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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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00:03:54

Approved Amendments Could Complicate Some Clerks' Jobs

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

Last week, Wisconsin voters approved both statewide referendums on the ballot. In doing so, they codified two constitutional amendments with conservative backing. But how will this affect election procedure moving forward? Image courtesy: Chali Pittman for WORT News.

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00:04:49

Here's how EPA's new PFAS thresholds will impact...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

New federal Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced the first drinking water standards for PFAS chemicals. The first-ever standard could help reduce exposure to the toxic chemicals for some 100 million Americans. W-O-R-T reporter David Ahrens has the story. Image courtesy Dane County Public Health Department.

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00:54:33

Real Life Parks and Rec: Celebrating Carousel Bayrd's...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

After more than 10 years on A Public Affair, host Carousel Bayrd is stepping away from the show. To celebrate, we have a round table of colleagues and friends who work in different realms of local government. Analiese Eicher, Jenni Dye, and Ali Muldrow join Carousel to talk about the unique challenges they have each faced and why they keep showing up day after day.

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00:57:47

Community Supported Agriculture & Local Farming

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

The Fair Share Coalition discussed CSAs and the benefits and challenges our local farmers face. In studio: - Clare Stoner Fehsenfeld, Executive Director of FairShare CSA Coalition - Tess Romanski, Communications & Development Manager, FairShare - Caroline Failon, Administrative Coordinator, FairShare - Chiang Rai Lor, Aggregation Coordinator, FairShare - Levi Bird, Program Intern, FairShare - Scott Laeser, Farmer, Plowshares & Prairie Farm - Marit Hovey, Apprentice, Crossroads Community

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00:43:16

Angela Trudell Vasquez on Poetry in her Life

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Angie Trudell Vasquez. Angie Trudell Vasquez is a poet, writer, performer, and activist. She is the current City of Madison Poet Laureate, and the first Latina to hold this position. In April of 2023, Angela won first place for her chapbook My People Redux in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest for 2022. Angie began writing seriously when she was seven years old. Her grandmother purchased a diary for her, and this is

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00:08:55

Black Male Suffrage

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

In the early 1840s, Wisconsin met the critical mass for becoming a state. The population was a mix of Native People, North Easterners, and those from the upper South. Many came as a result of the Lead Rush in the 1820s and decided to stay. There are also Black People whose arrival can be traced back to the 1720s, coming into the state with the French fur traders. Some also came with southern officers and several arrived enslaved and remained so for 12 years, having falsely been promised their

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00:11:10

Buzz - 4-10 - 24 - Mary - McCoy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

Mary McCoy, Outreach Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and organizer of an upcoming multimedia event "Requiem for a Massacre: A Concert of Healing and Reconciliation with Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Screening of 'The Whistleblower of My Lai'" on April 14 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, at the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium. This free event will include documentary showing how the Kronos Quartet produced a haunting opera, "My Lai", that reveals the inside story of the tragic My Lai Massacre during

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00:16:45

Buzz - 4-10 - 24 - Wendy - Vi

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

White people in the U. S. are being discriminated against -- at least that's the opinion authors of the document "Project 2025" -- a far-right playbook for their proposed changes to the U. S. society, according to Wendy Via, CEO and Co-founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. This group tracks, monitors, and exposes the rise of far right extremism worldwide, and has identified over 100 sponsors of the document, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, many with racist ties.

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00:21:53

Buzz - 4-10 - 24 - Amy - Atalla - Hill

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/10

Blocked by Zionists from becoming an "official" Madison Sister City in 2004, the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project nevertheless continues their efforts of humanitarian aid to Rafah and the entire Palestinian people through their collaboration with the Middle East Children's Alliance. Organizer Amy Atalla Hill talks about an upcoming fundraiser "Remembering Rachel Corrie: A Benefit for Gaza Emergency Relief", free, donation-supported event on Sunday, April 14, 2024, from 1:30-3:30 at the Christ

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00:09:08

The Cap Times’ Allison Garfield Discusses Housing...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/09

Over the last month, Madison residents have been debating the pros and cons of the city’s draft West Area Plan. But there’s a second area plan that’s also in development - the draft plan for Madison’s northeast side. And that plan is getting far less public engagement. Allison Garfield, a local government reporter with the Cap Times, published an article yesterday outlining the draft Northeast Area Plan. She gave our News Producer Faye Parks the rundown earlier today. Image courtesy: City of

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00:02:07

Governor Evers Calls Special Budget Meeting on PFAS...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/09

Today, Governor Evers renewed his call for state lawmakers to release $125 million in PFAS remediation funding. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman for WORT News.

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00:53:32

Reproductive Research at UW's CORE with Zakiyyah...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/09

Today we are continuing our conversation about reproductive rights with an intuitive from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) conducts and translates rigorous, interdisciplinary research to inform policies and programs so that all Wisconsinites may live with reproductive autonomy. CORE's Zakiyyah Sorensen and Mfonobong Ufot join host Ali Muldrow to talk about the work and the reality of doing reproductive research

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00:07:48

Kat Welbeck of the Student Borrower Protection Center...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

President Biden visited Madison today - his third trip to Wisconsin since the start of this year. And he used his campaign stop at Madison College to announce a student debt relief plan. But this isn’t the Biden Administration’s first attempt to do so. His original plan faced numerous legal challenges and was ultimately struck down in the Supreme Court last year. That plan had many supporters, including the Student Borrower Protection Center, a national nonprofit organization. Our News Producer,

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00:04:05

Madison Joins the Nationwide Solar Eclipse Fervor

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

Today's partial solar eclipse began around 12:50 and lasted for about two and a half hours. And while Madison wasn't within the path of totality, Madisonians still stepped outside to watch the skies - witnessing a rare moment as the wind died down and shadows became crescent-shaped. On campus, Library Mall was crawling with hundreds of students. A smaller group of amateur astronomers gathered on Observatory Hill to get a better view. News Producer Faye Parks was there as the partial eclipse

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00:11:02

Poet Honorees of the Wisconsin Book Festival Visit...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

Poet Honorees of the Wisconsin Book Festival Visit WORT Studio by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:10:51

Advocate Max Blaska Launches Mental Health Warrior...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

Advocate Max Blaska Launches Mental Health Warrior Film Festival by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:13:09

Reema Ahmad of Listen To Wisconsin Comments on the...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

Reema Ahmad of Listen To Wisconsin Comments on the Campaign to End the War in Gaza by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:07:53

Stuff Yer Face: Laurel Burleson of the Ugly Apple Cafe

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

Earth Day is right around the corner. This week on our new food feature, Stuff Yer Face, listen to how Ugly Apple Cafe chef and owner Laurel Burleson utilizes "ugly produce" to fuel workers in the Dane County Courthouse and the downtown Madison community, serving breakfast all day. Feature producer Emily Tucker goes on site to talk all things food with Laurel at the cafe.

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00:53:27

How The Government Created Segregation with Richard...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

On today's show, host Christina Lieffring talks with Richard Rothstein about his latest book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Just Action was co-written by Leah Rothstein, Richard's daughter and housing policy expert in her own right. Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten

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00:52:00

"Bending Granite" tells tales of leading...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/04/08

How do you make change at organizations that resemble hard granite, and aren't designed to bend? Only by patiently and persistently nudging them forward day-by-day, one improvement at a time. On today's show, host David Ahrens speaks with Tom Mosgaller and Michael Williamson. Both are co-authors of Bending Granite: 30+ true stories of leading change (Acta Publications, 2022). It's a compilation of organizational leaders who write about how they helped to continuously improve. And it might lend

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