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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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00:15:15

City Clerk Baked Cookies While Votes Went Uncounted

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/28

The Wisconsin Election Commission has harsh words for former Madison City Clerk Maribeth Wetzel-Behl’s handling of missing ballots in the 2024 election. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur reports.

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00:27:26

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa: Using Medicine and Solidarity to...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/28

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a general, trauma and critical care surgeon who practices in California, spoke multiple times in Madison about his experience treating patients in hospitals in Gaza. Dr. Sidhwa volunteered at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, from March 25-April 8, 2024. He returned to serve in Nasser Hospital from March 3-April 1, 2025. He’s also worked in Ukraine, Haiti, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso. Earlier this year Dr. Sidhwa testified at the UN about his time in Gaza, giving a

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00:04:49

The Past Isn't Past: Real del Monte silver miners...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/28

This Wednesday July 30th is the anniversary of the start of the Real del Monte Miners Strike in 1766 in Mexico. The silver mines there were the site of the first strike in North America. The workers won the strike, despite attacks from Recogedores gangs paid by mine owners and the arrest of strike leaders. Image: Monumento al Minero, Real de Monte, Hgo. Image source: Shared under creative commons on Wikipedia by Richardth

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00:07:51

Tariff realities and the food supply

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/27

August 1 is the deadline for nations to accept Trump’s proposed tariffs or be subjected to exponential increases to the tariffs on imports from many nations across the globe. Since 2019, the US has been a net importer of food with Brazil, Mexico, and Canada being the major suppliers. Bert and Pete discuss what could happen if these nations retaliate with tariffs in kind and how that will affect the costs of consumers’ food supply.

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00:56:24

Aliens and Gargoyles

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/26

This Week on Mel & Floyd: Luther [Luthor?] is back again as is Saga; A book about missing Madison gargoyles; About that South Park episode...; Gender scandal in France?; We’re the “Rats control everybody” people; A gargoyle tour AND a cheese tour; 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 to this podcast! Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every

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00:14:59

Floods.July24.Spanish

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Esta semana en nuestro programa, investigamos las inundaciones mortales que azotaron el centro de Texas: qué las causó, a quiénes afectaron y por qué se perdieron tantas vidas. Desde la tragedia en Camp Mystic hasta el contexto climático más amplio, acompáñanos en este análisis especial.

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00:12:59

Floods.July24.English

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Texas floods. Floods that struck Central Texas—what caused them, who was impacted, and why so many lives were lost. From the devastation at Camp Mystic to the broader climate story, join us for a powerful special.

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00:53:16

Colonialism and Ecocide in Bastar and Kashmir

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

On today’s two-part show, we get updates on issues facing the Indigenous peoples of India and Kashmir. Host Esty Dinur is joined by advocates Lokita Singha and Apekshita Varshney to talk about the violence being done to the Adivasi people and their mineral rich lands and by anthropologist Ather Zia who discusses the state of colonialism in Kashmir.Featured image of Adivasi women dancing via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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00:03:07

Janesville Healthcare Workers Call "Union Busting" on...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Management has not budged even on agreeing to meet at Mercyhealth East Clinic in Janesville where over 130 workers and members of UAW Local 95 Unit 12 have been on strike for a fair contract since July 2nd.

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00:30:45

Lemon Bucket Orkestra: Live from Toronto

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

An interview with the award winning traditional Eastern European music band Lemon Bucket Orkestra, plus songs from their June 27th 2025 live show in Toronto.

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00:11:12

Paul Black tribute

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Paul Black tribute by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:06:10

Nate Carlin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

WORT’s new Talk and News Director Nate Carlin joins the Friday Buzz to talk about community journalism and what comes next for local public media.

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00:02:23

Ankurs Picks 07252025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

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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00:20:03

David Couper

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Retired police chief and Episcopalian priest Rev. David Couper previews Madison’s August 2 “Take Up Your Cross” march against cruelty.

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00:09:24

State Legislature should vote on outside legal...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/25

Wisconsin’s divided government has a hefty price tag. Since Governor Tony Evers took office in 2019, Republican legislators have spent more than 25 million dollars on their near-constant legal battles with the executive branch. That money comes out of taxpayers’ pockets without oversight or limits, thanks to a law that dates back to the lame duck session in 2018. But Wisconsin Democrats are now circulating a bill that would put that spending to a vote. For more, our News Producer Faye Parks sat

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00:03:08

Governor Tony Evers not seeking re-election

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/24

Governor Tony Evers announced today that he won’t be running for a third term in 2026. While Republican candidates are already emerging, the Democratic Party’s next steps remain a big question mark. Image courtesy: Erik Schwerdtfeger / WORT News.

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00:52:14

Joan Walsh Discusses the Cruelty of “Alligator...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/24

The new detention center in the Florida Everglades is called “Alligator Alcatraz.” Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis worked with the federal government to create the tent-based camp that can hold a projected 3,000 detained migrants at the price tag of $450 million a year. Today host Allen Ruff is joined by journalist Joan Walsh to talk about her recent piece in The Nation, “The Abominable Sadism of Alligator Auschwitz,” in which she draws the comparison between the new camp and the Holocaust

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00:19:51

Justifiable Genocide

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/24

Justifiable Genocide by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:19:51

Justifiable Genocide

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/24

Justifiable Genocide by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:22:53

Big Repulsive Bill

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/24

Big Repulsive Bill by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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