Today on A Public Affair, award winning poet @kblaeser.bsky.social joined Ali Muldrow to talk about her forthcoming book, Red Ants. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/red-ants-is-...
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We're the noon-hour talk show on community radio, WORT 89.9 FM Madison. Tune in for thoughtful conversations on pressing social, cultural, environmental, and political issues. Online anytime at wortfm.org/news-talk/talk/public-affair/
Today on A Public Affair: Authors Danielle Chynoweth and Elizabeth Adams join Norman Stockwell to talk about their new book Remaking Democracy. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-practical-...
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Today on A Public Affair: Ali Muldrow hosts the great debate: which side of Madison is better, the east side or the west side? Listen here to find out: www.wortfm.org/who-does-mad...
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Today on A Public Affair: Realta Fusion will partner with Madison Gas and Electric and build a nuclear fusion plant in Southern Wisconsin. Fusion energy scientist Stephanie Diem and Kathleen Gallagher discuss what this collaboration means for Wisconsin. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/how-did-wisc...
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Christopher Peguero joins John Quinlan in conversation about the legacy of the Farley Center, natural burial practices, and sustainable farming. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-more-natur...
A More Natural Way of Life and Death at the Farley Center - WORT-FM 89.9
Christopher Peguero joins John Quinlan in conversation about the legacy of the Farley Center, natural burial practices, and sustainable farming.
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🎙️Yesterday on A Public Affair we discussed gender affirming care in Wisconsin and the Trump administration's strange approach to hormone therapy with journalist @oriion.bsky.social of @19thnews.org and Skye-Gia and Venus of Madison's OutReach. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/hormones-are...
Hormones Are Having A Strange Moment - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon takes on the state of hormone therapy with journalist Orion Rummler and two local advocates, Skye-Gia and Venus of OutReach.
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🎙️On our first ever feminist rage book club, @alimuldrow.bsky.social breaks down the popular new release, Yesteryear, with scholar and former midwife, Annie Menzel. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/yesteryear-m...
🎙️Congressional term limits are popular, but what would they do? Guest host Douglas Alexander speaks with scholar Anthony Fowler about the reasons for and against term limits. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/term-limits-...
🎙️Producer @saragabler.bsky.social gets personal about white Christian womanhood with scholar @kkdumez.bsky.social whose new book, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made, is out next week. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/whats-so-chr...
🎙️As Madison continues to grapple with the police murder of Corey Ruiz, could there be a permanent memorial at Willy and Baldwin Streets to honor Corey's life? Host @alimuldrow.bsky.social discusses the possibility with Karin Wolf. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/public-art-r...
🎙️Jim Greiner of the @harvarda2jlab.bsky.social joined host Dana Pellebon to discuss their study of Dane County’s bail risk assessment tool. TLDR, it didn't improve or worsen outcomes. Learn more here: www.wortfm.org/study-shows-...
Study Shows Bail Risk Assessments Don’t Work - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon tackles the criminal legal system with scholar Jim Greiner, whose lab recently released a study of Dane County’s bail risk assessment tool.
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🎙️ An August spill on Line 5 released 1.3 million gallons of natural gas liquids. Joining us are River Akemann of @unicornriot.bsky.social, Evan Feinauer of Clean Wisconsin, and Gracie Waukechon of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/line-5-is-a-...
🎙️Next Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Host Allen Ruff reflects on the ensuing years with Martín Espada, award winning poet and friend of WORT. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/25-years-aft...
🎙️On the first day of the fall term, @alimuldrow.bsky.social hosts a Black to School special with scholar, @akademic67.bsky.social. They discuss racial disparities in education and how society can take responsibility. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/what-society...
What Society Owes Black Students, with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings - WORT-FM 89.9
Ali Muldrow hosts a Black to School special with scholar, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings.
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🎙️Host Dana Pellebon speaks with Linda Ketcham of @justdane.bsky.social about the lack of mental health support for people incarcerated in Wisconsin’s jails and prisons. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/when-mental-...
When Mental Illness Intersects with the Justice System - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon speaks with Linda Ketcham about the lack of mental health support for people incarcerated in Wisconsin’s jails and prisons.
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🎙️Sasha Waters' new documentary, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, explores the life and legacy of one of America’s greatest poets. She joins host Douglas Haynes to discuss Oliver’s poetry and politics of hope. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/new-document...
New Documentary Pays Tribute to Poet Mary Oliver - WORT-FM 89.9
Douglas Haynes speaks with Sasha Waters about her new documentary, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World.
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🎙️Independent media gives voice to the "silent majority" says Amy Goodman of @democracynow.org. She joins host Esty Dinur along with filmmaker Tia Lessin to highlight their new documentary, Steal This Story, Please! Listen here: www.wortfm.org/independent-...
🎙️We hear from TR Edwards of @lawfwd.bsky.social and Kristin Hansen about voter suppression and the recent SCOTUS decision upholding a Trump executive order on mail-in ballots. And they reassure listeners of the safety and security of Wisconsin elections. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/wisconsin-le...
🎙️Ali Muldrow speaks with the new Co-CEO and Chief People Officer for the Overture Center, Victor Patterson. They discuss the role of the arts in shaping Madison’s culture, how Patterson developed his philosophy of leadership. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/new-co-ceo-h...
🎙️Dana Pellebon speaks with Madison Police Chief John Patterson about the use of body-worn cameras in the Madison Police Department as well as how law enforcement can reduce bias in policing. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/madison-poli...
Madison Police Chief Says Body Cameras Are a Tool, Not a Solution - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon speaks with Madison Police Chief John Patterson about the use of body-worn cameras in the Madison Police Department as well as how law enforcement can reduce bias in policing.
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🌱Robin Wall Kimmerer calls us to restore our relationship to the natural world and re-story our cultural imagination. Her new movement, Plant Baby Plant, "raises a garden-gloved middle finger" to the MAGA mantra of Drill Baby Drill. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/raise-a-gard...
🎙️On today's show, Esty Dinur is joined by two AI researchers, Julie Derwinski and @kevinlotto.bsky.social, to talk about the risks of AI and the need to stop the race for super intelligence. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-chief-da...
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🎙️Howard Zinn was at the center of some of the most pivotal moments of the twentieth century. @normstoc.bsky.social speaks with journalist @edgeofsports.bsky.social about Zinn’s legacy as the people's historian. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/dave-zirin-r...
🎙️Host @alimuldrow.bsky.social breaks down the results of Wisconsin's Fall election and previews the upcoming Midterm with two local labor leaders, Molly Grupe and John Wedge of WEAC. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/primary-post...
Primary Postmortem and Midterm Preview - WORT-FM 89.9
Ali Muldrow breaks down the results of the Fall election and previews the upcoming Midterm with two local labor leaders, Molly Grupe and John Wedge.
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🎙️As economists predict looming labor shortages in healthcare and more, @jonmarcusboston.bsky.social of @hechingerreport.org talks about the future of the labor market for college graduates. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/theres-a-mis...
There’s a Mismatch Between Graduates’ Skills and AI Proof Jobs - WORT-FM 89.9
Dana Pellebon speaks with journalist Jon Marcus about the future of the labor market for college graduates.
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🎙️A recent study by the Wisconsin Policy Forum found that Wisconsin’s brain drain ranks second-to-last in the nation. To break down the findings, host Douglas Haynes speaks with Joe Peterangelo and Mark Sommerhauser. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/wisconsins-d...
🎙️Alejandro Martin Rodriguez and Sarah Yerkes unpack the factors driving the migrant crisis in Cueta, Spain and the online misinformation following their arrival earlier this summer. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/social-media...
🎙️Host @enjoyiana.bsky.social celebrates the 11th annual Black Restaurant Week in Madison with Camille Carter of the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce and Nisa Carter, the owner of Sista’s Chicken and Fish. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/come-hungry-...
🎙️Dana Pellebon is in conversation with Meghan Randolph of Music Theatre of Madison and actress Isabel Nesseim about the new production of Trevor: The Musical, which opens this week at The Overture Center in Madison. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/new-musical-...
🎙️Early childcare expert Jennifer Bailey discusses proposed federal cuts to the Head Start program. New provisions will harm the 12,000 kids in Wisconsin who utilize this program, including roughly 800 kids in Dane and Green Counties. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/deregulating...
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