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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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On today’s show, journalist Tamara Pearson talks about how private real estate companies are changing the landscape of Mexico and harming people and the environment along the way. She calls […]
The post Development in Mexico Is the New Colonialism appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Last week, the US Supreme Court voted 8-1 to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. In United States v. Rahimi the justices found that the federal law […]
The post Guns Fuel Domestic Violence with Mariel Barnes appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
June is Pride Month and on today’s show we celebrate the legal and social advancements made for LGBTQ Wisconsinites. In 1982 Wisconsin was the first state to make it illegal […]
The post Celebrating LGBTQ Rights in Wisconsin appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
The local partisan primary election is coming up on August 13, 2024. On the ballot are constitutional amendments, state legislative races, and the race for Dane County Executive–for a seat […]
The post Meet the Candidate: Melissa Agard for Dane County Executive appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
WORT’s Summer News Collaborative trains underrepresented journalists to become creators of and leaders in local media. The fellows in this first cohort will learn the basics of journalism, storytelling, and […]
The post Get to know WORT’s Summer News Collaborative Storytelling Fellows! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On June 5, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt charged the Waupun Correctional Institution’s warden, Randall Hepp, with misconduct in public office. Eight other Waupun employees face charges of felony inmate […]
The post Arrests at Waupun with Attorney Lonnie Story and Sheriff Dale Schmidt appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s show, host Allen Ruff discusses Israel’s military complex with author and political activist, Jeff Halper. They cover Israeli armaments, including F35s and training programs in the US, like […]
The post Jeff Halper on Israel’s Military Complex and its Global Reach appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
The local partisan primary election is coming up on August 13, 2024. And in the second episode in our series of interviews with candidates for Dane County Executive, we’re joined […]
The post Meet the Candidate: Wes Sparkman for Dane County Executive appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
REAP Food Group was founded in the late ’90s, and officially registered as a nonprofit in 2002. For the past two and a half decades, it’s worked to connect the […]
The post A New Food Systems Action Plan for Dane County appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
“I’ve never felt more Jewish than I do nowadays,” says A Public Affair host Esty Dinur near the end of an hour with radical ideas about combating antisemitism and divorcing […]
The post Deep Dive into Antisemitism with Bartov, Lorber and Burley appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On June 4th and 6th, the U.S. Air Force and Space Force conducted tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The weapons were launched from the Vandenberg base in California […]
The post Emma Claire Foley on Nuclear Missile Tests appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
William Freeman was a 15-year-old in the the early nineteenth century who was convicted of a crime he insisted he didn’t commit. He was sentenced to five years of hard […]
The post How the North Invented For Profit Prison Labor with Dr. Robin Bernstei... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Today, we kick off the first of our candidate interviews for Dane County Executive. The seat that longtime Executive Joe Parisi recently retired from in the middle of his term. […]
The post Meet the Candidate: Dana Pellebon for Dane County Executive Candidate appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
With the 2024 Madison Jazz Fest is in full swing, A Public Affair host welcomes some Madison locals to talk about two jazz legends with Wisconsin ties. First we talk […]
The post Jazz Legacies: Viola Smith and Richard Davis appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s special pledge drive show, Esty Dinur talks with historian Lauren Benton on her new book They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence. The book is a historical account […]
The post Lauren Benton on Imperial Violence appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s pledge drive special, host Allen Ruff welcomes back listener-favorite Mouin Rabbani to help us understand the current state of the war in Israel-Palestine. They discuss the International Criminal […]
The post An Update with Mouin Rabbani appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Sunday, June 16th is Father’s Day. It is also open day for Madison’s very own top level softball team! For the first time, the Madison Night Mares will take the […]
The post Softball Talk with The Madison Night Mares appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Last spring, Madison received its first F-35 despite years of community resistance. The Air National Guard has eight that are currently stationed at Truax air field. That number is slated […]
The post The So-called Sound of Freedom appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
Maria Cleaveland, one of today’s guests, says “coffee is often touched by nine separate hands before you consume the product.” From the people who grew, picked, milled, prepared for export, […]
The post How many hands touch your coffee before you drink it? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
On today’s two part, A Public Affair, host Esty Dinur is first joined by Robert Schoville who is best known in Madison as the founder of the Brazilian percussion group, […]
The post Life in Turkey with Robert Schoville, Then Palestinian Art with Laila ... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
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