizens, literacy was a weapon of empowerment and rebellion, while for whites, it was the only tool that could destabilize their grip on power. Derek Black says that the ghosts of this fight live on today.

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00:07:07

Extreme Listing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/19

Jorella (YOR - ella) Andrews is a Professor of Visual Culture at Goldsmiths University in London. Earlier this year, she conducted a workshop at the Center for Design and Material Culture at UW Madison. The topic was Working with Resistance. What can textiles teach us? One of the exercises, called Extreme Listing was designed to get participants to interact with textiles in a new way In this episode of Radio Chipstone, Andrews and contributor Gianofer (JON nah fer) Fields explore a new way of

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