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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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00:53:49

Domestic Violence Awareness with Chief Barnes and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/23

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and on today's show, host Ali Muldrow explores what help is available and what measure are being taken to prevent homicide by an intimate partner. First she speaks with Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes about how police show up in cases of domestic abuse and the just announced the Family Justice/Sensitive Crimes Unit. Then Muldrow, speaks with Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) Executive Director Shannon Barry. DAIS offers a wide array of crisis

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00:20:19

Buzz - 10 - 23 - 24 - Amanda - Starbuck

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/23

With seemingly less interest by the federal government to limit monopolies, grocery products are being controlled by fewer and fewer corporations. Amanda Starbuck, Research Director at Food and Water Watch, recently penned an article detailing a proposed merger of Mars and Kellanova, which would give one company more than a 50% control of snack bars, adding to the rising grocery prices and skyrocketing profits of our food corporations.

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00:27:38

Buzz - 10 - 23 - 24 - David - Armiak

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/23

Research Director at the Center for Media and Democracy, David Armiak, talks about his recent article, "ULINE CEO’s Restoration PAC Hauls in $51.8 Million in Third Quarter", centering on Republican fundraising and spending in important local, state, and national elections. Arniak also delves into the push by Republicans for a constitutional convention, and what that could mean for the future of the U. S.

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00:51:19

Vote Local for Your Community

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/23

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with RR Moore and Lolo Lature, Sharon Irwin joins to talk about getting out to vote locally where it matters most, the current state of PCOB and the city of Madison budget.More information on Wisconsin’s elections from League of Women’s Voters: https://my.lwv.org/wisconsin / https://www.vote411.org/wisconsin More information on PCOB, to attend a meeting (next meeting 11/21), or apply to be a member:

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00:06:31

In-person early voting kicks off in Wisconsin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/22

Election Day is exactly two weeks away. And that means Wisconsin’s in-person early voting sites are now open and accepting ballots – an option for folks who want to avoid the lines on November 5th. Former President Barack Obama and VP candidate Tim Walz encouraged voters to take advantage of their early-voting options at a rally in Madison today. Image courtesy: Faye Parks / WORT News, at the early-voting site in Madison's Central Library.

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00:52:51

Understanding the City of Madison's Referendum and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/22

Early in-person voting begins today in Wisconsin, and we are just two week away from election day. Voters across the region will decided on state-wide referendums, and weigh in on school district and municipal levy increases. On the ballot for Madison voters, is the question: Under state law, the increase in the levy of the City of Madison for the tax to be imposed for the next fiscal year, 2025, is limited to 2.97%, which results in a levy of $296,149,162. Shall the City of Madison be allowed

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00:07:47

Stuff Yer Face: Caitlin Rockey and Aaron Mooney of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/22

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, feature contributor Emily Tucker talks with co-owners of Level 5 Donuts, Caitlin Rockey and Aaron Mooney. With many years of combined culinary experience, Caitlin and Aaron have leveled up the Madison donut scene by offering fresh vegan donuts at coffee shops and grocery stores all over town.

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00:06:06

Postal workers’ union pushes federal lawmakers for...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

"Enough is enough,” dozens of Wisconsin postal workers said as they rallied at the state Capitol on Saturday. They were there to demand action as assaults and robberies against postal workers are on the rise. Incidents of robberies of postal workers numbered in the 600s last year, a seven-fold increase just from 2019. The National Association of Letter Carriers represents the majority of USPS letter carriers. They organized the rally Saturday to push lawmakers for more protections. A proposed

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00:05:57

Baldwin and Hovde spar in first and only U.S. Senate...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin and her Republican challenger Eric Hovde faced off Friday evening in a contentious debate organized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. It was their first, and likely last, head-to-head this election cycle. Image courtesy: WisPolitics via their website.

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00:08:53

Forward Lookout For Week of October 21, 2024

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Dane County prepares to finalize the budget, Madison youth get involved in advocacy, and housing funding gets a look. Some of many local government issues up for deliberation this week. News Director Chali Pittman joins Forward Lookout's Brenda Konkel in paging through the available agendas. They have the week ahead in the October 21 edition of Forward Lookout.

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00:05:17

Monday Movie Review: Three Spanish Civil War Films

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Today, feature contributor Harry Richardson reviews three classic documentaries on the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republic citizen’s army fought in the ‘30s against the traitorous military, which received overwhelming support in the form of tanks, planes and troops from fascist Germany and Italy. While the major Western powers declared neutrality, ordinary people enlisted to save the Republic. Madison’s own Clarence Kalin volunteered with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. There is a plaque in honor

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00:05:02

The Past Isn't Past: Patriot Act signed into law 23...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

The Patriot Act passed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, giving the executive branch previously unheard-of surveillance authority. It passed by wide margins in both branches in Congress – Wisconsin’s Russ Feingold was the lone ‘NO’ vote in the Senate. Civil Liberties groups say the law has been used – or misused – to target political activists and ordinary citizens. Feature contributor Harry Richardson has the story.

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00:54:17

Where do the candidates stand on Climate Change? with...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

This year's presidential campaign is dominating the news as both candidates and their running mates travel across the country spreading their campaign messages. What has been largely missing from the conversation? Global climate change. Mother Jones reporter Jackie Flynn Mogensen has written at length about this phenomenon. From Harris only briefly mentioning climate during the DNC to Trump calling climate change a hoax and claiming that wind turbines cause cancer. Mogensen joins A Public Affair

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00:08:38

Forecast For Monday, 10 - 21 - 24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Forecast For Monday, 10 - 21 - 24 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:28:30

Bevins tells where it started and how it's going

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

This is the interview that Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal recorded with journalist and author Vincent Bevins. Amit attended a talk by Bevins at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Havens Wright Center for Social Justice and was so impressed by Bevins' ideas and research, he asked him to be our guest on World View – and he agreed. Bevins has written two painstakingly researched books, The Jakarta Method and If We Burn that we are positive will be of interest to WORT listeners.

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00:52:16

Madison Book Beat: Bob Wake and Diya Abbas

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Today’s episode of Madison Book Beat features the first place winners of the 2024 Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction and Poetry Contests: Bob Wake and Diya Abbas. Bob and Diya joined host Ella Saph to discuss their prize-winning pieces. Both authors will be reading their works at the Central branch of the Madison Public Library on Tuesday October 29th at 7pm in Community Rooms 301 & 302, as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival.

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00:05:27

Soglin Urges "No" on City Referendum

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Soglin and other former city elected officials urged a No vote on upcoming city referendum

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00:11:43

Montana Teen Abortion

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/21

Recent court decision in Montana restored a teenager's right to seek an abortion without parental or court consent, based on her right to privacy.

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00:53:20

Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb On the Dangers of Genocidal...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/19

We're joined on the show today by renowned Palestinian theologian Reverend Dr. Mitri Raheb, for a conversation on the moral and theological dimensions of the war on Palestine. Rev. Dr. Raheb is the most widely-published Palestinian theologian to date. His latest is Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible (Orbis Books, 2023), which examines Israel's expansionist ideology and its misuse of biblical language to justify the oppression of Palestinians. The Reverend Professor joins

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00:11:22

Actual Size Artworks - Aris & Gail on their...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/10/18

This week, Framing Culture's host José Teixeira interviews Gail Simpson and Aristotle Gerogiades, emeritus professors at UW-Madison's Art Department, and sculptors who work individually and as part of Actual Size Artworks, a collaborative team. They reflect on the transformative power of public art by expanding on their process, different stages of conception and materialization, and the interdisciplinary effort needed to produce and install such community projects.

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