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The 8 O’Clock Buzz is a one-hour, upbeat morning show that brings you a mix of music, culture, information, news and interviews.
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It’s hard to remember in the post-Scott Walker era, but Wisconsin was once known as a laboratory for progressive pro-worker policy. On June 17, 1905, Wisconsin became one of the […]
The post Happy Birthday to the Wisconsin Civil Service System appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
In the first week of June, New York City had the dubious distinction of having the worst air quality in the world. Driven by prevailing air currents, smoke from hundreds […]
The post East Coast Wildfires Will Become Common Under Climate Change appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
The problem with studying racism in the United States is that it all sounds distressingly familiar. The rants of Jefferson Davis in the 1850’s about the moral superiority of the […]
The post Stamped From The Beginning A Graphic History Of Racist Ideas appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Imagine if the title of this post were your job description. Such is the case for today’s 8 O’Clock Buzz guest, Todd Allbaugh, host of a weekday news and politics […]
The post Tell the Truth and Do It With Dignity appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Military contractor CEOs are on the gravy train: with the top five contractors making $116 billion in defense contract awards, their top 24 executives bring in $300 million in compensation… […]
The post Putting the kibosh on Defense Contractor CEOs’ Gravy Train? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
For the first time ever, the CDC’s weekly Morbidity and Mortality report includes police killings in their report, according to Justin Michael Feldman, Visiting Scientist at the Harvard FXB Center […]
The post CDC finally includes police killings in violent death reports appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), It’s talk about it Tuesday, what’s going on around town, in the second half, Community Development Grants […]
The post Talk About It Tuesday appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
You, dear listeners, are a highly discerning bunch. You get your news from reputable, independent sources like WORT. As a community radio news consumer, you may think to yourself: “Why […]
The post Algorithms Arent The Problem; We Are appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
For over a decade now, Madison Public Library’s Bubbler program has brought resident artists into neighborhood branch libraries to share their craft and art. Now, though, the Bubbler program wants […]
The post Our Town Everywhere: Madison Library’s Community Portrait appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Attorney Andrea Rodgers from Our Children’s Trust, talks about the current status of the lawsuit “Navahine v. Hawai’i Department of Transportation“, in which youth plaintiffs claim that their state DOT’s […]
The post Hawai’i Youth Sue State for Environmental Threats appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Federal Policy Advocate, Kayla Mohammed, from Friends of the Earth, talks about how the environment is doing in debt ceiling negotiations. One of the compromises that was added to the […]
The post Mohammed: Support a clean debt ceiling agreement appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Four current students at Shabazz City High School along with Steve Stuckert, a former math teacher at the school, join Tony Castañeda on the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock […]
The post Malcolm Shabazz City High School 50th Anniversary appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Cheshire Cat Comedy is presenting a night of standup and improv comedy on Friday, June 2 at 8:00 pm in the Forward Club at Breese Stevens Field. Sasha Rosser, a […]
The post Comedy Machine at Breese Stevens Field appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Following the recent habit of the Supreme Court to reverse climate protections and support anti-science policies of big polluters , the Clean Water Act just lost significant coverage when the […]
The post SCOTUS strips wetlands of Clean Water Act protection appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), regional coordinator for Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Cooperative, Sonyae Green joins us to talk about their work […]
The post We Won’t Leave You High and Dry appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On Memorial Day, you’ll hear politicians, veterans groups, and military officers extolling the exploits of fallen soldiers, and telling us how they gave their lives for a noble cause. One […]
The post Vets For Peace Calls For Remembrance And Action appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
The Voices of the People’s History of the United States seeks to bring to life the extraordinary stories of ordinary people in American history. Founded in 2007 by historian Howard […]
The post Voices Of The Peoples History Of The US On Memorial Day appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Sackett vs. EPA that signficantly narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act. The Act gives the EPA regulatory […]
The post SCOTUS Rolls Back Wetland Protections appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Spring has sprung and so have the turtles in Wisconsin. Check out Thursday’s 8 O’Clock Buzz, where co-host Eli Wilz talked with Andrew Badje, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Biologist, about […]
The post What is Wild Turtle Week? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Founded in 1972 as Women’s Medical Fund, Inc., WMF Wisconsin has supported Wisconsin residents in paying for abortion care for over 50 years. Madison’s “Equality Evangelist” Lilli Luxe joined host […]
The post Bodily Autonomy, Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice for All appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
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