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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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00:41:41

WORT OG 1975

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/04

WORT OG 1975 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:13:59

FCM Ravel Noel 2025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/04

FCM Ravel Noel 2025 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:06:09

Forecast From Wednesday 12-3-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/04

Forecast From Wednesday 12-3-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:10:00

Why are Wisconsin Supreme Court elections so expensive?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/04

Spending on last spring’s state Supreme Court election clocked in at just over 114 million dollars – almost 14 million more than what was spent on all state court contests nationwide in 2021 and 2022 combined.That’s according to a new article from Wisconsin Watch, the first part in a series examining how partisan dollars have invaded our state’s judicial elections. Freelance writer Larry Sandler joined our News Producer Faye Parks to explain why Wisconsin keeps breaking the national campaign

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00:08:17

Shifting immigration policy breeds uncertainty

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/04

This week host Amellia Fowler speaks to Staff Writer Jane Dardik about her story “VOCES talks immigrant rights at ‘know your rights’ panel.” in a discussion of current immigration laws, and how that has been affecting the state of Wisconsin. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: ‘Drag Race’ star Trixie Mattel talks chasing dreams at UW event - Alexa Cattouse Public Defenders Project to continue after uncertain future due to UW budget cuts - Alaina Walsh ‘ICE off campus’ rally

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00:58:10

QUEERY MUSIC - 2025 Year in Review

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/03

QUEERY MUSIC - 2025 Year in Review by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:51:16

Promoting the Positivity in the Community

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/03

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Jackie “Brodean” Morris joins us to talk about new magazine coming out next week, what’s good going on in the community, community shout-outs, plus a special call-in from Boys and Girls Club CEO “Money Making” Michael Johnson, and the great Dee Star from OuttaDeeBox Podcast.Support Boys and Girls Club “Pay it Forward” or nominate someone to get an award: https://www.bgcdc.org/payitforward Listen and Subscribe to

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00:03:35

City finance staff project $10.6 million surplus in...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/03

Madison is closing out 2025 with a more than 10 million dollar surplus. But city finance leaders warn that there are limits on how the surplus can be spent – and Madison’s budget issues aren’t over. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.

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00:09:08

Literacy Network sets 10,000 dollar goal for Giving...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

Non-profit organization Literacy Network provides free programs to help people in Wisconsin achieve citizenship, improve their English skills, and earn their GED’s. This Giving Tuesday, Literacy Network has been offered a 5,000 dollar funding match to help them achieve their program goals in the wake of federal funding losses. WORT reporter Whittaker Peters sat down with Executive Director Robin Ryan today to learn more.

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00:53:55

Incarcerated Youth Move the Needle on Justice

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

Wisconsin has the dubious distinction of having higher than national averages for youth incarceration and Black incarceration. On today’s show, host Dana Pellebon is joined by Nell Bernstein, author of In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison to talk about the youth and families leading the charge to close youth prisons and end the dehumanization of incarceration. Featured image of the cover of In Our Future We Are Free by Nell Bernstein.

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00:07:56

Stuff Yer Face: Marissa DeGroot of Edible Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, Emily Tucker talks with Marissa DeGroot, Managing Editor for Edible Magazine and Marketing and Operations Coordinator at Vitruvian Farms. Just as Edible Madison tells the stories of our local food systems, Marissa shares her journey that led to a career in both food media and farming.

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00:08:29

2025: A bittersweet year for the American dairy industry

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

2025 has been a year of high-highs and low-lows for American dairy farmers, with consumers favoring protein-heavy products and the overproduction of cream bringing down the value of butter. Bert Zipperer and Pete Hardin share a year in review and some predictions for 2026, in this edition of “The Milkweed.” Image courtesy: Spencer Plouzek via Unsplash.

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00:11:35

Wisconsin Public Service Commission cuts solar power...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

A joint committee in the state Legislature no longer has the power to indefinitely block administrative rules, after the state Supreme Court sided with the governor in a separation of powers dispute this summer. The decision paved the way for a change to the Public Service Commission’s Rule 113, which regulates solar power installation in Wisconsin apartment buildings. Dr. Ciaran Gallagher is the Energy and Air Manager at Clean Wisconsin. She tells our News Producer Faye Parks that the policy

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00:03:48

Madison Area Starbucks Employees Join Black Friday...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/02

During last week’s Black Friday craze, Madison area Starbucks employees joined a picket line on State Street in support of the nationwide strike. Image Courtesy: Greg Geboski / WORT News

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00:53:32

Climate Disinformation Spans the Globe (Still)

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

Last month the United Nations climate conference released a statement that failed to call for the elimination of fossil fuels or even mention “fossil fuels.” More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended COP 30, outnumbering almost all delegations. To talk about COP 30 and the decades-long campaign by the fossil fuel industry to spread climate disinformation, host Douglas Haynes is joined by two experts, Kathy Mulvey of Union of Concerned Scientists and Geoff Dembicki of DeSmog

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00:09:10

Forecast from Monday, 12-1-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

Forecast from Monday, 12-1-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:11:37

WORT's Present and Future with Board President Grant...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

WORT’s journey into a half a century on the radio hasn’t been without some bumps along the road. The station continues to face new challenges as it prepares for its next 50 years. WORT Board of Directors President Grant Foster joins us for an explanation of where WORT is headed in its immediate future.

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00:12:29

City leaders to consider traffic signal priorities

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

After a small break in meetings for the Thanksgiving holiday, Dane County and the city of Madison are back to business this week. Brenda Konkel walks us through their packed schedules in this edition of “Forward Lookout.”

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00:12:51

WORT Greets Denizens of "the Eyeball Planet"

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

WORT’s radio bubble at 89 megahertz has now traveled 50 light years from earth. That means that denizens of "the Eyeball Planet" are just now hearing WORT’s inaugural broadcast from December 1 1975. Astronomer Charles Cadieux tells us how Exoplanet 1140b got its nickname, and what kind of critters our newest extraterrestrial listeners might be.

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00:14:59

Fifty Years of WORT Weirdness

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/12/01

50 years ago, WORT hit the airwaves for the first time. Engineer and editor John Wilson takes us on a tour of some of the wild and woolly highlights of our first half-century.

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