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WORT 89.9FM Madison · R&D Gallery Provides DIY Exhibit SpaceWe all know, or maybe we’ve played in, a garage band. Something about that large expanse of concrete and high ceilings just begs to be used for something more fun than parking a car. If not a band stage, how about an art gallery? Texas transplants Abby Johnson and Austin Swearengin have done just that, periodically converting their apartment’s 5-car garage into R&D Galleries, a space for temporary exhibits of new works. Their next exhibit “Hard Country, Fine Grain” goes up on Saturday August 15th and comes down the next day – so you only have this weekend to see it. Abby Johnson and Austin Swearengin joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on August 10, 2026.
Featured image: R&D Galleries. (Photo courtesy R&D Galleries)
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Alan Robinson on Aftermath of Corey Ruiz MemorialAlan Robinson
(photo courtesy Madison 365)At 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 4th, City of Madison workers began dismantling an ad hoc memorial encampment at the site of the July 22 shooting of Corey Ruiz by a Madison Police officer. The action came as a surprise to protestors, since previous conversations with city officials left organizers with the impression that they had time to wind down the encampment. Barricades were removed, personal items and food thrown into garbage trucks. When people objected, police in riot gear moved in. At least 22 people were arrested, and police injured Police Independent Monitor Airaemique Glass when she attempted to obtain an officer’s badge number. Alan Robinson, racial equity activist and columnist for Madison 365 joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on August 10, 2026.
Featured image: Corey Ruiz Memorial (photo by Brian Standing)
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Follow the Money: Primary EveMichelle Ellinger LinleyFollow the Money is a periodic deep dive into the campaign finance reports for candidates seeking office in Wisconsin. On Friday, August 7, candidates for Wisconsin Governor filed the last of their campaign finance reports before the partisan primary on Tuesday, August 11. Joining us once again with all the twists and turns is self-described campaign finance nerd Michelle Ellinger-Linley.
Featured image: pile of cash
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean, Chakari Daezhare and Eric Hall join for some serious talk about community in light of the police killing two weeks ago and the city’s forcible removal of protesters and clearing of the encampment and memorial on Willy St. In the second half, talking about Eric’s mentorship program, “The Boys Club” at Sun Prairie Westside Elementary, and Chakari’s upcoming Jamboree at High Noon on August 20th!
Reporting on the city’s clearing of the encampment and memorial on Willy St from Chali Pittman at Isthmus: https://isthmus.com/news/news/Madison-clears-willy-street-encampment/
More information and tickets to Thee Chakari Jamboree at High Noon on 8/20: https://high-noon.com/event/thee-chakari-daezhare-jamboree/
Coming up next week, Ju-Ju’s (Julian Walters) 6th annual back to school Block Party Weekend 8/13-16: https://www.facebook.com/jujusblockparty/
Get out for some R&B:
- TK late night DJs at 11 every Friday and Saturday: https://www.tavernakaya.com/tkevents
- R&B Thursdays at Buraka featuring DJ Money
- R&B Tuesday at Fyah Side every-other week: https://fyasydekitchen.com/events
- Madison’s coming back with DJs 10-1 on Fridays: https://www.madisonsdowntown.com/event-list
Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/calendar/ and https://ulgmhub.org/calendar/ for info on resume and job seeking workshops, banking workshops, home ownership clinics, information on Expungement, childcare assistance, fatherhood support, healthcare administration, food safety and trades training, and more!
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Brief History of the Independent Police MonitorFormer City of Madison alder and longtime police oversight activist Rebecca Kemble sat down with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing to discuss the tortured history of the Office of Independent Police Monitor and the Civilian Police Oversight Board.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Pressing Issues: Printmaking as Social JusticeKatie Koca Polite – assistant curator and publications specialist. With prints from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)During the Great Depression in the 1930s, workers from all industries suddenly found themselves without a job. In response, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal program created institutions like the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration to put people to work on projects that would benefit the public. In addition to civil engineering projects focused on employing workers in construction, factory work, office work and forestry, the Roosevelt Administration also paid attention to another group whose work had disappeared: artists. In 1935, the Works Progress Administration established the Federal Art Project, which employed as many as 10,000 visual artists and craft workers. On September 8, the Chazen Museum of Art will open a new exhibit, “Pressing Issues: Printmaking as Social Justice in the 1930s,” featuring works by Federal Art Project artists. Kathryn Koca Polite curated the new exhibit, and she joined the Monday Buzz on August 2, 2026.
Featured image: Chet La More, Civilians, ca. 1937. Lithograph. Allocated by the US Government, Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, 1943-4-231.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · “You Are Sitting Here With Me” at Arts Lit LabNoa Rickey
(Photo courtesy artlitlab.org)In her book Syllabus, Richland Center, Wisconsin native comic book artist and University of Wisconsin professor Linda Berry asks the question, “What do ideas look like when they’re taking physical shape?” Through August 29th, Madison’s Arts and Literature Laboratory has an exhibit entitled You Are Here Sitting With Me: A Comics Show, featuring works that seek to answer Berry’s provocative question. Textile artist Noa Rickey recently earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin School of Design, and is one of the featured artists in the Berry Inspired exhibit. Noah Rickey joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing from Donegal, Ireland.
Featured image: “Queerphoria” by Noa Rickey (Photo courtesy Noa Rickey)
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Voices from the Corey Ruiz MemorialOn July 22, 2026, a yet-to-be-identified Madison police officer shot 38-year old Corey Ruiz three times in the head, killing Ruiz on the spot. Bystander video appears to show that Ruiz had already been subdued by three other officers when one officer fired his gun. The incident occurred at the intersection of Madison’s Williamson and Baldwin Streets, in the Williamson-Marquette neighborhood. That neighborhood has seen more than its share of police violence, with Madison Police officer Stephen Heimsness shooting Paulie Heenan dead in 2012, officer Matt Kenny shooting Tony Robinson dead in 2015 and officer Hector Rivera shooting Michael Schumacher dead in 2016. In the aftermath of the Ruiz shooting, friends, neighbors and activists have erected a Corey Ruiz memorial at the intersection where Ruiz died. Williamson and Baldwin Streets remain barricaded, and an ad hoc village has sprung up at the site. Tents provide food, shelter, mental health services, clothing swaps – even a beautician for neighborhood residents, many of whom are homeless. When Monday Buzz host Brian Standing visited the Memorial on Sunday, August 2nd, many people were reluctant to speak to the media, citing poor experiences with coverage in the past. Here’s a sample of some of the folks who were willing to talk about their experience.
All photos by Brian Standing
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, Rudy Scott, CEO of Abstract Global Entertainment joins us to talk about his new project to help people navigate the legal appeals system. Also, Madison mainstay Clyde Gaines drops in to talk about the Next Level Park St. Music Fest, coming up this weekend to bring the community together.
More on the Next Level Park Street Festival coming up 8/1 at the Labor Temple from Madison 365: https://madison365.com/park-street-music-fest-now-in-its-9th-year-returns-to-madisons-south-side-saturday/
More on Rudy’s project, Pro Se Pathways to help people navigate the legal appeals process: https://prosepathway.com/ and Rudy’s creative works: https://rudolphcollect.com/
Coming up soon:
- Chris Davis Jr Youth Basketball Camp Aug 8 at West High School: https://www.instagram.com/chrisdavisyouthcamp/
- Ju-Ju’s (Julian Walters) 6th annual back to school Block Party Weekend 813/-16: https://www.facebook.com/jujusblockparty/
- Chakari Jamboree at High Noon coming up 8/20: https://high-noon.com/event/thee-chakari-daezhare-jamboree/
And Regular Shows:
- TK late night DJs at 11 every Friday and Saturday: https://www.tavernakaya.com/tkevents
- R&B Thursdays at Buraka featuring DJ Money
- R&B Tuesday at Fyah Side every-other week: https://fyasydekitchen.com/events
- Madison’s coming back with DJs 10-1 on Fridays: https://www.madisonsdowntown.com/event-list
Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/calendar/ and https://ulgmhub.org/calendar/ for info on resume and job seeking workshops, banking workshops, home ownership clinics, information on Expungement, childcare assistance, fatherhood support, healthcare administration, food safety and trades training, and more!
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · “Kit” Delivers Street Poetry on Demand in LondonErstwhile Monday Buzz producer and international roving reporter Nicholas Wootton is just back from a brief sojourn across the pond. Nicholas sent us this postcard from London about a street poet for hire.
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On August 22, 2025, fifteen Wisconsin youth, ages 8-17 and from across the state, represented by Midwest Environmental Advocates and Our Children’s Trust, filed Dunn v. Wisconsin Public Service Commission, a groundbreaking climate lawsuit. Like similar lawsuits in Hawaii and Montana, this suit contends that unconstitutional Wisconsin laws exacerbate the climate crisis and violate their rights to a safe and stable climate, risking their long-term health and well-being. Attorney Skylar Harris, representing the group, talks with Jan Miyasaki about the issues involved, and invite anyone to a Webinar tonight, October 8 at 7 p.m. on “Wisconsin’s Youth Climate Lawsuit”. Visit the website to register to attend.
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Organized by Cheshire Cat Comedy for November 7th at The Forward Club at Breese Stevens field, the comedy event “East of LA” promises to highlight Asian American comedians and their experiences in the Midwest. Talking about the event and his bi-racial background as the setting of his humor, Jerry Tran gives the low-down on what attendees can expect from this comedy troop.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, some serious talk for the pledge drive, Ruby Clay, Clinician for Anesis Therapy, founder of Black Girls United and the upcoming 4th annual “Behind Closed Doors” fundraiser joins us to talk about domestic abuse prevention, it’s impact on our families and communities, and what we can do to help!
Join her and Tara and more on Friday, October 24th at 4245 W Beltline Highway for powerful stories and conversation with people who have experienced and risen above domestic violence from Ciara, Tara, Luis and Tonya; Food from Mister 608 BBQ; and get and give support for those experiencing domestic violence. More information on her Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ruby.clay.16
Celebrate Dr Ruben Anthony’s 10 years of leadership at the Urban League at the Urban Cabaret coming up on Friday, October 10th at Monona Terrace: https://www.ulgm.org/UrbanCabaret
Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their workshops and information on Expungement, childcare assistance, computer skills, the Black men’s resource luncheon series, home ownership clinics, job seekers toolkit, marketplace every Saturday at The Hub, and much more! Banking-career specific job training coming up October 20th!
Join Tara and UJAMAA Business Network for networking and business support on Thursday from 6-8 at Madison Estates.
Come get a laugh with Antoine at the next Madison Comedy and Poetry Jam – The Ladies Turn – October 25th at Wil-Mar Center!
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · MANIA: The Abba TributeMelissa Harding
(Photo courtesy melissahardingmusic.com)In 1974, the annual Eurovision Song Contest, then 18 years old, took place in Athens Greece. Broadcasters from all over Europe submitted what they thought was the best song of the year. The entry from Sweden was a tune called “Waterloo” written by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, better known by the acronym of their first names, as ABBA. The song won the Eurovision contest, became a worldwide hit, and the rest, as they say, was history. ABBA went on to become a global phenomenon, topping the charts for years and selling over 150 million records over the course of their career. On October 22, Madison’s Barrymore Theater will recreate that magic when MANIA: the ABBA tribute hits the stage. Melissa Harding, a singer, songwriter and vocal coach in her own right, portrays Anni-Frid Lyngstad, or “Frida,” in MANIA, and she joined the Monday Buzz on 10/6/2025.
Featured image: MANIA: The ABBA Tribute
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Gen-Z Protests in Nepal: Whats Next?Bhorjaj Poudel
(Photo courtesy kathmandupost.com)In a movement reminiscent of the Arab Spring of the 2010’s, recent youth-led protests have rocked governments and shaken political elites across the globe. Since the start of 2025, mass protests have erupted in Nepal, Morocco, Indonesia, Madagascar, Paraguay, the Phillipines, Serbia and Kenya, among others. Specific demands vary, but all are unified by a disgust against government corruption and favors and privilege given to the economic elite. In Nepal, a protest that started over a social media ban, then grew to question widespread privilege, has succeeded in toppling the government. On September 9, 2025, Nepal’s Prime Minister K,P. Sharma Oli resigned. What happens next is anybody’s guess. Bhojraj Poudel is an economist and a columnist for the Kathmandu Post. He joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on October 6, 2025.
Featured image: GenZ protest against government in Chitwan, 8 September 2025
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On a crisp and sunny morning, in a lovely Madison park, a group of riders from Madison’s World Naked Bike Ride met to pose for a photo for a local Madison magazine. This Audio Menagerie is a snapshot in sound of naked cyclists baring all for a photographer.
Photos and audio by Nicholas Wootton
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The genocide in Gaza continues and Israel has implemented a policy of preventing humanitarian aid to reach the starving people of Gaza, which includes many women and children. But out of the morass comes the self-styled savior and promoter of a peace settlement, Don tRump. At a choregraphed press briefing; while sitting next to the internationally acknowledged war criminal and prime minister of Israel, tRump unveiled his peace plan which among other hubris included his plan to chair a “Board of Peace” to determine the future of Gaza. Norm Stockwell, the editor of the Progressive Magazine, joins host Tony Castañeda to talk about the fallacy of the plan and about Israel’s intercepting humanitarian aid flotillas.
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Chris Murphy, local artist, electrician and owner of Rogue’s Gallery in Madison, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about a new exhibition of the art of John Sarris to be shown all this month but with an opening reception on Friday, October 4, at the gallery on Ingersoll Street, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition is entitled, Why Walk When The Devil Drives. John recently passed and Chris wants to let people know about the talent of John Sarris whom he first met as an undergraduate at UW Madison. Chris describes Sarris’s work as sweet and dark with a punk aesthetic.
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The Department of Labor’s hasty decision to rescind its 2021 guidance that warned plan fiduciaries about the risks of private equity and other alternative assets in 401(k) retirement plans is deeply troubling, according to Oscar Valdés Viera, private equity and capital markets policy analyst at Americans for Financial Reform. Valdés Viera says that these safeguards were put into place to protect employees’ 401(k) retirement accounts, per the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and that allowing private equities and crypto markets into retirement accounts threaten these safeguards.
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With the Federal government officially shut down as of midnight last night, Joe Zepecki, Director of Protect Our Care Wisconsin, talks about the effects of the loss of Medicaid health care assistance and healthcare tax credits ending at the end of 2025 as a result of the Republicans passing the “Big Beautiful Bill” — effects of loss of healthcare coverage to 250,000 Wisconsin residents, and the potential closing of several rural hospitals…resulting in job loss for many. New ads hold Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden accountable.
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The New York Post, owned and operated by Fox News magnate Rupert Murdoch, recently started showing an interest in congressional and senatorial races in Midwest battleground states, such as Wisconsin and Michigan. Given the stakes in this election up and down the ballot, that’s not entirely surprising, but what our guest this morning finds questionable is the hiring, by the NY Post, of a long-time Wisconsin GOP operative to serve as their Wisconsin-based reporter.
Amy Sikma, the Post’s new Wisconsin reporter, was twice paid by the state Republican Party for consulting work. Additionally, she worked as a consultant on former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly’s 2023 campaign, ran the primary campaign for a GOP candidate and worked for an organization that opposes same-sex marriage.
Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz welcome Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who explains that there is a “code of conduct” journalists are expected to follow to avoid the appearance of partisanship when writing about politics. Being on the payroll of a major political party is not specifically part of that code – but is not something Byce has seen in his 37-year journalism career.
Sikma is married to Brian Sikma, a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Government Accountability which is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025.
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Acclaimed editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz and Notre Dame art historian Tatiana Reinoza, whose research and writing focus on contemporary Latinx art, join Tony and Eli on the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz just in time for tonight’s panel on Latinx art and political protest on the UW Campus.
Alcaraz, an award-winning nationally-syndicated editorial cartoonist and the creator of the syndicated daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha”, has shared his art online for 20 years and is the co-host of KPFK satirical talk show, The Pocho Hour of Power, heard on L.A.’s Pacifica station KPFK 90.7 FM.
Tatiana Reinoza, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Notre Dame, is an art historian whose research and writing focus on contemporary Latinx art. Her most recent work, Reclaiming the Americas: Latinx Art and the Politics of Territory won the 2023 Outstanding Book Award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies. The book, a visual history of Latinx printmaking in the US was also a Finalist for the 2024 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award.
Tonight’s panel, featuring Alcaraz and Reinoza, explores the positive effect that Chicanx and Latinx artistic expressions can have on prevailing stereotypes. Their dialogue on Latinx politics and visual art is part of the UW Latine Heritage Month talk. RSVP here for a Zoom option, or attend in person tonight at Elvejhem L140, 800 University Avenue.
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is considered the backbone of humanitarian operations on the ground, yet U.S. aid to that organization has been suspended due to unsubstantiated allegations of involvement with the October 7 attack from Israel. Odeliya Matter, Middle East Policy Team at the Friends Committee, reports that several members of Congress have proposed the “UNRWA Emergency Restoration Act“, vital to humanitarian efforts in the Middle East.
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Bella DeVaan, Associate Director of the Charity Reform Initiative at Inequality.org, talks about her recent article “Fossil Fuel Philanthropy Exposed: New Report Reveals How Climate Disinformation is Subsidized by American Taxpayers“, which tracks some of the donations to Donor-Advised Funds, which give large investors tax breaks, and in return allow them to donate potentially billions to promote climate change disinformation in support of their fossil fuel investments.
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Since 1978, the San Francisco musical collective Negativland has pushed the boundaries of experimental music, performance art, intellectual property and the public domain.
Ranging from tweaking the Irish band U-2, to mashups of the Teletubbies themes, to animatronic Abraham Lincoln mannequins, the band continues to lampoon modern culture.
Negativland is getting ready for a performance with visual artist Sue-C. They will perform at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday September 27, along with a screening of the documentary “Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland.” This is a collaboration with Mills Folly Cinema.
Monday Buzz host Brian Standing spoke with Negativland’s Jon Leidecker and event curator James Kreul.
Featured image courtesy of James Kreul and Filip Preis.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Lolo Lature and RR Moore, with special guest Tara Wilhelmi, Jr. The gang is back together laughing it up in the studio with some very serious talk about Black Women’s Wellness with a preview of the upcoming Black Women’s Wellness Day this Saturday.
More information on The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness and about Black Women’s Wellness Day on Saturday: https://www.ffbww.org/
The Saving Our Babies report from FFBWW and Dane County Health Council: https://www.ffbww.org/saving-our-babies
More information about Jasmine Jones and Amir’s Angels Doulas: https://www.amirsangels.org/about
Check out:
- Black Ururu 9/25 at Barrymore Theatre: https://barrymorelive.com/event/black-uhuru/
- The Viceroys, Roots Renegades and Naty Nation 9/29 at Gamma Ray Bar: https://gammaray.bar/show/the-great-midwest-hemp-fest-afterparty-the-viceroys-with-roots-renegades-and-natty-nations-bob-marley-tribute/
- Soulja Boy 10/1 at Majestic: https://majesticmadison.com/event/soulja-boy/
- WORT’s Bowl-a-Rama 10/27: https://www.wortfm.org/bowl-a-rama-registration-is-live/
Catch Lolo Lature and RR Moore most Tuesdays at Food For Thought Milwaukee’s Poetry Night at Mi Casa Su Cafe in Milwaukee: https://www.instagram.com/foodforthoughtmke/
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The Book of Isaiah, chapter 2 verse 4 reads “And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
The RawTools Cooperative has decided to apply that biblical admonition to the modern world, with their Guns to Garden Tools program. On Saturday, September 28, the Eastmorland Community Center invites the community to bring in unwanted firearms on a no-questions-asked basis. Trained volunteers will disable and destroy the guns and then shape them into functional garden tools.
At a Guns to Garden Tools event in 2022, organizer and former pastor Jeff Wild (left) and a group of volunteers dismantle donated firearms and prepares them for conversion into garden tools.Volunteers at work at the 2022 Guns to Garden Tools eventA volunteer melts down a donated gun with a portable forge at the 2022 Guns to Garden Tools event Tools fashioned from donated gunsScott and Staci Marrese-Wheeler visited the WORT studios to tell Monday 8 o’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing more about how Madisonians can follow the biblical teaching to bring violence to an end. Scott has organized many Guns to Garden Tools events and is running this one. Staci is the Director of the Eastmorland Community Center where this Saturday’s event will take place.
The Guns to Garden Tools event takes place Saturday, September 28 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Eastmorland Community Center, 3565 Tulane Avenue in Madison.
Other organizations that promote gun violence prevention are the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and The Farley Center, which will host a Musicians for Gun Sense Concert that same day.
Staci and Scott Marrese-Wheeler. Photo by WORT producer Nicholas WoottonAll photos courtesy of Scott Marrese-Wheeler and Pat Siegler, except as indicated.
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Ever since the Cold War, the United States has done its best to thwart or overturn left-leaning or Marxist governments in the Western hemisphere. However, two particular thorns in the U.S. side, Cuba and Venezuela, have largely resisted multiple efforts to install governments more friendly to perceived U.S. interests.
Given all that history, and given all the bias and propaganda about these two Latin American nations, it is difficult for even discerning news consumers to find accurate and detailed information about what is actually going on in those nations.
To redress that news black hole, Monday Buzz host Brian Standing spoke to Andres Sebastian-Pertierra, a historian and PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a graduate of Havana University. Pertierra lives in Havana, where he studies Marxist historiography and the history of capitalism. Pertierra described how the recent election in Venezuela was stolen, just like the Venezuelan opposition claims.
Havana’s Hotel Nationale, where gangsters once met in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Andrés Pertierra.Web posting by WORT producer Nicholas Wootton
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at NYU, has written a book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, in which she explains what modern authoritarian leaders have in common with each other and how their plans follow the typical script of fascism developed a hundred years earlier. This is an interview that Ms. Ben-Ghiat did with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda earlier this year. Don Trump, Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanayhu are the current reincarnations of this personality type who promote a “leader cult” that utilizes the authoritarian playbook of victimization and avenging savior.
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An agreement is in place for Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) to acquire BCycle from Trek which currently operates the bike sharing market in Madison. Alison Cohen, founder of BTS, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the transition and her company’s mission to get more people on bikes. The acquisition will make BTS the only vertically integrated docked bike share company in North America. But Ms. Cohen wants to assure users in Madison that their goal is not to increase profits for BTS, but rather to encourage bicycle use by offering an affordable and reliable bike sharing experience. As the great philosopher once sang, get on your bikes and ride!
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UW-Madison graduate student and Students for Justice in Palestine spokesperson Dahlia Saba joined Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz to talk about the necessity of a total arms embargo and ceasefire prior to the November presidential election.
In Wisconsin’s April Democratic Presidential Primary, over 48,000 voters checked the “Uninstructed” box to indicate their opposition to the US policy in the Gaza-Israel war. VP Kamala Harris, the party’s likely candidate in the general election, has expressed her support for a ceasefire but with the announcement this week of a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel, that goal seems out of reach.
With the election just under three months away, Listen to Wisconsin urges voters to sign their “Not Another Bomb” petition, and “Ceasefire First” pledge, which reads: “I pledge that I cannot in good conscience vote for Vice President Harris until at least one of the following conditions are met: a permanent ceasefire is achieved, OR Vice President Harris publicly commits to halting all weapons to Israel to enable a ceasefire if she is elected.”
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Jerome Dillard, Executive Director of EXPO (EX-incarcerated People Organizing) and Nick Ramos, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, team up to talk to Jan Miyasaki about the “Unlock the Vote Campaign“, efforts to give the vote to 59,000 individuals in Wisconsin who are walking (and working) in the community while on extended probation but who CANNOT vote!
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Nick Wurst, General Secretary of Railroad Workers United, talks about the rail industry in general, issues with the control held by six mega-corporations of all rail industry in the U. S., and his attempts to get thirteen rail workers unions working together in solidarity for a stronger bargaining position for workers.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring RR Moore and Lolo Lature, Laura Ford-Harris, Education and Learning Officer from Black Men’s Coalition of Dane County joins us to tell us her story and about what’s going on with their organization.
More information Black Men’s Coalition on the free eCornell training available to our community: https://www.bmcdc.org/cornell
Events and More:
- Madison Night Market September 12: https://visitdowntownmadison.com/events/madison-night-market-2024
- Catch UJAMAA, EOTO and Tara at Jujo’s Block Party on Saturday (8/17) at Penn Park: https://www.facebook.com/jujusblockparty
- Africa Fest Madison Saturday (8/17) at McPike Park: http://africanassociationofmadison.org/
- Mad Lit coming up Friday August 18th: https://www.ucanmadison.org/madlit/
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · MPL Artists In Residence Wrap Up Summer ProgramsMadison Public Library’s popular We Read Bubbler Artist in Residence program has recently expanded into neighborhood libraries around the city. Featuring hands-on workshops and community projects, the program provides opportunities for kids, families and adults to engage with local teaching artists. We have two of this summer’s artists in residence with us now. Renee Gavigan, Artist in Residence at Pinney Library and Carlee Latimer, Bubbler Program Administrator joined the Monday Buzz on August 12, 2024.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Undersea Mining Company Seeks To Discredit Research On Dark OxygenIn July, the science journal Nature Geoscience published a groundbreaking paper describing evidence that large amounts of free oxygen is produced chemically on the deep floor of the Pacific Ocean. Led by Scottish Association for Marine Science researcher Andrew K. Sweetman, the discovery of so-called “dark oxygen” has the potential to completely upend much of what we think we know about how oxygen gets into the atmosphere. But a funny thing happened shortly after the study came out, when one of the research funders – an undersea mining company – got cold feet. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation environmental reporter Inayat Singh broke the story, and he spoke to Monday Buzz host Brian Standing.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Nature Conservancy Votes No On WI AmendmentsFor over seventy years, The Nature Conservancy has cultivated a reputation as a nonpartisan, science-based conservation agency more interested in buying and protecting land than engaging in electoral politics. That nonpartisan stance has generally served the organization well. As of 2021, The Nature Conservancy had over a million members and had permanently protected 119 million acres of critical habitat worldwide. Here in Wisconsin, two ballot measures to amend the state constitution have inspired local chapter of the Nature Conservancy to break with that apolitical tradition. Elizabeth Koehler, Wisconsin State Director for The Nature Conservancy joined the Monday Buzz on August 12, 2024.
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Research Assistant at the Center for Media and Democracy, Colleen Scerpella’s June 3rd article titled “The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education” follows the work of the American Association of University Professors study of right-wing and libertarian think tanks responsible for manufacturing the cultural backlash against both K–12 and higher education. Of particular note is the State Policy Network (SPN), web of 167 far-right nonprofit organizations in 48 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
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Debra Cronmiller, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the constitutional amendment questions that will be included on the ballot for the upcoming Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, August 13. These are large sweeping changes that will impact a wide range of issues voters care about, from education to the environment to how quickly the government can respond to emergencies (like a public health crisis or natural disaster). The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin knows that if these amendments are passed, they will be detrimental to the people of our state, and they urge voters to VOTE NO on both questions.
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Did you hear about the comedian who bought eyeglasses to improve their observational comedy? Well, if you haven’t, you may want to take in one or more of the many shows taking place tonight through Saturday, August 10, for Madison Comedy Week. Maggie Maxwell and Andre Medrano of the comedy show Would You Rather with Andre & Maggie, Kevin Kellam, and Jake Snell join the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the upcoming shows and what you’re going to miss if you can’t make it. There are five shows a night at venues all over town making it easy to catch at least one of the shows. If not, the jokes are on you.
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Omar Ocampo, Researcher at the Institute for Policy Studies, questions whether American capitalism is sustainable, given the huge wealth gap. The 813 billionaires in the U.S. hold more than $5.7 trillion in assets, up $2.7B from 2020. These type of holdings can go a long way to self-support the wealth gap by paying some of the 12,000 registered lobbyists in the country, reports Ocampo.
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The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has been tracking the agendas and activities of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for over ten years — a group designed to make state Republican legislators’ jobs easier, with pre-written conservative bills, including extreme anti-abortion, anti-voting, anti-public education, and other right-wing ideals. Research Director at CMD, David Armiak, talks about the recent annual meeting of ALEC.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring RR Moore and Lolo Lature, serious talk about policing and police reform, de-escalation, and working in and with the community in the wake of another high speed pursuit in Monona and the police shooting during the RNC in Milwaukee.
WORT Coverage of the Monona City Council removing their ban on high speed pursuit: https://www.wortfm.org/monona-police-will-lift-restrictions-on-pursuit-policy-in-wake-of-deadly-crash/
Events and More:
- Madison Night Market starts Thursday, August 8th: https://visitdowntownmadison.com/events/madison-night-market-2024
- Mad Lit coming up Friday August 18th: https://www.ucanmadison.org/madlit/
Coming up next week, representatives from Black Men’s Coalition of Dane County talking about their program to help people get training and credentials, and looking forward to more shows with community members and groups to talk.
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In honor of Juneteenth, Howard University Professor and author of numerous books, including “The Black History of the White House”, talks about the history of Juneteenth, and following, his latest writing from The Nation: “Black MAGA Is Still MAGA to the Core: Trump’s strategy for the Black vote has been high on empty symbolism and low on specific policy benefits for the Black community” where he discusses the staged photo ops of “Black supporters” created by the Trump campaign in an attempt to lure Black voters.
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With a vision of “Thriving farms, vibrant community, and fresh food for all”, Fairshare CSA Coalition strives to bring farms to the community and the community to farms with their community supported agriculture. Communications and Development Manager, Tess Romanski, talks about their programs and their primary fundraiser “Bike/Bus the Barns”.
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After their first attempt at recalling Senator Robin Vos failed, the Racine Recall Committee is hoping that their second effort to gather enough signatures will be validated and start to move the petition process forward. In March, the Wisconsin Elections Committee unanimously ruled that the recall group’s organizers had fallen short in their first attempt to collect enough valid signatures.
On this morning’s 8 O’Clock Buzz, guest Kevin Scott, an attorney with the recall organizers, talks with host Tony Castañeda about the Recall Committee’s second attempt to gather the necessary signatures, and what happens if a determination is made that the petition is valid.
The recall effort is being led by conservatives who were angry with Vos for blocking the impeachment of Wisconsin Elections Committee Administator Meagan Wolfe, for his criticism of former President Trump and for his support of the Chinese Communist Party.
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President Biden recently signed 2 executive orders on immigration that have made headlines — one for its restrictions on asylum seekers, and the most recent, announced this week, for the hope it offers for hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses and of US citizens, and their children.
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, talks with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Casteñeda about the two actions, the first of which, condemned by immigrant rights organizations, temporarily limits the number of asylum seekers granted entrance to the US from Mexico if the number of irregular crossings at the border exceeds an average of 2,500 per day for a week.
The second, applauded by immigration advocates, creates a pathway to citizenship for roughly 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, and an estimated 50,000 children of undocumented immigrants who are married to US citizens.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, featuring Lolo Lature and RR Moore, real talk about Father’s Day and what it means to be a father.
Juneteenth Events in and around Madison on June 19, 2024:
- Ground breaking for the Center for Black Excellence and Culture at 11AM: https://www.theblackcenter.org/ground-breaking/
- Sun Prairie Juneteenth 4-7 at Wetmore Park
- Madison Black Chamber Mix and Mingle 5-7 at Olin Park
- Chazen Museum “Unveiling” tour 4-5PM: https://chazen.wisc.edu/events/unveiling-juneteenth-tour/
- McFarland Juneteenth 1-3 in Arnold Larson Park
- Urban Triage fundraiser with 18th Street Brewing at Bierock
Music from today’s show: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/19122852/Tuesday-8-O-Clock-Buzz
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TNW Ensemble Theater explores the worlds of women’s struggles against oppression through different slices of history with the premiere of its new production “Step Right Up, Ma’am: Stories of Resistance.”
Featuring the poetic works of Fabu Carter, Dale Kushner and Danielle Dresden, and the collage work of artist Milly Charles, the play opens at the Overture Center Promenade on Friday, June 21.
Artwork for Step Right Up, Ma’am by Milly Charles.
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Danielle Dresden, who wrote one of the three segments of the play, called in to the Monday Buzz to talk about her work. She was joined by Donna Peckett, who staged and directed the play.
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Four and a half billion years ago, gravitational attraction pulled together floating specks of stardust to form the planet Earth. It is difficult for those of us not schooled in geology to visualize such timescales – after all, recorded human history only stretches back a few thousand years.
A retired judge and law professor has created a public installation to help ordinary folks comprehend such massive periods of time.
Nick Schweitzer worked for many years as an Administrative Law Judge and referee hearing cases of professional misconduct on the part of lawyers and other professionals, and subsequently taught ethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Since his retirement, he has written 13 plays, and served as President of the Free Congregation of Sauk County.
Nick Schweitzer. Photo Nicholas Wootton, WORT producerIn his free time Schweitzer has designed scientific exhibits for Madison area parks. His latest creation, installed this past weekend in Law Park on Madison’s isthmus, documents the history of the earth in a proportional timeline. Nick Schweitzer visited the WORT studios to tell Monday Buzz host Brian Standing more about it.
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On June 4, the Biden Administration issued an executive order effectively eliminating asylum applications for migrants who cross the border between the United States and Mexico without documentation. The order comes as Republicans in Congress walked away from an agreement on immigration reform and as Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump calls for mass deportations.
What has the impact of the Presidential order been to those seeking asylum from political oppression in their home countries?
Photo courtesy UW websiteSara McKinnon is a professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin, and Faculty Director of Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies. She also co-chairs the UW Human Rights Program. Sara McKinnon called in to the Monday Buzz to offer our listeners her perspective on the issue.
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Charley Preusser, editor of the Crawford County Independent, graciously fills in for the scheduled guest who was unavailable to be interviewed. Charley provides an update on comings and goings in the driftless region over the past few weeks. One of the big stories involved the showing of the film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Gays Mills Library to honor the celebration of Gay Pride Month. It became a topic of controversy when a couple of Village Trustees tried to prevent the showing (they must not like desert movies) before others stepped in to resolve the issue. One of the lighter stories was the sighting of a mountain lion wandering through the rural area, witnessed by none other than the editor himself.
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Farm Days at Vitruvian will be held this Saturday, June 15, from 9:00am-6:00pm at Vitruvian Farms in McFarland, WI. Marissa DeGroot, Marketing and Operations Coordinator, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz, to provide information on the event, but also to speak to the plight of small farms in Wisconsin. Marissa explains how Vitruvian Farms is partnering will other small, local farms in making their organic produce available to the public. Farm Days will include three scheduled tours of the farm including the mushroom growing facility, and local farmers and makers handing out samples of their produce. You can also visit the farm store while you’re there.
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Ken Grossinger, director of Impact Philanthropy in Democracy Partners and leading strategist in movements for social and economic justice for thirty-five years, talks about his recent book, “Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together“. The book combines story narratives and personal interviews to show how art can make a political statement in our world.
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Who is billion-dollar conservative donor Charles Koch? David Armiak, Research Director at the Center for Media and Democracy, talks about the man, his legacy, and his spending to sway elections in the U. S.
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Knowing the history of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is critical to understand ongoing opposition to the company’s plan to reroute the pipeline. Every day, Line 5 moves over 23 millions gallons of natural gas liquids, light crude oil, and light synthetic crude over 600 miles through the heart of the Great Lakes and over the Bad River Reservation. Since its inception in 1967, Line 5 has spilled 33 times, releasing over one million gallons of oil along its length from Superior, Wisconsin through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, under the Straits of Mackinac, and down to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.
On Tuesday, the Army Corps of Engineers held a public hearing in Ashland regarding the permit Enbridge needs to rebuild Line 5.
Over 150 environmental activists from Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota attended the hearing to voice opposition to the company’s plan to reroute the pipeline over 186 waterways.
Longtime activist Marc Rosenthal attended the hearing and talks this morning with 8 O’Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz about the specific threats the pipeline poses and the importance of organizing through groups like 350 Wisconsin and the Sierra Club.
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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed felony forgery charges against the three Trump associates who masterminded the state’s fake elector scheme, which sought overturn the 2020 presidential election. Join Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz as they talk with Lucy Ripp, Communications Manager for A Better Wisconsin Together, about the significance of the charges and Wisconsin’s role as the epicenter of the scheme.
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Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about his article, “Cracks in the Wealth Extraction System, Dissenters of the power elite“, where he discusses how some of the uber-wealthy are breaking ranks of the wealth-hoarders, and are offering to “pay their share” to reduce inequality.
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California’s Prop 12, a major victory to regulate the animal agriculture industry won a court victory in that state, but that hasn’t stopped Big Ag from trying to influence federal regulations, according to Rebecca Wolf, Senior Analyst at Food and Water Watch. In Wolf’s recent article, “The EATS Act: Lawmakers’ Big Gift to Big Ag in this Farm Bill“, she talks about how this federal bill will overrule animal rights, harm small farms, and shift the balance of power over agriculture from the states to the federal government.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring RR Moore and Lolo Lature, Rudy Scott, CEO and founder of Abstract Global Entertainment joins us to talk about his upcoming comedy show at The Barrymore, and to continue our ongoing conversation about event production and Madison’s scene. And a bonus, recapping The Roots Family Picnic last weekend in Philadelphia.
Abstract Comedy Series is coming to Barrymore on June 8th, more info and tickets at https://barrymorelive.com/event/abstract-comedy-series/
Keep up with Rudy at c.e.o._rudy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.e.o._rudy/
Youth Programs (The Street’s Got a Job for Everybody) :
- Jamal Eubanks Determination to Succeed Back To School Summit: https://www.eubankssolutions.com/workshops/events
- Vernee Nycole Kinky Kulture Braiding Camp: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7mMuqbsHpf/
- ETS Performance Sports Camps in East and West Madison: https://www.etsperformance.com/
- Madison Youth Arts Center Classes: https://madisonyoutharts.org/art-classes-groups/
Catch Corey Whitmore and Madison youth performers at Summerfest on June 22nd!
Juneteenth and Father’s Day coverage next week!
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Aldo Leopold Center Celebrates 30 YearsOn one hand, it’s remarkable that Monona’s Aldo Leopold Nature Center is now in its thirtieth year of operation. On the other hand, the center’s nature summer camps for kids, educational outings and special events have become such a part of the fabric of the Madison area, that it’s hard to remember that they haven’t been around forever. Cara Erickson is the marketing and communications coordinator for the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, and she joins us now in the studio to tell us about how they’re celebrating their auspicious anniversary.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · EU Adopts AI ActOn May 21, 2024, the European Council, which includes the heads of state for each of the members of the European Union, unanimously voted to adopt the Artificial Intelligence Act. The AI Act, which the European Parliament approved in March after years of debate, establishes the most comprehensive regulations on artificial intelligence technologies yet adopted. Because any company that wishes to market their product within the European Union must comply with EU regulations, industry analysts expect the legislation to have a global impact. Dragoș Tudorache has represented Romania in the European Parliament since 2019, where he has served on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age. Tudorache joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing to discuss the legislation.
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Another week and more horrific stories from the ongoing genocide in Gaza as Israeli military forces continue their assault on Palestinian civilians. Jennifer Lowenstein, activist and freelance journalist, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about recent events there including the bombing of a refugee encampment resulting in 45 deaths, the Biden Administration’s backtracking of enforcing tougher measures against the Israeli government, and the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other top officials.
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Definitely go to the Burr Oak tomorrow night, Friday, May 31, as Madison’s own The Dead Johnnys pay tribute to the English punk rock band, The Clash. Jim Goronson, one of the main members of the Madison band joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about their show and the musical odyssey that made the English punk pioneers a “clash-ical” act. Tomorrow night’s lineup includes The Blue Herons and the Broken Boards. This is your chance to rock the Casbah, or at least the Burr Oak.
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It’s been 14 years since the Supreme Court opened the floodwaters of large, and highly unregulated, election campaign donations in the U.S. The Center for Media and Democracy’s Research Director, David Armiak, tracks some of these large donors, including Charles Koch and Wisconsin’s Richard Uihlein, and where their money goes and how it affects local and national elections.
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People living in southern Brazil, already dealing with the destruction of heavy flooding, were hammered again with torrential rain in the past week with more devastation forecast for the coming days. Paulo Andrave, a Brazilian artist and social commentator visiting the Madison area joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the deadly flooding but also about the political situation in the country. The former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, led a government that was anti-environment and pro-business that coupled with climate change has resulted in devasting consequences for the Brazilian people. Extensive deforestation undertaken to promote new development has exacerbated the effects of flooding.
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WORTstock 2024 is this Sunday, May 19, and once again Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild is sponsoring the beverage selection on tap at the festival. Fred Swanson of the Guild joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss this year’s lineup of beverages and the state of brewing in the Madison area. There will no less than sixteen beverage selections on tap at any one time at the event, with different options rotating in and out as supplies last. There will be only one new brewery featured this year which reflects the slight downturn in craft beer sales nationwide. So, get over to Warner Park this Sunday, enjoy a beverage or two, and support this most worthwhile fund-raising event with other like-minded community members.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail featuring RR Moore, Rudy Scott, CEO and founder of Abstract Global Entertainment joins us to talk about entertainment business, his upcoming event, and everything else going on around town.
Abstract Comedy Series is coming to Barrymore on June 8th, more info and tickets at https://barrymorelive.com/event/abstract-comedy-series/
Keep up with Rudy at c.e.o._rudy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.e.o._rudy/
Come celebrate 10 years in comedy and 43 years of live with Antoine at Wil-Mar Center on May 18th!
Catch RR Moore at The Legacy Lounge in Las Vegas on May 25th: https://www.instagram.com/thelegacyloungelv
And don’t forget the Urban Triage Black Brilliance Gala on Friday the 17th at Overture!
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Karmel, who for many years relied on his girth for comedic material, recently shed enough weight to make his self-deprecating “fat jokes” (as he calls them) irrelevant, forcing him to develop new material without the aid of his long-time comedic crutch. He and his sister have co-written a memoir about their lives, “T-Shirt Swim Club“, about their lives, which they hope can speak to kids who may be experiencing some of what they did as teens.
Karmel also hosts the weekly podcast All Fantasy Everything, where comedians and experts come together to fantasy draft anything and everything pop culture-nothing is off limits.
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National Nurses Week, May 6-10, 2024, honors those who are the guardians of our care in clinics, hospitals, and the community. Victoria Gutierrez, a local nurse and labor activist, talks with Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda about the role of nurses as listeners, explainers and advocates, as well as their ongoing struggle to organize and the long-lasting detrimental effects of Act 10, which decimated their union.
In recognition of National Nurses Week 2024, Meriter Nurses along with SEIU, the union representing healthcare workers, are hosting a community-wide blood drive on Friday, May 10, 2024 from 9am – 1pm at the Labor Temple at 1602 S. Park St. Walk-ins are welcome!
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In his recent article “Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members“, David Armiak, Research Director for the Center for Media and Democracy, talks about a recent “school board summit” for Wisconsin school board members and candidates with a program by right-wing Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) — a ALEC-like group to model policies and groom grass-roots school board organizers in how to ban books, limit the rights of LGBT+ students, control what is taught in classrooms, and more.
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In investigating a proposed merger between Exxon Mobil and oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources, the FTC’s review of thousands of communications between Pioneer and OPEC, negotiating price fixing between the two groups. Tyson Slocum, Director at the Energy Program at Public Citizen, discusses the FTC’s report and the Friends of the Earth report “FTC’s Price Gouging Allegations Against War Profiteer a Wake-up Call to End Merger Mania“, and demands investigations into all American oil companies for these nefarious and anti-American activities.
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International Blowing Bubbles Day happens on May 6 and the Monday Buzz wants to make sure you know where to celebrate. Bubble artist Michelle Hackett called in to WORT studios to tell Monday Buzz host Brian Standing about her work and art. Michelle will demonstrate her bubble making creations at the Madison Circus Space, 2082 Winnebago Avenue, on Saturday, May 6.
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In recent weeks University of Wisconsin students have set up tents in the library mall to protest Israel’s occupation of Gaza Strip and its ongoing war there.
On May first, members of the UW Police, State Police and Dane County Sheriff’s office arrived in riot gear at the request of UW administrators to forcibly remove the student encampment. Police arrested both students and professors, used chokeholds and held participants on the ground. Since Wednesday, protestors have rebuilt the encampment, and have continued to negotiate with the UW administration about their demands, which include University divestment from funds associated with Israel.
For a broad, historical perspective on these events Monday Buzz host Brian Standing turned to Connie Flanagan, the University of Wisconsin Human Ecology Vaughan Bascom Professor Emerita, who has studied youth and politics.
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For almost 60 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld access to birth control as a fundamental right.
The Griswold v. Connecticut case from 1965 established the right of married couples to use contraceptives.
Eisenstand v. Baird in 1972 held that states may not prevent unmarried couples from using contraceptives.
And in the 1977 case Carey v. Populations Services, Inc., the court ruled that minors as young as 14 also have a right to obtain and use contraception.
Despite those robust legal precedents, the court has signaled to potential litigants that it is open to reconsider these rulings. In Dobbs v. Jackson, the 2022 case that overturned the right to an abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that the court should revisit all three of those landmark contraception cases. Congress attempted to adopt a Contraception Right Act in 2022, 2023 and again in the 2024 session, but federal legislation stalled each time.
State legislators are no longer waiting for Congress, but are introducing their own Right to Contraception Acts in state legislatures around the country. Here in Wisconsin, the contraception rights effort is spearheaded by Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, who sponsored SB 365, the Wisconsin Right to Contraception Act.
Senator Dianne Hesselbein spoke with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing to talk more about efforts to protect the right to contraception.
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Lisa Masri from Madison Rafah Sister City Project gives an update on the Gaza protests on UW-Madison Library Mall and talks about a benefit tonight (May 1, 2024) of pizza and beer at Giant Jones Brewing, with proceeds going to the Middle East Children’s Alliance.
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Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog from Beyond Nuclear, talks about Monday’s pre-submittal meeting for Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC to discuss with the NRC staff its plan to submit a Quality Assurance Plan to support potential reauthorization of power operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant. The decommission plan has taken on new dangerous goals to re-start the 50-year-old plant, Kemps explains.
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Sarah Anderson, Global Economy Project Director at the Institute for Policy Studies, breaks down the sweeping domestic agenda of “2025 Agenda to Inspire Action for a More Equitable Nation” by the 100+ member Congressional Progressive Caucus. The agenda covers a wide range of goals under the broad categories: Lower the Cost of Living, Boost Wages and Worker Power, Advance Justice, Protect Our Planet and Our People, Make Our Democracy Work, Break Corporations’ Hold on Our Economy, Provide World-Class Public Education.
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz, RR Moore and Lolo Lature are in the studio, with Tara Wilhelmi on the line, recapping the team’s experience in Las Vegas for Rausea’s show and other current events from Mifflin Street Block Party to recent shootings and police policy, dealing with mental illness and health, lessons in parenting and more!
See Rausea and Lolo doing spoken word on Saturday at Trina’s Intimate Affairs in Beloit!
Keep an eye out for Antoine’s 10th Anniversary Show coming up in the middle of May!
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On Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s semi-annual Gallery Night, local artists open up their studios to the public, showcasing a wide variety of styles and media of visual arts, including experimental and avant-garde forms.
But classical forms of art certainly get their due as well. Artists who create portraits or portray the human form in oil and watercolors paintings will also display their work at Atwood Atelier – located on Main Street, not Atwood Avenue. Atwood Atelier provides classes on portraiture and figure drawing and offers space for artists to practice their craft. Artist Philip Salamone who directs the Atwood Atelier, called in to WORT studios to tell us about his work.
The 2024 Spring Gallery Night will take place on Friday, May 3rd in locations throughout Madison. You can find more information at the MMoCA website.
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According to media licensing experts, internet users upload between four and fifteen billion photos a day to various social media sites. And those social media sites are adept at associating and storing in depth information about the people who appear in each and every one of those photos. As anyone who has seen a prompt asking if you want to share a memory from a decade ago, most of those photos, and the data associated with them, sit on servers forever.
Recent research suggests that social media companies are doing more than just storing such images – they’re using them to find out more about you, your friends, and what you do in your daily life, and keep that information with each pic. Up to 500 different labels might get attached to that vacation photo you just uploaded, indicating where and when it was taken and who is in it.
A pair of UW computer science researchers have been studying the methods that companies like Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram use to mine information about you from the images you post, and came to WORT studios to tell us what they learned.
Kassem Fawaz is the Associate Chair for Research at the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering and faculty lead for WI-PI, the Wisconsin Privacy and Security Group. Jack West is an Engineering PhD candidate and WI-PI member.
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Wisconsin voters with disabilities face challenges when exercising their right to vote that most residents do not. If simply making it to the polls is one of those challenges, their options for overcoming them are limited. Wisconsin law requires absentee voters to use a paper ballot. Voters who lack fine motor control or have visual impairments can ask for assistance filling out their ballot, but then sacrifice their right to fill out the ballot in secret.
A group of Wisconsin disabled voters, Disability Rights Wisconsin and the League of Women Voters recently filed a lawsuit seeking to allow for fully electronic absentee ballots.
Alexander Shur, who writes for the nonprofit news outlet Votebeat, has been covering this issue and came into WORT’s studios to tell us more about it.
In this photo, Don Natzke is seen in the backyard of his Shorewood, Wis., home on July 31, 2020. Natzke, who is blind, was unable to vote in Wisconsin’s April 2020 election as fear of the COVID-19 pandemic kept him from his in-person polling place and he faced several hurdles casting an absentee ballot.
Photo credit: Will Cioci / Wisconsin Watch
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Today on the Not-Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, no guests and co-hosts, it’s just Tara talking about doing good for the community, arts as business, and whatever else comes up, what’s going around town, and reminiscing on some music!
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the presidential run of Robert M. LaFollette — one of the most successful third-party campaigns in U.S. history. Norman Stockwell, Publisher of the Progressive Magazine talks in detail about the history of LaFollette, his progressive ideas of breaking the power of monopolies over politics and economy, denouncing the resurgence of the KKK, and fighting against “any discrimination between races, classes, and creeds.” Stockwell gives some details of the anniversary party events scheduled starting tomorrow, April 25, 2024, and continuing through the weekend.
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Congress requires the Pentagon to submit Unfunded Priorities List (UPL) each year, offering a backdoor of requests of $25.8 billion for 2025 (double from the previous year) to boosting already exorbitant military spending of $895.2 billion in military spending President Biden has already requested. In her recent article “The Pentagon’s Billion-Dollar Wish Lists“, Sofia Guerra from the Friends Committee on National Legislation talks about these unmonitored requests, and new bi-partisan legislation seeking to cut this fat from Defense Department.
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The “Mills Folly Microcinema” at Madison’s Arts and Literature Laboratory, now in its sixth year, seeks to push the envelope of the moving image with a docket of experimental cinema and collaborations. James Kreul, who is an old friend of the Monday Buzz, curates the program, and joined the Monday Buzz to tell us about the next Mills Folly presentation, Outer-Inner: Live Music, Live Video.
Outer-Inner will pair live music with analog video reacting in real time to the musical performance. Video artists Ryan Lansing and Peter Charles Allen, who are among the performers, came into the WORT studios to describe their work. The performance will also include musicians Def Sonic, Niels Jorgensen and Seth Klekamp.
This live music and video collaboration takes place April 24th at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts and Literature Laboratory.
One week later, on May first, Mills Folly will present Project Projection, a showcase of experimental short films by thirteen local filmmakers. Project Projection, which runs several times each year, provides a venue for Madison area video artists to display their work.
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Back before desktop publishing and the internet, if you wanted to get your radical counterculture message out, you had to use scissors, paste from a jar, and frequent visits to photocopy shops to produce your own magazine, or “zine.” Madison’s annual “Print and Resist” Zinefest celebrates the DIY, analog printed word. This year’s event takes place at Madison’s Central Library on April 27th from 11 to 4.
Several contributing artists to this year’s Zinefest told us about their work on the Monday Buzz. Julie Sabo, who came in to WORT studios, is an illustrator and zinester. Joining the Buzz by phone were designer, artist and poet Mike Ward, and also comic artist Beth Hetland.
Carlee Latimer, Bubbler Program Administrator for the Madison Public Library, also joined us in the studio.
The 2024 Madison Print and Resist Zine fest takes place on Saturday, April 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Madison Central Library. For more information, visit the events page of the Madison Public Library website.
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Since 1979, Labor Notes and the Troublemakers Union has brought grassroots labor activists together to exchange organizing notes, tactics, success stories and lessons learned. The 2024 Labor Notes conference is just wrapping up in Chicago and featured presentations from activists in the United Auto Workers, the Writer’s Guild, Independent Union of Audi Mexico Workers, the Italian Federation of Metalworkers and many others.
Two Madison-area labor activists who attended the Chicago conference, Joanna Frasch and Barbara Smith, called in to WORT studios to fill us in on the event.
Joanna Frasch is the at-large Executive Board Member for AFSCME Local 1. Barbara Smith is a member of the American Federation of Teachers Local 4848.
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Record Store Day is an annual celebration of the culture of the independently owned record store. It’s typically held on one Saturday in April to allow artists, fans and independent stores around the world to gather and spread the word about the special place these stores hold in our communities. DJ el Serpentine, Sal Serio, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss events in the Madison area for this observance. Because this year’s bash is this Saturday, April 20, it will coincide with the annual celebration of the counter-culture’s rally for diversity and acceptance. Peace out.
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Election workers and administrators are at the frontline of defending democracy by ensuring free and fair elections. But increasingly their job descriptions include threat analysis, reporting harassment, and methods to de-escalate potential violence. This has all come about due to increased threats to election officials since the 2020 presidential election, and the false claims of illegal voting by right wing agitators. Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the upswing in election worker turnover and preparations for the 2024 elections. He also speaks to the increased security afforded Meagan Wolfe, Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, after she was specifically named in false accusations by Don Trump in his continued tirade against those at the forefront of providing our democratic rights. Is it possible the Framers of the Constitution would have had second thoughts about freedom of speech if they knew Dishonest Don was coming?
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Each year at tax time, the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies produces a tax receipt that shows where your 2023 income taxes went. Co-author, Lindsay Koshgarian gives some oversight to how your tax dollars are spent: average taxpayer gave $5100 to U.S. militarism and only $10.84 to renewal energy programs; $112 to foreign militaries vs $58 to diplomacy. More details in the report.
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Senate review of U.S. Court of Appeals candidates don’t usually attract attention, but thanks to a recent article by Kasia Szymborski Wolfkott, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, entitled “Treatment of First Muslim Federal Appellate Nominee Has Damaged Our Institutions” we have learned about how Republican Senators’ insinuations that Pakistani-born (but U.S. citizen) attorney Adeel Mangi supports Islamic terrorism, along with attacks on his pro bono work represent a “grotesque spectacle” of racial bias.
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After a successful tour of comedy clubs in New York City and environs, Sasha Rosser has returned to Madison and is ready to make her first comedy album featuring a […]
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After Janet Protasewicz was sworn as a new State Supreme Court Justice at the beginning of August, the liberal majority began to push for hearings on issues they thought important […]
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Somewhere around 350 million gallons of water used to quell the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown in 2011, and Japan has started discharging that contaminated water into the Pacific […]
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Do you like live music? How about live Rhumba and other fun dances? Put on your dancing and toe-tapping shoes and come to the “Rhumba for Rainbow” fundraiser this coming […]
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“A manifesto to deconstruct the last 50 to 100 years of environmental protection and clean energy” — that’s how Kevin Curtis, Executive Director of the National Resources Defense Council Action […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville) and Tara Wilhelmi, Ashley Moseberry from Alkeme Brand joins us to talk about her business planning and producing events, making […]
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On the eve of Madison East High School‘s first day of the 2023-24 school year, Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda is joined by Special Ed teacher and Madison East’s union rep, Mike Kovanda. Mike gives Tony the lowdown on the staffing situation at East (improved, but still insufficient), construction updates (long overdue) and how a stretch of leadership instability in the wake of Milt McPike’s retirement fuels instability among the staff and further undermines public education on the whole. Despite the challenges this, and all schools face, Mike loves East High School, its community and staff and is incredibly excited to welcome the students back over the next several days.
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Taking advantage of a recently passed state law, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has transferred control of the Houston Independent School District to the state’s Texas Education Agency. Claiming the takeover was “unfortunate but necessary”, Abbott replaced the district’s superintendent and elected school Board members, and in a move that adds insult to injury (and seems Orwellian), fired librarians and closed libraries, converting them to multipurpose computer rooms to be used, in part, for discipline. Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda welcomes David DeMatthews, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, to learn more about the takeover and its potential to cause longterm negative outcomes.
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Within days of the fire which leveled the town of Lahaina in Maui, predatory realtors and lawyers were trying to take advantage of local residents who had just lost everything. Troy Andrade, Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, has recently penned an article “Maui and Predatory Realtors and Lawyers“. In this interview, he speaks in detail with Jan Miyasaki about not only recent events, but how Hawaii has been, and continues to be, exploited by capitalist interests and greed.
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In his recent article in the Institute for Policy Studies entitled “Oligarchy Has Arrived. Congress Must Take Notice — and Act! An innovative tax-the-rich proposal now before lawmakers would reverse the wealth concentration that’s suffocating our democracy“, Associate Fellow Bob Lord describes the rationale behind the proposed “Oligarch Act”. This proposal, effective only on individuals making more than one thousand times the median annual income, would be an annual progressive tax from 2-8% of the individual’s total wealth.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), wrapping up on Investfest 2023 in Atlanta, and the scene down there.
More on Investfest at https://investfest.com/us/
ArtsXchange Atlanta – https://www.artsxchange.org/
Shout Outs:
- Loud and Unchained fundraiser – Thursday 8/31 at Crucible: https://www.cruciblemadison.com/events/2023-08/loud-n-unchained-fundraiser
- Mad Lit – Friday 9/8 at the top of State Street: https://ourgmmc.org/madlit/
- Rob Dz Spoken Word Night – 9/14 at Cafe Coda: https://cafecoda.club/2023/01/21/spoken-word-night-hosted-by-rob-dz-every-2nd-thursday-of-the-month-7-pm-10/
- UJAMAA Black Business Night – 9/10 at Breese Stevens Field
For the music, check out the playlist on Spinitron.
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That was the banner headline from the Marion County Record after their office was raided by the full force of the Marion, Kansas police department after coming into possession of incriminating information regarding a local restaurateur, the local police chief, and a local judge who issued the warrant for the raid. Charlie Preusser, editor of the Crawford County Independent, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss events in Marion, but also to inform listeners to the dangerous threat to local press freedom experienced by many smaller, local news outlets country-wide. A recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review by Jon Allsop provides a relatively short but comprehensive summary of the Marion event and Charlie recommends that everyone read this article.
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They fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Cycropia Aerial Dance collective will once again take to the trees (or at least to the aerial rigs) as part of the 58th Orton Park Festival to be held Friday and Saturday, August 25th and 26th. Kari Dickinson of Cycropia joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to provide a bit of history of the dance company and let listeners know what may be in store for those who venture out to the festival this weekend. Cycropia will be performing Friday night at 7:30 PM as part of family night, and then again at 8:30 PM on Saturday night. You can’t start a fire without a spark even if we’re just dancing in the dark.
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The sailboat Golden Rule, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, and which inspired the many peace makers and peace ships that followed, is sailing once more, to show that nuclear abolition is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism. Veterans For Peace journey coordinator Helen Jaccard talks about the goals of the Golden Rule, how you can see this boat soon in a Lake Michigan port near you, and how you can support the cause.
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Co-author of the recent report “Still a Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality“, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad talks about the lack of progress in the sixty years after the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”. Asante-Muhammad says that at this rate African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), talking about what’s going on, Black Restaurant Week wrap-up, Invest Fest 2023 coming up in Atlanta, and more, joined by K.I.L.O., Willie Wright, and Chakari Daezhare.
More on Invest Fest in Atlanta at https://investfest.com/us/
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The Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands agreed to loan the Town of Sanborn in Ashland County $640,000 to help the small community deal with the financial fallout that […]
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The federal CARES Act fund designed to help renters struggling with their payments during the pandemic is ending soon, so local and State agencies are closely tracking the number of […]
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Shereen Siewert, Editor of the non-profit online news outlet Wausau Pilot and Review, joined Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to explain how the small, independent newspaper found itself […]
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The U. S. Senate recently passed their version of the NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act. Diane D’Arrigo from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, states that a part of that […]
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For over 25 years, REAP Food Group has been fulfilling and expanding its mission of “local food system where all people have access to good food, grown well”. Philip Kauth, […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), covering Black Restaurant Week happening this week, talking with Daijah Birchette from The Walking Jerk, and catching up with Chakari […]
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Once a solidly blue-collar neighborhood of housing for workers at Madison’s Oscar Mayer meat plant, the Eken Park neighborhood has diversified and changed over the years. Now in its sixth […]
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On August 15, 2021, in the wake of NATO troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban army captured the capital city of Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani, several members of his cabinet […]
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There’s an old slogan in the labor movement, “direct action gets the goods.” Sometimes, however, just the threat of direct action is enough. That’s what happened on July 25th, when […]
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And tomorrow night, and the next night, and the night after that. Sasha Rosser, Mia Wilson and Kevin Kellam, comedians one and all, join Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz to […]
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In their recent paper, “Missing Americans: Early Death in the United States, 1933-2021“, Jacob Bor et al. assessed how many U.S. deaths would have been averted each year, 1933-2021, if […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Alan Robinson from Herbal Aspects Cannabis Dispensary joins to talk about cannabis business, politics, policy, swinging chairs […]
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The infinitesimal, nearly massless and neutrally charged subatomic particles known as neutrinos ignore forces of the universe such as gravity and electromagnetic forces. Streams of neutrinos travel through the universe […]
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Remember the Green New Deal? The legislation that espoused federal investment in low-carbon, environmental infrastructure as a way to create good-paying jobs? Well, if you’re looking for a poster child […]
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If you’ve ever suffered through a badly taught, boring middle school science class, you might think that science and comedy are completely incompatible. Two shows coming up this week at […]
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Kirk Bangstad, owner of Minocqua Brewery, is on the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz with host Tony Castañeda, to explain how perceived business violations led the Oneida County Planning & Development […]
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Los Texmaniacs, a conjunto band created by Max Baca in 1997, will be making their Sugar Maple Music Festival debut on Friday, August 4, 2023. In 2010 Los Texmaniacs won […]
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In need of some levity in your life? Well, you’re certainly not alone, and thanks to our fair city’s flourishing local comedy scene, there will be ample chances to guffaw, […]
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Come and celebrate “Lanterns for Peace”, to commemorate those killed in the Hiroshima nuclear bombing, 77 years ago. Amy Schultz and Ann Behrmann from Physicians for Social Responsibility — WI, […]
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With the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act loaded with bans on abortion, trans health care, and racial diversity initiatives in the military, how will the Senate version, […]
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Brought to media attention by the recently-released movie “Oppenheimer” and an updated study of the extent of the country which rained with radioactive fallout after the “Trinity” atomic bomb test […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Chakari Daezhare joins to talk about her story and music, and making music in Madison. Special guest Soultry Shibon joins […]
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No, this isn’t about a Steve Martin movie sequel, but rather the relatively new vegan catering company, The Walking Jerk, offering a plant-based take on the traditional Jamaican and Hispanic […]
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Rebecca Hoyt, the new Disability Rights and Services Specialist for the City of Madison joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz […]
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Chief of Race, Wealth and Community for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad talks about the foundations of wealth inequality from when early settlers needed cheap labor, thus creating […]
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In these days of low rain, what needs to be to protect our trees? That’s the question Jan Miyasaki poses to Lisa Johnson, Horticulture Outreach Specialist at UW Extension. Johnson […]
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In an act recognized only by the United States and Israel, Morocco’s invasion and “annexation” of the territory of Western Sahara is an act of modern colonization, according to Mubarak […]
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The House of Representatives recently passed the near-record NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act, one step in funding the military. But instead of passing with a large bi-partisan vote as has […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), talking Black wealth and property ownership with Noel Barnes from Barnes Realty Group, Social Change Agent Dominique […]
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Physicians for Social Responsibility — Wisconsin, has an extensive goal of protecting Wisconsin residents from man-made environmental health threats: from nuclear radiation from power plants to nuclear weapons, climate change, […]
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Nothing has shaped the culture of America more profoundly than the African diaspora. From the West Africans captured and brought here against their will, to the liberated slaves after the […]
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In August of 2018, the Madison area experienced the mother of all flash floods: a literally off-the-charts deluge of over 12 inches of rainfall within less than an hour. Get […]
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For years, environmental advocates have urged state and federal governments to do something about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS. Called “forever chemicals” because of their persistence in […]
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Democracy is fragile. Perhaps John Quincy Adams put it best in 1814 when he wrote, “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a […]
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Proving the axiom that one person’s weed is another’s salad, Robyn Griggs Lawrence, author of the Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook, speaks with Tony Castañeda of the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz in […]
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What do Abraham Lincoln, Robert LaFollette and Don Trump all have in common? Shockingly, they were all members of the Republican Party at one time, whose politics were embraced by […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Madison artist and entrepreneur Rob Dz joins to talk about Mad Lit and everything around town. In […]
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Back in 1915, a young patent clerk named Albert Einstein published a paper he’d been working on, called the Theory of General Relativity. Einstein’s paper talked about how massive […]
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The Supreme Court of the United States continued to wreak havoc with legal precedent this month, handing down far-reaching decisions on affirmative action and the first amendment. In Students […]
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To the dismay of his Republican colleagues at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Governor Tony Evers used his powerful partial veto powers to greatly reduce the proposed tax cut for the […]
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A Vernon County Sheriff’s Deputy was put on administrative leave after fatally wounding a 61 year old man the officer had been dispatched to check on following a call from […]
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In 2009, husband and wife Andy and Dee Hall founded the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in their family basement. Now known as Wisconsin Watch, the center has become an […]
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If, like many Madisonians, you are dependent on your bicycle for transportation, what do you do if your bike breaks down, and you can’t fix it yourself? Sure, if you […]
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Madison’s Starkweather Creek may hold the dubious distinction as the most polluted waterbody in Wisconsin. On the Wisconsin DNR’s impaired waterbody list since 1998, the urban creek has suffered the […]
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In 2022 the U.S. trade deficit increased for goods and services, but with regards to hate and extremism there was a significant surplus in exported racist and anti-immigration resources. Heidi […]
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Bri LeRose, comedy writer and director, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz to discuss the status of the work stoppage by the Writers Guild […]
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Melissa Smith, Founder and Executive Director of Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, joined the 8 O’Clock Buzz to let everyone know there is a Rally for Wolves planned […]
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Allison Sesso, President and CEO of RIP Medical Debt, talks about the activities of her organization, funded by crowd funding, individual contributions, church donations, and now money from the American […]
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Between 1819 and 1969, over 400 Indian boarding schools, many of them Christian, held forced Indian children — away from their families, culture, language, and traditions in order to Americanize […]
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In 2023, once again, the Poor People’s Campaign, Kairos Center, Repairers of the Breach, and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) are taking stock with the release of new, updated […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), it’s a birthday call-in and talk about what’s going on. Breyon and friends reflect on birthdays and the world. Listen […]
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It’s a sound no bird lover wants to hear. A sudden “thunk” against a window pane, that dreaded noise of a songbird colliding with a sheet of glass. A 2014 […]
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Back in November of 2022, former Democratic Senator from Missouri Claire McCaskill declared that the Democratic Party had an age problem. Citing the age of leaders like Joe Biden and […]
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On June 20, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers signed a compromise bill that dedicates 20% of state sales tax revenues to county and municipal governments. Local governments can only use the […]
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In light of the Israeli military’s recent violent raid on the Genin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Jennifer Loewenstein, a journalist with years of experience in the Middle […]
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It’s been a year since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. Lili Luxe, Madison’s Equality Evangelist, joined Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony […]
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There are lots of “how-to” books about childbirth and child rearing, but very few about aging. Which is why Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, Professor and Vice Chair emeritus, Brookdale Department of […]
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Jan talks with Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, at the Brennan Center for Justice about the recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling which determined that the Alabama legislature’s drawing […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, a special commentary show reflecting on Juneteenth here in Madison with event organizers Shyelle Aikens, Ashley Mooseberry, and Willie Wright, talking […]
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Matt Rothschild, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign talks about the recent indictment of the former president with host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock […]
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Francesca Hong, State Representative for the 76th Assembly District joins Tony Castañeda on the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about recent legislative action at the State Capitol. In a somewhat […]
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Adult Swim at Madison Children’s Museum honors the public pool tradition of kicking the kids out so adults can have the space to themselves (without the water or need for […]
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With the end of the “Families First Coronovirus Response Act”, there exists a lot of confusion in who is covered by Medicaid, how to renew coverage, and how to check […]
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The International Summit for Peace in Ukraine conference, scheduled for June 10-11, 2023 in Vienna, Austria, was dealt a blow when, only days before the start of the conference, the […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), a special commentary and call-in show about Juneteenth in Madison the past and the future. Juneteenth events […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Stamped From The Beginning A Graphic History Of Racist Ideas The problem with studying racism in the United States is that it all sounds distressingly familiar. […]
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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 […]
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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… […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 many ways residents can give turtle mothers and the next generation of turtles a helping hand. If you’re interested in turtle conservation awareness, the DNR’s Wild Turtle Week webpage is an excellent resource with information on everything from building nest cages and reporting turtle sightings to helping a turtle get safely across the road.
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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 Tony Castañeda on the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to encourage listeners to donate to the WMF’s Fund-a-Thon which also provides support for lodging, transportation, and child care for those traveling for abortion care. Donations will be matched dollar for dollar by the WMF’s Legacy Fund.
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Mary Donahue, DAIS’s (Domestic Abuse Intervention Services) Director of Development and Communication, admired Tina Turner’s honesty about the domestic abuse she experienced, and Turner’s refusal to be seen not as a victim, but as a survivor. Donahue joined Thursday’s 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to provide an overview of the services DAIS provides, and talked about DAIS’s efforts to break the stigma and shame that prevent many from reaching out for help. Over 50% of funding for DAIS coming from private donors, so a fundraising celebration to celebrate the strength of survivors – Dance for DAIS – will be held at the Garver Feed Mill on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 7:00pm. Find out more about the event here, and help DAIS continue their mission to make Dane County a safe, just and equitable place for all who are affected by domestic violence.
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The top 100 CEOs in the U. S. have accumulated retirement accounts equal to 40% of all workers. Scott Klinger with Jobs With Justice, and Olivia Alperstein with the Institute for Policy Studies, have recently issued their third “A Tale of Two Retirements” reports, comparing the retirement benefits of top CEOs and the “common” workers, focusing on the double standard in tax code which allows unlimited contributions to tax-deferred retirement accounts by high earners, but limiting those of lower workers.
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The Saudi led war in Yemen, supported by the U. S., has resulted in a half million people dead from hunger, disease, and direct military attacks, 16 million people on the edge of starvation, and over 4 million people internally displaced, according to Hassan El-Tayyab, Legislative Director for Middle East Policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and suggests in his most recent article “End U.S. Complicity in the Yemen War and Blockade” that all U. S. support should end. El-Tayyab also gives an update on the movement to end 5 years of maximum pressure on Iran, and de-escalate that situation.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Madison Alder and Founder and President of the Progress Center for Black Women, Sabrina Madison joins us to talk about all that and more; In the second half, “Madison’s Favorite Comedian” (according to the Isthmus poll) and Madison entrepreneur and producer, Antoine McNeail joins us to talk about being an entrepreneur in Madison, his story, the closing of Brink Lounge and having space for Black events in Madison.
More about the Progress Center for Black Women: https://www.centerforblackwomen.org/ and Sabrina’s story: https://madisonformadison.com/meet-sabrina-madison/
More about Leslie Watkins and Alder Madison’s resolution honoring her from Madison365: https://madison365.com/resolution-presented-at-common-council-meeting-will-honor-and-recognize-leslie-watkins-for-exceptional-contributions-to-madison-communities/
More about Antoine McNeail https://www.facebook.com/AntoineMcNeail/ and 1Motion Out Reach Enterprise: https://www.facebook.com/1MotionOutReachEnterprise/ on Facebook.
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Even though Wisconsin law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of past arrests or convictions, a criminal record can still hang like an albatross around the neck of many jobseekers. That’s why the Urban League of Greater Madison is teaming up with Legal Action of Wisconsin, Foley & Lardner, and the Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers to host a series of free “expungement clinics” to help folks clear their names.
Edward Lee, Senior Vice President of the Urban League of Greater Madison joined the Monday Buzz on May 22.
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Families with young children commonly find themselves in an economic catch-22. For many, the cost of childcare exceeds the income one parent would get from returning to the workforce. So, do you try to struggle by on one paycheck, with one parent at home with the kids, or do you cough up the money to pay for daycare, so both parents can work?
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ledger, daycare workers are chronically underpaid, turnover is high, and private daycare operations run on slim margins. The Wisconsin Policy Forum’s new report “Not Mere Child’s Play” dives into the difficult economics of child care in Wisconsin. Senior Researcher Sara Shaw, the primary author of the report, joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on May 22.
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Everyone knows that operas are large lavish affairs, with sky-high ticket prices, audience members in fancy dress, huge, elaborate sets and costumes and production values – and budgets – that rival that of a Hollywood blockbuster. They’re also long… your typical Rossini or Wagner runs three or four hours, with two intermissions. Does it have to be that way, though? What if you could tell the story of let’s say, seven operas, sitting around the campfire, or better yet, with puppets? Impossible, you say?
Well, that’s exactly what the Milwaukee Opera Theater and Quasimondo attempt to do with their most recent production, “Impossible Operas.” A quartet of folks joined the May 22 Monday Buzz:
- Jill Anna Ponasik – Co Creator & Artistic Director of Milwaukee Opera Theatre.
- Brian Rott – Co Creator & Artistic Director of Quasimondo.
- Jeff Mosser – Co Creator & Artistic Producer at Milwaukee Rep.
- Puppet Designer and Operator Anja Notanja Sieger.
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No, we’re not talking about WORT’s distinctive, one-of-a kind program schedule, though we could be. These adjectives of abundance are being thrown around to illustrate what’s universally known as WORTstock‘s No Crap on Tap beverage policy. Fred Swanson of the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild joined Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz on Thursday’s edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the wide-ranging number of local breweries whose beer, mead, cider, and hard seltzers will be available on a rotating basis throughout the day. We personally plan to skip breakfast and have, instead, a cup of the Honeysuckle French Toast cider Fred recommends. You can find this delectable breakfast drink along with dozens of other beverages from 11:00-7:00 Sunday, May 21 at Warner Park. Kid and gluten-free options will be available as well. Like we said, an embarrassment of riches…
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison Childrens Museum Celebrates Asian Pacific Islander HeritageMay is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage month. On Thursday, May 11, the Madison Children’s Museum celebrates the occasion with a huge bash, featuring performances by Zhong Yi Lion Dancers, Beni Daiko Taiko Ensemble, and K-pop dance group VIVID Dance; food samples from Little Tibet; and cultural activities with the Hmong Institute in the Art Studio. Madison Children’s Museum Vice President of Education & Community Engagement Kia Karlen and Peng Her, CEO of the Hmong Institute, and 2015 recipient Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award winner both joined the Monday Buzz on May 8, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Hooks Unveils Worlds Oldest CheddarIn 2003, George W. Bush had just plunged the U.S. into the Iraq War, the social media website MySpace was the hot thing on the internet, and 50 cent, Beyonce, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow were tearing up the music charts. And in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Hook’s Cheese founder Tony Hook locked a batch of cheddar cheese away. Later today, on May 8, 2023, Hook will cut that wheel of cheese for the first time, unveiling it’s new 20-year aged cheddar. At $209 a pound, this comestible certainly has a niche market, but then again, it’s the only 20-year cheddar in the world. Hook’s Cheese founder Tony Hook joined the Monday Buzz on May 8, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Dems And GOP Propose Wildly Different Fixes For Shared Revenue2022 was a record year for local government spending referenda. Hemmed in by state laws that cap local revenues based on nonsensical criteria, 104 local jurisdictions sought relief from onerous revenue caps by going to public referenda. Those pleas to authorize more local spending won by a whopping 84%. Clearly, the public supports their local governments spending money and just as clearly, local governments need other sources of revenue. At the same time, the State of Wisconsin, which is now sitting on an unprecedented seven billion dollar surplus, continues to curtail state shared revenue to local governments. Republicans and Democrats in state government both – finally – seem to realize that now, with both sides proposing revisions to the state’s shared revenue formula. The proposed solutions from Democratic Governor Tony Evers and the Republican-led State Legislature, however, illustrate the vast political divide between them. Can something yet be done? Ross Milton is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the La Follette Institute at the University of Wisconsin, who specializes in state and local public finance. He joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on Monday, May 8, 2023.
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The National Priorities Project of the Institute for Policy Studies each year produces a worksheet of where your federal tax dollars are spent. Director Lindsay Koshgarian breaks down the spending, and their website lets you look up the number for the average Wisconsin resident, or you can enter your own numbers to see where your money is going. Spoiler alert: the military and private contractors do really well.
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Ron Kaminkow, Organizer at Railroad Workers United, talks about some of the issues facing rail workers today: open-ended scheduling, limited time off, lack of sick leave, long grueling hours, lack of maintenance, fatigue, and more. Forbes and Fortune magazines have listed three railroad companies in the bottom ten of worst companies to work for, judged by employees. Kaminkow says that now is the time to make railroads a publicly-owned service.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Odyssey Project graduate, staff coach and former Madison Alder Brian Benford joins us to talk about what’s happening in Madison, Odyssey Project and their upcoming work, including their 2023 graduation happening tomorrow, May 3, 2023 at 6PM in the Great Hall at Memorial Union.
Before that, straight talk about racism at UW-Madison and problems in Madison.
More about Odyssey Project at https://odyssey.wisc.edu/ and information about attending their graduation tomorrow (May 3, 2023) at 6 in Great Hall: https://odyssey.wisc.edu/graduation/
More about the racist incident and video at UW-Madiosn from The Daily Cardinal: https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2023/05/uw-madison-responds-to-social-media-video-containing-racial-slurs
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Yup, April 23-29, 2023, is National Library Week. Did you know that, as of 2020, the Madison Public Library no longer charges “late fees” for books returned after the due date? Did you know that there have been 1269 attempts to ban or restrict reading materials nationwide in 2022? Or that the library has a “Dream Bus” that goes out into the community to serve people who can’t easily get to the library. Tana Elias, Digital Services & Marketing Manager talks about this and other activities of the library this week and throughout the year.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Executive Director of RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center Dana Pellebon joins us to talk about trafficking and assault of Black women and girls happening everywhere, even here; in the second half, financial coach and founder of The Melanin Project, Afra Smith joins us to talk financial literacy and the Wealth Literacy Conference coming up this weekend at Goodman Community Center.
Join RCC in celebrating its 50th anniversary and show your support to stopping sexual violence on Sunday, April 30th 4-6PM at the State Street corner of the Capitol Square.
More about RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center at https://www.thercc.org/ and 24/7 help available at 608-251-7273.
More about The Melanin Project at https://www.themelaninproject2053.com/ and Wealth Literacy Conference on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wealth-literacy-conference-tickets-549605283197
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Norm Stockwell, Publisher of the Progressive Magazine, joins the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and hosts Tony Castañeda and Eli Wilz to talk about the recent settlement reached by Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Norm makes the point that the settlement is a clear admission of guilt by Fox News, but by not going to trial the opportunity to establish clear legal guidelines regarding First Amendment rights of news media have been avoided for the time being. In the 1964 defamation lawsuit against the New York Times the US Supreme Court ruled that news outlets could not be sued for defamation unless it could be established that the news media published information that they knowingly knew to be false and misleading. Information submitted for the lawsuit showed this unlawful intent by Fox News in this recent case, but ultra-conservatives in the US are wanting the opportunity to overturn that 1964 ruling.
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A new degreed program in Chican@ and Latin@ Studies will be available for students at the UW-Madison campus for the upcoming Fall semester, after years of being a certificate program. Rachelle Eilers, Senior Advisor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, UW-Madison, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to talk about the program and its history at the University. Interest and enrollment in the program have grown over the years to the point where it now is on track to receiving full departmental status at the University.
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April 25, 2023, is “Conservation Lobby Day” for Wisconsin Conservation Voters, and Government Affairs Manager, Peter Burress, joined Jan Miyasaki to talk about this non-profit and their activities. Highlighting Conservation Lobby Day will be discussions on clean water, clean energy, democracy for all, supporting local communities, and Evers’ efforts to support Manoomin (wild rice) restoration and public education in ceded territory waters. The meeting will run from 10:00AM to 5:00PM at Best Western Premier Park Hotel, 22 S Carroll Street Madison. Registration and more information here.
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With over $230 Billion in Donor-Advised Fund assets, these “charitable” funding tools take in one-fifth of individual charitable giving, according to Helen Flannery, researcher with the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her recent paper shows that as wealth inequality increases, charities depend on fewer wealthy and influential donors, and Donor-Advised Funds are tax-deductable tool of choice — one with little transparency, little control, and no requirement to even give the money in their funds to charity.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), The Capital Times’ metro reporter Nicholas Garton as well as Madison Alder and YWCA Housing Director Jael Currie and YWCA Operations Director Katey Nelson join us to talk about housing, particularly the “M block” Meadowland development as well as keeping housing decent and affordable in Madison.
More on the M block from Nicholas in The Cap Times: https://captimes.com/news/community/madison-m-block-housing-complex-declared-chronic-nuisance/article_c6ec9609-a382-5ac0-a17e-dcb2b4db3a81.html
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Plants For The ApocalypseStories, movies, songs, religious sermons, and lately, United Nations climate reports, all speculate about how the world – or at least the world as we know it – will end. Survivalist catalogs offer all manner of power generation, armaments and security systems. But whether your apocalypse is religious, political or secular, few give much thought to what kind of plants you might want with you. Given how much all life depends on the stuff that grows in the ground, that seems like a crucial oversight. A new exhibit at the UW seeks to fill that void with “Plants for the Apocalypse” happening later today, April 17th at the DC Smith Greenhouses on the University of Wisconsin campus. Our next two guests are on the phone now to tell us more. Liz Birkhauser MS Candidate, Pharmaceutical Science and co-lead organizer of the Borghesi-Mellon Psychedelic Past, Presents, and Futures Workshop and Reba Luiken, director of the Allen Centennial Garden.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · What Now For Medication Abortions?On April 7, federal Northern District of Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk overturned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 20-year old approval of the drug mifepristone for use as an abortion agent. The same day, another federal judge, Thomas O. Rice in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Washington, came to the opposite conclusion, and ruled that sale of the drug in 18 states could continue. The competing rulings set up a showdown in the same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Supreme Court Justice Ailito has signed an order temporarily restoring federal approval of the drug while the government files its appeal, but that’s not necessarily an indicator of how the Court might rule. Joining us now to help sort this all out is Jenny Higgins, University of Wisconsin Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Collaborative for Reproductive Equality.
- UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity statement on mifepristone rulings
- New report released on changes to abortion access post-Dobbs
- After Roe
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In the face of ongoing persecution for their efforts in Russia on behalf of human rights and democracy, activists are fleeing the country to continue this work in places that offer safety and support. Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Casteñada spoke with Maria Charmast of the WOT Foundation which supports independent journalists, and initiates and implements educational activities that promote democratic values and intercultural dialogue. Charmast, a Russian émigré to Warsaw since 2000, is currently the Chair of the Board of the Poland-based WOT Foundation, which in 2022, was one of 12 organizations to be declared “undesirable” by the Russian Attorney General’s office on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security. The WOT provides support for Ukrainian refugees on the Polish-Ukrainian border, and in 2016 established a family community club in Warsaw called Zawarka which helps children and their families integrate into Polish society, preserving their language and identity.
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Now that the dust has settled, Ben Wikler can finally take a few minutes to relax and reflect on the historic results of Wisconsin’s most recent state Supreme Court race, in which Democrat Janet Protasiewicz soundly defeated the Big Money-backed Republican, Dan Kelly. Wikler, who has been Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since 2019, joined Thursday’s 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Casteñada to talk about what just might be possible with a Democratic majority on the court for the first time in 15 years, and what Wisconsin’s now solid status as a purple state will mean for politics – not just in our state, but on the national level.
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They’re coming… but can they be stopped? Barbara Smith from Safe Skies, Clean Water Wisconsin talks about the issues surrounding the F-35 aircraft planning to be stationed in Madison, and invites interested parties to a forum to learn and discuss the issues on April 19th, 2023, from 7-9 pm at the Sherman Avenue United Methodist Church, 3710 N. Sherman Avenue
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Journalist, historian, author of the book “Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Corporate Gangsters, Multinationals, and Rogue Politicians(2015),” and PhD. candidate in African Studies at Northwestern University, Chernoh Bah has performed extensive research of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and has found some surprising links between his identification of the origin of the disease and what he has identified as biodefense facility activities in 2004 — not what has been reported. He will be speaking on April 13th, 2023, at 5055 Vilas Hall at 4:00 pm.
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Described by Robert Kraig, Executive Director, the Citizen Action of Wisconsin seeks to be a grass-roots power as an alternative to organized corporate money. Kraig talks about the goals of the group as a state-wide organization to bring improved healthcare, better elections, climate and energy campaigns to meet global warming targets, and move the Democratic Party in a more radical progressive direction.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Kristie Maurer, Foodie and Grocery Entrepreneur, and Dan Rolfs, Community Development Project Manager for City of Madison, join us to talk about developing space for Maurer’s Market in the Truman Olson project on the City’s South Side. In the second half, they are joined by Movin’ Out Executive Director Kathryne Auerback and Real Estate Program Manager Megan Schuetz to talk about the Park Cedar Apartments upstairs from the grocery.
More information on Maurer’s Market from The Cap Times.
More on Movin’ Out and their developments and programs: https://www.movin-out.org/
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On Tuesday, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford was elected alder of Madison’s 15th district—the first out trans woman ever elected in Wisconsin. She ran on a platform of affordable housing, improving neighborhood infrastructure, and social justice issues. She brings a commitment to LGBTQIA+ representation and the rights of the underserved. She joins Friday Buzz host, and her own constituent, Andy Moore to discuss her journey into politics, her reaction to being elected and what she plans to do while serving as a Madison alder.
Dina Nina Martinez is alder of Madison’s 15th district, the near east side area that runs along Lake Monona from Orton Park and into the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood. Away from her new political career, Dina Nina is a comedian and the owner of the award-winning Lady Laughs Comedy.
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On the same day this week that former President Trump made his way to a criminal arraignment, those of us in Wisconsin made our way to the polls—a place that Trump works hard to convince people is dysfunctional. His actions that attempted to overturn the 2020 election will likely have their day in court, just like hush money did this week. Trump, of course, relishes the spotlight his legal troubles cast upon him. It’s now his platform for re-election. His single messaging marries together two words: “Weaponization,” as he describes the use of the justice system against him, and “victimization,” as in “this could happen to you.”
This “us vs. them” strategy was explored with great clairvoyance in Katherine Cramer’s 2016 book, “The Politics of Resentment.” In the book she unnested Scott Walker’s strategy to identify a common enemy—in this case public workers—and rally a political base to resent them and support him. The book is remarkably successful at predicting the events of the Trump era, and if you find yourself wondering how exactly our recent political climate developed, you may find the answers you’re looking within the pages of the Cramer’s book. On this edition of the Friday Buzz, Cramer joins host Andy Moore to talk about how the revelations from her book and studies have manifested themselves in recent politics.
Kathy Cramer is a professor of political science and the Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science at UW-Madison. She’s also the author of the award-winning book, “The Politics of Resentment.”
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Brenda Konkel, Policy Committee co-chair of Progressive Dane, joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday Morning 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the city-wide results from Tuesday’s general election. In the mayor’s race, Satya Rhodes-Conway, the incumbent won re-election, but by a much smaller margin than expected. In an interesting development, incumbent alders faced off against each other due to a redrawing of district and ward boundaries in 2021. With regards to campaign financing, the National Association of Realtors poured a lot of money into backing certain candidates, with zoning issues becoming an increasingly hot topic for City Council debate.
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Homeless in Wisconsin
On any given night, there are 4,000 homeless in the State which isn’t just an issue for the larger metropolitan areas. Those dealing with homelessness can be found in every corner of the State, both rural and urban. Mike Basford, director of the State of Wisconsin Interagency Council on Homelessness, speaks with Tony Castañeda of the Thursday Morning 8 O’Clock Buzz about efforts to address this pressing issue. Mike points out there has been recent progress, including the governor’s budget proposal to increase funding to record highs, but the number one issue is finding affordable housing and the obstacles complicating a solution to this problem.
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Discovery and creativity for youth of all ages: this is what you can expect at the Badgerland Remake Learning Days, April 21-29 (plus other days). Kathe Crowley Conn talks about the live and on-demand activities throughout the week, with special activity days on April 21 at the “Wonderground” at the Madison Children’s Museum and April 22 at the Beloit Public Library. Visit the site for a full schedule of events and activities.
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The House of Representatives just passed bill H.R.1, the “Lower Energy Costs Act” — dubbed the “Polluters over People Act” by Ariel Moger, Government and Political Affairs Director at Friends of the Earth. The act “greases the wheels for dirty energy” and guts environmental protections, and while it has promised to “dead in the water” for an up vote by the Senate and President, Moger says that we must be vigilant for parts of the bill to be attached to “must pass” legislation.
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Mursel Sabir, founder and Director of Afghans Empowered and SWANA Region relief agencies, talks about the current need for families in the Daikundi Province, Afghanistan. Using the Aseel app, donors can direct donations types of aid, including food, fuel, and other necessities, and can purchase locally produced products to help these families.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), technologist and social impact developer working on economic equity and workplace innovation Alnisa Allgood is on the line to talk about her story and her work, helping people create good in the community.
Follow Collaboration for Good on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Collab4Good/. More information on Social Good Accelerator and to apply at https://socialgoodmadison.org/ or call call Alnisa at 608-241-3616.
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A recent story run by Wisconsin Watch revealed that 95 people in Dane County who were deemed to be incompetent to vote had cast ballots in past elections. No, these are not citizens who are necessarily ill informed or have fallen prey to the lies and fake news of unscrupulous politicians, that would be a much higher number, but rather people who have been adjudicated incompetent by a judge due to mental incapacity resulting from an accident or other impairment. Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk, joins the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to speak to this issue and give his thoughts on how this can effectively be fixed. As Scott points out, this pertains to a relatively small number of cases, but it does expose a flaw in the voting system in Wisconsin that should be addressed.
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No, we’re not covering a new production of Hamlet; rather, we are treated this morning to a visit with a couple of Wisconsin filmmakers just prior to the release of their new low-budget indie horror film, The Headmistress.
Join Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda and producer Eli Wilz as they learn about the genesis of this Wisconsin-based movie set in a haunted convent. Written and produced by Chris Micklos, Jay Sapiro and Glenn Chung of Three Tortured Minds, the film takes place entirely in an old nunnery located in Oconomowoc and from all accounts, promises to provide lovers of horror with an onslaught of scream-worthy action and blood-curdling chaos.
The Headmistress, which won Best Screenplay and the Audience Awards Best Feature Film from the 2022 Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Festival, was picked up by Marcus Theaters and will be opening at their Sun Prairie and Big Sky locations on 4/7.
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The Internet started as an idealistic project, but corporate interests and profit motives have dragged it to a monopolized gathering of extremist content, according to Pia Malaney, Director of the Center for Innovation, Growth and Society at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. In her recent article, “Ayn Rand vs. Elinor Ostrom: The Fight for the Future of Social Media“, Malaney explores the decentralized web social media platforms such as Mastodon, DWeb, and others, which attempt to break from the capitalist, profit-driven models that lie at the heart of many of the current problems of social media. Can this be the future of social media?
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The biomedical solution for action on upcoming pandemics, the “Global Health Emergency Care” as proposed by Bill Gates, misses a large portion of problem when it comes to controlling spread, according to Anne Sosin, Public Heath Practitioner, researcher, and policy fellow at Dartmouth’s Nelson A. Rockefeller for Public Policy. Sosin says the real problem in the spread is social issues with spread by “essential workers” and problems in rural areas.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), First Wave director Sofía Snow, Arts Residency Programs Coordinator, aryn kresol, and artists Diya Abbas and Azura Tyabji join us to talk hip hop, First Wave’s groundbreaking work, and the upcoming Line Breaks Festival, March 31st-April 1st in Madison.
More about Line Breaks Festival: https://omai.wisc.edu/line-breaks-festival/
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Overture Art Exhibit Explores DemocracyIn 2022, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global Democracy Index showed that less than half the world’s population lived under a government that qualified as a democracy. According to the index, the number of world democracies plummeted at an alarming rate starting in 2016, and have only just started to slow their descent. With that as a backdrop, Madison’s Overture Galleries decided the time was ripe to ask artists what they thought of the idea. Overture’s new exhibit entitled, simply Democracy, is the fruit of that exploration, and features the works of nearly 50 artists. Beth Racette is Overture’s director of Galleries and Community Programs, and she joined the Monday Buzz on March 27, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin DNR Seeks Help Counting FrogsAs spring – eventually – comes to Wisconsin, the morning and night air starts to fill with trills, peeps, croaks and grunts. That annual cacophony emits from the throats of the twelve species of frogs and toads that call Wisconsin home. Back in 1984, concerned about declining amphibian numbers, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources put out a call for volunteers to help identify the croakers near them. That annual Frog and Toad Survey has grown over the years, and now encompasses over 100,000 sites. Andrew Badje is a conservation biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and he joined the Monday Buzz to tell us more about this long-running effort at citizen science.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin Governor Seeks to Mandate Parental LeaveIn Bulgaria, by law, new mothers get 26 weeks of paid parental leave. In the United Kingdom and Canada, they get 18 weeks. In Germany, they get 14 weeks, and in Pakistan and India, mothers get 12 weeks paid leave. In the United States, mothers get zero. Oh, new moms and dads in the U.S. can take 12 weeks off under the Family and Medical Leave Act, but they have to burn their sick leave and personal time off, or else go unpaid. In fact, the U.S. is the only country in the world that does not guarantee some amount of paid parental leave. In his 2023 biennial budget, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers includes a proposal to provide for twelve weeks paid parental leave for all public and private sector workers. In addition, the governor is renewing his call to expand the state’s Badger Care program. Sara Rodriguez was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin last November. Before that, Sara worked as an emergency room nurse, an epidemiologist for the Center for Disease Control, and as an analyst for an employee benefits consulting firm. Sara Rodriguez joined the Monday Buzz on March 27, 2023.
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It’s that time of year where the birds come out to signal the start of spring, usually beating the weather to the punch. But what if you could, just by listening, identify those birds based on what they have to say? “Birding by Ear” is a popular annual program organized by a partnership between the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and the Madison Audubon. The class teaches techniques for identifying birds by close listening, and people who are sighted as well as blind or visually impaired are welcome to enroll. Joining host Andy Moore to talk about “Birding by Ear” are Judith Rasmussen, the Program Assistant for the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Kerry Wilcox, class instructor.
“Birding by Ear” is hosted by the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Madison Audubon. Classes take place this year in late April and early May, both online and in the field. For exact dates, locations and times, and to register, go to madisonaudubon.org/. There is a 20 dollar registration fee. Note: the Madison Audubon is currently in the thoughtful process of changing the organization’s name. More information can be found at madisonaudubon.org/audubon-name.
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Longtime “rural journalist” Charley Preusser joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz crew this morning during his visit to Madison for the 2023 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention which is underway at the Concourse Hotel. As editor of the award-winning Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout-Gays Mills, Charley provides host Tony Castañeda and Buzz producer Eli Wilz a peek inside the world of journalism taking place far from the madding crowd, and the important role small independent newspapers play in their communities.
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Recent protests in Israel have seen hundreds of thousands of Israelis take to the streets to express their rejection of the ultra-nationalists’ attempt to subvert democracy in their country. But where has the widespread protest been for the Israeli Palestinians who have been denied basic human rights in that same country? Jennifer Lowenstein, freelance journalist and former lecturer at UW-Madison, joins host Tony Castañeda and the Thursday Morning 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about this apparent contradiction, and how protests by Israelis concerned with their own political fight are overshadowing the plight of Palestinians living in Israel. She argues that the ultra-nationalists’ actions exemplified by the recent speech given by the Israeli Finance Minister denying the existence of Palestinians should not really come as a surprise because this has been an underlying opinion held by many conservatives in Israel for decades.
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In her latest article “There Are More Chairmen Named ‘Mike’ Than Women Committee Leaders in Congress“, Maya Kornberg, Research Fellow, Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, talks with Jan Miyasaki about the inequitable distribution of women and people of color in getting committee leadership positions.
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The Farm Bill establishes the policies and government supports for a range of U.S. agricultural priorities, reviewed and written every five years. Jim Walsh, Policy Director at Food and Water Watch, talks about early proposals being developed for the next farm bill, plans which would give a lot of money to large corporate farms in the form of energy “offsets” for operations which would allow these farms to receive payments for generating more fossil fuel in the form of methane, and then allow them to sell the offsets to other climate polluters. 60+ environmental and farm groups have joined to opposed this dirty energy.
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While most of us pay 14% in taxes, the average billionaire pays 8%, and often times none — according to Karen Dolan, Director of the Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and author a recent article “Biden’s Budget Would Level the Playing Field and Reduce the Deficit“. In her article she describes some of the benefits to children, including childcare expenses, early childhood education programs, and child tax credits, as well as others, which would total $600 billion over ten years — a dollar amount less than a single year of the pentagon’s budget — which could be paid for by making the wealthy pay their fair share.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville)… Robert Wynn of CLIMB USA joins us to talk about CLIMB’s mission to bring financial education to everyone, personal finance and how to build a long-term financial future for your family and community. In the second half, Araceli Esparza of Midwest Mujeres joins us to talk about her work, what Midwest Mujeres is up to, and their summit coming up this weekend.
More about Bob and Climb USA: https://www.climbusa.org/
More information on Climb USA’s upcoming Stock Market Experience to help youth understand good investment practices: https://www.climbusa.org/stock-market-experience . Virtual Open Houses in April and competition starting in June. To volunteer to help or bring ideas, contact CLIMB by email at support@climbusa.org.
More about Araceli: https://www.araceliesparza.com/ and Midwest Mujeres: https://www.midwestmujeres.com/
For tickets or more information on “Let’s Speak Up: Elevating, Belonging, & Centering Our Stories Summit” coming up on Sunday March 26th, 2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-speak-up-elevating-belonging-centering-our-stories-tickets-532269120267 and save the date for Yo Quiro Dinero on June 16th at MyArts Theatre.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Cafe Coda’s “Coda Coach” Brings Music to the NeighborhoodsCafe Coda has served up cutting-edge jazz and improvisational music to Madison’s audiences for several years now. In addition to its role as a music venue, Cafe Coda has a broader educational mission. The Cool School has provided improvisational music education to middle and high schoolers. Now, Cafe Coda is working to bring new music out of the venue and to communities and neighborhoods. Here to tell us more is Cafe Coda founder and musician Hanah Jon Taylor.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · James Webb Telescope Marks One Year In OperationThe James Webb Space telescope, perhaps the most complicated piece of machinery humanity has ever produced, has now completed one revolution around the sun. Locked into a gravitationally stable orbit a million miles from the earth, NASA’s ten billion dollar infrared observatory has already produced a bounty of spectacular astronomical images. With a planned ten year mission, however, Webb has only just begun to fulfill its scientific promise. Kelly Lepo is an Outreach Scientist with the Space Telescope Science Institute. Kelly Lepo joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on March 20, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · UN Reaches Accord On High Seas TreatyIt’s a common trope in seafaring action movies. The hero, kidnapped by bad guys, says, “You’ll never get away with this!” In response, the piratical chief villain sneers, “We’re in international waters, there is no law here.” Like many cliches, this one contains a grain of truth. However, the traditionally unregulated high seas, defined as 230 miles from any shore, became a little less lawless on March 5. That’s when a team of international negotiators at the United Nations declared they had reached a consensus on a landmark high seas treaty. The treaty focuses on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in the high seas. Marcel Jaspars teaches biochemistry at the Marine Biodiscovery Centre at the University of Aberdeen, and was one of the participants in the marathon negotiations. Marcel Jaspars joins us now from Aberdeen, Scotland.
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The cult of the strongman allowed Mussolini to lead the hyper-nationalistic, one-party state in Italy with the adoption of repressive and oppressive measures against perceived enemies of the state. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at NYU, joins host Tony Castañeda and the Thursday morning 8 O’Clock Buzz, to discuss the roots of fascism and how Don Trump’s recent speech at the CPAC conference echoed the game plan carried out by Mussolini. Professor Ben-Ghiat points out that current strongmen types such as Putin, Berlusconi, Netanyahu, Bolsonaro and Trump are a real danger to democracy.
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George Bailey in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life knew the importance of having liquidity during potential runs on a bank. But the recent collapse of Signature Bank in California once again has demonstrated how mismanagement in the banking industry can lead to disastrous results. Daryll Lund, Executive VP of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, joins host Tony Castañeda and the Thursday morning 8 O’Clock Buzz, to talk about specific issues with Signature Bank but also about the stability of banking in Wisconsin. Daryll points out that the California bank had grown very fast with an influx of venture capital funds, but then inexplicably invested the money in long-term financial products that left it vulnerable to penalties when bank deposits started to be withdrawn due to problems in the Tech industry.
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A major piece of the Inflation Reduction Act provides for negotiations for prescription drug prices for Medicare and out of pocket limits, which has the potential to save Medicare and recipients $29.5 billion per year. But which drugs will be price negotiated? Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at UC San Diego, Inma Hernandez, talks about her independent study into which drugs will be affected in her paper “Drugs Likely Subject to Medicare Negotiation, 2026-2028“.
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Jan Miyasaki talks with Melinda Brennan, Executive Director of the ACLU of Wisconsin, about their many activities, including education, advocacy & lobbying, and impact litigation in their effort to be the nation’s guardian of individual rights and liberties. Some of their efforts include voter registration and education, watch guarding attacks on LGBT youth, and maintaining a legislative tracker of bills or proposals that infringe on individuals’ rights.
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The state of Black Entrepreneurship in Madison with Amul Harris
Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Amul Harris, owner of Serieux Clothing joins us to talk about what’s going on, the latest fashion trends, entrepreneurship, and what it’s like be a Black business owner in Madison for 13 years.
Visit Serieux Clothing at 3371 E Washington, or give a call at 608-575-6982 to make an appointment. See more about Serieux Clothing on Facebook.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Dane Arts Buy Local Teaches The Business Of ArtFrom March 30 to April 1, Dane Arts Buy Local will host its second “Business of Art” conference, helping local artists make a living from their work. Mark Fraire is the director of Dane Arts, and he joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on March 13, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Twenty Fifth Wisconsin Film Festival Takes ShapeThe Wisconsin Film Festival is two years older than the millennium and celebrates its 25th birthday this April with another slate of international, domestic and Wisconsin fiction, nonfiction and experimental cinema. This year, venues include the former Sundance theater at Hilldale, and the Chazen Museum, Shannon Hall, Cinematheque and Union South on the University of Wisconsin Campus. Artistic director Mike King and “Wisconsin’s Own” programmer Ben Reiser joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on March 13, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Chicago And Atlanta Activists Fight Police InstallationsSix years ago, former Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel proposed a ninety million dollar police academy in West Garfield Park, a majority African-American neighborhood. The facility, also supported by current Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, would include a fake urban block for the Chicago Police Department to practice paramilitary maneuvers. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the Atlanta Police Foundation has leased 381 acres of the Weelaunee Forest to construct a corporate-funded police training facility, with military-grade shooting ranges. Both construction projects have inspired fierce protests from police reform and police abolition activists. Benji Hart has written for Time, Teen Vogue and In These Times on black radicalism, queer liberation and prison abolition.
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Mark your calendars for the triumphant return of the Endurance Improv Fest March 23-25, and help Atlas Improv celebrate 19 years in the business of making us laugh. Events kick off on Thursday night with a very special Panic Room for the first hour of made-up comedy, and over the next 3 days they will be bringing you 19 hours of comedy to celebrate 19 year of Atlas Improv. To say thank you to all who have supported them through the years, shows all weekend are entirely free!
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Fritz Edler, Special Representative, Railroad Workers United, joins host Tony Castańeda and the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the ongoing saga of railroad safety issues in light of recent derailments. According to Fritz the response at the federal level has been encouraging, but meaningful regulations will be required to improve health and safety issues in the railroading industry. The current version of the Railroad Safety Act of 2023 being considered at the federal level should be considered a good start, but Fritz warns that as currently written it has loopholes that a freight train could drive through. Self-imposed limits undertaken by the industry will not be sufficient and regulations must address standards for the use of early warning sensors and train lengths.
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Forgiveness is a key part of the healing process, and MOSES, Madison Organizing in Strength, Equity, and Solidarity, promotes forgiveness in their organization’s values, and their support of previously incarcerated individuals’ efforts to return to society. Mark Peterson talks about a seminar this coming Saturday, March 11, 2023, from 9:30-1:30 on the topic “A Time to Forgive”. It will be held at Door Creek Church, and details are on their website.
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When the Social Security laws were revamped in 1983, it was determined that Social Security payments by workers would be limited to the first $160,000 of earned income, and income in excess of that amount would not be taxed. That limit has not been changed in the past 40 years, despite a growing wealth gap in the country, according to Linda Benesch, Communications Director of Social Security Works, in her article “Inequality is Weakening Social Security. Here’s How We Fix That.“
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Sharon Irwin, Lorien Carter, and Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores join us for the whole hour to talk about the pursuit of justice for the killing of Tony Robinson by Madison police officer Matt Kenny, and the new legal avenue that may finally bring it.
More about the pursuit of justice for Tony the other victims of Matt Kenny’s violence: https://www.inpursuitofjustice.net/
More coverage from WORT’s Local News and The Capital Times.
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Voting districts could change before 2024, according to Michael Li, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, in his February 6th article “How Voting Districts Could Change Before 2024“. In it, he talks about challenges to changes in gerrymandered state districts may be overturned in state supreme courts in North Carolina and Ohio, and what is happening in other states with pending lawsuits challenging redistricting.
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Earnings on garment workers bore the brunt of bad economics during COVID pandemic, according to Jacob Horwitz, Field Director at the Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum. His recent article in Inequality.org “Garment Workers Take on Wage Theft and Wall Street” details South and Southeast Asian workers, who make up almost all of the fashion garment industry, lost, on average, 22% of their earnings — while at the same time Nike and other fashion companies made record earnings and spent their earnings on huge stock buy-backs rather then paying their workers. International cooperation of garment worker unions are working to link up for greater worker support.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Stan Woodard and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), Professor Clarence Lusane, Director of the International Affairs at Howard University joins to talk about his new book, “Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy.”
More about Professor Clarence Lusane: https://profiles.howard.edu/clarence-lusane
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Lake Ivanhoe: Part Of Wisconsins Black HistoryYou might be forgiven for missing Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin if you drive by on Highway 50 on your way to Lake Geneva. In 2020, there were only 426 year-round residents in the southern Wisconsin community. But Lake Ivanhoe has a unique history – it was a thriving African American resort in the 1920s – a place built specifically to give black urbanites space to escape and relax. This year, the spot got a historical marker, part of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s efforts to rectify gaps in the historical record of the state. Angela Titus is the Asst. Deputy Director & Chief Program Officer for the Wisconsin Historical Society and she joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on February 27, 2023.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Black Violin Brings Classical/Hiphop Sounds To MadisonClassmates at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Kevin Marcus and Wil Baptiste shared a love for the sound of the violin. After going to separate musical colleges, Marcus and Baptiste reunited, along with DJ SPS and keyboardist Liston Gregory, to form the hip hop / classical ensemble Black Violin. Their musical career took off, as Black Violin has toured the world and garnered two Grammy award nominations. On March 2, Black Violin brings their unique sound to Madison’s Overture Center. Violinist and founding member Kevin Marcus spoke with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing.
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On Sunday, the Wisconsin Book Festival held an event called Love Released Again, which showcased new releases from several Madison authors and poets. One of these creators was Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter, presenting her new volume of poetry, “We Eat to Remember: Soul Food Poetry.” The former Madison Poet Laureate joins host Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss and read excerpts from “We Eat to Remember,” which depicts the history, culture and joy that is connected to Black cuisine.
Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter, known professionally as Poet Fabu, is a poet based in Madison. She served as Madison’s Poet Laureate between 2008 and 2012. “We Eat to Remember: Soul Food Poetry” is the most recent of her many books of poetry. Information on how to order her works can be found on her website.
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This week, Republican-backed judge Dan Kelly and Democrat-backed judge Janet Protasiewicz won the top spots in Tuesday’s statewide primary and will soon face each other in the April 4th general election. The stakes are high, and it’s going to come in handy to know very assuredly where the candidates stand on abortion rights, gerrymandering and whether our elections are valid. In many ways the vote for the high court is the most important of all. Luckily, our guest on this week’s Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz knows the job first hand. Appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson, Janine Geske served on the State Supreme Court in 1993, won election in 1994 and served until 1998. On this episode, she joins host Andy Moore to talk about what’s at stake in the upcoming election and how being a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has changed since her tenure.
Janine Geske is a former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice and is a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University. The general election day is Tuesday, April 4. For more election information, visit myvote.wi.gov/
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Are you, or someone you love, providing home health care for a family member with aging or disability issues?
A severe shortage of home health care professionals means many families are bearing the burden – financial, emotional and physical – of caring for loved ones, often at the expense of their own well-being and employment. Tony’s guests today on the 8 O’Clock Buzz are Echnaton Vedder and Luciano Matheron, who encourage listeners to raise awareness of this issue by taking part in tonight’s meeting of the Disability Rights Commission.
The virtual meeting is tonight, Thursday, February 23 at 5:00pm, and if interested, you can watch it online as well as register to comment.
Let the city of Madison know what kind of steps need to be taken to address the crisis families are facing as they seek to help their aging and/or disabled family member live their lives with dignity.
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That is the question, and the High Concept comedy show is prepared to tackle it head on. Mike Jonjak and Glenn Widdicombe, producers of the show, join the Thursday Morning 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk with host Tony Castañeda about the cannabis-centered performance tonight at 8:00 pm at Madison’s, 119 King Street. As the guests describe it, it’s not quite standup, and not quite podcast, but rather it rides the euphoric line between the two. So, don’t be a dope, catch the buzz and watch the performers get into the weeds while stirring the pot as they reefer to high-minded topics of the day. Imbibing is encouraged.
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Victoria Gutierrez, Education Committee, South Central Federation of Labor, talks about the upcoming panel on Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, at 6 pm C.S.T., to talk about the struggle for reproductive justice in context historically vis-à-vis a right-wing agenda with attacks on workers; and also give attendees concrete, practical strategies to fight for abortion rights and reproductive justice, both inside and outside the union hall. This panel is also to bring attention to the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election in April. This will have in-person (at the United Way building on Atwood Ave) or Zoom options; sign up for either option here.
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The 1983 film “Koyaanisqatsi” is a renowned documentary illustrating how humanity has grown apart from nature. With no narration or dialogue the film makes its points solely through imagery and music. Andy Moore, from the band Disaster Passport, joins host Tony Castañeda and producer Eli Wilz of the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about a soundtrack that the band has composed to accompany the film. Philip Glass composed the original, acclaimed score for the film, but Disaster Passport will perform their unique take on the soundtrack live at the Bur Oak this evening at 8:00 pm. The music will be performed concurrently with a screening of the video portion of the film.
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Just as stories of China’s spy balloon made headlines in recent weeks, the history and current state of our country’s relationship with China deserves equal scrutiny. How politicized have our policies toward the authoritarian country become since the phrase “Nixon Goes to China” entered the lexicon in the 1970s?
8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda asked David Fields, Associate Director of East Asian Studies at the UW to give some context, from a historian’s perspective, to all matters China – from its admission to the World Trade Organization in 2001 and former President Trump’s “China Initiative“, to the recent controversy over the suspected spy balloon shot down by US fighters jets.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · MLK In Historical ContextCedric Burrows is a professor of English at Marquette University, where he teaches African American rhetoric and culture, social movements, and protest literature. His most recent research includes the cultural narratives of civil rights monuments and the literature and media influenced by the Black Lives Matter Movement. On Wednesday, February 15, Cedric Burrows will give a free lunch and learn lecture at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of the Black Legislative Caucus’s commemoration of Black History Month.
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Part two of Jan Miyasaki’s interview with Marjorie Cohn (listen to part 1 here) on the Supreme Court review of a lawsuit by Glacier Northwest concrete company against the Teamsters Local 174, a lawsuit which could put a damper on labor unions’ strike ability.
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Karen Dolan, Project Director at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about her recent article “Biden Presented a Bold Agenda. Can He Back It Up?” in a critical review of Biden’s State of the Union Address, his bold vision, and what powers he can use to enact his goals.
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With a mission to “promote mental health and substance use recovery in our community by supporting work opportunities that encourage hope, healing and wellness”, Chrysalis works with peer support staff with first-hand experience with substance use recovery to work on person-centered learning and help train for job experience in the community. Director of Advocacy and Operations, Alysha Clark talks about their programs, and invites everyone to their Story Telling Event and fundraiser on March 7th at 5PM.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville): president of MATC’s Black Women Affinity Group, Chevon Bowen joins us to talk about “Protecting the Black Woman,” BWAG’s latest exhibit in honor of the late Dzigbodi Akyea at Madison College’s Truax Gallery on Wright Street; in the second half, legendary Madison artist, activist, and defender of Black girlhood, Lilada Gee joins us to talk about her new children’s books, Black art in Madison, and her work to open up Madison’s potential for Black girls, women, and artists.
More on Protecting the Black Woman, hours and directions: https://madisoncollege.edu/student-experience/event-calendar/black-womens-affinity-group-presents-protecting-black-woman
More about Lilada and her work at https://lilada.org/ and the Defending Black Girlhood Podcast: https://lilada.org/defending-black-girlhood-podcast/
Find Lilada’s “I Am” books at a local Madison bookstore or worldwide on Amazon.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Comedy Against WorkIf you think about it, the very idea of selling hours of your life to a nebulous entity that bosses you around for a while, then attempts to compensate you with some sort of agreed-upon scrip is fundamentally absurd. Imagine trying to explain this arrangement to a Cro-Magnon human. As long as work has existed, artists, comedians and satirists have found audiences eager to laugh at their workplace. Look at any video streaming service or podcast site and try to count the number of workplace satires or stand-up routines pointing out how ridiculous it is to spend 8 hours a day or more doing someone else’s bidding for cash. Is laughing at work just a way to blow off steam so we can go back to work the next day, or does some comedy point the way to a more revolutionary project: a world without work? Madeline Lane McKinney writes about culture, feminism and Marxism. When she sells hours of her life for money, she does so as a Lecturer in the Writing Program of the University of California Santa Cruz. Her new book, “Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times” is out now from Common Notions press.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · An Evening With Wisconsin ArtifactsHumans have settled in what is now Wisconsin since at least the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. As people will do, all those generations of residents left things behind – tools, clothing, perhaps trash, which we now call archaeological artifacts. If you’d like to get up close and personal with some of this history, Madison College has you covered. On Tuesday, February 21, Madison College and the Center for Wisconsin Archaeology will sponsor “an evening with artifacts,” featuring a range of objects from different periods of Wisconsin history. George W. Christensen is an Instructor at Madison College and the Director of the Center for Wisconsin Archaeology. Also in the studio is Beth Giles-Klinkner Associate Dean, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences of Madison College.
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Exactly 50 years ago the Beatles released a double album of their early hits, songs that were recorded between 1962-1966. “The Red Album,” as it’s called, will be performed in its entirety at the Barrymore Theater on Saturday, February 18. The performers are part of a musical cult called “Madison Mystery Tour,” local artists who have faithfully kept the Beatles’ music alive. The ensemble is led by Madison singer-songwriter Sean Michael Dargan who joins guest host Beatrice Lawrence on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz for an interview and a live in-studio performance of the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood.”
Sean Michael Dargan is a Madison-based musician. He plays with the Madison Mystery Tour, as well as with his own band. Tickets for Saturday’s performance at the Barrymore Theater can be found at barrymorelive.com/event/madison-my…r-the-red-album/
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Starting tonight and going all weekend you can take a candlelit pathway walk through Madison’s own beautiful Tenney Park. It’s called the “Fire and Ice Luminary Path,” an annual neighborhood tradition created by Tenney neighborhood resident and retired Madison social worker Jeanette Deloya. On this edition of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, Deloya joins host Andy Moore to talk about why her community comes together to light up a path on these long, cold nights.
More information on the “Fire and Ice Luminary Path” can be found at isthmus.com/events/fire-and-ice-luminary-path/
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This Groundhog Day, Sun Prairie’s own Jimmy the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter in Wisconsin. He joins host Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about his meteorology expertise, the rigors of his job and the most recent drama in the weather-predicting animal community.
Featuring Scott Dikkers as The Devil. Dikkers is widely known as the founder and editor-in-chief of The Onion, and now hosts his own weekly show, Scott Dikkers Around.
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Kirk Bangstad of the Minocqua Brewing Company joins the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to discuss efforts to get the vote out for the February 21 Primary election in Wisconsin. Kirk started the Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC in 2021 with the aim to “use dark money meant for good”. The ultimate goal of the Super PAC is to remove Federal and State representatives who perpetrated the election lies of the 2020 presidential election, and who refused effective measures to deal with the Covid 19 pandemic. Current efforts are concentrating on getting progressive candidates to emerge victorious from the State of Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary election. Prost!
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A Teamsters Local 174, representing concrete workers in Washington state who went on strike in 2017, and later sued by the company, Glacier Northwest, for damages of lost concrete, was heard by the Supreme Court on January 10th, 2023, in an unusual “end-around” — bypassing the National Labor Relations Board evaluation of this work stoppage. In her review of the presentation, Marjorie Cohn, Professor of Law Emerita at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, and a former president of the National Lawyers Guild, reported on the proceedings and talks about the potential repercussions of the case as “eviscerating labor unions’ right to strike”, in this part one of two interview broadcasts.
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What does it cost to run a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin? About $164 million for the 2022 election, which smashed the previous record set in 2018. The upcoming State of Wisconsin Supreme Court election promises to make a run at its own spending record. Matt Rothschild, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday morning 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the extensive influence of outside money on local elections. Matt explained that the outcome of the State Supreme Court election could have huge impacts on fair maps for future elections.
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“Palisades Power Plant was shut down permanently by Entergy on May 20, 2022, after providing safe and reliable electricity to southwest Michigan for more than 50 years. In June of 2022, Palisades was purchased by Holtec International for purposes of a safe and timely decommissioning of the site.”
This quote is from the website of Holtec, a private “decomissioning” firm which now is attempting to restart the 50 year-old failed powerplant with a $2.5 billion government bailout, according to Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear. His recent press release “Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor” discusses the issues and those opposing this dangerous proposition.
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“You Are Your Own Best Teacher!” is a bold, inspiring invitation to children to embrace inner strengths and forge the positive future the world so desperately needs — so says Amy Goodman of Claire Nader’s recent book. Nader talks with Jan Miyasaki about this book for tweens, highlighting corporate exploitation of today’s tweens that are distracting them, degrading their self-confidence, and preventing them from reaching their full potential.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Somerville), we’re talking Cannabis. First up, Mona Zhang, state cannabis policy reporter for POLITICO, joins us to talk about the law and the changes happening and coming in state and national policies about cannabis. At the middle, Tony Herman from Quality CBD joins to talk about his story, his business, and the technical details of the CBD industry and products. Finally, Alan Robinson from Herbal Aspect Cannabis Dispensary joins us to talk about his business, medical cannabis and working the law to get the medical impact they need and have a safe environment for people to consume.
More about Mona and POLITICO’s coverage on cannabis: https://www.politico.com/cannabis
More Tony and Quality CBD: https://qualitycbd.org/
More on Herbal Aspect: https://herbalaspect.com/
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Raging Grannies Sing For Fightin’ BobIf you’re a new visitor to the mezzanine of Wisconsin’s Capitol, you might wonder who that bust of a scowling man with flowing hair is. Those familiar with Wisconsin’s history will recognize those glowering features as Fighting Bob LaFollette, Wisconsin’s 20th Governor and three-term U.S. Senator, but there has never been a plaque or sign identifying the statue. Thanks to Fightin’ Bob’s grand-nephew, current Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug LaFollette, that oversight will be corrected when the Capitol installs a plaque outlining Fightin’ Bob’s history and his contributions to Wisconsin. At the ceremony later today, Madison’s own Raging Grannies will serenade the crowd for the plaque unveiling. But first, the Raging Grannies join us here in the WORT studios with a preview.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Universities Built On Indigenous LandYou may have heard the term “land-grant universities,” and wondered exactly what that means. Well, if you are on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, you are on Ho-Chunk land. On September 15, 1832, in the aftermath of the bloody Black Hawk War, the U.S. government forced the Ho-Chunk Nation to sign a treaty ceding territory that included the current City of Madison and the University of Wisconsin campus. Thirty years later, the U.S. Morrill Act redistributed some 1.4 million more acres of Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe and Dakota lands to the University of Wisconsin and other universities. High school and college textbooks have often glossed over this period of history. With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, educators at the University of Wisconsin now seek to correct that oversight with a new curriculum on indigenous land dispossession. Kasey Keeler, an assistant professor of Civil Society and American Indian Studies, a member of the Tulolumne Band of Me-Wuk and Citizen Potawatomi, heads up the new program.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · BLOC Decries GOP Voter SuppressionEarlier in January, Republican Party Chairman for Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District, Bob Spindell, sent a fundraising e-mail, crowing about how the Republican Party successfully suppressed the black and hispanic vote in Milwaukee. In a message obtained by Urban Milwaukee reporter Bruce Murphy, Spindell crowed that “the City of Milwaukee cast 37,000 less votes than in the 2018 election, with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.” Spindell, who also sits on the supposedly nonpartisan Wisconsin Election Commission and was a false elector in the 2020 Presidential Election, went on to brag that the lower vote totals resulted from the GOPs “well-thought out and multi-faceted plan” involving negative ads on black radio stations, Republican-paid election judges and election observers in black and Hispanic districts. Democrats, activists and others are now calling for Spindell’s resignation from the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Angela Lang is the Executive Director of Black Leaders Organizing Communities or BLOC, a Milwaukee-based political network.
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Playing this week at the Overture Center is Forward Theater’s latest production, “Airness.” It’s the story of a character named Nina who enters her first air guitar contest thinking winning will be a breeze, only to learn there’s more to the craft than she thought. Two actors in the play, James Carrington and Josh Krause, join host Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the play’s unique concept, the heart of their characters and mastering the art of air guitar.
James Carrington and Josh Krause play Gabe “Golden Thunder” Partridge and Ed “Shreddy Eddy” Leary, respectively, in Forward Theater Company’s “Airness.” The show opened at the Overture Center on January 26th and will be playing until February 12th. “Airness” is written by Chelsea Marcantel; the Forward Theater Company production is directed by Molly Rhode. For information on tickets and showtimes, visit tickets.overture.org/overview/7878
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After an eight month long walk out by union workers at the CNH plants in Racine, WI and Burlington, IA, a preliminary agreement was reached that will send strikers back to work this Monday. Further negotiations are taking place at the local level and details of the agreement have not been made public. Yasin Mahdi, President of UAW Local 180 that represents the Racine workers, spoke with Tony Castañeda, host of the Thursday Morning 8 O’clock Buzz, to discuss the new developments. Despite the tentative agreement on pay increases and working conditions, Mr. Mahdi wasn’t ready to strike up the band. He even suggested that the Union may have struck out on some important details as evidenced by the Racine Local voting to reject the company’s proposal. The Burlington workers voted overwhelmingly to accept the proposal so that the total union vote was in favor.
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Liz Dannenbaum from the East Side Progressives talks about an upcoming City Council Candidate Forum, featuring candidates from Districts 3, 15, & 16 on Friday, February 3, 2023, at 6:30, virtually via Zoom. Register at their website or get more information on their Facebook page. Dannenbaum also reminds people of the upcoming February 21 primary, featuring Wisconsin Supreme Court hopefuls, and the April 4th election date.
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Jan Miyasaki talks with Janet Murphy, coordinator of the Arboretum CoHousing Blood Drive, about their Co-Housing efforts and the blood drive set for Wednesday, February 15, 2023, from noon-5:30. You are invited to make a reservation on the Red Cross website (or call Janet at 608.204.7131) and possibly save a life.
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“In Trump, they saw someone who would be brutal to their enemies” — a description of the support given to Donald Trump by the white Christian nationalists, according to Bradley Onishi, author of the book “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism — and What Comes Next”. Onishi says that the January 6th assault on the Capitol was the culmination of 60 years of efforts to restore the U. S. as a country built by White Christians, for White Christians.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Somerville), 2023 MLK Humanitarian Award winner and prolific educator, author, and filmmaker, Dr. Charles Taylor joins us to tell us his story, what he’s gotten done and what he’s going to do!
More about Dr. Charles Taylor and his work at https://drcharlestaylor.com/
- Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance is showing at Beloit Film Festival 2/26 and 3/4 and is available to stream on Vimeo
- e-Books available from Dr. Taylor’s website and in print via Amazon.
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If you listened to the Friday Buzz when producer Beatrice Lawrence guest-hosted last month, you’re familiar with the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death and their recently-retired curator, Bruce Goldfarb. You may also remember that he revealed a connection between the Nutshells and our home state of Wisconsin: UW-Parkside’s Winterim Death Scene Investigation seminar, whose final exam features an exclusive life-sized recreation of one of the morbid dioramas.
Beatrice decided to take Goldfarb up on his offer, and headed out to Kenosha to join him in seeing the one-of-a-kind piece of forensic science history—before it’s shipped off the Glessner House museum in Chicago. She also talked to the students tasked with solving the crime, the members of the theater department who built the set, and the professor who made it all happen. In doing so, she got a look into the past, present, and future of death scene investigation.
Special thanks to Bruce Goldfarb, Dr. Janamarie Truesdell and the UW-Parkside theater department: Josh Christoffersen, J Lofty, Aria Johnson, and Bianca Gonzalez. Additional thanks to the students of CRJM490: Critical Thinking in Death Scene Investigation.
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The brand new hostility between members of the Republican party was on full display during the food fight that was the election of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this month. Charlie Sykes has in many ways predicted the bizarre political trajectory of conservatives in America; his most recent book is appropriately called, “How the Right Lost Its Mind.” He joins host Andy Moore to discuss the past, present and future of conservative politics on both the state and national scale.
Charlie Sykes is a Wisconsin-based political commentator and author. He is the founder and Editor-at-Large of The Bulwark.
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Just this month internet observers discovered that CNET had quietly published dozens of articles generated entirely by artificial intelligence. The tech site acknowledged that it was true, but described the move as a mere experiment— apparently an experiment that revealed that AI journalism is about as watertight as humankind’s (that is, not entirely). Still, AI is here to stay and it’s only getting more sophisticated; it will inevitably change the world, if it hasn’t already. On this edition of the Friday Buzz, host Andy Moore talks to Stanislaw Luberda—a content engineer, contractor for Apple and futurist—about the future of AI and its implications for life as we know it.
Stanislaw Luberda is a Madison-based content design engineer.
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An undemocratic obsession,
Bringing about voter suppression.
Maybe overturn an election;
Lies creating deception.
Bruce Murphy, editor, and columnist for Urban Milwaukee, speaks with Tony Castañeda, host of the Thursday edition of the 8 O’clock Buzz, about the GOP efforts to suppress minority voting in Milwaukee. This comes after Urban Milwaukee ran a commentary on Robert Spindell, a Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, describing how he was gloating about efforts to convince Black and Hispanic voters to not participate in the 2020 elections.
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On Sunday, January 22, the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v Wade decision, Madison will be home to the “Bigger Than Roe” Women’s March to commemorate that now-overturned legislation, and to energize voters in advance of our state’s upcoming February Supreme Court primary. Conservatives currently have a 4-3 majority on the court, so, should a pro-choice candidate prevail in April’s election, the state could see the current ban on abortion overturned. 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda welcomes Jay Becker and Patricia Wallin, Chicago-based organizers for Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, who discuss with Tony the ramifications of the overturning of Roe, the role of that decision in the November elections, and the importance of people continuing to show up at demonstrations, rallies and marches.
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Maybe you’ve been curious about international music, especially Balkan music, and the beat sets your toe tapping — this is your chance to get the rest of your body moving to the beat and music. The Madison Folk Dance group is renewing their Folk Ball on January 27th and 28th, 2023. Organizer Michael Kuharski came into the WORT studios to talk about the program and urge interested people to come — to watch, or try some group dances in a no-pressure gathering. Visit the event’s website for a full schedule of the two-day event. No reservations (or costumes) required, just a desire for fun.
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Did you know that over 75% of wetlands in Wisconsin are on private land? And that one-half of the original wetlands in Wisconsin have been lost to agriculture and development? With goals of “protection, restoration, and enjoyment of wetlands and associated ecosystems through science-based programs, education, and advocacy”, the Wisconsin Wetlands Association works with landowners and community groups to preserve these. Katie Beilfuss, Outreach Programs Director, shares more information on the groups activities.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with 1neofmani (Breyon Somerville), Tara’s out sick and both guests can’t make the show, so it’s an hour of full power freestyle discussion with 1neofmani on legalizing cannabis, CBD and community!
More on Quality CBD: https://qualitycbd.org/
More on 1neofmani: https://www.facebook.com/1neofmaniOnline and LessWork Local Lifestyle: https://www.facebook.com/WithLessWork
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Milwaukee Challenges 2020 Census CountIn 2020, the task of counting every person in the United States proved even more difficult than usual. As of April 1, 2020, much of the nation was in the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which complicated contacting residents and severely limited staff and volunteers available. To make matters worse, e-mails recently obtained by the Brennan Center reveal that former President Donald Trump repeatedly attempted to subvert the U.S. census counts for his own political ends. The census count, originally scheduled to be complete in April, 2021, was delayed until August, when the Trump Administration abruptly ordered the count stopped, over the objections of Census Bureau civil servants. Two years after the formal count, many cities across the United States believe the flawed process severely under-counted the population, particularly for minority, homeless and transitory populations less likely to fill out a census form. On December 20, Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced the City of Milwaukee’ formal challenge to the 2020 census results, claiming the 2020 census under-counted the city’s population by almost 17,000 people. Sharon Robinson is the Director of the City of Milwaukee Department of Administration.
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In the aftermath of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s (“Lula”) presidential win in Brazil, supporters of ousted president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital, Brasilia on January 8. Join 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda for a conversation with UW-Madison Political Science Ph.D. candidate Ned Littlefield, who is in Brazil, as he explains the challenges facing the country as Lula grapples with how to react to these protestors’ violent provocations. Public sentiment is clearly against the protests, yet given the polarized electorate, prosecution and imprisonment of the people behind the attempted coup is not a certainty. It remains to be seen if Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida, could be forced to leave the US and how his connection to Donald Trump and Steve Bannon may have helped him rally his supporters.
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Boomers retiring
Young graduates exiting
A workforce shortage
If someone was asked to write a haiku on the current workforce situation in Dane County, and in most of Wisconsin, this could very well be it. Dale Knapp, Director of research and analytics for the Wisconsin Counties Association, shared his views on the workforce and housing shortages in the region on the Thursday addition of the 8 O’clock Buzz. A combination of the Boomer generation retiring and staying in their homes, young college graduates migrating to larger cities on the coasts, and a lack of affordable housing are challenges that must be addressed in Dane and other Wisconsin counties if they are to reverse the net migration out.
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Arcatao, El Salvador, was the first of Madison’s sister-cities, with the relationship formed in 1986 following death squads and torture of residents, in large supported by the U. S. government. The Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project advocates for cutting off military aid to El Salvador and a strong relationship between the two cities. Joan Laurion, from the project talks about the relationship, an informal reconnecting event on Saturday, and plans for a trip to Arcatao from June 10-17th.
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Jan Miyasaki talks with Gloria Hawkins from the MLK Coalition about the events celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and his principles of non-violence starting this weekend and continuing through Monday. WORT will cover much of Monday’s events with live streams — see the live on-air coverage schedule here.
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In their last session, the Wisconsin Legislature voted to approve four amendments to the state constitution. The amendments would change cash bail to make it harder for legal defendants to get out of jail, curb voter eligibility, limit the use of private money to help fund elections, and limit the Governor’s authority to allocate federal funds by making it subject to approval from the Legislature.
If approved a second time in the upcoming 2023 legislative session, the amendments will go to the public for a final referendum vote — a vote that could be as soon as the spring election on April 4, 2023. The League of Women Voters of Dane County has come out in opposition to all four measures. Today on the show, three guests join us to talk about how the proposals would impact the community, in advance of an online seminar Monday night about the measures.
Our guests are Dustin Brown, a senior attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School; Jerome Dillard, Executive Director and co-founder of EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing); and Sue Jennik, Program Director and Board member of the League of Women Voters Dane County who also heads up the Legislative Committee for the League of Women Voters Wisconsin.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · 47th Annual Madison Juggling Fest ReturnsThe Madison Juggling Fest comes roaring back after a pandemic-induced lapse. One of the hottest tickets in town for years, the fest brings jugglers from all over the country and culminates in a huge show at Madison’s Barrymore Theater on Saturday January 14. Yoyo fiend Mark Hayward has served as the show’s master of ceremonies every year, and he joined the Monday Buzz on January 8th.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Psychology Of LyingIn politics, boldfaced lies are the new normal. According to the Washington Post, during his four years as President, Donald Trump uttered a total of over 30,000 demonstrable falsehoods — that’s 21 lies a day. Newly elected New York 3rd District congressman George Santos may eclipse his Republican mentor for mendacity. Santos has certainly told some whoppers. He lied about being Jewish, attending prep school, graduating from Baruch College, working for Goldman Sachs, founding a charity for dogs and cats and that he lost four employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Sadly, reporters didn’t catch on to his prevarications until after the election. Timothy Levine is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama. He has built a career on the study of deception, and is author of the book “Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception.”
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There was an American Indian Studies program at UW-Madison when Aaron Bird Bear was hired on campus back in 2002. But, as he remembers it, there was “hardly anything else related to American Indians.” He’s quoted in a UW press release as saying of the time, “I was totally appalled at the complete lack of infrastructure, the complete lack of commitment, to Indigenous people in any sincere way, shape or form.” In the following 22 years he set out to change that—and he succeeded. Having just begun his well-earned retirement from the university this week, Bird Bear joins host Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to reflect on his more than two decades of service to the UW community.
Aaron Bird Bear is the newly retired Director of UW-Madison Tribal Relations, a role he had been in since its creation in 2019. He previously served as Assistant Dean of Student Diversity Programs in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education. He is enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota and is a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Diné nations.
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What do the city of Milwaukee and the country of Luxembourg have in common? Besides having populations that sit around the 600,000 mark, they have also hosted the same public servant: Tom Barrett. Elected Mayor of Milwaukee in 2004, he served until 2021, when he resigned to accept President Joe Biden’s appointment as Ambassador to Luxembourg. On this edition of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, he joins host Andy Moore to reflect on his first year on the job.
Tom Barrett is a former member of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, a former U.S. Representative from the state’s 5th Congressional District, and Milwaukee’s Mayor for 17 years. He now serves as President Biden’s appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg.
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As the village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, continues to see few, if any, of the promises made by Foxconn materialize, the company is still reaping benefits from the state in the form of tax credits. Mount Pleasant resident Kelly Gallaher joins Tony Castañeda on the 8 O’Clock Buzz with updates on the Scott Walker-era deal that displaced over 100 residents, promised upwards of 13,000 jobs and has cost the state, Racine County and the village of Mount Pleasant $750 million to date. Gallaher, spokesperson for A Better Mount Pleasant, a local watchdog group, is a long-time critic of the failed Foxconn development project and recently announced her candidacy for President of the village of Mount Pleasant.
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The US Supreme Court is allowing the Trump-era border restrictions to remain in place while GOP led states’ legal challenges to the lifting of the law proceed. Christine Neumann-Ortiz from Voces de la Frontera (VDLF) joins the 8 O’clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to discuss the implications of this preliminary ruling and what the future may hold with regards to immigration across the southern US border. Expectation had been that these restrictions would be lifted by the Biden administration, but in a 5-4 preliminary decision the Court is allowing the restrictions to remain until an official ruling is made in June of 2023. Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with the three liberal justices in opposing the stay, observing that the law was implemented to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and that current immigration issues are not Covid related. Ms. Neumann-Ortiz noted that migrant encampments on the Mexican side of the border are subject to violence and abuse from drug cartel activities, and are increasingly at risk of worsening weather conditions. In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee office of VDLF is getting requests for immigration assistance and is considering adding a paralegal to assist in the increase in caseloads.
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Captain Cero of Hooterville and WORT’s own Eli Wilz join Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to pontificate on the likelihood of an actual UFO gracing the night skies of our fair state earlier this month.
For these amateur UFOlogists, the recent reported appearance of unidentifiable aerial objects in the night sky over West Bend, Wisconsin, raises more questions than answers. See an observer’s YouTube video of the event, read more about it in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and listen to today’s highly scientific conversation to keep your finger on the pulse of this otherworldly topic.
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Dane County Extension Horticulture Outreach Specialist, Lisa Johnson, talks about the activities of the Dane County Extension, and their upcoming Winter Vegetable Series 2023, an on-line learning program for gardeners and wanna-be gardeners.
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Jason Davidson, Senior Food and Agriculture Campaigner at Friends of the Earth, talks about two riders the Omnibus Spending Bill in his latest article “Friends of the Earth Condemns Dirty Ag Riders in Omnibus Spending Bill”: 1) Carbon market offset schemes which allow polluters to continue business as usual in exchange for purchasing carbon credits from projects that are supposed to reduce an equivalent amount of carbon — but don’t, and 2)the SUSTAINS ACT, which would allow agriculture industry corporations to “donate” money to the USDA — with strings attached to farmers who choose to use the money.
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In an effort to keep the spotlight on those who participated in, sponsored, and supported the January 6th insurrection against the U.S. government, the Center for Media and Democracy has brought a new website on-line: InsurrectionExposed.org. Researcher Justin Glawe talks about how Insurrection Exposed provides a central resource for information about the key players behind these threats to the very survival of American democracy.
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Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Congress to continue their support in the war against Russian aggression. That was Zelenskyy’s first trip outside the United States since Russia invaded Ukraine. Ten months after the conflict started, where are we now?
On today’s show, guest host Yuri Rashkin continues his deep dives into the conflict in Russia and Ukraine. He’s joined by Russian music journalist Artemy Troitsky for a special focus on arts and culture in the region, along with insights into the nearly year-long conflict.
Yuri Rashkin is an educator and Rock County Board Supervisor. He is the producer and host of the Rashkin Report, a popular program examining foreign affairs from a Russian point of view.
Artemy Troitsky is a music journalist, author and frequent commentator. A prominent media contributor and educator at Moscow State University in the 90s and 00s, Troitsky left Russia in 2014 due to aesthetic and ideological incompatibility with Putin’s regime. Troitsky is the the author of several books of music criticism, including Back in the USSR: The True Story of Rock in Russia (Faber and Gaber, 1988), Tusovka: Who’s Who in the New Soviet Rock Culture (Omnibus, 1990) and Subkultura: Stories of Youth and Resistance in Russia (New Social, 2017). He lives now in Estonia, where he hosts a vlog series and lectures at various universities.
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The winter holidays are the last stand for the ritual known as letter writing. When else do you put pen to paper, use stamps, and mail something? These days, why write a letter when you can send an email? Why mail a note when you can text and be done with it?
Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz guest Alan Crossley and host Andy Moore share a love of postcard writing. Last fall, on a bicycle trip with his wife Karen, Alan wrote and mailed nearly 450 postcards—admittedly many more than Andy. There’s a reason why the hobby is worthwhile, and Andy and Alan hope to help you catch the fever right now, just in time to make it your New Year’s Resolution.
Alan Crossley is a retired DNR Biologist, a mechanic at Wheels for Winners and a dedicated postcard writer living in the Madison area.
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A week ago tonight in Connecticut, Miss America 2023 was crowned: Wisconsin’s own Grace Stenke. And although Stenke won the talent portion of the competition on her way to the crown, it’s her current course of study at UW-Madison that really captured the headlines and drove her messaging. An undergraduate in the Nuclear Engineering Department, she plans to promote the benefits of nuclear energy as part of her year-long social impact mission. On this week’s edition of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, Miss America 2023 talks to host Andy Moore about her path to the crown, what the next year holds for her and her main mission: “Clean Energy, Cleaner Future.”
Grace Stenke is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She previously served as Miss Wisconsin 2022 before handing off the title to Kylene Spanbauer of Fond du Lac after being crowned Miss America.
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In the forward to his new memoir called “More,” Michael Massey writes, in effect, “I am not an author.” Well, he is now. The book is a gripping, detailed, hair raising ride through Massey’s alcohol addiction, his emergence and his sustained sobriety thereafter. Beyond being an author, Michael Massey is a lot of things: a father, a husband and a musician. He joins host Andy Moore to talk about how music making created the pathway for the gripping and redeeming story that is his memoir.
Michael Massey is a Madison-area composer, singer, songwriter, pianist, performer and producer. He has released five solo albums and has written or collaborated on more than 350 songs. His new memoir, called “More,” was released in November of 2022.
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With the scheduled release of the Select Committee’s report on the US Capitol insurrection due today, December 22, 2022, Norm Stockwell, Publisher of The Progressive magazine, and Matt Rothschild, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, join Thursday 8 O’clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to discuss the probable findings. Both guests found the Panel’s hearings to be thorough, with the most compelling testimonies coming from White House insiders and State representatives who resisted efforts by the Trump campaign to overturn election results. The role played by Wisconsin’s slate of fake electors and the Republican officials who aided them was also discussed on today’s show, with both guests arguing that criminal charges against the fake electors are warranted.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Railroad Workers Regroup After Feds InterveneOn December 1, 2022, the U.S. Senate invoked the 1926 Railway Labor Act by voting 80-15 to force a contract on railroad workers that the unions had rejected, averting a nationwide railway strike. Earlier in the day, the Senate had voted 52-43 to amend the contract to add 7 days of paid sick leave, but that measure failed, because it’s the bizzarro world of the U.S. Senate where you need 60 votes to get anything done. As a result, railroad workers – statistically one of the most dangerous jobs in America – still get no paid time off if they fall ill or are injured off the job. J.P. Johnson is a 5th generation railroader, a member of the Sheet Metal and Rail Transportation, or SMART-TD, union and a member of the steering committee for Railroad Workers United. He currently works as a locomotive fireman for Amtrak out of Milwaukee. J.P. Johnson joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on December 19, 2022.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin Gerrymandering Still Worst In NationIn the wake of the 2022 elections, one thing became glaringly obvious: the gerrymandering of Wisconsin’s legislative districts is more skewed than ever. In a year when all statewide races were decided by a margin of 3% or less – including narrow Democratic wins for Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State, Republicans still ended up with a 64-35 majority in the state Assembly. With the next redistricting cycle eight years away, any Democratic hopes for a more balanced legislature may depend on yet another election: the election for State Supreme Court taking place in April of 2023. Matt DeFour has followed the aftermath of the 2022 elections for Wisconsin Watch. Matt joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on December 19, 2022.
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With the holidays right around the corner, we’re all in prep mode for those family get-togethers. And try as we might, it’s pretty hard to avoid butting heads with the people you love, but might not really like. On this edition of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, chit chat specialists Mary Allgood and Anna Kotecki talk to producer Beatrice Lawrence about how to how to avoid any and all controversial conversations with family and keep your holidays argument-free.
When they’re not helping make the world a less uncomfortable place, Anna and Mary are a part of Girlfriend Material, a satire and comedy group run by women. They can be found on Instagram at @gfmaterial69.
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death: 18 intricately detailed dioramas depicting unfortunate dolls in various states of death, created by mother of forensic science Frances Glessner Lee in the 1930s and ‘40s to train crime scene investigators. Every tiny detail necessary to explain the mysterious circumstances of death are contained within the scenes–but, the solutions to these puzzles are kept under lock and key, only available to a select few. One of those lucky few is Bruce Goldfarb, who served as the curator of the Nutshell Studies and is now the official biographer of Frances Glessner Lee. On this episode of the Buzz, Bruce talks with producer Beatrice Lawrence about what makes the dioramas so unique, the genius of Frances Glessner Lee’s meticulous work, and why the studies remain an integral teaching tool for crime scene investigators to this day.
Bruce Goldfarb served as curator for the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Maryland, and is the official biographer of Frances Glessner Lee. He is the author of “18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,” and “OCME: Life in America’s Top Forensic Medical Center.” He can be found at brucegoldfarb.com/ and on Tik Tok and Instagram.
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Liz DiNovella talks with sportswriter Julie DiCaro, writer for deadspin.com and author of the book “Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America”, about recent sports stories — including Brittney Griner, the World Cup, FIFA, and the sorry state of the NFL.
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News and Politics Editor for Tone Madison, Christina Lieffring, talks about the newest branch of Tone Madison’s coverage of the city — News and Politics. With their goal: “To champion things we love, but we also ask annoying questions and throw the occasional brick,” Lieffring talks about her role in covering details that other media streams may overlook.
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Guest host Liz DiNovella talks with Daisy Pitkin, author of a memoir “A story of Class, Solidarity, and 2 Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union”, a story of a union’s attempt to organize industrial laundries in Phoenix, starting in 2003. Pitkin was a union organizer with UNITE, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, and talks also in general about why people organize and different ways to build a union.
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Shauna Jungdahl, producer and founder of Madison Indie Comedy, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Eli Wilz to discuss some of the history of the production company, and their show scheduled for later this week. The Ha Ha Holiday Variety Hour is being put on at The Burr Oak on Sunday, December 18, which will be the company’s last show. Founded in the summer of 2021, one of the company’s goals was to get the Madison comedy scene back up and running like it was pre-pandemic. Productions put an emphasis on providing local performers the opportunity to exhibit their expertise which Shauna thinks is underappreciated with a great deal of local talent. The holiday show will feature artists from Madison and Milwaukee. Past productions have often combined improv, sketch comedy, music and burlesque and the final production will do the same.
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Thursday’s 8 O’Clock Buzz host* Eli Wilz learns from Melissa Smith, Founder of Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, about the DNR’s proposed new Wolf Management Plan, which seeks to the update the current plan which has been in place since 1999. Instead of a statewide population goal, the new plan would create population zones and would address the ineffective recreational hunting used to resolve wolf conflicts. The proposed plan’s public comment period is open until Feb. 28, 2023. To learn more, join the group’s Fireside Chats, held every other Thursday from 6-7pm CST.
*Regular Thursday Buzz host Tony Castañeda will return next week.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Mills Folly Microcinema Gears Up For New SeasonSince 2018, Mills Folly Microcinema has presented cutting-edge experimental and documentary film to Madison audiences. They’re wrapping up their fall season and are gearing up for a new set of short films that push the limits. Program director James Kreul joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on December 12, 2022.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Building Unity Rallies In Solidarity With Striking Case – Holland WorkersSince May of 2022, over a thousand members of United Auto Workers Local 870, in Burlington, Iowa and Local 180 in Racine, Wisconsin have been on strike against Case-Holland, maker of ubiquitous tractors and other farm equipment. With the action now entering its ninth month, and little progress at the bargaining table, Building Unity is holding a week of solidarity actions, culminating in a rally in Racine on Saturday, December 17th. Timothy Cordon, Coordinator of Building Unity Wisconsin and Bryan Pfeifer, co-founder of the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement, joined the Monday Buzz on December 12, 2022.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · You Are Not Expected To Understand ThisWhile pervading nearly every aspect of our modern lives, software code remains a mysterious, arcane form of magic. To many of us, the marvels created out of rearranged electrons summoned up by a few lines of text in an obscure language seem more akin to the incantations of wizards than they do the product of science. Part of coding’s mystery is that there have been few histories of the craft written for a general audience. Slate technology editor Torie Bosch sought to correct that omission with her latest book, “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” out now from Princeton University Press.
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Brenda Konkel of Madison Street Medicine talks with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda about the city’s first sanctioned campground, Dairy Drive. The tiny shelters, which have accommodated 53 formerly homeless people, serve as transitional housing until permanent residences are secured. Konkel, who serves as Executive Director/Program Coordinator for the Dairy Drive encampment, addressed recent criticism of the shelters, and tells listeners how they can help with donations of both cash and warm items for winter.
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Scott McDonnell, Dane County Clerk, joins the 8 O’clock Buzz to speak with host Tony Castaneda about receiving a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking information on his office’s receiving contact with a list of possible conspirators who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The Department of Justice is gathering evidence about the possibility of illegal attempts to influence the results of the election in Milwaukee and Dane Counties in the State of Wisconsin. This subpoena is separate from the January 6th hearings for the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Rob DZ from the Greater Madison Music City (GMMC) joins host Tony Castaneda of the Thursday morning 8 O’clock Buzz to talk about the organization’s recommendations to build a more equitable music and arts scene in the Greater Madison Area. GMMC is trying to build community support to create a music ecosystem for the community that provides equity in entertainment and access for all. The report findings will be presented at a gathering at Café Coda, today, December 8, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
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Long gone are the days of cheap political campaigns. According to Ian Vandewalker, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, this past midterm elections saw the most campaign money spent — ever. In his recent article, “4 Takeaways About Money in the Midterms“, he discusses mega-donors, increased money spent across states for state positions, dark money, and more.
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A recent study found that over 80% of the milk produced in Wisconsin was done so with the hands of migrant workers. A bill, the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act“, designed to protect the rights of these workers against deportation by employers and provide a path to permanent legal status is being pushed forward in the lame duck Congress. Rebekah Entralgo, Managing Editor at Inequality.org, talks about what this would mean for workers and the economy.
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It’s the holiday season, which means that it’s time for one instrument’s yearly return back into America’s Top 40 hits—the pipe organ! Suggesting that it’s a seasonal thing might be somewhat offensive to Buzz guest Greg Zelek, Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and curator of the massive and beautiful Overture Concert Organ. On this episode of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, Zelek talks to host Andy Moore and friend of the show Jason Joyce about his journey as an organist, what’s special about the Overture’s organ and what it’s like to lead the MSO’s annual Free Community Carol Sing.
Greg Zelek is currently the Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ. He has played with world-class ensembles like the Canadian Brass and the Miami Symphony, and he recently released his debut album, “Greg Zelek at Overture Hall.” He’ll be hosting the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s annual Free Community Carol Sing at the Overture Center this Saturday, December 3rd at 11:00 AM.
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“Love is love. And Americans should have a right to marry the person they love.”
Those were the words of President Biden this week. The right he mentions is a mandate of the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill passed by the U.S. Senate Tuesday. The legislative effort was tirelessly led by Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin and Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine. In all, 12 Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate for a 61-to-36 passage. The bill now heads to the House where it’s expected to pass and move on for the President’s signature as soon as next week. On this edition of the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz, Senator Tammy Baldwin joins host Andy Moore to discuss negotiating with Republicans to secure the bipartisan vote, her reaction to the bill’s success and the bill’s implications for LGBTQ+ Americans in today’s political climate.
Tammy Baldwin has served as the junior United States Senator from Wisconsin since 2013. She was the first openly LGBTQ+ woman to be elected to U.S. Congress and is a staunch advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in Wisconsin and the United States as a whole.
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Jonathan Melrod, labor activist and organizer, joins 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to discuss his book Fighting Times-Organizing on the Front Lines of Class War, his anti-war activism in Madison in the 1960s, and his work as a labor organizer and activist in Milwaukee and Kenosha. Jon is currently living in California where he works with young activists also committed to battling injustice.
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Yasin Mahdi, President of UAW Local 180, talks with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda about the reasons Union workers at CNH remain steadfast in their opposition to concessions and even negotiating in the 8 month long dispute with the farm equipment manufacturer. A rally to support the striking workers will be held on December 17 in Racine. Contact the South Central Federation of Labor or the Madison Labor Temple for information on the caravan from Madison that’s heading to Racine for the rally to show solidarity with the striking workers.
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Despite years of insistence by some lawmakers that Social Security is “failing”, and present threats by Kevin McCarthy and others to block budget borrowing until Social Security is reduced or tied to annual monetary review by legislators, Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, says that the Social Security (and Medicare) programs are popular and efficient programs that “just work”. Efforts to privatize these (to the benefit of wealthy) are just “a disinformation campaign by billionaires”.
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Despite the closing of Voices for Creative Nonviolence due to COVID restrictions and the U. S. withdrawal form Afghanistan and the ensuing dangers to U. S. peace volunteers in Afghanistan, peace activist Kathy Kelly has continued efforts to find safe havens for Afghan girls to escape their Taliban controlled persecution. Kelly talks about some of their stories. Donations can be set to Fellowship of Reconciliation, attention: Afghan Generations
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Food Pantries Struggle To Keep Up With DemandThe Dane County area has long had a reputation as having a generous welfare safety net, particularly when it comes to food. Accessible and well-stocked community food pantries have typically served as the last stopgap for those unable to afford commercial groceries. This year, that system is showing signs of fraying around the edges. A coalition of five Dane County food pantries reports record demand for food so far this year, all while donations have dropped. Chris Kane, Senior Director of Client Services, Saint Vincent de Paul Madison and Ellen Carlson, Executive Director, Middleton Outreach Ministry joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on November 28, 2022.
Dane County area food pantries:
- Badger Prairie Needs Network
- Middleton Outreach Ministry
- The River Food Pantry
- The Society of Vincent de Paul – Madison
- Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Election Symposium 2022According to Open Secrets, state and national political parties, political action committees and outside groups spent some 16.7 billion dollars on the 2022 elections, making them by far the most expensive midterms in history. Aside from a bonanza for political marketing agencies, commercial media outlets and internet and cell providers, all that spending produced little in terms of dramatic change. After the dust settled, the political balance in Washington shifted only slightly, with the GOP clinging to an 8-seat majority in the House of Representatives, and the Democrats retaining control of the U.S. Senate. Are there lessons still to be learned from the 2022 elections? Political scientist Barry Burden thinks so. Burden directs the University of Wisconsin Elections Research Center, which will hold a public, multi-disciplinary symposium on the 2022 elections on Friday, December 2nd. Barry Burden joined the Monday Buzz on November 28, 2022.
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Tina Cordova, organizer of the Tularosa Basin Trinity Downwinders, and Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog from Beyond Nuclear, team up on today’s show with updates of healthcare legislation aimed to […]
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Matthew Rothschild, Executive Director at the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign — a non-profit that tracks Wisconsin election spending sources — talks about some of the record spending of various elections in […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · New Glarus Brewery Recaptures Its CO2 Fermentation is the process of introducing hungry yeast to carbohydrates to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide. The process produces so […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Farewell To The Leap Second Human beings have an obsession with regularity. We like neat squares, right angles and intervals of time that are precisely the […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Striking Starbucks Workers Speak From The Picket Line On Thursday, November 17, over 2,000 workers at over a hundred Starbucks coffee shops across the nation walked […]
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Artist Elaine Scheer paints watercolors that blend single original portraits with narratives of the sublime and the down-to-earth, from the front seat of a vintage car to Disneyland’s Matterhorn. Scheer […]
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America, 1955: Thousands of wives and mothers spontaneously transform into dragons, eat their spouses, burn down their homes and then fly off to other parts of the world. What, didn’t […]
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Musician Corey Hart comes on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to premiere his newest song, “Heaven Help Me” and talk with Andy Moore the story of how it came to […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · WI DNR Releases New Wolf Management Plan In February, 2021, the Wisconsin DNR held a hastily-organized hunting season for Gray Wolves, after a Jefferson County judge […]
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Madison’s own Hanah Jon Taylor, Café Coda proprietor and internationally known jazz saxophonist and flutist, is currently hosting his venue’s first ever CodaFest with both free and ticketed events through Sunday. […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Broom Street Theater’s “Totally Not Haunted” Backstage Tour Broom Street Theater, Madison’s longest-running experimental theater is offering free tours of its backstage this weekend – tonight […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · League Of Wisconsin Municipalities Wants The State To Share The Wealth In July of this year, the State of Wisconsin government posted a record-setting four point […]
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The Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in order to try to control inflation — but does it have to? Sam Pizzigati, Co-Editor of inequality.org, says “NO” in his […]
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What does Wall Street have to do with rising food prices? Amanda Starbuck, Research Director for Food and Water Watch, says that “swaps”, that is, bets on whether the price […]
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Do you like herbs? If so, mark your calendar for the 40th year celebration of the Madison Herb Fair being held on Saturday, November 5th, from 9AM – 3 PM […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Chef Lily Gets The Kids Cooking The Yums Lily Kilfoy graduated from the Madison Area Technical College with a culinary arts degree and had dreams of […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Audifax Brings Street Art Sensibility to the Library Our next guest started drawing at the age of 4, soon graduated to 6-foot wide canvases, and then, […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Cheap Gas Undercuts Climate Change Progress In a 2020 presidential debate in Nashville, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would “transition away from the oil […]
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The River Alliance of Wisconsin wants to empower all Wisconsin residents to protect and restore Wisconsin’s clean water and waterways. Battling mining, farm runoff, and more, Director Allison Werner’s Core […]
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Investing tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, the World Bank supports emerging markets worldwide. But Friends of the Earth Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Kelly McNamara, says that […]
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By this time tomorrow, a small Palestinian village, along with several others in the West Bank, will be leveled by the Israelis to make space for military training firing range, […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022, marks the start of the “Mills Folly Microcinema Fall Series” a monthly series of experimental film and video art at the Arts and Literature Lab. James […]
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The primary goal of the nationwide census is to count the people in the U. S. every 10 years to assure their proper representation in the government. But the 2020 […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Liz DiNovella, Alicia joins us from Madison Abortion and Reproductive Rights Coalition for Health (MARRCH) to talk about their rally and the counter-rally […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Liz DiNovella, Marcia and Jacob, hosts of Bread and Puppets join to talk about Bread and Puppets and preview the event tonight in […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Liz DiNovella, Author and Journalist, Julie DiCaro from Deadspin joins us to talk sports and the hazards of being a woman in them. […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Canoe From 1000 BC 3,000 years ago, in 1,000 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel and the Assyrian Empire began. The Latins had just entered Italy. […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · School Lunches Go Downhill At the peak of the pandemic, the U.S. government’s Seamless Summer Option provided waivers and additional funding for schools across the country […]
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As the war in Ukraine drags on, for many the greatest hazard is the occupation of several nuclear power plants by Russian forces, who are using the facilities as hide-outs. […]
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Founder of the non-profit, LA-based Racial Solidarity Project, author Phil Allen, Jr. talks about his most recent book “The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to […]
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The Jubilee USA Network works on the debt, tax, transparency and trade policies that impact our lives, communities and world. Jubilee’s Executive Director, Eric Lecompte, talks with Jan Miyasaki about […]
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In his recent article in Inequality.org, “Weaponizing Charity to Advance a Political Agenda“, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good for the Institute for Policy Studies, Chuck […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Stan Woodard, Dipo Faloyin, senior editor at Vice, and author of the much anticipated “Africa Is Not a Country” joins us from England […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Stan Woodard, award-winning children’s author Glenda Armand joins us to talk about her newest work, “Black-Eyed Peas and Hog Head Cheese,” the African […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Nurses Vote To Strike Ever since the 2011 Act 10 virtually eliminated public sector collective bargaining in Wisconsin, nurses at University of Wisconsin hospitals and […]
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There are many ways that your personal information, such as you address, can be searched for (and found) by a variety of searches on the internet. But what can you […]
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In their newly release book, “Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs“, authors Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon, and Jasper Craven discuss many of […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr. Alvin Thomas and Dr Logan Edwards, Troy M. Williams, Ph.D, Chief Impact Officer at Sacramento Region Community Foundation joins us […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr. Alvin Thomas and Dr Logan Edwards, Mental health counselor and PhD student Eric Crawford joins us to talk Black fatherhood, […]
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Mad Medusa, a local grassroots organization, works toward “supporting the rights of EVERYONE to own, honor, and have control over each of our respective bodies.” Activists Bria Servas and Lucas […]
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The recent “Inflation Reduction Act” has just taken a bite out of corporate greed. In addition to the 15% tax on corporate profits, an additional 1% tax — resulting in […]
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Several conservative groups in conjunction with ALEC, playing the long game for a power grab in the U. S., have been quietly gaining support of state legislatures for votes to […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry and Dr. Alvin Thomas, Actor, Writer, Comedian, and Director Dannon Green joins us from Los Angeles to talk about what’s going […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Shifting Gears Dance Festival Takes Over Bike Paths Madison is known both as one of America’s most bike-friendly cities, and as a hotbed for performing arts. […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · How To Navigate Moving Day Chaos For reasons lost to the shrouds of time, annual apartment leases in the City of Madison universally expire on August […]
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While much of the press covering the recently-passed “Inflation Reduction Act” talks about the long-term reduction to U. S. greenhouse gases, a huge benefit for drug costs (where the U. […]
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From figure skater to drug addict to sex worker to inmate to award-winning criminal justice journalist with The Marshall Project — such is the life of Keri Blakinger, as she […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry and Dr. Logan Edwards, Tamara Mouw, Mark Schwingle, Kevin Ingram, Bianca Williams-Griffin, Alisia Marquez, and Alfonso Zepeda-Capistran from Department of Public […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A State Street Coloring Book State Street has long been the commercial and cultural backbone of downtown Madison, and has been the canvas – literally and […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Democratic Party Of Wisconsin Gears Up For 2022 Primary Wisconsin’s partisan primary takes place August 8th, 2022. Wisconsin is an open primary state, which means that […]
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Hannah Mortensen from Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin talks about their upcoming “Lanterns for Peace” event on August 7th from 6:30 to dusk at Tenny Park, to remember the 77th […]
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In a recently published article in Nature Communications entitled “Neurotoxic amyloidogenic peptides in the proteome of SARS-COV2: potential implications for neurological symptoms in COVID-19“, co-author Nicholas Reynolds, fellow at the […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr Alvin Thomas and Dr. Logan Edwards sit in and talk with Dane County Circuit Judge and Senior Pastor at Christ […]
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Since the 1980s, zebra mussels have starred as one of the main villains for the Midwest Great Lakes area, coaling pipes and gunking up shipyard marinas with their prolific appearance. […]
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Author Ada Calhoun talks with Liz DiNovella about her most recent book, “Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me“, giving personal insight into her father, “New York School” […]
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Guest host Liz DiNovella talks with Emily Mills, former editor of Our Lives magazine, Wisconsin’s LGBTQ publication, freelance writer, and musician. Their conversation covers abortion rights, queer rights, action that […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry, Dr Alvin Thomas, and Dr. Logan Edwards: Dr. Tiffany Green, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Population Health Sciences Department of Obstetrics […]
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Stan Cox, Senior Scientist at The Land Institute, recently wrote and article in The Nation titled “War is Not and Excuse to Ignore Climate Change“, where he says the country […]
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A recent amendment to the National Defense Authorization Action that would have reformed the Espionage Act and protected whistleblowers and journalists — and their freedom of speech — against outdated […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry and Dr Alvin Thomas: Joshua Wright from UW Carbone Cancer Center joins to talk about cancer and its impact on Black […]
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For the last several decades, the American West has been subject to a water shortage. The main culprits for this crisis are record longstanding drought seasons and unsustainable water practices, […]
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With little discussion, the proposed National Defense Authorization Act budget for the U. S. is currently $850 billion, $143 billion more that last year’s budget, according to Ashik Siddique, Research […]
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and funded, in part, by public monies intended for development of small economies to raise the living standard […]
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The recent Supreme Court ruling in “W. Virginia v. EPA” further limits the government’s ability to move forward with greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Adam Carlesco, Staff […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry and Dr Alvin Thomas, Dr. Carrie Streiff-Stuessy, Executive Director of Common Ground’s Forward Scholars Volunteer Training Program in Milwaukee joins us […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Aaron Perry and Dr Alvin Thomas, Clyde Gaines joins to talk about the upcoming 5th annual Next Level Music and Community Festival coming […]
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With more than 17 million acres of forested landscape, Wisconsin boasts a considerable treeline, AKA the iconic Northwoods. And all those natural environments are managed between private landowners, government entities, […]
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Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court threw out charges against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight others who played key roles in creating the Flint water crisis of 2014, […]
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Two esteemed professors have teamed up for a new book that gives guidance to college faculty, advisors, and administrators invested in the success of Black women on campuses. It’s called Sister […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Walk Through Madisons Black History For many years, the Wisconsin Historical Museum has featured a series of walking tours of downtown Madison, focusing on Madison’s […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · 350 Wisconsin Reacts To SCOTUS Defanging EPA A number of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases have drawn political ire and fear among liberals – Dobbs v. […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · SCOTUS Leaves Wisconsin With Tangled Mess Of Abortion Law In the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, Justice Alito writes that “The Constitution […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Flying Karamazov Brother Juggles on the Radio For 49 years, the Flying Karamazov Brothers have tossed a curious mix of juggling, street performance, circus, vaudeville, […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Urban Triage Announces Co-Conspirator Workshop For 6 years now, Madison’s Urban Triage has held a co-conspirator workshop, a 13-week positive training session to help white people […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · 3D Scanning Uncovers the Mysteries of the 1,200 Year Old Canoe A twelve hundred -year-old canoe was recently discovered in Lake Mendota. The discovery of such […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Executive Director of Veterans for Peace Discusses the Current Peace Movement As cracks appear in the global order and powerful countries lurch toward war, what should […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · LunART Festival Kicks Off Monday to Celebrate Women in the Arts Professor Mary Perkinson kicked off the LunART festival Tuesday with a lecture and performance about […]
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It’s coming NEXT WEEK! The LunART Festival — a multicultural festival of women in the arts starts May 31st. Board member Sue Goldwomon, long known to WORT listeners, talks with […]
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The common thought is that millionaires will flee a state if their taxes are raised, and the state of Massachusetts is considering just that — a constitutional amendment that would […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · My America: Food from the African Diaspora Kwame Onwuachi has spent years discovering what the idea of what American food really means. The James Beard Award-winning […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Revolutionary City and Political Movements in Urban Centers The Cuban Revolution and the Zapatista movement cemented the idea of revolutionaries building their power in the […]
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Hydropower has a significant role to play in U.S. energy production, despite its relatively small contribution compared to other sources. Hydropower plants may only contribute ~6-7% of all power generation, […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Dr Jasmine Zapata, Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Community Health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, joins […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Alex Tanke, a farmer on Dispersion Farms joins us to talk about subsistence farming, giving back to the community, and […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Morning Chat With Elon Musk The new owner of Twitter and the world’s richest human being, Elon Musk, talks with host Andy Moore on a […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Journalist Kim Kelly joins us to talk about labor history and current labor issues including her recent piece in The […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Greg Markle and Lacy Wolter from Operation Fresh Start join us to talk about building the futures of young adults […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Freedom, Inc Gender Justice Coordinator Bianca Gomez joins us to talk about the arrest of victim’s advocate Jessica Williams while […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · WORTStock Kicks Off The Festival SeasonWORTSTOCK is coming up soon, and WORT still needs volunteers to help. WORTSTOCK is coming up soon, and WORT still needs […]
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · LIFT Wisconsin Introduces Driver’s License Reinstatement Tool If you are living in poverty, losing your driver’s license can send you down a financial spiral. Legal Information […]
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A scorecard report by Friends of the Earth, Avaaz, and Greenpeace USA entitled “In the Dark: How Social Media Companies’ Climate Disinformation Problem is Hidden from the Public” was recently […]
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The Peregrine Forum, since 2004, has been promoting radical, green transformation for the world with community forums, film screenings, and sharing of educational literature. Founder David Williams talks about an […]
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C. M. (Connor) Lewis, Editor and Chair of the board of Strikewave, talks about the lack of funding of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board in his latest article “The […]
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Kia Karlen, Co-chair of Friends of the Madison Arts Commission and long-term member of the Madison Arts Commission joins us […]
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Gabriel Winant, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago and the author of “The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America” will be giving a talk at the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice in Madison on April 29, 2022, on “In the Crucible of Care: Deindustrialization and the Rise of the Care Economy”. He previews his upcoming on-line talk with Jan Miyasaki on how low-wage “care jobs”, such as some healthcare workers, childcare, and nursing home workers, are falling to women and minorities to support more wealthy members of society. Register to view the talk at the Havens Center, above.
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Jan Miyasaki revisits Andre Kamenshikov, NonViolence International‘s Ukraine Director, who is located in Kyiv, for an update on life in Kyiv amidst continued assaults by Russia and their continuing work on achieving a nonviolent end to the war.
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Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, founder and Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History, talks about life in Gaza, where regular attacks and killings on Muslims and Christians by Israeli captors on citizens attempting to get to religious sites for prayer is sprinkled with attempts of normalcy, including an egg hunt on Easter at his Museum. He recently wrote “On Palestine: Most political leaders globally remain reactive, not proactive, to deal with our existential challenges…”, but he remains optimistic that a solution can be found.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc H Morial joins us to talk about the 2022 State of Black America, his work, the assault on voting rights, and saving our democracy.
For more information on the State of Black America and the National Urban League: https://nul.org/state-of-black-america
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Marc H. Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League. Over the last 15 years, Marc has expanded the reach of our services by empowering our affiliate movement and created a framework to create policies that serve communities of color.
As Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002, Morial led New Orleans’ renaissance and left office with a 70% approval rating. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies and holds a law degree from Georgetown University. He also is the author of The Gumbo Coalition, a collection of lessons on the power of unity in our Democracy and a leadership framework for America’s changemakers.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, poet and activist Hannah Lenzo joins us to talk about her work, story and using poetry for political change and healing.
Poetry is Political Virtual Event and Workshops 4/30 at 11AM Central. Tickets at https://bit.ly/3xkkgna
For more information on LOTUS Legal Clinic at https://www.lotuslegal.org/ and last week on the Tuesday Buzz: https://www.wortfm.org/empowering-survivors-to-heal-and-thrive/
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Hannah Lenzo has been writing for as long as she can remember. She writes to survive, to heal, and to thrive. She received her JD from the University of Wisconsin law school, where she developed a passion for restorative and transformative justice. She dreams of the demise of all systems of oppression and exploitation. She loves water and dogs and people. She collects crystals and makes jewelry for fun. She studies for the Illinois Bar Exam but not for fun.
Recently, she has been published in Untold Stories and End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin’s Coalition Chronicles. She is publishing a chapbook of poetry with Adjunct Press this spring, and will be reciting a poem at the National Crime Victims’ Rights Ceremony in Madison next week. She is also participating in a Rise and Thrive collaboration through LOTUS legal clinic in Milwaukee, in which participants’ poems are turned into songs by a collaborating musician, which will be showcased in May.
She publishes her poetry on her personal patreon page as well as the newly created Themmoirs Creatives Collective patreon page. Hannah will be co-facilitating a virtual poetry-writing event with Themmoirs co-founders Yaz and LaTierra called Poetry is Political on the last day of National Poetry Month, Saturday April 30th. Yaz will be leading a breakout session on the theme of migration and grief, LaTierra will be leading a breakout session centering the experience and impact of misogynoir, and Hannah will be leading a “fuck the patriarchy” writing circle. More information about this event and everything else Themmoirs is up to can be found on our Themmoirs instagram account: themmoirscreativescollective.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Danielle Dresden, co-founder of TNW Ensemble Theater joins us to talk about the work of TNW, her story, and their upcoming production, “The Floridians,” opening Thursday!
More information on TNW Ensemble Theatre on their website: http://www.tnwensembletheater.org/
- The Floridians opens Thursday, April 21st and runs until May 1st at Governor’s Mansion Hill Inn.
- 10% of the proceeds go to Ukranian relief
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Danielle Dresden is co-founder and co-producing artistic director of TNW Ensemble Theater. An award-winning and published playwright, she has written 38 plays, all of which are produced. She was Guest Artist for the Blaine Quarnstrom Playwright Series at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2016 and has been a featured artist at Alaska’s Last Frontier Theater Conference since 2002. She is a member and one of three Ambassadors for Wisconsin for the Dramatists Guild. She serves on the Barrymore Theater Board of Directors and the Bolz Center for Arts Administration Advisory Board.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · “Heathers” the Musical to Play at Vilas Hall
The University of Wisconsin Theater Department stages the Gen-X dark comedy cult classic “Heathers” in a musical rendition.
The musical runs through April 24 in the Mitchell Theater at Vilas Hall.
We talk with music director Ross Shenker and director Jake Penner.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison West Sends Two Teams to National Rocketry Competition Madison West High School is sending not one, but two teams to the National Rocketry Competition in Virginia.
720 teams from around the country competed in the initial round of the American Rocketry Challenge, and only 101 teams will compete in Virginia.
This challenge consists of taking two eggs, finding a way to launch them precisely 835 feet in the air, and returning them safely to earth, all within a total of 44 seconds.
We talk with student rocketeers Emilia Nicometo, Oliver Gartler and Natalie Lesnjak.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Lasting Impacts: Workplace Changes Due to the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things about our lives, including the workplace.
Once reserved for a few professionals in the tech industry, remote work became the norm for millions of office workers, while service sector workers found themselves suddenly catering to a stay-at-home public. Will these changes fade into the background once the pandemic recedes, or are these changes here to stay?
Madison 365 Editor Robert Chappell spoke with Madisonians about the new world of work, as part of Madison 365’s Lasting Impacts series. Chappell joins to tell us more.
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It’s a Wild, Wild West — when it comes to controlling food prices, according to Rebecca Wolf, Food Policy Analyst at Food and Water Watch. A relatively small number of large agribusinesses control the prices farmers get and the prices consumers pay for food, with little control. The government HAD a mechanism to store grains in years of excess — the U. S. Strategic Grain reserve, and release it to the public in lean production years, thus managing the prices farmers get for their product and the prices consumers pay. But no longer.
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In this episode, Sikowis picks up from an episode she did in August 2021 concerning a new greenwashed, fossil fuel industry tactic called carbon capture and sequestration, also known as CO2 pipelines. Sikowis meets up with Mahmud Fitil from Great Plains Action Society, Joye Braun from Indigenous Environmental Network, and Scott Skokos from Dakota Resource Council to talk about the new greenwashed, carbon capture tactic to address the climate crisis.
There is a huge mess of interconnecting CO2 pipelines slated to be built in Iowa by Summit, Navigator, and Wolf which will also reach into Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. This greenwashing tactic is not so much a solution to curbing the climate crisis but more of a ploy by the fossil fuel industry to keep drilling, fracking, and extracting rather than truly reducing emission levels. The process of retrieving CO2 out of ethanol, fertilizer, or coal plants actually requires 20-30% more energy to carry out the task and it then the liquified CO2 needs to be pumped underground into geologically appropriate spaces–which is a huge problem in and of itself. But, there is also the health consequence of CO2 pipelines–and that is, what happens when they leak? Currently, there are no first responders in the midwest that have been interviewed about this that have a plan. Also, what is going on in Indian Country? Are tribes being consulted yet and if so, how? And, what is it like for Indigenous organizers to stand for white landowners in order to protect the land?
If you missed it, you can go back to the original CO2 Pipeline Episode from August 31, 2021.
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Joye Braun:
Eagle Feather Woman is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Joye’s history of community activism includes the long fought campaign against the Keystone XL the project resurrected at the same time DAPL was renewed and continues to threaten her homelands. She is also making stands to protect the Sacred Black Hills, her Ancestral sacred lands against Fracking, Uranium and Gold mining. Joye travels extensively and speaks throughout the northern plains and participates in Indigenous gatherings in the U.S. and Canada speaking about the negative impacts the extractive economy has on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, the abuses taking place in the oil patch, pipeline work, and communities where man-camps bring drugs, human trafficking, and increase crime rates wherever they are located.
Scott Skokos:
Scott has over 15 years of experience working in public policy, politics, and community organizing. Scott has served as the Executive Director of Dakota Resource Council since 2018. Dakota Resource Council (DRC) is a statewide conservation and family farm group that works with farmers, ranchers, and frontline communities to address community issues, climate change, and promote family farm agriculture. Prior to becoming DRC’s Executive Director, Scott worked as a Regional Organizer for the Western Organization of Resource Councils where he was responsible for WORC’s regional oil and gas campaign. Scott also spent four years working as a community organizer at Dakota Resource Council focusing on clean energy and oil and gas. Scott is a board member for North Dakota Voters First (an organization founded to combat gerrymandering and voter disenfranchisement) , the REAMP Network Agriculture Hub (working to uncover climate solutions in the agriculture sector throughout the midwest), and lastly is a member of the Methane Partners Campaign Steering Committee (a campaign working to combat methane emissions from the oil and gas industry). Scott holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Theory from Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in Environmental Law and Policy from University of Denver.
Mahmud Fitil:
Mahmud Fitil is Qırımlı (Crimean Tatar), the Indigenous peoples of Crimea, and a water protector. While in college Mahmud formed many life-long friendships with other Indigenous people, which motivated him to do more with folks from Turtle Island to help curb the climate crisis and stop social injustice. In addition to his involvement with Great Plains Action Society, Mahmud is also a founding member of Ní Btháska Stand, a grassroots Indigenous / Nebraskan collective in opposition to TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline where he serves as a field scout, drone operator, social media admin and does some occasional organizing. In January 2021 Ní Btháska Stand Collective began working with the community of Mead, NE in order to raise awareness, organize and inform the public of the environmental disaster caused by that was the AltEn ethanol plant. Mahmud plans to continue working on Mead’s issues with AltEn in Nebraska through the collective while also increasingly engaging other projects with the relatives of Great Plains Action Society such as returning to the work of stopping the illegal Dakota Access Pipeline.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · COMING HOME: A Fundraising Concert for UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project A project at UW – Madison is working to recover, identify, and repatriate U.S. service members who have been missing in action since World War II. It’s called the UW Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. Since 2014, they’ve had a hand in returning two U.S. Army Air Force pilots and one army soldier—and they’re using biotechnology to do so. And now, they’re at work preparing for another case. While the project is in partnership with the Department of Defense, the UW MIA Project must raise a significant portion of costs associated with preliminary work on cases involving Wisconsin soldiers. And so they’re putting together a fundraising concert, COMING HOME, this Sunday at 2pm.
Joining Friday Buzz host, Chali Pittman, is Charles Konsitzke, Associate Director of the UW Biotechnology Center and the team lead of this project, and Jeff Leibow is the Development Program Manager.
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What happens to healthcare when the COVID health emergency expires? Libby Watson, founder of Sick Note, a weekly on-line newsletter with the goal to “be a chronicle of everything sh*tty about American healthcare”, talks about the millions of people who will potentially lose Medicaid support, and the financial incentive of states and their consulting groups to remove as many people from the Medicaid lifeline as possible.
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With demands of fighting systemic racism, poverty and inequality, unjust incarceration, ecological devastation, war and militarism, and anti-poor legislation, the call is out from the Poor People’s Campaign and other social reform organizations to ORGANIZE and FIGHT! Ciara Fox from the National Fast Food Workers Union and Sunny Kurhajetz, the Dane County Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, talk about the upcoming rallies — first in Madison on March 28, 2022 and the national rally in Washington D.C. on June 18, 2022. Join in person or on-line! See the links for more information.
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The International Court of Justice deliberated the decolonization status of Western Sahara from Spain between 13 December 1974 and 16 October 1976, and granted the peoples self-determination through the free and genuine expression of the will of the peoples of the Territory. Immediately, Morocco began a bloody war to annex the territory and exile the Sahrawi people, recognized by the African Union… a war, supported by the United States, which continues to today, according to Bill Fletcher, co-coordinator of the “Campaign to End the Moroccan Occupation of the Western Sahara“.
Fletcher gives a history of the conflict and the involvement of the U.S., and recommends action of the U.S. to end this conflict.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Alexis Gardner, Abolitionist and Restorative Justice Coordinator at Flywheel Skill Share joins us to talk about the importance of history, working with youth, what Restorative Justice is and how we can improve our community!
Contact Alexis for information on becoming a Youth Ambassador and help build the network of community members: info@flywheelskillshare.org or alexis@flywheelskillshare.org
Join them for open mic youth poetry, 6PM on April 21 at Flywheel Skill Share on Atwood!
More on Flywheel Skill Share: https://flywheelskillshare.org/
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, poet, community builder and activist Carmen Murguia joins us from Milwaukee to read poetry, talk about community building and rebuilding, making room for creativity, and what’s been going on in her world!
More about Carmen and her work: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/murguia and http://carmenaliciamurguia.yolasite.com/
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U.S. native, Carmen Alicia Murguía is an award-winning Author, Educator, and Community Builder.
A graduate of the prestigious Loft Literary Center’s “Inroads: Latino/Chicano Writers Program,” in Minneapolis, MN, Carmen is the author of “The Voices Inside,” “Carmen,” “The New Carmen (in this opera our heroine lives),” “Love: Poetry & A Short Story,” and “A Poem For All My People!”
Carmen appears in multiple anthologies and reviews, has read widely, and conducts workshops on “Finding Your Voice,” “Navigating Life After the Closet,” and “The Intersections of Culture & Identity.”
Carmen loves traveling to beachfront climates, dancing to R&B and Cumbias, spending time with her 90 year old mother, and most importantly, makes time for Love.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Children’s Theater of Madison’s “Calabasas Street” Children’s Theater of Madison’s production “Calabasas Street” is running now till Sunday March, 27th and is a story of unlikely friends, second chances and the transformative power of art. The theater reached out to Midwest Mujeres who helped them connect with a group of local third graders at Lincoln Elementary. The children were given workshops to help them learn about Latinx culture and the Spanish language while making 83 mini pinatas for the production.
Joining Friday Buzz host, Peter Haney, to talk about the production and the project to make the pinatas is Araceli Esparza, the founder of Midwest Mujeres, and Simona Simkins, the Associate Director of the production at the Children’s Theater.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Forced Relocation of Japanese and Japanese Mexicans during WWII Last week, to parallel an exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee – “Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties” – the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies organized a series of lectures to tell the stories of Japanese Latin American populations during the same time period.
Dr. Jerry Garcia, headed the series with “Inside an Invisible Iron Wall: The Forced Relocation of Japanese and Japanese Mexicans during World War II.” Dr. Garcia received his Ph.D. in Mexican and Chicano history from Washington State University and focuses his research on Chicana/o History, Labor, Latin American and Mexican History, Asians in the Americas, immigration, empire, masculinity, and race in the Americas. He joins Friday Buzz host, Peter Haney, to talk more about this.
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · James Webb Telescope Is Ready to Look into the Darkest Reaches of the Universe. On March 16th, the $9 billion James Webb telescope sent a test infrared image from its current orbit 930,000 miles from Earth.
The simple image, focused on a single, brilliant star, represented the culmination of decades of planning, a dangerous and unpredictable launch, and months of painstaking calibration.
Even this simple test image hints of why the Webb telescope has the astronomy community so excited: in the background you can make out what are clearly distant galaxies.
Dr. Kenneth Sembach joins today to discuss his work as the Director of NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute, which oversees the James Webb mission.
Dr. Sembach received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and won the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in astronomy in 2001.
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“Holding Israel Accountable” is the theme of the Rachel Corrie Commemoration, sponsored by Madison Rafah Sister City Project. Israel has been listed as an apartheid state by both Amnesty International and Human Rights watch, according to Cassandra Dixon and Rowan Attala from the Rafah Project. The commemoration, in honor of the 19th anniversary of the death U.S. peace activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to peacefully prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Registration for tonight’s 7 PM virtual (March 16, 2022) commemoration, which includes a panel of presenters and a Q&A afterwards, can be found on the Rafah Sister City website.
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Bailout Watch monitors how the oil industry uses federal bailout money to their enrichment. Christopher Kuveke talks to Jan Miyasaki about a recent article showing how oil company executives have been taking advantage of high oil prices stimulated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine to cash out millions of dollars of their stocks.
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Despite hardened encasements at the nuclear plants in Ukraine, the facilities are not bomb proof, according to Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear. Outside the encasements are electrical and water supplies which must be maintained or the reactors will overheat, and these were put at risk by recent Russian attacks at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants. In addition, a workforce of 211 workers have been held hostage at the Chernobyl facility for two weeks with no relief to the workers.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Mike Bernhard, a longtime Madison activist and union member joins us to talk about the Movement for People’s Party, the new political party that he is working with, born in the ashes of the Sanders campaign for president and looking to move the country forward in better and positive ways!
More on Movement for a People’s Party and to sign up and get information about the local group: https://peoplesparty.org/
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Mike Bernhard comes from a long line of working class rowdies. In 1942, when his father asked his prospective father-in-law If he would be welcome at the dinner table, the reply was “if there is a union ticket in your pocket.” His mother’s parents were Townsend Plan (precursor to social security) supporters and his father helped break the color barrier in his local union (IBEW 357 Las Vegas) in the mid 1950’s.
His military experiences (being stationed in Memphis before the civil rights and voting rights laws were passed and then serving in Vietnam) formed his views on the U.S. and its foreign and domestic policies.
Fast forward to Madison 1993: Mike is a member of IBEW 159, delegate to South Central Federation of Labor, Apprenticeship instructor at MATC, member AFT 2100, building steward, member of the stewards council, steward representative to the executive board, member of the bargaining bargaining committee and a national convention delegate.
He retired in 2012, after the Act 10 law was passed because no one was willing to fight the injustices. Currently, he is working with The Movement for People’s Party a new emerging political organization that rose from the ashes of Senator Sanders 2016 run for the presidency. They are not officially a party yet, but it is their goal.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Jessica Gilkison, a volunteer with the Literary Arts Team at Arts + Literature Laboratory joins us to talk about her story, her writing, and all about the Lab and its programs! Arts Lit Lab is open to the public.
More on Arts + Literature Lab:https://artlitlab.org/ and ALL Review: https://artlitlab.org/all-review
Selections from 200+ Upcoming Events at The Lab:
- Saturday 3/26 – Poetry reading and dedication of the Mezzanine and Small-press Library in honor of Ellen Kort: https://artlitlab.org/events/ellen-kort-celebration
- Summer Camps: https://artlitlab.org/summercamp
- Watershed Reading Series on the Third Saturday of each month: https://artlitlab.org/programs/literary-arts/readings
- Writing (and drawing) workshops for all genres from graphic novels to screenplays to novels and memoirs: https://artlitlab.org/programs/literary-arts/writing-classes-workshops
An excerpt from Jessica’s memoir: https://catapult.co/users/stories/excerpt-from-even-and-especially-12-month-memoir-generator-jessica-gilkison/edit
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Jessica Gilkison was born and raised in Madison by a mom who showed her it was never too late to start writing. First, though, she drove the Wienermobile, went to law school, worked in health and disability advocacy, and taught graduate and professional students. Now, Jessica volunteers on the Literary Team at Arts+Literature Laboratory where she hosts online Write-Ins and is the editor of ALL Review. She writes personal essays, flash nonfiction, and is working on her first book, a memoir. Jessica’s work has appeared in the anthology, The Walls Between Us: Essays In Search of Truth. She and her husband have two dogs and a kid in college.
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Despite Biden’s campaign promise to end support to Saudi Arabia in their war against Yemen, little has been accomplished to fulfill that promise, according to Hassen El-Tayyab, Legislative Director for Middle East Policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation. The U.S. continues to provide logistic, weapons, and political support to the Saudi bombardment of Yemen, where 400,000 children suffer from malnutrition and lack of clean water. But two lawmakers, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Peter DeFazio will be introducing a new Yemen War Powers Resolution to re-assert Congressional war authority on March 25th, the 7th anniversary of the Saudi war against Yemen.
And the media is blatantly displaying racism by only adequately covering a war between white people.
Call 1-833-STOP-WAR to voice your support.
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Currently located in the suburbs of Kyiv, Andre Kamenshikov is a representative of Nonviolence International, and has been an activist in the peacebuilding field in conflict areas of the ex-USSR since 1992 and as such worked in the regions of Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya and others. He gives insight to the war in Ukraine, which, contrary to popular belief, has been waged for over 8 years by Russian meddling resulting in civil war and the annexation of Crimean Peninsula by Russia.
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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Sunnivie Brydum, Editorial Director of Yes! Media, publishers of Yes! Magazine. She joins us to talk about her story, solutions journalism, Yes! Magazine, their movement into other media, the fight against corporatization and globalization, and the importance of consuming and supporting independent journalism!
More on Yes! Magazine: https://www.yesmagazine.org/
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Sunnivie Brydum (she/they) is the editorial director at YES! Media, where she leads the editorial team and manages daily operations. Prior to joining YES! in 2019, Sunnivie made a name for herself as an award-winning investigative journalist, covering numerous aspects of LGBTQ equality, both in the U.S. and abroad. As managing editor of The Advocate, she led coverage of the nationwide embrace of marriage equality, and was one of the few out journalists on the ground covering the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. Her writing has appeared in outlets ranging from Vox and Bustle to Religion Dispatches, among others. She graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and speaks English and Spanish.
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Join the Senegambia Women’s Association and their virtual celebration of the 8th Annual International Women’s Day on March 5th, 2022, from 4-6PM. Jainaba Sissoho talks about the event, their keynote speakers, Angela Russel, Teddie Potter, and Ayomi Obuseh. More information is on their Facebook page.
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The Wisconsin Women of Color Network (WWOCN) brings together women of color throughout the state to share their successes in the community. Carrie Braxton from WWOCN joins Jan Miyasaki to talk about the upcoming Women’s History Month Achievement Awards Event, honoring leaders in public service, education, business and industry in Wisconsin, being held in-person on March 26th from 10:30-2:30. More information can be found on their website.
The 2022 honorees and their respective field of achievement are:
Martha Stacker, PhD, African American, Public Service
Nicole Soulier, American Indian, Education
Deepika Rajesh, Asian American, Business & Industry, Community Service
Nancy Gallegos, Latina, Workforce Management, Business & Industry, Pubic Service
A Lifetime Community Service Award will be presented to Dana Warren, Retired.
Valentina Ahedo will receive a Special Recognition Award for Exemplary Leadership.
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