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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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00:02:56

Economic impact of migrant work.

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

Undocumented immigrants lack access to most federal welfare benefits. But they play a significant role in bolstering our economy and infrastructure, paying billions of dollars into the system every year.

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00:25:33

Alder Mike Verveer touts his progressive record

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

Incumbent alder Mike Verveer, the city council’s longest-serving member, was first elected to represent downtown Madison in 1995. No stranger to leadership, he’s served as council president three times over the last thirty years. Alder Verveer is running for re-election this spring on a platform that spotlights affordable housing, public transportation, and sustainability. He faces one challenger in Elias Tsarovsky, a grad student at UW-Madison. With just two candidates in the running, District 4

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00:07:03

Forecast from Wednesday, 2-5-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

Forecast from Wednesday, 2-5-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:04:59

The Past Isn't Past: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

Yesterday, February 2nd is the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 that ended the Mexican-American War. Ultimately, the U.S. did not honor land rights for one hundred thousand Mexican nationals. In the war, Mexico had lost half its land, nearly two million square miles, including present day California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Photo: St Patrick's Day Parade in Mexico City, 2024 including the flag of the St Patrick's

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00:53:21

Responding to Trump’s Immigration Policies

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

The last few weeks have been harrowing for immigrants in the US. People in our community and across the country are worried about being detained or deported as Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise of “mass deportations.” Although today a federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. Featured image of a 2017 “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration in Washington, DC via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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00:22:24

buzz-2-5-25-Heidi-Beirich

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/05

Project 2025 is moving full bore, according to Heidi Beirich, Co-Founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Beirich says that Project 2025’s stated goal is to create an “ideal” America that would see women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, people of color, and others deprived of their hard-won constitutional rights and the erosion of environmental and education protections. It also advocates for a frightening centralization of power in the executive branch, something Trump is keen to

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00:16:03

Affordable housing requires a holistic approach, Will...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/04

Will Ochowicz is a software developer and the founder of “Madison Is For People,” a grassroots organization that advocates for affordable and sustainable housing in our city. He’s running this spring to represent downtown Madison on the city council. He faces one opponent in Matt Egerer, who has more than a decade of experience working behind the scenes at the state Capitol. District 2’s current alder Juliana Bennett is not running for another term. With just two candidates in the running,

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00:52:58

DPI Superintendent Candidate Interviews

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/04

In Wisconsin's February 18 primary, voters will get to choose from three candidates for State Superintendent: Jeff Wright, Jill Underly, and Brittany Kinser. The two candidates who receive the most votes will be on the ballot for the general election on April 1. Remixed image via myvote.wi.gov.

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00:23:34

buzz-2-5-25-Katie-Wells

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/04

Senior Fellow at Groundwork Collaborative, Katie Wells, has recently co-authored a study "Uber for Nursing: How an AI-Powered Gig Model Is Threatening Health Care" in which she interviewed "on-demand" nursing staff and relates the effect of “Wall Street’s takeover of US health-care infrastructure and Silicon Valley’s introduction of gig nursing apps are a dangerous duo that is eroding our health-care system and eviscerating our ability to take care of each other.” Wells says that this limits worker

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00:52:05

Making Your Own Lane

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/04

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, kicking off Black History Month with a series of interviews with Black entrepreneurs. We’re joined today by Action Jackson from Jackson’s Yard Care to talk about his story, journey to entrepreneurship, and what he’s doing to improve our community. More information on Jackson’s Yard Care: https://www.jacksonsyardcare.com/ and their Super Bowl Gala supporting their workforce training program next weekend:

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00:57:35

WORT's Archiving Department Presents Chris Ward

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/04

Lead Archivist, Doug Ranney, brought some classic clips of the 1980s WORT DJ Chris Ward to the Access Hour. Doug explored Chris' possible comedy influences, Madison comedy in the 1970s, and references that Chris made during his time on the WORT airwaves.

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00:04:06

Madison Mixology: Mexican Firing Squad

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

Today, feature contributor Charlie Belawski retells the origin of a simple cocktail with a big flavor profile. We’ll travel to Mexico City to explore the creation and naming of the “Mexican Firing Squad,” in tonight’s “Madison Mixology.”

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00:14:17

Matt Egerer calls for “smart, safe, affordable” Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

Matt Egerer has more than a decade of experience working behind the scenes at the state Capitol as a policy advisor. He’s running this spring to represent downtown Madison on the city council. He faces one opponent in Will Ochowicz, a local advocate for affordable and sustainable housing. District 2’s current alder Juliana Bennett is not running for another term. With just two candidates in the running, District 2 will skip the primary later this month and downtown voters will select their next

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00:04:00

Bicycle Book Club invites Madisonians to participate...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

A new book club is taking on issues surrounding bike infrastructure in Madison. The Bicycle Book Club — a co-project of Machinery Row Bikes, Wisconsin Bike Fed and Madison Bikes — held its second of three meetings on Sunday. A week ago, they discussed the book “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” by Colorado civil engineering professor Wes Marshall. The book criticizes the car-focused approaches of today’s traffic engineers. This week, the club invited Department of Transportation officials and several

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00:54:11

Civil Service Cuts and the Rise of Musk

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

It’s been a crazy week for the roughly 2.4 million civil servants of the nation’s largest employer: the federal government. From the Trump Administration’s so-called “deferred resignation” gambit to get federal workers to resign, to a lockout of all USAID staff, to a purge of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workers, the Trump Administration is wreaking havoc among federal employees. Featured image via Wikimedia Commons.

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00:14:34

Larry and Joe Bring Venezuelan/Appalachian Music to...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

Larry and Joe Bring Venezuelan/Appalachian Music to Arts and Literature Laboratory by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:09:19

Forecast from Monday, 2-3-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

Forecast from Monday, 2-3-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:13:03

Her Turn "Story Telling"

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

Storytelling helps break down barriers between people.

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00:09:26

Tariffs

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/03

This week, Bert Ziperrer is hosting Pete Hardin to discuss the potential impacts of the new administration's tariffs on imported and exported farming products, particularly in the dairy industry.

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00:24:28

What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/02/02

The latest news from the Balochistan province in Pakistan is the opening of the Gwadar airport and armed violence on the roads. Pakistan and China have just opened Pakistan’s largest airport in the Balochistan city of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea, near a deep seaport that China had previously built. The project was meant to bring modernization and economic development to the region as part of China’s Belt and Road initiative – but it has not been going so well. Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal talked

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