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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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00:16:26

Kavitah Shah Interview

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/18

Hejira world music radio host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick interview of Kavita Shah about her new album, Cape Verdean Blues

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00:31:05

Wiscon Assembly Non-Binary Parents Caucus

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/18

Bill Interviews Assembly Reps Melissa Ratcliff and Ryan Clancy. Both are first term representatives in the Wisconsin Assembly. Both are also parents of transgender children. They saw a need for non-binary and trans-gender advocacy, at the State level, and took action. Image courtesy: Katie Rainbow/UNSPLASH

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00:29:00

The Obligation to Stand Up and Say Something

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/18

Samer Alatout, UW-Madison Buttel-Sewell associate professor of Community and Environmental Sociology, has been learning, teaching, thinking and talking about people and their environment for years. He’s also a Palestinian-American, born in Nablus but he says in a post on X on October 27th, “The main thing I believe is that this process of reconciliation, of opening up, of relating differently, of thinking of alternative futures, of ending more than a century of pain, of finding solid grounds for

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00:12:14

There Are No Bugs In Winter Zero Budget Science...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/16

If you’re a plant pathologist or biostatistician isolated during the pandemic, what do you do to relieve the boredom? Make a zero-budget science fiction film, of course. We’ll talk with Claudia Solis-Lemus and Daniel Pimentel Alarcón about their film “There are No Bugs in Winter,” which premieres this week at Union South.

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00:11:30

"Of The Embers" Tells Story Of Milwaukee Newhall...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/16

The Milwaukee Newhall House Hotel Fire stood as among the most deadly hotel fires in U.S. history for many years. Rita Williams Atkinson joins us to talk about her new book on the Newhall House Fire, “Of the Embers.”

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00:15:18

Low Income Housing Tax Credit the Good, the Bad and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/16

Dan Emmanuel of the National Low Income Housing Coalition gives us the good, the bad and the complicated on the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Can we do better? Most definitely? Will we? That’s another question.

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00:56:40

I Want a Picture of My Brain!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/16

This week on Mel & Floyd: There’s no rest for the aged; We’re all George Jetson; Clopsey’s big walk; Dictator for a day; MRI machine delivers Karma; Mel & Pants recount hospital adventures; Religious display vandalized in Iowa; An appropriate use for frozen rubles; David Brooks likes the top shelf stuff; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large

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00:03:55

DEI Deal Raises Questions about Legislative Overreach

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

DEI Deal Raises Questions about Legislative Overreach by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:53:20

What Happened at COP28, then Pending County Agreement...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30th to December 12th. Representatives from the nearly 200 participating countries made history when they agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. This came after COP28 president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber received backlash for claiming there was "no science" behind the push to phase-out fossil fuels. Senior Policy Analyst Courtney Federico was at COP28, and she joins Esty Dinur to explain

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00:55:23

Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz: Live from Willalby's!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

The Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz with Andy Moore is on location at Willalby's on Willy Street, for a year-in-review with special guests.

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00:48:20

The Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook With Food...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

The Dane County Farmers' Market is the largest producers-only farmers market in the nation. Last year, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. In celebration of that significant milestone, the DCFM has released a hardcover, full-color, 258-page cookbook. Amidst a history of the DCFM and beautiful photography of some of the market's producers, the cookbook also features 125 recipes that give a global spin to locally-sourced ingredients. With a foreward written by chef Tory Miller, and photographs by

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00:08:21

State Democrat Discusses Reproductive Justice

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

2023 is the “year of reproductive justice,” according to state Senator Kelda Roys - a Democrat from Madison. She says that, while the 1849 abortion ban has been lifted, the fight continues. This afternoon, she spoke to WORT News Producer Faye Parks to discuss what’s ahead. Image courtesy: Senator Kelda Roys via X.

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00:04:44

A Closer Look at the UW System's Deal with the State...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/15

In yesterday evening’s revote, the UW’s Board of Regents approved a controversial deal with state Republican leadership. Image courtesy: Jeff Miller for the University of Wisconsin-Madison via their website.

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00:17:33

Buzz - 12 - 13 - 23 - Lisa - Graves

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Investigative watchdog group True North Research, founded and headed by Lisa Graves, has kept an eye of a number of issues in 2023, including U. S. Supreme Court ethics issues -- failure of Clarence Thomas to recuse himself in conflict of interests cases and unreported gifts and travel of Justices, State Court election funding of right wing candidates, distortion of local public education school board by special interest groups, and more. Graves gives the details.

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00:20:36

Buzz - 12 - 13 - 23 - Kevin - Kamps

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, gives an update on Holtec's attempts to get authorization to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan, currently shut down and scheduled to be decommissioned, amidst issues of the age and condition of the power plant, and petitions to halt Holtec from receiving almost $12 billion of public money. Kamps suggests that something similar may occur at the Kewaunee Power Plant in Wisconsin.

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00:05:06

A Call to Action

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Janet Parker from World Beyond War, Madison Chapter, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss efforts to get political figures to support an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing war in Gaza that has resulted in the mass displacement of thousands of Palestinians and the death of hundreds of women and children in the region. The organization has been frustrated by the lack of support from liberal members of the US Congress, and they have finally scheduled a meeting with US Senator

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00:17:32

Walking to America

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Jean Claude Alvarez, a recently arrived asylum seeker, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to recount his months long journey traveling from Venezuela, primarily on foot. His arduous trek included a month long walk through the rain forest between Columbia and Panama and a crossing of the Rio Grande River. Joining Jean Claude during the interview were Adriana Soto from Interpreter’s Cooperative of Madison, and Dennis Noonan from the Catholic Worker group. The Interpreter’s Cooperative provides services to

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00:12:14

Three Wishes for Santa

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Three Wishes for Santa by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:52:49

Listener Call In Special

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

On this special edition of A Public Affair, host Allen Ruff opens the phone lines and welcomes the YOU, the listener, to be the guest. We hear from protestors outside of Tammy Baldwin's office. We talk about the war in Israel and Palestine, the opioid epidemic, water pollution at the airport, third-party candidates, student loans, Netanyahu, and more. Have ideas for Allen and future A Public Affair topics or guests? Email talk@wortfm.org Image by 652234 from Pixabay

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00:06:23

Forecast For Wednesday 12 - 13 - 23

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2023/12/14

Imagery from College of DuPage https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=global-northernhemiwest-08-48-1-100-4&checked=latlon-map&colorbar=undefined

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