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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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00:07:23

Following Public Outcry, Madison City Planners Amend...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

City planners have amended their vision for Madison’s west side - after months of pushback from some vocal residents. Urban planner Linda Horvath is a project manager on the draft West Area Plan. She told our News Producer Faye Parks this afternoon that they are still taking feedback - and are working to address everyone’s concerns. Image courtesy: The city of Madison Planning Division via their website.

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00:03:18

UW-Madison Faculty and Staff Stage Walkout in Support...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

This afternoon at UW-Madison, faculty and staff staged a walkout and rally in support of the liberated zone on Library Mall. That comes after university administrators promised no further police raids of the Gaza solidarity encampment - as long as their negotiations with student protesters continue. Image courtesy: Faye Parks / WORT News.

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00:09:25

Forecast For Monday, 5 - 6-24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

Forecast For Monday, 5 - 6-24 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:54:20

The City of Madison Want YOU to Engage with the Budget

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

The 2025 City of Madison operating budget, which funds the city's daily operations, is facing at $27 million dollar deficit. The city is facing some tough choices as it balances the budget. Alders and city staff are hosting a number of citywide budget engagement sessions to share information about the budget and hear from residents. A Public Affair host Douglas Haynes is joined in studio by Mayor's Chief of Staff Sam Munger, Finance Director David Schmiedicke, and Alder Yannette Figueroa-Cole to

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00:50:35

Poet Daniel Khalastchi on Wordplay, the Collision of...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with poet Daniel Khalastchi about hist new collection The Story of Your Obstinate Survival (2024, University of Wisconsin Press). The Story of Your Obstinate Survival is a propulsive collection. It’s very funny, uncannily mundane and starkly surreal. The poems are a collision of juxtapositions and images, each one brimming with a vigor and vitality that demands re-reading, reading aloud, and maybe even setting to music. The lyrical

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00:07:08

Stuff Yer Face: Bunyamin Erk of The Mediterranean Joint

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/06

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, Feature Producer Emily Tucker sits down with chef and owner Bunyamin Erk of The Mediterranean Joint on Williamson Street. Bunyamin and his brother Ender opened The Mediterranean Joint last August and have hit their stride, offering up a variety of dishes from the Mediterranean region, including their home of Turkey. Emily and Bunyamin discuss the journey to opening their first restaurant, the joys and challenges of the food industry, and the importance

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00:57:53

Appreciating the Reality of Existence

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

This week on Mel & Floyd: Reminiscing on the Nixon tape transcripts and just how tricky Dick was; Expanding the borders of crazy; Noem’s trail of dead animals overshadows her makeover into the “Auburn Ivanka”; A Brit misbehaves on a plane - it’s not just Americans!; More on the “kimono technician”; Negotiating a new debt limit; Mar-a-lago - if Louis XIV was a tasteless A-hole; Some monkey news; Orangutan self-medicates; Some Grimm explications; Big stink in LaCrosse; And other random topics;

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00:53:17

"Their Priority is Not Our Well Being": Grad Students...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

All this week, students have been camped out on Library Mall to protest Israel's war on Palestine. They join students nation-wide who are putting pressure theirs colleges and the US government to disinvest in the war and ultimate end the genocide in Gaza.Wednesday morning, a combined police force attempted to remove the tents and protestors. Dozens of people were arrested and several sustained injuries. Since then, the police raids have stopped and Chancellor Mnookin has met with faculty and

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00:07:20

India Viola

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

India Viola, a bike advocate and educator, shared her expertise outside the T station on Doty Street. While not a mechanic, India teaches repair classes at UW Madison's Bicycle Resource Center. She emphasized the center's free tools and resources, available to both students and the community.

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00:17:55

Willkie Sprint With Kerry Hellmuth

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

Kerry Hellmuth, author of "Willkie Sprint: A Story of Friendship, Love, and Winning the First Women's Little 500 Race," shared her journey on an international call. The Little 500, based on the Indianapolis 500, is a bike race held at Indiana University. Kerry, a Madison native, discussed her unexpected entry into cycling and her freshman year participation in the inaugural women's race. Despite initial doubts, her dorm-formed team, Wilkie Sprint, surprised everyone by winning. The book, inspired by

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00:18:17

Safe Routes To Schools With Natalie Schad

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

Natalie Schad, the Dane County Youth Education Program Manager for Wisconsin Bike Fed, highlighted Safe Routes to School programming and encouraged people to visit Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day events near them. She addressed the decline in children walking or biking to school since 1969, emphasizing the importance of encouraging active transportation. She discussed the misconception that passive transport is safer due to decreased fatalities, citing the need for advocacy to promote walking and

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00:06:35

Faculty show support of student protesters

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

Holding signs that say, “Hands off Gaza, hands off our students,” UW-Madison faculty showed their support of students at Library Mall. Photo courtesy of Sara Gabler/WORT News.

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00:04:35

UW-Madison encampment meets with administrators, gets...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/03

Despite the rain, students remain committed to their peaceful encampment on UW-Madison’s Library Mall. Some even met with University officials to begin negotiating their demands that include the university divesting from Israel. Photo courtesy of Sara Gabler/WORT News.

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00:03:22

Madison High Schoolers Join Annual May Day Walk Out

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/02

Yesterday was May Day, a holiday that celebrates better working conditions for laborers across the world. And this morning, Madison high school students walked out of class as part of an annual May Day march, when students demand better working conditions for immigrants. This year, though, students also took the opportunity to criticize school administration and show solidarity with Palestine. Image courtesy: Nykong Riek.

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00:52:45

A Modern Nuclear Threat with W.J. Hennigan

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/02

writes about the U.S. military and national security issues in Washington, D.C. He has reported from more than two dozen countries across five continents, covering war, the arms trade, and the lives of U.S. service members. Photo by Artem Zhukov on Unsplash

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00:28:21

Great Lakes Biobank works to save threatened species

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/02

Great Lakes Biobank works to save threatened species by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:05:47

Forecast For Wednesday 3 - 1-24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/02

Photo by David Devereaux-Weber

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00:05:28

Police Invade "Liberated Zone," Leading to Injuries...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/02

Early this morning, police marched into the Gaza solidarity encampment - where they clashed with student demonstrators and made almost three dozen arrests. But the encampment is already back on its feet. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News. Shows demonstrators practicing defensive protest tactics.

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00:08:57

Samer Alatout on His Detention and Why He's Protesting

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/01

Today's police response to the peaceful encampment at UW-Madison resulted in injuries all around - for students, faculty, and police officers. Two UW faculty are confirmed to have been arrested and assaulted by police: Sociology Professor Samer Alatout and Gender and Women’s Studies professor Sami Schalk. Just after police retreated this morning, WORT caught up with Professor Alatout, who was bruised and sporting band aids covering wounds on his shoulder, nose and hand. Alatout told News

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00:02:50

Mt. Horeb Schools Locked Down Due to Active Shooter

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/05/01

Earlier today, schools in the village of Mount Horeb - 20 minutes west of Madison - were locked down after an active shooter threat outside the school. No students or educators were harmed, though students continued to be locked down past the end of the normal school day. Image courtesy: Ellen Macdonald via Flickr.

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