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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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00:55:45

OuttaDeebox Compilation (for Milwaukee Press Club...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

This is a compilation of two episodes of the OuttaDeeBox podcast, for submission to the Milwaukee Press Club awards.

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00:16:15

Kamini Natarajan Interview Mixdown

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

Hejira world music radio show host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick interview of Kamini Natarajan about her new album, Meera.

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00:07:26

Chaos of Winter Parking

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

In a lively interview, Andy Moore discusses Madison's (?) snow parking rules with Neal Bloom from the Streets Department. The conversation delves into snow emergency parking procedures, fines, and oddities... Despite the complexity of parking rules and an unexpected twist, the hosts and Neal manage to maintain a light-hearted tone throughout. Snowy street parking turns into a comedic exploration of municipal regulations. Despite initial confusion, it's revealed that Neal is from Madison,

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00:14:00

Winter Festival Of Poetry

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

The Winter Festival of Poetry kicks off at Arts Lit Lab, featuring poets from across Wisconsin. Organizer James Roberts discusses the event's ambitious curation, showcasing various poetry styles. Poets Amanda Reavey and Rachel Werner share insights on poetry's growing cultural prominence. They discuss their attraction to the art form and what makes a good poem. Amanda and Rachel each present two brief poems, offering a taste of the Winter Poetry Fest. A delightful exploration of poetry and community

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00:14:00

Climate Talk With Dr. Steve Vavrus

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

Wisconsinites shrug off subzero temps, focusing on Packers and politics. Dr. Steve Vavrus, a climate change expert, joins the Friday Buzz to discuss extreme weather trends. Dr. Vavrus addresses the challenge of understanding climate changes over millennia, connecting weather conditions to events like floods and wildfires. Delving into historical human impact on climate change, Vavrus covers Arctic melting rates and key contributors in 2024. Reflecting on Madison lakes' freeze-thaw trends, he

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00:07:48

State Lawmaker Proposes Task Force to Combat Violence...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

According to 2020 analysis from the CDC, Wisconsin is one of the deadliest states for Black women and girls. That year, 42 out of 100,000 Black women and girls were murdered. Representative Shelia Stubbs, a Democrat from Madison, says it’s time to address this epidemic of violence. Earlier today, she spoke with WORT News Producer Faye Parks to discuss a bill that would create a fact- and solution-finding task force. Image courtesy: Representative Shelia Stubbs via Facebook.

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00:04:29

Dane County Board to Vote on Jail Budget Hike

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/19

The Dane County Board has a packed agenda for tonight’s meeting. Supervisors are slated to vote on a number of resolutions, from the controversial airport lease agreement to the recognition of the National Day of Racial Healing. They’re also expected to vote on the latest budget hike for the Dane County jail project, which has been stalled for years. Image courtesy: Nate Wegehaupt for WORT News, at the Dane County jail with Sheriff Kalvin Barrett.

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00:03:12

8 Potential Sites Identified for Madison Amtrak Station

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

The plan to bring a passenger rail station to Madison is inching closer to a reality. At yesterday’s Transportation Commission meeting, city planners presented 8 potential sites for the new Amtrak rail station.

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00:13:13

Wisconsin Senate Passes Two Bills to Ban the Buns

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

No matter where you land on whether or not the World Naked Bike Ride is a good idea, it's easy to agree that spending time crafting and voting on bills to criminalize it seems like a poor use of time by our state's elected officials. According to Thursday 8 O'Clock Buzz guest Peter Keating, organizer of Madison's annual ride, one Dane County Supervisor's objection to being "assaulted by nudity" led him to file a police report, while U.S. Representatives Tom Tiffany and Scott Fitzgerald asked the

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00:52:51

Then and Now: Family Farms and Cheese Factories

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

Cheese heads. America's Dairyland. When you think of Wisconsin, you think of milk and cheese, but have you spent time to think about the people behind the dairy aisle? Host Bert Zipperer has. He grew up in a cheese factory that closed 40 years ago and he's talking about it on WORT airways. Joining him is Norman Patterson, a 5th generation farmer from Green County, and Pete Hardin, editor and publisher of The Milkweed. Photo by Andra C Taylor Jr on Unsplash

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00:48:56

Madison's Shoshauna Shy on bringing poetry to the public

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with local poet Shoshauna Shy. Shoshauna Shy has been involved in local poetry and literary events for decades. She founded the Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf program in 2004, a project with the mission of placing poetry in public places where it isn't expected. She's previously worked for the Wisconsin Humanities Council, where she helped create, coordinate and facilitate poetry programs for the Wisconsin Book Festival when it was just

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00:21:41

CBD for Dummies

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

Alan Robinson, a local purveyor of Delta 8 THC, joins the Thursday 8 O'Clock Buzz to educate hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz and our listeners on the intricacies of cannabinoids, their legal sale in Wisconsin and how the products he sells differ from those in nearby states which have legalized the sale of non-medical marijuana. Robinson, who owns Herbal Aspects along with two partners, also discusses the recently stalled Republican-sponsored bill to legalize the sale of medical marijuana, and his

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00:06:15

Forecast For Wednesday 1 - 17 - 24

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

Photo by David Devereaux-Weber

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00:02:29

Dane County Officials Unveil New Emergency Operations...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

Today in Fitchburg, county leaders and members of the emergency response community held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Dane County’s new Emergency Operations Center. Image courtesy: Faye Parks for WORT News, at the ceremony. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Emergency Management Director Charles Tubbs are pictured cutting the ribbon on the new center.

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00:06:54

State Lawmaker Opens New Grocery Store in Food Desert

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/18

A former strip club on East Washington Avenue is getting new life - as a grocery store. Gooh Grocery had its soft opening this weekend, with a grand opening planned for next Friday, the 26th. Representative Samba Baldeh, who represents the surrounding neighborhood in the state Assembly, is one of the co-owners. He spoke with WORT News Producer Faye Parks earlier today. Image courtesy: Gooh Grocery via their website.

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00:07:00

Monona Police will lift restrictions on pursuit...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/17

The Monona Police Department will soon lift restrictions to its police pursuit policy that were put in place after a pursuit on New Year’s Day ended in a crash that killed three people. Monona City Council members and mayor Mary O’Connor met Tuesday night to discuss the policy with Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney. Reporter Jess Miller has the story. Image courtesy Channel3000_Communities on Flickr, licensed under CC 2.0.

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00:53:02

Challenges to Trump on the Ballot explained

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/17

Citing the January 6th, 2021 insurrection, Trump's candidacy for president challenged in at least 35 states. The argument points to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says that a person cannot be elected to the office of president if they, as an officer of the United States, "engaged in insurrection or rebellion." Joining us to help us understand the argument is Professor Mark Graber and Attorney Amira Mattar. Together they help us understand the unprecedented

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00:13:23

Buzz - 1-17 - 24 - Afreen - Minai

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/17

January 11th marked the twenty-second anniversary of the opening of the U.S. black site prison of Guantánamo. Afreen Minai, Program Assistant for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, marked this occasion of the prison which held 730 men for interrogation, torture, and abuse -- and still holds 30 prisoners today, with her report "22 Years Later, Guantánamo and Its Dark Legacy Endure".

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00:16:09

Buzz - 1-17 - 24 - Felicia - Kornbluh

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/17

Starting with her mother's efforts to pass the first abortion rights law in New York State to the current day, Professor or History at the University of Vermont and author Felicia Kornbluh's book "A Woman's Life is a Human Life" chronicles efforts to decriminalize abortion, reverse forced sterilization abuses to women (particularly women of color), and the pending Women's Health Protection Act in Congress.

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00:19:23

Buzz - 1-17 - 24 - Katie - Beilfuss

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2024/01/17

Katie Beilfuss, Outreach Programs Director at the Wisconsin Wetlands Association, talks about the organization's goals to the protection, restoration, and enjoyment of wetlands and associated ecosystems through science-based programs, education, and advocacy. Wisconsin has already lost one-half of its original wetlands areas due to development, and decisions by courts are whittling away at what protections remain. Check out their Wetlands Coffee Breaks, live or pre-recorded Zoom conferences on their

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