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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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00:23:09

Death by Chocolate

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/07

Even if you don't own a dog, you'll like this interview...It has it all-Chocolate, invention, dogs, chocolate... Two dog-owning, dog-loving entreprenuerial types based in Madison Wisconsin have come up with a product that seems way overdue, given our national obsession with chocolate, and our national obsession with dogs. There seems to be an unfortunate inability (for the dogs of the world) for a canine's digestive system to cope with certain toxins found in chocolate, namely caffeine and

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00:14:55

Supreme Court Slows the Already Slow Pace of Trump's...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/07

In a 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court overruled the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to remove Donald Trump from the state's presidental ballot on the grounds that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for his role in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The Court also agreed to hear Trump's presidential immunity case, with oral arguments to begin on April 25. Thursday 8 O'Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castańeda and Eli Wilz are joined this morning by Paul Collins, Jr., Professor of Legal Studies

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00:06:34

Forecast For Wednesday 3 - 6-24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/07

Screen Grab of Upper-level Water Vapor Imagery for North America (GOES-East) from College of DuPage https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=global-northamerica-08-48-1-100-2&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

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00:04:38

Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/07

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Madison today - following a decisive Super Tuesday. But she didn’t receive a warm welcome downtown - where a pro-Palestine rally gathered to criticize the Biden Administration. Image courtesy: Faye Parks for WORT News at the press event.

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00:08:17

1967 Milwaukee Riots

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Born in 1951 Matt Mixon and spent his formative years living in Central Milwaukee. As a teen, his family moved to the Northside. Change is hard especially when it comes without warning. But what happens when the demand for change is ignored for too long. During the Long Hot Summer of 1967 African American People across the country grew tired of waiting for fair housing, employment, and the end to abusive police tactics. Racial tensions were high, and the city was on the brink of something...big

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00:08:42

Got Dolls? Sleep With One Eye Open

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Sarah Anne Carter, PhD is the Executive Director, Center for Design and Material Culture and Assistant Professor, Design Studies in the School of Human Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She’s also kinda into creepy things…like dolls. Dead Dolls. In this edition of Radio Chipstone, contributor Gianofer Fields, tries not to give Dr. Carter the side eye. I mean…dead dolls. REALLY?

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00:02:50

Insomnia In New York City

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Material Culture typically uses words to describe an existing object. What happens when a poet uses them to create a single moment in your imagination. In this segment of Radio Chipstone, contributor Gianofer Fields shares an excerpt from an upcoming episode of her podcast Refrangible and keeps her words to herself. The subject is Home. This poem is entitled, Insomnia in New York City. Not to worry, the microphone is in the very capable hands of Chicago Poet Marvin Tate.

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00:52:57

Wisconsin's Vibrant Culinary Landscape as seen on Top...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Cap Times Food editor and arts reporter Lindsay Christians, says that Wisconsin cuisine is definitely cheese curds, beer, frozen custard, and cranberries, but there's more to it. "It also has these incredible indigenous roots. And it has these global influences. To reduce it to like a variation on hot dish or something is really reductive," she explains. "There's so much more nuance and more variety and diversity in the cuisine here." Lindsay is a day-one fan of Top Chef and had the privilege of

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00:06:42

Tying Up Loose Ends

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Carolyn Kallenborn is a professor in Human Ecology, Textiles, and Fashion Design Program Coordinator for the School of Human Ecology at UW Madison. Well she was until she decided to retire at the end of the Spring Semester. As an artist, Kallenborn’s inspiration comes from her many trips to Oaxaca, Mexico. She says her work with indigenous artists changed how she saw the integration between the arts and our daily lives. In this episode of Radio Chipstone, Kallenborn tells contributor Gianofer

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00:14:08

Buzz - 3-6 - 24 - Mike - Ferner

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

The recent self-immolation by serviceman Aaron Bushnell to protest U. S. support of the Israeli killings in Palestine brings to light past military service member protests on the U. S. involvement in wars. Mike Ferner, National Director of Veterans for Peace, talks about his change to conscientious objector status following his experiences in Vietnam. Ferner discusses the "madmen arsonists who are running the country" and how the weapon manufacturers are pushing the country to light the fires of war

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00:06:59

Buzz - 3-6 - 24 - Jerome - Dillard

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Jerome Dillard, Executive Director of Ex-Incarcerated Persons Organizing (ExPO) talks about that organization and their upcoming showing of "The 50", a full-length film about 50 inmates in a California prison using their experience to create the first in-prison inmate organized drug counseling program. The film, with discussion after, will be shown on Friday, March 8, from 6-9pm at Urban League Black Business Hub, 2352 S. Park Street.

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00:18:29

Buzz - 3-6 - 24 - Mylo - Choy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Combining the relationship of life to running, Mylo Choy's graphic novel, "Middle Distance", relates Choy's life experience as a non-binary person to their relationship with running. Choy will be a part of the Wisconsin Book Festival, and will talk about the book at the Madison Central Library on March 11, 2024, at 7pm.

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00:09:10

Working as a Truck Driver (Part 2)

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Take a look around at your beloved belongings around your home. It was likely that any, if not all, of those items once spent time on the road in a truck. “Every item in our home comes from someone who was not home”, says Danielle while she shares insights about the joys and challenges of life behind the wheel.

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00:25:15

“My life and my work are my only response”

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Indian author, activist and teacher Harsh Mander talked with Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal on WORT’s World View program. Mander has notably worked all of his professional life in the service to his country and to all the people of India. He talked to World View about his new book, ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People’ about the Indian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said he needed to write this book to recall the grave humanitarian crisis beginning in 2020

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00:08:42

Tyler Katzenberger on the Greenbush Neighborhood’s...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

Madison’s Greenbush Neighborhood, on the near-west side, has a long history of redevelopment and change. One such redevelopment in the '60s nearly erased the Black, Jewish, and Italian communities that had settled in the area. Now, community leaders and stakeholders are looking to change the face of Regent Street once again. But they say, this time, they’re striving to respect Greenbush’s history while they do it. Last week, Tyler Katzenberger, a freelance reporter for the Cap Times, published an

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00:03:41

Common Council To Revisit Budget Woes Tonight

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/06

The Madison Common Council is at the beginning of a long, stressful budget process – and a looming $27 million shortfall. And there’s a range of paths for city leaders to prioritize, largely at the direction of the Common Council. Those options range from serious spending cuts to a referendum on the ballot in November. Another option before the council tonight is looking for a long-term solution. Image courtesy: Brian Standing for WORT.

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00:03:17

Local 139 on Their 28th Day of Striking Against HM...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/05

If you're walking at the campus end of State Street, you might notice a giant inflatable rat towering over you. Behind Scabby the Rat is an ongoing dispute over unfair labor practices.

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00:49:33

Bernardo Caamal Itzá: A Public Affair in English

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/05

Bernardo Caamal Itzá joins host Diego Alegría on this special edition of A Public Affair to talk about his 37 years on the airways, the problem of censorship, and the documentary Maya Land: Listening to the Bees.

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00:40:24

Bernardo Caamal Itzá: A Public Affair en Español

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/05

Bernardo Caamal Itzá acompaña al anfitrión Diego Alegría en esta edición especial de A Public Affair para hablar sobre sus 37 años en la radio, el problema de la censura y el documental La tierra maya: meliponas, milpas y la defensa de la vida.

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01:22:12

Bernardo Caamal Itzá on Community Radio, Mayan...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/03/05

Bernardo Caamal Itzá, also known as “Arux” in Yucatán, is a social communicator, radio producer, and a promoter of the culture and rights of the Mayas. His first well known show in Mayan language, “Arux K’at,” was broadcasted on Mayan radio stations in the Yucatán Peninsula in 1997 and is currently re-transmitted on various radio stations. His recent book Tsíkbalo’ob yaan ichil u sáastun Arux (Stories in the sáastun of Arux, 2023) co-authored with his daughter Victoria Caamal Sabido, is a bilingual

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