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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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00:57:21

So Much For the Motherly Instinct

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel is back in the studio!; The cherry on the crap sundae; Third term talk; Karolin Leavitt’s “Yo Mama joke”; Depression in Iowa?; More gerrymandering coming; Catching up on 1975’s big movies; trump fires entire Commission of Fine Arts Board [before they can weigh in on his ballroom design]; Kennedy Center tickets available; Headline of the week; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James

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00:52:20

“We Are Here” Says Palestinian Activist Ahmed Abu Artema

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

Ahmed Abu Artema is a Palestinian writer and human rights activist. He joins host Esty Dinur from exile to talk about the situation in Gaza right now. He discusses life in Gaza before and after October 7, 2023 and the Israeli propaganda that makes possible the ongoing genocide.Featured image of Ahmed Abu Artema.

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00:08:28

Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn house concert

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

The Friday Buzz previews Mirah’s Nov. 5 house concert digs into the Undertow Collective.

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00:14:17

UW Historian John Hall

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

UW historian John Hall joins the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the history and risks of deploying U.S. troops in American cities and what it means for democracy.

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00:26:09

Scott Dikkers

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

Scott Dikkers joins the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about The Onion Story, his new book on the building of The Onion.

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00:27:53

Independent monitor finds “severe flaws” in MPD’s...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

Do body-worn cameras actually change police officers’ behavior on the job? That question was at the center of a small pilot conducted in summer of 2024, which outfitted officers on Madison’s north side with body cameras to gauge whether they’re worth the expense. Nearly a year after the Madison Police Department released their study on the pilot, the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor (or OIM) is weighing in with a report of their own. And according to the office’s data analyst Greg

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00:06:30

Cardinal Call: Conservation in cultivation

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/31

This week host Ted Hyngstrom speaks to Daily Cardinal Staff Writer Jake Kilander about his story “Dane County conservation program connects farmers, UW-Madison researchers” in a discussion of the connection between University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and farmers. Article in this week’s “Campus News in Brief” segment: UW-Madison faculty debate campus ideological diversity at conservative student group’s panel - Zoey Jiang and Adelyn Benzinger Inside UW’s most haunted building: Science

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00:04:36

RSVP of Dane County grapples with funding uncertainty

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

One of the country’s largest AmeriCorps programs for seniors is based right here in Dane County. But after more than fifty years connecting local seniors with volunteer opportunities, they’re facing what’s become a familiar challenge: funding uncertainty, thanks to chaos at the federal level. Image courtesy: John Davis Photography.

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00:12:33

Building Communities of Care and Resistance

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Building Communities of Care and Resistance by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:20:25

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Invasion of the Body Snatchers by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:03:40

Sewell Ava Borelli Nov 2025

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Sewell Ava Borelli Nov 2025 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:47:53

The Long History and Dangerous Prospect of US...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

As of this week, the Trump regime has ordered at least eight strikes on small vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coast of Columbia amounting to at least 57 extrajudicial killings. Trump claims these strikes are necessary but has offered no evidence that those killed were involved in drug trafficking. Today, host Allen Ruff speaks with Latin American expert, Rodrigo Acuña, about the context for these attacks and his latest article for Truthout. Featured image of US Navy and Coast Guard

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00:08:30

Madison, October 1969

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Stu Levitan looks back on the antiwar protests, racial progress and a personal tragedy in Madison, in October 1969.

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00:07:08

Resistance against Palisades nuclear reactor restart

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Kevin Kamps is a radioactive waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear, currently campaigning to stop the unprecedented restart of the decommissioned Palisades nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan shore. In this discussion, Kevin talks with Jan Miyasaki about the frightening environmental contamination and safety concerns stemming from this zombie reactor, the egregious expenditure of taxpayer dollars, the weakening of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and upcoming Halloween-themed protest actions.

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00:06:20

Forecast from Wednesday 10-29-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Forecast from Wednesday 10-29-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:52:04

Are You in It for the Money, or in It for Community?

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Jackie “Brodean” Morris, subbing for a sick Antoine, Boys and Girls Club CEO “Money Making” Michael Johnson joins us to talk about working in our community and raising up the community, helping others, navigating negativity, and making sure the community is fed (and just a little bit about Snoop Dogg and Master P on Verzuz.) … and a last minute callin from Aracel Esparza! Follow Jackie Morris on Facebook, or reach out by phone at

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00:25:23

TransQueer Playlist by Hale, Queery

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

1) BLAME THE MOON by Cain Culto Cain culto is a favorite instagram follow. Kentucky raised Colombian American with some of the best yallternative fashion and expression I've seen. Withy pop art excellence. Heavy day? Blame the moon. 2) PULSE by Michelle Michelle is an indie pop collective of cutie pies who celebrated their last show at Webster hall the beginning of this month. But this bop among many others will live on. Much love to Sofia, Julian, Charlie, Layla, Emma, and Jamee 3) SOUTHPAW by

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00:16:07

2025 10 21 Boheme Interview

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Interview with Kathryn Smith of the Madison Opera by Peter Haney. The interview occurred live on 10/21/2025 on WORT's "Back Porch Serenade."

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00:19:43

How wealth concentration by the ultra-rich impacts...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/30

Chuck Collins is the Director for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies. He coedits inequality.org and has authored several books on economic and environmental justice, the latest being "Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet". In this discussion, Chuck talks with Jan Miyasaki about how hyperextraction and political capture by the top 0.1% impact everyday lives and access to basic necessities. They also

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00:12:51

WisDems Chair Devin Remiker on the road to 2026

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/10/29

On the road to 2026, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is working to expand their base and secure a trifecta in state government. Their 72-county strategy is focused on building the party from the ground up, with the goal of thwarting Republicans on the local, state, and national level. But as federal chaos drives up everyday expenses, Democrats aren’t just focused on scoring political points. They’re also administering direct aid to working Wisconsinites. That’s according to the party’s

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