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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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00:12:34

Eyes on Gaza

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Eyes on Gaza by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:24:58

Mayhem in Monona?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Proposed cancellation of Fourth of July fireworks, unaccounted for school district funds, and staff shortages at the City level are some of the main issues that will have to be addressed in the coming months for City of Monona leadership. Kristie Goforth, a concerned resident of Monona, in addition to her many civic leadership posts, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the ongoing problems in the city of 8,600 people on the east side of Lake Mendota. The City is trying to wrest control of

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00:53:45

The State of Working in Wisconsin with Laura Dresser

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Early this week, the High Road Strategy Center released the State of Working Wisconsin 2024 report. The annual report offers the latest data on jobs, wages, and unions, with a special focus on women workers in the country. The numbers show that unemployment is at near record lows and lower-income earners are experiencing the strongest wage-increases. Both of these are markers of increased equality.On today's show, host Allen Ruff speaks with UW-Madison labor economist and High Road Strategy Center

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00:06:28

Forecast For Wednesday 9 - 4-24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Graphic of Upper-level Water Vapor Imagery for Continental US (GOES-East) from College of DuPage https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-08-200-1-100-6&checked=map-mslp&colorbar=undefined

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00:49:43

Lolo Lature’s Not the Girl From Next Door

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Lolo Lature, follow up on InvestFest in Atlanta and talking about labor day, what it means to labor, and who is doing it and why. Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org. Support your community radio with a donation online at wortfm.org!

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00:09:16

Professor Jeremy Stoddard On Polarized Politics in...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/05

Less than half of Wisconsin voters say they’re satisfied with their local school districts. That’s according to the latest Marquette Law School poll, which also found that Republican voters are more likely to be dissatisfied with the schools in their area. And this polarization has an effect on the classroom, says UW-Madison Professor Jeremy Stoddard. He told WORT News Producer Faye Parks today that teachers are increasingly reluctant to teach their students about politics, as the nation gears up

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00:04:30

Governor Evers Calls for More Education Funding in...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/04

Today is the first official day for all students in the Madison school district. And Governor Evers greeted the young scholars at an east-side elementary school this morning, before repeating his call for more education funding. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.

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00:51:29

Discussing the Election with Sabrina Madison and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/04

You can not walk down the street, turn on your tv, or scroll social media without being reminded that we are in a presidential election year. In November, Former President Donald Trump will go up against Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris is the first woman of color–a Black woman–to running for president as the Democratic Party’s nominee in US history. On today's show, host Ali Muldrow, who herself is a Black woman holding a elected seat, is joined by two other local elected officials. County

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00:32:17

Buzz - 9-4 - 24 - Anne - Christine - DAdesky

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/04

Investigative journalist Anne-Christine D'Adesky, who may have been one of the first to come across the 900+ page right-wing report "Project 2025" in the fall of 2023, calls the plan "the Agenda of Christian Nationalism" and a "coup, planned and organized to take away the U. S. government as we know it". Her website, "Stop the Coup 2025" lists the key elements of this planned attack, funded, in large part, by ultra-conservative Leonard Leo and the Heritage Foundation, to convert the U.S. to a

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00:04:44

President Biden's Top Labor Advisor Attends LaborFest

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/04

Brendan Danaher, President Biden’s top labor advisor, was in Madison yesterday for the annual LaborFest.Danaher started advising the president on the intersection between labor policy and transportation issues soon after Biden took office in 2021. And before that, he was the executive director of the Transport Workers Union. Danaher was appointed to his current role as deputy director of the National Economic Council for labor and economy last year, while United Auto Workers and Detroit

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00:06:56

Congressman Mark Pocan Attends Madison's LaborFest

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/04

Yesterday’s LaborFest wasn’t just a local affair — a handful of national politicians also flocked to Park Street, joining the celebration of workers and the call to action. Labor Radio’s Jeannine Ramsey and Carol Weidel ran into U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Madison, who created a Labor Caucus in the House in 2020 alongside New Jersey Democratic Representative Donald Norcross. Pocan says the labor movement has made numerous strides in recent years but adds that one of their

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00:06:35

Labor Organizers Call for Job Security and Benefits

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/03

Labor organizers were on hand yesterday at LaborFest to answer questions about their fields of work and to spread the word about their unions. And despite the broad spectrum of professions represented at the event, many of the unions are spotlighting the same needs: job security and retirement plans that workers can trust. Labor Radio's Jeannine Ramsey sat down with Steamfitters Local 601 business agent Dean Julien and AFSCME Local 2412 President Pete Haney to learn more. Image courtesy: Chali

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00:05:38

Madison Celebrates Workers at Annual LaborFest

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/03

Hundreds of people gathered at the Madison Labor Temple yesterday to join this year’s LaborFest. Hosted by the South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, the festival celebrates workers and their contribution to society. And some attendees noted that yesterday’s crowd was bigger — and younger — than usual, with folks of all ages enjoying live music, food, and even a bouncy house. But LaborFest is more than just a party — it’s also a venue for local unions to spread the word about workers’ rights

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00:53:00

Pro Wrestling and Politics with Journalist Josephine...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/03

Hulk Hogan took the stage on night 4 of the Republican National Convention. He wore a blazer over a tank top with his own likeness and words "Real American" printed on the front. He yelled into the mic, "But what happened last week, when they took a shot at my hero." Hogan removed his jacket, continuing, "and they tried to kill the next president of the United States. Enough was enough." He began tearing through his shirt, and yells "and I said let Trumpamaina run wild." His shirt pulls away to

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00:07:56

Transparency Talk: A Tale of Two Cases

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/03

Whether the WIAA, for Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, is a state or private agency has long been in dispute. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has just agreed to hear the appeal of a case involving it. And meanwhile, parents battle the Brookfield Police Department to get body cam footage of their own son. Two cases of open records and open government in Wisconsin news. Breaking both down for us is Tom Kamenick, founder and president of the Wisconsin Transparency Project. He's joined by

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00:26:37

Immigration in the Time of Elections

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/02

Madison is an exceptional place to live for many reasons. Sure, we have our problems, our disagreements, our flaws. However, many things that we take for granted don’t exist everywhere. One of those exceptional but taken-for-granted things is Madison’s Community Immigration Law Center or CILC that has offered a free immigration law clinic since 2009 and legal representation services for those facing deportation since 2017. ***They are having an event at the Delta Beer Lab on Tuesday September

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00:54:46

Labor Organizing in Higher Ed with Jon Shelton and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/02

"I'm profoundly motivated this Labor Day," Jon Shelton tells A Public Affair host Douglas Haynes. Shelton, Vice-President for Higher Education of the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin, joins the program to discuss the labor movement in Wisconsin's public universities. We also hear from Daniel Leviton, co-president TAA-Madison, the labor union representing all graduate student workers at UW–Madison. They have this conversation in light of a recent regent vote to lay off 32 tenured-faculty at

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00:45:20

Forward Lookout: Special Labor Day Extended Edition!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/09/02

Forward Lookout has been on hiatus for a few months, after the decade-long producer went out and got a new job at the city. Brenda Konkel sits down with new co-host/producer Rebecca Kemble for an extended, welcome-back edition of the feature. They talk about why the Forward Lookout blog started decades ago, and why Madison's version of the Wheeler Report is still running. Plus: what's up with the city referendum, and how did the Police Civilian Review Board come to be? These two former alders

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00:27:32

Vicki talks with Local Author, Laura Paisley Beck

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/08/31

Vicki talks with Wa'am Writes founder, Laura Paisley Beck, about her new Interchangable Action Novel, "Licensed to Sell." Laura talks about coming out as Queer & as a writer at the same time - nobody was surprised - about either! We also hear a portion of Laura's recent book reading at A Room of One's Own bookstore in Madison.

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00:58:56

“I’m Like a Cruise Ship”

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/08/30

This week on Mel & Floyd: A nine pound preemie?; Immigrants taking 107% of available new jobs??; Is Orange Julius Caesar walking on the wild side now?; Blaming Pelosi; Voting shenanigans in Texas & Georgia; On a raft with Taft?; Yet another new virus; 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 large amounts of blood.Photo courtesy Billy Pasco on

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