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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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00:14:18

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WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/02

Despite some of the DOGE efforts being held up in court, the State Department continues to eliminate many of the peace, human rights, and conflict resolution programs in the State Department. Independent agencies have estimate that the loss of international aid programs have resulted in the death of 225,00 children in the past 6 months. Ursala Knudsen-Latta details these ripple effects of Trump's indiscriminate slashing of State Department programs.

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00:19:26

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WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/02

Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear gives an update on two issues currently being addressed in the courts and legislatures: an U.S. Supreme Court approval for a consolidated interim nuclear waste storage facility in Texas, and issues surrounding Holtec's attempt to restart the Palisades power plant in western Michigan. He discusses Beyond Nuclear's plans, and how you can give your input on these issues.

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00:53:02

A Win for Reproductive Freedom in Wisconsin

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/02

This morning the Wisconsin Supreme Court ensured access to abortion care in the state by ruling that an 1849 law banning abortion cannot be enforced. This news comes on the heels of the three-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme and in the same week as the US Congress could vote to defund Planned Parenthood. To talk about the status of reproductive rights, host Ali Muldrow is joined by Analiese Eicher of Planned Parenthood, Wisconsin. Featured image of an abortion

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00:06:21

Melanie Sill: How Does Journalism Serve the Public?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/02

Former news executive Melanie Sill describes the information crisis facing us, the implications for democracy, and how people can recognize good journalism.

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00:48:03

Shimmying Back to Home

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/02

Today on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Black love as liberation: talking about family, fatherhood, and parenting … plus Tara’s thoughts on 3’s Company.More information on and resources for fathers, help expunging your record, and more, check in with Urban League of Greater Madison at ulgm.org. Catch up with our conversation from last fall with Laura Ford-Harris from Black Men’s Coalition about the free eCornell resources:

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00:04:35

Wisconsin lawmakers make progress on state budget

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee met in executive session today to finalize their proposal for the state’s next budget. WORT reporter Shayna Clark has this update. Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News

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00:08:07

Proposal to ban physical mail at the county jail...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

For residents serving time in jails and prisons, text messages, emails, and phone calls are their most immediate contact with loved ones on the outside. But those communications come at a cost – and third-party contractors turn a profit. The Dane County jail’s current communications contract is set to expire this fall and county leaders are now weighing other options – including one that would ban physical mail at the facility. Members of the public and elected officials raised concerns about the

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00:08:15

Stuff Yer Face: Stella Buckley of Stellie's Ice Cream

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, feature contributor Emily Tucker talks with the enthusiastic ice cream maker and owner of Stellie's Ice Cream, Stella Buckley. You may have tasted Stellie's ice cream from her bike cart at the Dane County Farmer's Market, and now you can stop in for a sweet treat on Tuesdays through Sundays at the new brick and mortar space on East Washington Avenue.

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00:52:47

When progressive ideas about government became...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

Many people conflate the anti-communist Red Scare of post-World War II America with the Hollywood blacklists portrayed in movies and TV shows or, particularly in Wisconsin, with McCarthyism. Today, guest host Christina Lieffring speaks with Clay Risen about his new book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, in which he shows that the movement was much bigger than one industry or one man. The Red Scare was the first time there was a large-scale conspiratorial fear of

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00:23:32

The Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

The Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project has focused on friendship, information about Central America and help solving everyday problems for 38 years. From 1987, when during the Contra war Richland Center was paired as a sister city with the municipality of Santa Teresa, Nicaragua and then, in 1997, when the Santa Teresa mayor asked for Sister City help in protecting sea turtles and helping the people of the remote villages of the Chacocente Wildlife Refuge on the Pacific coast, they

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00:51:58

Doug Moe, "Saving Heats and Killing Rats: Karl Paul...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/07/01

Doug Moe, "Saving Heats and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin" by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:07:35

Selected shorts and dairy industry updates

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

“The Milkweed” has its finger on the dairy industry’s pulse – from avian flu and vaccines to illegal Polish butter. Tune in for the latest updates from Pete Hardin and host Bert Zipperer. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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00:04:23

Legislature’s proposed budget falls short on victim...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

The state Legislature’s budget writing committee approved only a fraction of the Department of Justice’s funding requests for victim services during a session late Friday. State Attorney General Josh Kaul urged state lawmakers today to fully fund their request – or risk decimating services across Wisconsin. Image courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Justice via their website.

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00:15:49

Madison Queer Liberation March Brings Politics Back...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Madison’s Queer Liberation march seeks to make Pride political again. We hear from participants at the June 28, 2025 rally.

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00:09:51

Full Out Formula Improv Circus Presents "I Think it...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

What could make an acrobatic circus act more terrifying? What if performers have no idea what they’ll be doing, and take spontaneous suggestions from the audience? That’s exactly what the Full Out Formula troupe will do when they come to the Madison Circus Space this week. Acrobats Sierra Rhoades Nicholls and Kevin Flanagan tell us how it’s done.

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00:08:26

Forecast from Monday, 6-30-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Forecast from Monday, 6-30-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:53:50

Rural Communities in Alaska Face Down Climate Change

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

Last week huge swaths of North America experienced record high temperatures, and the Alaskan arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the globe. To talk about the ways that climate change is affecting rural communities in Alaska, host Douglas Haynes is joined by ProPublica and KYUK journalist, Emily Schwing, about her recent article, “Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.” Featured image: photo of permafrost erosion in Alaska by

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00:26:43

India in the 21st Century: I Am On The Hit List

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

WORT’s World View covers news from India. In this week’s feature, Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal talk with Rollo Romig whose book, I Am on the Hit List, presents events in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, India in his chronicle of the life and the 2017 death of Indian journalist, Gauri Lankesh. But beyond giving us an interesting tale about Gauri Lankesh, he schools us in the transformation of religion, culture, media and politics in India in the 21st century in a way that brings the news we present

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00:16:36

Rubin Observatory Takes a Wide View of Universe

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

A new observatory in Chile takes a wide angle view of the universe, and could help us detect earth destroying asteroids. We’ll talk with the scientist directing the construction of this revolutionary telescope, U.W.’s own Keith Bechtol.

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00:04:52

The Past Isn't Past: Remembering Howard Zinn

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/06/30

This fourth of July week, The Past Isn’t Past recalls the words of Howard Zinn, a historian and author, who wrote in July 4th, 2006, “on this July 4th, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols,” particularly its justification and glorification of the US’s military actions throughout history. Image Courtesy: Slobadan Dimitrov, shared under Creative Commons via Wikipedia. Image shows Howard Zinn speaking at Pathfinder bookstore in Los Angeles, August 2000

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