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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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00:13:39

Vanessa McDowell Atlas

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/26

After nine years as the Madison YWCA's first black woman CEO, Vanessa McDowell-Atlas announced her departure to lead Black Girl Ventures. In this interview, McDowell-Atlas discussed the challenges and importance of her work at the intersection of race and gender equity. She reflected on personal learnings, identified community progress in Madison, and highlighted areas for growth. Discussing her tenure's most satisfying experience, she praised the community's positive changes. McDowell-Atlas

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00:16:26

Tony Evers

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/26

In this 8 O’Clock Buzz interview following his 2024 State of the State Address, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers discussed a diverse array of topics. The speech highlighted the administration's achievements and introduced initiatives in healthcare, education, and workforce, with Evers not hesitating to criticize Republican opposition sitting right behind him. The conversation delved into bipartisan accomplishments, the impact of the Shared Revenue increase on communities like Wausau, and a response to

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00:08:39

Wisconsin Policy Forum’s Mark Sommerhauser Explains...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/26

State Republicans are pushing forward several bills to cut taxes – in the hopes that Governor Evers would be willing to sign at least one of them. And Governor Evers is searching for solutions to Wisconsin’s child care crisis. Meanwhile, a recent report from Wisconsin Policy Forum found that child tax credits are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Mark Sommerhauser, the Communications Director at the Policy Forum, was one of the authors of that report and spoke to WORT News Producer

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00:03:55

Bill to Criminalize "Child Sex Dolls" Heads to Evers’...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/26

A bill that would criminalize the manufacturing, sale, and possession of “child sex dolls” is headed to Governor Evers’ desk. Image courtesy: WORT News via Flickr. Pictures Wisconsin's Senate Floor.

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00:03:44

Test of local creek shows high levels of chloride...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/26

It's Winter Salt Awareness Week. And earlier today, local water resource engineers gave a demonstration on how they test local waterways for chloride contamination from road salt.

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00:11:33

Biker Kids

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Kristie Goforth, executive director of Bikes for Kids Wisconsin, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss her organization’s attempts to make bicycling sustainable, equitable, and affordable as a means of everyday transportation for under-served communities in Dane County and beyond. Started in 2017 the “bikes for kids” program in Madison was initially organized as a local chapter of a national organization with a four-month operations model providing free bikes. However, the organization wanted to be

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00:21:43

Unaffordable Housing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

The goal of providing permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless in Madison will be taking a big hit if a proposed sale of the properties at Rethke Terrace and Tree Lane Apartments goes through as planned. After opening in 2016, the Housing First Initiative projects have been plagued by mismanagement and have recently gone into receivership. Attempts to find new management, that have not been transparent, have supposedly failed and now tenants at these properties will be evicted

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00:10:35

Madison Library's Bubbler Program announces open call...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Madison Library's Bubbler Program announces open call for artists by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:53:02

Another Evers-Appointee Rejected

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Last week, Republican state senators fired an Evers-appointed Public Service Commission (PSC) member. Tyler Hueber, who had been serving on the PSC for nearly four years, is just the latest of the governor's appointees to be fired by way of rejected confirmation. Eight others were fired last year, and that's after the 2019 firing of Brad Pfaff from the Department of Agriculture. Joining Allen Ruff to explain this new trend at the state capitol is Wisconsin Examiner's Erik Gunn.

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00:26:18

Buzz - 1-24 - 24 - Andre - Gagne

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Did you ever wake up at night and wonder why Trump is the favored son of the Evangelical right? After all, he has proven he barely knows the Bible. Professor and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Andre Gagne, explains in his book entitled "Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times" how the New Apostolic Reformation is working on a movement featuring the Political Theology of Power, with a strategy for Christians should

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00:20:47

Buzz - 1-24 - 24 - Joan - Laurion

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Thirty-eight years ago, in the middle of an armed conflict, Arcatao, El Salvador, became the first of many Madison Sister City Projects. Joan Laurion talks about their involvement in the national US-El Salvador Sister Cities, a grass-roots network of U.S. citizens and residents who have formed ongoing partnerships with rural communities in El Salvador, working for social change. Laurion also discusses their planned summer trip to Arcatao, and how you can get involved in their work.

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00:06:25

Forecast For Wednesday 1 - 24 - 24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Screen shot of Water Vapor Image, Pacific Basin & North America from College of DuPage https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=global-northernhemiwest-08-48-0-100-4&checked=latlon-map&colorbar=undefined

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00:09:11

Common Cause Wisconsin’s Jay Heck on Republican Maps...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

Map proposals in the state Supreme Court…a rushed bill in the legislature…What is going on with Wisconsin’s voting maps? And what happens next? Jay Heck is the Executive Director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a nonpartisan citizens’ lobby that advocates for election ethics and reform. He gave WORT News Producer Faye Parks the rundown earlier today. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman for WORT News.

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00:03:47

A Rundown of Yesterday’s Events in the State Capitol

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/25

For his sixth time, Governor Tony Evers gave his annual State of the State address yesterday, naming his top priorities and declaring 2024 the "Year of the Worker." That comes amidst a flurry of activity in the Republican-led Legislature - continuing some of the last year’s most high-profile fights with the governor: over abortion, over childcare, over taxes, and over maps. Image courtesy: WisEye.

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00:05:10

January 26: Union Army May Recruit African-American...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

January 26th is the anniversary of the day in 1863 that the U.S. War Department first authorized Massachusetts to recruit African-Americans into the Union Army. Initially more than a thousand men responded, one fourth from slave states, some from as far away as Canada and the Caribbean.

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00:53:11

Looking to Each Other with Maurice Mitchell

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

As primary season is in full swing across the country, we invite an organizer who is working beyond and within the country's two party system. Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell joins host Sara Gabler to talk about the mission behind the organization and the power of lateral organizing. "There is an untapped multiracial coalition of everyday people, that if we were to find each other, and to insist on being in relationship with each other and struggling with each other, we

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00:13:32

Bipartisan bill would expand rights for DACA enrollees

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

A series of new bipartisan proposals in the Wisconsin Legislature would expand rights for DACA recipients. One immigrant rights activist group, Wisconsin WISDOM, has found surprising bipartisan support for these series of bills. Organizers Tony Gonzalez and Amanda Ali join WORT host Brian Standing for more about this legislation. Photo courtesy Susan Ruggles on Flickr, used under CC 2.0.

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00:11:57

Working as a Snow Plow Driver (Part 1)

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

We have all heard it- the whooshing sound of snow being pushed to the side of the road during a winter storm. This week on Madison's Backbone, Jamison and Riley discuss working behind the wheel as a Snow Plow Driver for the city of Madison. Bundle up and listen close to get the scoop about qualifications, equipment classes, and salt usage on the roads everyone relies on.

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00:48:16

(Introducing) Too Turnt Up Tuesday

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, joined by Lolo Lature and RR Moore, it’s a snow day show! Everybody is staying home safe from the ice, talking about all the things going on around, showing up on time, boundaries and more! Coming up this weekend: Gary Knowledge and the Madison Hip Hop Festival at the High Noon Saloon Saturday (1/27): https://www.high-noon.com/event/wisconsin-hip-hop-fest-2/ … And lots more in February! Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online

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00:02:56

Common Council May Update Madison’s Street-Naming Policy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/24

Madison’s Common Council has a packed agenda for tonight’s meeting. They’ll consider numerous items - from allowing bows and arrows at supervised events to reviewing a bike taxi application. One item being introduced tonight has been in the works for several years: an update to the city’s street-naming policy. Image courtesy: Simply Homes Properties via their website. Pictures the Jannah Village subdivision.

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