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A Public Affair is WORT's daily hour-long talk program. It aims to engage listeners in a conversation on social, cultural, and political issues of importance. The guests range from local activists and scholars to notable national and international figures.
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Nisrin Elamin joins host Esty Dinur to explain the ongoing war in Sudan and it's impact on the Sudanese people.
The post You should know what is happening in Sudan appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today's show, host Christina Lieffring speaks with Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz about her recently published book The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America.
The post The Complicated History and Practice of Tribal Enrollment with Carrie ... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
WORT host Sara Gabler talks with a number of guests about the recent school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.
The post This Touches Everyone appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today's show, Rafael A. Martinez joins host Karma Chávez to discuss his new book Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States.
The post Everyone Should Be Involved with Social Movement Organizing with Rafae... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, we look back on 2024 by reviewing the biggest stories from our friends at small papers. First we talk to Charley Preusser and Gillian Pomplun from the […]
The post Big Stories from 2024: Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Sco... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, host Esty Dinur speaks with activist and longtime friend of the show Cassandra Dixon who just returned from the West Bank. They discuss the settler outposts in […]
The post A Report from the West Bank, Then an Update on Syria appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On Ali Muldrow's last show of 2024, she speaks with representatives from the union that represents educators in the Madison Metro School District.
The post Educator Labor with MTI’s Jeff Knight and Michael Jones appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today's show, Susan Abulhawa, human rights activist and author of the international bestseller Mornings in Jenin, joins host Christa Bruhn.
The post A Conversation with Susan Abulhawa appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Last week, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob frost struck down more than 60 sections of Act 10–the 2011 Wisconsin law that severely limits public employee unions. However, the implications […]
The post Act 10: What’s New and What’s Next appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Last month the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the decision to issue Enbridge Inc a wetland and waterway permit with hundreds of conditions to replace a segment of […]
The post Fighting Against Oil Pipelines with Paul DeMain and Greg Mikkelson appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, host David Ahrens speaks with former Wisconsin State Senator Chuck Chvala about the 2024 presidential election and more.
The post Senator Chuck Chvala on the 2024 election appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, friend of the station John Nichols joins Ali Muldrow to talk about the currently political climate and discuss where we go from here. They get into the […]
The post Humanizing Political Issues to Counteract Divisive Rhetoric with John ... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today's show, host Nada Elmikashfi speaks with Robert Creamer about his book Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success.
The post Robert Creamer on Progressive Campaigning appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, journalist Isaiah Thompson and Associate Professor of Law Maryam Jamshidi join host Douglas Haynes to discuss HR 9495. The bill, passed by the US House of Representatives, […]
The post What to Know About the US Bill Threatening Nonprofit Status appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show we’re joined by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, a self-identified Republican who was awakened to the “imperial hubris” of the United States after 9/11. He has since criticized […]
The post The State of U.S. Empire with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
We’re joined today by Will Williams for the 13th (or is it the 15th) annual fireside chat with host Allen Ruff. They reflect on the changes they’ve seen in the […]
The post Annual Fireside Chat with Will Williams appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, today’s guests are prepared to talk politics. Host, Ali Muldrow is joined by three representatives of the Madison area Democratic Socialists of America: […]
The post Politics before Turkey with the DSA appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Today’s guests talk about the value of quality organic sauerkraut, soil quality, and human health ahead of next week’s Acres Eco-Ag Conference held in Madison. At issue is the dangers […]
The post Reducing the dangers of herbicides with sauerkraut appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, award-winning writer Rebecca Nagle says that the legacy of colonization is a problem not just for Indigenous peoples but a problem for US democracy. In her conversation […]
The post Contradictions of US democracy and empire with Rebecca Nagle appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today's two part show, Esty Dinur speaks about the incoming Trump administration's looming threats against immigrants without legal status and the social justice movement at large.
The post Pushing Forward: Organizing in a Post Trump Reelection US appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
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