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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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00:22:00

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WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/28

Anne Sosin, public health researcher and practitioner at Dartmouth College, talks about Dartmouth's study on the risks for rural communities who are losing access to healthcare facilities as demographics change, long-time providers retire, and companies close facilities for "budget reasons". Rural communities are also more affected by bad messaging about vaccines and potential epidemics, as the H5N1, bird flu.

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00:08:25

SNAP & Bird flu

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/28

This week Pete Hardin discusses SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), also known as food stamps, with Bert Zipperrer, and he gives an update on the bird flu outbreak and its impacts.

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00:07:45

Stuff Yer Face: Paul Schwoerer of Paul's Pel'meni

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/28

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, food feature contributor Emily Tucker talks with Paul Schwoerer, co-owner of a downtown Madison food staple since 2002 - Paul's Pel'meni. Emily and Paul dive into how Paul got his start slinging Russian-style dumplings and how they've evolved over the years to sustain their model of doing one thing and doing it well.

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00:53:29

How to Leave Budget Culture Behind

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/28

On today’s show we hear from personal finance author and journalist, Dana Miranda, on how to live a “budget-free” life. For those of us who aren’t billionaires, wealthy, or even middle class, the standard advice on money management is irrelevant. The prevailing advice is to get more money and keep it. And to do this you must be restrictive, disciplined, and always feel guilty for having “wants.” This is how the logic of capitalism shows up in personal money management discussions, and it tends to

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00:21:56

Madison needs consensus on housing crisis, alder...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/28

Alder Amani Latimer Burris has served on the city council since 2023 and is running for re-election this spring on a platform that spotlights economic development, PFAS remediation, and affordable housing. She faces a familiar challenger in Julia Matthews, who she defeated by just over 700 votes in 2023. A third candidate, Hussein Amach, sends the race to a primary on February 18th. Amach has since dropped out of the race, but his name will still appear on next month’s ballot. Alder Latimer Burris

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00:02:50

Madison Mixology: Penicillin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

This week on “Madison Mixology,” feature contributor Charlie Belawski takes us back to the Milk and Honey bar to teach us about a new cocktail that’s taken the world by storm: the Penicillin.

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00:15:22

Missing Ballots in Madison an Honest Mistake, But No...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Photo credit: Cullen Granzen for Votebeat

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00:02:09

News From The Parallel Universe: #20

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

In the parallel universe, President Jill Stein declares an energy emergency on her first day in office to bring a much needed national conversion to renewable energy – paid for by the military budget and big oil itself!

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00:16:31

Julia Matthews wants to expand F-35 noise remediation

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Julia Matthews is a programmer analyst at UW-Madison, assisting research at the School of Medicine and Public Health. She’s also an active union member and was the inaugural co-chair of the North Street Neighborhood Association. She ran for city council in 2023, but lost by just over 700 votes to current alder Amani Latimer Burris. Matthews is challenging alder Latimer Burris this spring in a redux of that match-up. A third candidate, Hussein Amach, sends the race to a primary on February 18th

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00:03:40

Local lawmakers hear school safety concerns

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Local leaders hosted a listening session last night, checking in with Madison area residents just over a month after the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School. WORT reporter Crowenna Cremeens was there. Image courtesy: James Tishler / WORT News

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00:04:27

City attorney seeks council’s approval to join future...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Madison sustainability leaders considered a resolution this afternoon that would allow the city attorney to join in on climate litigation – on the state, regional, and national scales. WORT reporter Eliot Hughes has more.

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00:54:28

Is Craft Beer in Decline?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

From the closing of 157-year-old Leinenkugel’s flagship taproom in Chippewa Falls to the closure of small taprooms like Herbiery in Madison, our guest today, Chris Drosner, takes stock of the state of the craft beer industry in Wisconsin. In his recent “Year in Review” for the Wisconsin State Journal, he says that closures are outpacing openings. Featured image via Wikimedia Commons.

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00:12:26

New Power Plants Not Needed But Will Pollute...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Photo courtesy Abby Novinska-Lois, Healthy Climate Wisconsin

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00:09:37

Forecast for Monday, 1-27-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/27

Forecast for Monday, 1-27-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:16:54

Proposed changes to Madison's open records ordinance

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/26

Since its the 5th week of the month, Dane County and the City of Madison have a sparse meeting schedule. So this week host Brenda Konkel and producer Christina Lieffring go through the week and also talk about the changes the City is proposing for its open records ordinance regarding police body camera footage.

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00:05:01

The Past Isn't Past: Violette Neatley Anderson

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/26

This Wednesday, January 29th is the anniversary of the day in 1926 when Anderson became the first African American woman attorney admitted to practice before The Supreme Court of the US. Violette Neatley Anderson became the first women to start a private law practice in Illinois after passing the bar in 1920. Her advocacy on behalf of tenant farmers helped lead to the eventual passage of the Bankhead-Jones Act in 1935. Image Source: Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections, originally from The

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00:04:48

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul Challenges...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/26

Labor Radio spoke with Josh Kaul, the Attorney General of Wisconsin, about the legal challenge that he and other attorneys general have waged against President Trump’s executive order prohibiting birthright citizenship.

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00:09:17

Monday Buzz Welcomes Indie Rock Band Fox Royale,...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/26

Photo courtesy Fox Royale Facebook page

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00:28:16

Dare to Imagine Other Futures

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/25

Professor Jorell Melendez-Badillo is a UW-Madison historian of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America. World View was impressed with his latest book, Puerto Rico A National History, an honest and brave testament of the archipelago’s existence as a geographic place animated over time into nationhood by its people. Little did we know when we scheduled the interview that Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny also liked the book and asked Professor Melendez-Badillo to collaborate on a project to combine

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00:58:22

All Hail the Leader!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/01/24

This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants reports on happenings in D.C.; Questioning the citizenship of Native Americans[?!]; Shocker: trump’s tax proposals benefit only the wealthy!; Marriage equality in Thailand; Matriarchy in ancient England; Information flow rates & irritability; Canada readies its retaliation; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually

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