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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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00:52:42

Do you know the birds in your backyard?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

Learning about your local environment is a great way to feel more at home. That’s the message that Madison Public Library’s latest Naturalist in Residence Andrea Debbink wants folks to understand. Debbink tells host Douglas Haynes about her love of black walnut trees and Starkweather Creek, recommends children’s nature books, and advises listeners on how to get to know your local birds. Featured image of a bee on a thistle flower, a native plant to Wisconsin. Photo by Greg Emmerich on Flickr (CC

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00:08:16

Forecast from Monday, 9-8-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

Forecast from Monday, 9-8-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:13:10

Saving a Species With a Frog Sauna

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

Could a sit in a sauna save an endangered frog population? Environmental journalist Saugat Bolakhe brings us the story of a surprisingly simple solution to a conservation problem in Australia.

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00:09:12

Canadian Wildfires in Perspective

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

Several Republican Congressional reps took the Canadian government to task for failing to contain forest fires this summer. As you might expect, the truth is more complicated. We speak with Natural Resources Canada Wildfire Scientist Richard Carr.

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00:13:00

White Collar Prosecutions Linked to Crime Victims...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

By law, revenues generated from federal prosecutions go to a special crime victims service fund. But that money has been drying up, forcing deep cuts in service agencies, such as rape crisis centers, around the country. Former federal prosecutor Martin Weinstein explains what’s going on and how to fix it.

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00:23:29

Learn About Immigration in Dane County

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

The Dane County League of Women Voters is holding an in-depth public forum on Dane County immigration issues on Tuesday September 9th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Everyone is invited to attend the forum either in the auditorium of the First Unitarian Society on University Bay Drive or online via Zoom. This trusted, nonpartisan community organization has invited three local experts on immigration and migrant communities to speak on what we all need to know and they will be available to answer questions and

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00:13:29

Budgets budgets budgets

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

Dane County and the City of Madison are kicking off budget season this week. Dane County is holding three hearings this week on departments' proposed budgets and the City's Finance Department will discuss the Mayor's proposed 2026 Capital Budget. Host Brenda Konkel and editor Christina Lieffring will talk you through all that and more on this week's Forward Lookout.

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00:07:30

womensequalityday

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/08

womensequalityday by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:08:04

A Tidal Wave of Cream

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/07

In this edition of “The Milkweed,” the supply of cream in the farm milk supply has been so huge that Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer take a deeper look into the bovine breeding and nutrition that caused this increase. With this veritable flood of cream, the price of butter has seen a significant collapse this summer.

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00:57:10

The Slide Into Fascism

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

This week on Mel & Floyd: Elmer and Saga step into Pants’ shoes; A visit from ..... Kraniak?!; The rumors of dear leader’s death were [sadly] greatly exaggerated; China to buy ONE soybean?; Coordinated flushing in Paris; The Plague coming back?; Adam Sandler as Homer SImpson??; Some names are automatically more Hire-able???; A space-related scam; AI generated Brad Pitt needs gift cards; The latest Wooly Mammoth news; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete Mel and Floyd

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00:51:36

Collective Acceleration Counteracts Modernity

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is joined by Norma Wong to talk about her new book, When No Thing Works. Wong says that it’s not true that nothing works, but it is true that there are many things that aren’t working. She wants people practice what she calls “collective acceleration” to counteract how everything is moving faster and faster toward devolution. This could look like envisioning better forms of governance (not governments), learning from the knowledge of Indigenous peoples, and creating

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00:09:06

Blake Sansbury

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

Two-time record holder Blake Sansbury joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz with his take on training, eggs, and racing Ironman Wisconsin.

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00:16:55

Welcome Poets

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

PBS Wisconsin’s Welcome Poets premieres today. Producer Colin Crowley joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to share how Nicholas Gulig and Lorine Niedecker connect across time.

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00:02:17

Ankurs Picks 09052025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

On the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz, Ankur Malhotra shares his picks for the best music events happening around Madison the next week.

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00:11:32

Jessie Opoein

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

Jessie Opoein joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz with a fall legislative preview and insights from her exclusive exit interview with Governor Tony Evers.

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00:14:59

Disabled Wisconsinites denied unemployment to get...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/05

Wisconsin law has blocked people on disability from collecting unemployment insurance for over a decade. That is, until a federal judge issued a summary judgement last July that the law is discriminatory and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the state’s Department of Workforce Development continued to reject claims for months after, arguing that the federal ruling wasn’t final. Further complicating the case, the court had yet to decide who qualifies for compensation and how much

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00:04:58

State Democrats are lockstep in repealing Walker-era...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/04

Flanked by a crowd of union members, Wisconsin Democrats introduced a package of bills today that seek to strengthen protections for the state’s workforce and promote a fair economy. Image courtesy: Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde via X.

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00:23:12

A Blast From the Past

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/04

A Blast From the Past by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:18:07

Surviving Sexual Violence

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/04

Surviving Sexual Violence by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:52:53

How the Drug Trade Relies on the US Military

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/09/04

Today we welcome Oswaldo Zavala back to the show. He speaks with guest host Carlos Dávalos about the myth of drug cartels, the US’s military occupation of Mexico, and his study of the Latin American author, Roberto Bolaño.Featured image: a remix of a photo of Oswaldo Zavala, the cover of Roberto Bolaño’s novel 2666, and the cover of the Spanish-language version of Zavala’s book, Los cárteles no exiten (Sara Gabler/WORT).

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