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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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00:07:24

Dropping cheddar cheese pricing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Cheddar is the dairy industry’s cheese pricing basis. And with 90 percent of all Wisconsin milk going into the cheese vat, a sudden drop in the price of cheddar is a cause for alarm. In this edition of “The Milkweed,” Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer discuss the latest cheddar trends – and the many factors behind a significant price drop earlier this month. Photo by Tanya Barrow on Unsplash

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00:03:58

Madison Mixology: Hangover Cures Special

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

This week on “Madison Mixology”, feature contributor Charlie Belawski and fellow bartender Riley Kappel talk Hangovers. They’ll go in depth about their own experiences, odd cures and even some of their own remedies.

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00:53:02

The Intellectual Roots of Social Gospel Christians

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Today, Sara Gabler speaks with renowned theologian and social ethicist, Gary Dorrien, about his new memoir, Over from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life. Featured image of the cover of Over from Union Road by Gary Dorrien.

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00:08:28

Forecast from Monday, 8-25-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

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

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00:10:51

Finding Home on Highway_14

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Madison-based performance artist Nicole Gruter begins her cross-country journey down one of America’s iconic highways. We’ll hear Nicole’s first report from the road.

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00:13:21

Getting Medieval With the Society for Creative...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Are Madisonians aware that they live within the Barony of Jararvellir? The Society for Creative Anachronism’s Lauren Perry and Jim Polewski take us back to the middle ages.

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00:14:37

New Madison Clerk Ordered to Fix Election Process

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

More fallout from the City of Madison’s lost vote debacle greets the city’s new clerk. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur has the story.

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00:52:30

Tom Alesia, "Baseball Like It Ought to Be: How a Shoe...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Stu Levitan welcomes award-winning journalist Tom Alesia to discuss his new book, "Baseball Like It Ought to Be: How a Shoe Salesman's Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited a Summer Collegiate Baseball Revolution"

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00:13:20

Forward Lookout for August 25, 2025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

What will Madison's stronger tree protection ordinance mean for construction and infrastructure? Three City Committees are meeting (at the same time!) to talk through it. Hosts Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble will talk through those and all the other City and Dane County meetings this week on Forward Lookout.

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00:57:06

Ants Gone Wild!

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

This week on Mel & Floyd: The kazoo will be ready!; Musk’s DOGE cuts result in increased ant smuggling; Tommy Tuberville rails against male cheerleaders [R.J. needs to step it up to retain his “Dumbest Senator” title]; Fighter jet noise in Madison; A bumper crop is a bad thing?; Shocker: trump meme coins nearly worthless; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening

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00:52:19

Privatization Poisons Democracy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

There’s so much chaos in the news and in many communities across the country. To discuss this week’s headlines, Esty Dinur is joined by writer and political analyst, Mary Geddry. They discuss how Trump’s authoritarian chaos is spreading.Featured image of the exterior of a detention center via Flickr.

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00:29:07

8.20.2025 Queery

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Queery host, Gregg Potter, an international collaboration coach and Executive Director of the International Institute on Collaboration, helps us dig in an find some internal JOY! Sit a spell and listen in as Gregg coaches us to find the Joy from within each of us.

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00:10:36

Textile Arts Center new location

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Elizabeth Tucker joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to share how the Textile Arts Center’s new south side location opens September 7 with a quilt showcase.

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00:08:23

JP Hair Design

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

JP Patterson from JP Hair Design joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss free student haircuts this Sunday at the Alliant Center.

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00:01:59

Ankurs Picks 08222025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

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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00:18:56

Charlie Sykes 08222025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/22

Charlie Sykes joins the Friday Buzz to unpack Trump’s week of controversies, from Putin to the Smithsonian.

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00:08:37

Trump-ordered refiring of Michigan coal plant comes...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/21

Just days before a coal plant in Michigan was slated to retire, the Trump regime issued an emergency order in May to keep it running – one of a series of actions from the federal government responding to a “national energy emergency.” But the plant isn’t necessary to support the power grid even when demand is at its peak, according to both the utility company that owns it and Michigan state regulators. Dr. Ciaran Gallagher is the Energy and Air Manager at Clean Wisconsin. She tells our News

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00:05:32

Get To Know Jessica Price, Madison’s Sustainability...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/21

It takes a lot of staff to keep the city running, but many of them work behind the scenes. This week on “Get To Know Your Local Government,” WORT reporter Sutton Johnson returns to City Hall to meet Jessica Price, the city of Madison’s Sustainability and Resilience Manager. Price describes her average day at the office, what the city is doing to reduce emissions, and what other cities might be able to learn from Madison’s sustainability policies. Image courtesy of Dylan Brogan

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00:53:09

Christian Right Leads Attacks on Student Activists

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/21

In July, American Muslims for Palestine released a timely report that surveys efforts to suppress Palestinian solidarity movements. On the show today, host Allen Ruff is joined by the author of the report, Halah Ahmad. She says that the repression of pro-Palestine student activists began before Trump took office but have only escalated in the last few months. Moreover, the Trump administration is going after any immigrant students, regardless of their affiliation with these movements. The report

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00:04:57

Senator Tammy Baldwin Fights To Maintain Federal...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/21

Wisconsin U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is fighting back against the Trump regime’s bid to dismantle the Department of Education. She joined Madison area education leaders this morning to outline what’s at stake. Image courtesy: Senator Tammy Baldwin via X, pictured left alongside MMSD Superintendent Joe Gothard.

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