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8 O'Clock BuzzJustifiable GenocideAmericans have to come to the realization that genocide is being perpetrated by the Israel government against the people of Gaza with American complicity. How can anyone justify the ethnic cleansing taking place right now as politicians turn a blind eye. Mark Rosenthal of Jewish Voice for Peace joins Tony Castañeda in the studio to talk about the situation in Gaza and to promote the talks that will be given by Feroze Sidhwa, a humanitarian surgeon who has worked in Gaza. Dr. Sidhwa will be speaking at three separate events in Madison this Friday and Saturday, July...2025-07-2419 min8 O'Clock BuzzBig Repulsive BillCongress recently approved the economic plan proposed by President tRump even though many pliable politicians recognized that the economics behind the bill make no sense in terms of the budget deficit or economic growth. 80% of the voting public disapproved of cuts to Medicaid and health care and yet the plan will do just that including rural areas which may be the hardest hit. Michael Linden, Senior Fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, speaks with Tony Castañeda about the plan which will add $3.5 trillion to the national debt while cutting taxes for the super-rich.
...2025-07-2422 min8 O'Clock BuzzMedical Aid Volunteer Discusses Gaza Trauma and Health IssuesCaution: This interview contains several graphic descriptions of traumatic injuries of victims of Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Over 170 charities call for end to deadly new Gaza aid distribution system” about the U.S. government funded so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” — described as overseeing “a killing field” by an Israeli soldier. Dr. Bing Li, a volunteer for Doctors Without Boarders and currently in eastern Ukraine, talks about her first-hand emergency medicine experience, risks to healthcare volunteers, malnutrition, and lack of medical facilities in the Indonesian Hospital in the north of Gaza. Li co-authors a report on accuracy.org “Israel...2025-07-2322 min8 O'Clock BuzzA Gardening Course for EveryoneDo you enjoy working with plants? Do you have a green thumb, or do your plants (indoor or outdoor) just die for no apparent reason (hint: there’s always a reason)? If you want to learn more and improve your chances of success, you might want to consider taking the self-paced on-line course from the UW Extension, Department of Horticulture course “Growing and Caring for Plants in Wisconsin:
FOUNDATIONS IN GARDENING”. Course Moderator, Amy Freidig, talks about the course, who might want to take it — a science-based class to learn about soils, botany, pest management, and more. A...2025-07-2320 min8 O'Clock BuzzHeavy on the C-H, not S-H-AToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Chakari Daezhare joins us to talk about what she’s been up to and what’s going on around town, from her burlesque and music to tubing and swimming to Antoine’s nickname and Karen Wilhelmi.
Catch Chakari at the Next Level Festival on August 2nd or Rigby on August 20th.
Going on around town:
Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their gatherings and information on the Black Men’s Resource Luncheon, Home Ownership Clinics...2025-07-2348 min8 O'Clock BuzzLumberjack World Championships Report
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Lumberjack World Championship Report
From the legends of Paul Bunyan to camp songs to the state’s reforestation efforts, the image of the lumberjack looms large in Wisconsin lore. It’s fitting, then, that the Lumberjack World Championships take place annually in Hayward, Wisconsin. The 2025 World Championships just completed this past weekend, and we turn to event manager Samantha LaSalle with an update.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Lumberjack World Championships Report appeared first on WORT-FM...2025-07-2114 min8 O'Clock BuzzToTheEnd Entertainment Showcases Madison Hiphop Talent
WORT 89.9FM Madison · ToTheEnd Entertainment Showcases Madison Hiphop Talent
Madison’s hip-hop community has grown in fits and starts over the years, but lately has developed into a thriving scene. The collective ToTheEnd Entertainment helps showcase some of that local talent with a free outdoor event entitled “Summer Nights,” taking place on June 27th at the Rainbow Shelter in Madison’s Warner Park. Andrew Arias, who performs under the name TeenAche and Damian Guzman, who performs as Big Dame both joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on July 21, 2025.
Teenache, AKA Andrew Arias (photo courtesy tteentertai...2025-07-2112 min8 O'Clock BuzzWI Supreme Court Curbs JCRAR Power
WORT 89.9FM Madison · WI Supreme Court Curbs JCRAR Power
On July 8, the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-3 to curb the power of the state legislature to block state agency administrative rules. Governor Tony Evers had filed suit when the legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules postponed indefinitely changes to the state’s commercial building code and a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Jill Karofsky found that the 2011 statutes creating the Joint Committee violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s provisions for separation of powers. The ruling has far-reaching implicatio...2025-07-2111 min8 O'Clock BuzzMideast Update with Jennifer LoewensteinIsrael’s recent strikes in decentralized Syria underscore the widening scope of its military campaign beyond Gaza, according to Jennifer Loewenstein, guest of host Tony Castañeda on the Thursday Buzz.
Loewenstein, a longtime human rights activist and freelance journalist, also discusses the nature of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s relationship with Trump. Meanwhile in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis deepens, with food aid trickling in though chaotic and dangerous corridors, often delayed or blocked entirely-turning basic survival into a political battleground.
Photo courtesy of Emad El Byed on Unsplash.
Did you enjoy this story...2025-07-1722 min8 O'Clock BuzzBlackhawk Down: Locals Bemoan Closure of Crawford County BridgeThe Blackhawk Bridge Closure in Crawford County has locals talking, and taking the scenic route – which, for Tony’s 8 O’Clock Buzz guest, Charlie Preusser, is a bridge too far.
As a new structure is being built, the vibrations caused by active construction have made the original bridge unsafe, forcing its demolition long before the new bridge opens in late 2027. Crews had originally planned a short-term closure, but now the only option for residents of both Wisconsin and Iowa to cross the Mississippi will require a lengthy detour.
That’s the bad news. The good...2025-07-1720 min8 O'Clock BuzzNative American Radio Station Threatened by CPB Recission VoteWORT isn’t the only community radio station in Wisconsin in fear of losing funding from the threatened recission of funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — Jan Miyasaki talks about the issues and repercussions of the threat with Karl Habeck, General Manager of WOJB Woodland Community Radio, the first Native American station east of the Mississippi River. Tucked away near Hayward, WI, WOJB serves a 100 mile radius around Hayward with National Public Radio programming, local programs, educational programs, community wide radio shows, school closings, and a myriad of other essential community programs — all of which are in lim...2025-07-1618 min8 O'Clock BuzzCommon Wealth Development Supports Neighborhoods Across MadisonWith meager goals to help people in the Williamson Street neighborhoods, the subsequent forty six years has seen seen Common Wealth Development expand to help stabilize communities in the major Madison metropolitan area. Executive Director Justice Castaneda discusses their work to prevent violence and decrease health inequities in the Madison Metropolitan area via housing for low-income people, violence prevention, financial education of students in Madison schools, workplace apprenticeships, assisting in business incubators to stabilize the community, and more.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe...2025-07-1625 min8 O'Clock BuzzAn Abundance of CaucasiannessToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, with all the best intentions to talk about parenting and grand parenting … Talking about Antoine’s experiences this weekend’s La Fete de Marquette derails the conversation to talking about creating Black spaces and welcoming events, as well as how to put together a successful event, and what’s going on in and around town this summer.
Going on around town:
Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their gatherings and information on the Black Men’s Resource Lu...2025-07-1652 min8 O'Clock Buzz“The War of Art” Shows Artists at Vanguard of Social Justi...
WORT 89.9FM Madison · “The War of Art” Shows Artists at Vanguard of Social Justice
In a letter to Britain’s Queen Victoria in 1845, King Leopold the first of Belgium wrote that “…dealings with artists require great prudence. They are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that very reason, dangerous.” As the 20th century unfolded, artists proved King Leopold’s point over and over again, marching in the vanguard of a wide variety of social justice movements. That history of politically-motivated art is the subject of a new book, by Lauren O’Neill Butler “The War of Art,” avail...2025-07-1413 min8 O'Clock BuzzOrion Initiative Seeks to Fix Rural Wisconsin Healthcare
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Orion Initiative Seeks to Fix Rural Wisconsin Healthcare
Compared with their urban and suburban counterparts, rural Wisconsinites suffer more illnesses, and have a harder time finding care. Recent hospital closures and pending Medicaid cuts threaten to exacerbate these problems. A new collaborative effort with the University of Wisconsin Medical School, dubbed the Orion Initiative, seeks to reverse these trends for rural Wisconsin. Orion Initiative Chief Executive Officer Dr. Amy Kind and U.W. Medicine Associate Professor of Rheumatology Christie Bartels spoke with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing about the project.
Amy Kind...2025-07-1415 min8 O'Clock BuzzAbortion Legal in Wisconsin, but Access Still Difficult
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Abortion Legal in Wisconsin but Access Still Difficult
On July 2, on a 4-3 vote, the Wisconsin Supreme Court settled a long-running legal dispute about an abortion law enacted by the state legislature in 1849. The law made it a felony for “any person, other than the mother, to intentionally destroy the life of an unborn child.” In 2023, Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that the law applied to feticide, but not to abortion performed with the consent of the mother. On appeal, writing for the majority, Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet argued that subs...2025-07-1414 min8 O'Clock BuzzC’est La VieLa Fête de Marquette is being held this weekend, July 10 through 13, at McPike Park. Described as Madison’s premier summer festival with live music and community celebration all wrapped up in the vibrant energy of pseudo-French culture. Colleen Hayes from the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Association joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to talk about this year’s faire that celebrates the area’s rich history and diverse culture influences, offering an eclectic mix of music alongside a bustling marketplace of local vendors and artisans. À bientôt là bas.
Photo by Israel Piña on Unsplash...2025-07-1009 min8 O'Clock BuzzSacred LessonsMike de La Rocha, author and activist, talks with Tony Castañeda about his new book, Sacred Lessons, Teaching My Father to Love, which deals with the processing of grief in light of the loss of a loved one. The author, like many men, struggles with the realization that his father was unable to have an honest and vulnerable connection with his sons. Mike is also the creative force behind Involve Impact, a Los Angelos based, globally recognized creative agency that merges art, activism, and storytelling to drive social change. Mike will be reading from his book this...2025-07-1020 min8 O'Clock BuzzMcManus: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Hurt U.S. InterestsTrump has sent a $9.4B rescission package request to Congress, narrowly passed by the House and awaiting review by the Senate, a request to eliminate monies budgeted for $1.1B for public broadcasting, and another $8.3B that has been earmarked for foreign assistance in response to conflicts, humanitarian aid, fighting human trafficking and infectious disease outbreaks. Allison McManus, Managing Director of National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, talks about their Fact Sheet — listing worldwide issues that will no longer be addressed and will affect American interests.
Did you enjoy this story? Your fu...2025-07-0921 min8 O'Clock BuzzHenry A Wallace Symposium: New Progressive Majority EventAs Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vice president in 1944, Henry A Wallace presciently warned about how racism, oligarchy, and media manipulation were nurturing the conditions for fascism in the United States. In order to defeat American fascism, Wallace wrote, we must boldly “go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic, and social democracy a practical reality.” [IPS]. Chris Mills Rodrigo, Managing Editor of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), talks about Wallace and their upcoming 2nd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium on July 17, 2025, from 10-6 ET, and can be live streamed, attended in-person in Washington DC, or ava...2025-07-0921 min8 O'Clock BuzzWhat Mainstream Cameras Don’t CaptureToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, a show jam-packed with information and events that you need to know about with Hedi Rudd, Co-Executive Director of Rooted, photographer, and community organizer as she joins us to tell us about herself, and what Rooted and Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, and more around town have to offer and are up to!
Check the Rooted events calendar for what’s coming up, including the next CommUNITY Market at Badger Rock Neighborhood Center: https://rootedwi.org/get-involved/events-calendar/ and watch the Rooted an...2025-07-0947 min8 O'Clock Buzz“Patient” Looks at World of Simulated Patients
WORT 89.9FM Madison · “Patient” Looks at World of Simulated Patients
If you’re a doctor working on your bedside manner or diagnostic skills, you need practice working with patients. Yet, most people with serious illnesses or injuries aren’t all that willing to let students use them as educational guinea pigs. Enter the “Standardized Patient,” actors who portray ill or injured people specifically for the purpose of training medical professionals. Lori Felker’s new film “Patient” takes a look at the practice of Standardized or Simulated Patients and the people who portray them. “Patient” screens at Madison’s Arts and Liter...2025-07-0713 min8 O'Clock BuzzEquability Adapts Clothes to Work for Everyone
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Equability Adapts Clothes to Work for Everyone
Most modern clothing requires a fair amount of manual dexterity to fasten. Buttons, zippers and laces aren’t easy to use for many people with disabilities, such as arthritis. Equability, a new Madison-based small business, offers inexpensive adaptive solutions to clothing to allow people to wear the clothes they want, without assistance getting dressed. Hillary Pham founded Equability and serves at the CEO. Hillary joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on July 7, 2025.
Hillary Pham (photo courtesy equability.co)
Did you enjoy this story? Your fun...2025-07-0718 min8 O'Clock BuzzPentagon Funding at UW Tops $220 Million
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Pentagon Funding at UW Tops $ 220 Million
In the 1960s and 1970s, military spending and research on the University of Wisconsin campus drew the ire and attention of anti-war activists. In 1967, students protesting napalm manufacturer Dow Chemical recruiters on campus clashed with local police. The anti-Pentagon sentiment culminated in the 1970 New Year’s Gang bombing of Sterling Hall, which housed the Army Math Research Center. With the abolition of the draft in 1973 and the United States’ withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975, anti-war protests have largely died down. College university spending from the military, however, has not...2025-07-0709 min8 O'Clock BuzzThe Militarization Of The El Paso BorderTony’s guest on the Thursday Buzz, Alan Lizarraga, a spokesman for the El Paso-based Border Network for Human Rights, discusses the establishment of National Defense Areas around El Paso.
According to Lizarraga, the boundaries of the National Defense Areas have yet to be defined publicly, meaning U.S. citizens and migrants can’t know whether they’re trespassing in the new military zones. The 63 mile buffer zone between El Paso and Hancock, Texas, resulted from a memo issued by President Donald Trump that sought to enlist the military to curb migrants entering the United States...2025-07-0312 min8 O'Clock BuzzRed, White and Weird: Apostle Islands Signs Raise EyebrowsTony Castañeda, host of the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz, talks with Jeff Rennicke about recently posted signs in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore park which urge visitors to report “any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.”
Rennnicke, Executive Director of the Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, believes that the Executive Order (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History) under which the signage was posted implies that the truth has not bee...2025-07-0319 min8 O'Clock BuzzTrace Johnson Presents “Works for Cello”
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Trace Johnson Presents “Works for Cello”
8 O’Clock Buzz listeners will remember cellist Trace Johnson from his appearance on this show in May, as part of a live performance by the Hunt Quartet. The Wisconsin-born cello virtuoso has his own album coming out soon from Albany Records, titled simply: “Trace Johnson: Works for Cello.” The album features works from 21st and 20th century composers from America and Europe. Trace Johnson returned to the WORT studios on June 23, 2025.
Trace Johnson (photo courtesy traceljohnson.com)
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local j...2025-06-2312 min8 O'Clock BuzzSequoyah Summer Poetry Festival Enters its 2nd Year
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Sequoyah Summer Poetry Festival Enters its 2nd Year
For the second year in a row, the Sequoyah Branch of the Madison Public Library and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets seek to beat the heat with a Summer Poetry Festival. On June 28, the library will host a dozen poets from around the state reading from their work. James Roberts is the Vice President of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. E. Hughes is a polymath author of several philosophical treatises about the nature of time and space, a science fiction novel “Sixth Iteration,” and her late...2025-06-2308 min8 O'Clock BuzzIlliberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia
The peculiarly friendly relationship between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has not escaped the notice of graffiti artists across the globe, who have portrayed the pair in a variety of lurid images. Less well understood, however, are the many roots and shared philosophies between American and Russian far-right political movements. Both espouse the seemingly contradictory concept of populist eli...2025-06-2317 min8 O'Clock BuzzAnd Still, We RiseJune 19, 2025 marks the 160th anniversary of emancipation, and signifies the date that Texas finally got around to enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of the American Civil War.
Tony’s guest this morning on the Thursday Buzz is Dr. Fabu Carter, known to many as Madison’s first African American Poet Laureate. She shares with Tony a bit of history of Juneteenth along with information about a full day of Juneteenth events this Saturday, June 21, beginning with a historical Juneteenth Freedom parade. The parade departs at 11:00 a.m. from the Madison Labor Temple grounds and...2025-06-1913 min8 O'Clock BuzzIsrael Hits Iran Nuclear Sites; Trump Mulls Use of Bunker BusterIn a matter of weeks, much of Israel’s attention has shifted from Gaza (though not all; people are still being killed while queuing for food) to its next nemesis, Iran.
8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda is joined by mideast commentator and activist Jennifer Loewenstein who explains the scope of Israeli’s unprovoked military strikes to date, and why the US holds the key – a bunker buster bomb – to Israel’s goal of regime change in Iran.
As president of the only country in possession of the only weapon capable of reaching the...2025-06-1928 min8 O'Clock BuzzOn the Path to Enlightenment“We all desire peace and happiness” — this is the central teaching of Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, author, mentor, teacher, scholar, and Buddhist leader on the path to enlightenment. Rinpoche discusses the road to understanding and appreciating the heart of kindness found in all creatures.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post On the Path to Enlightenment appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.2025-06-1822 min8 O'Clock BuzzGet Your Fresh Fruit and Veggies via FairShare CSA!With a mission “to build resilient food communities by investing in farmers and empowering eaters”, FairShare CSA supports eaters and farmers. Communications and Development Manager, Tess Romanski, talks about some of the organic vegetable farm manager apprenticeship programs, peer-to-peer labor management training programs, and networking opportunities both regionally and nationally. Their September fundraising “Bike the Barns” or “Bus the Barns” give people the opportunities to visit nearby farms and visit with farmers. Pre-registration is required.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Get Your Fresh Fruit...2025-06-1819 min8 O'Clock BuzzM-c-N-e-a-i-l and sometimes YToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, Comedian, Poet, Entrepreneur and More, Antoine McNeail is back in the studio turning the show up to 11. From relationships to Fat Albert to Facebook inboxes to Madison hip hop, nothing is out of bounds.
Vote for Best of Madison, but we can’t say who to vote for: https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/best-of-madison/
Follow Antoine’s Comedy and Poetry Jam on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyAndPoetryJam/
More on comedy in Madison and Antoine from Channel 3000: https://www.channel3000.com/m...2025-06-1850 min8 O'Clock BuzzDads Speak Up for Child Care
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Dads Speak Up For Child_Care
Many new parents expect sleepless nights, diaper changes and other life changes resulting from having a child. What comes as a shock to many, though, is the high cost of child care. According to the advocacy group Kids Forward, a Wisconsin family with one infant and one toddler can expect to pay over two thousand dollars a month for care. With Wisconsin already lagging other states in public spending on child care, and with federal Head Start programs on the chopping block, a coalition of child advoca...2025-06-1611 min8 O'Clock BuzzMidwest Linen Revival Presents Field to Frock Fest
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Midwest Linen Revival Presents Farm to Frock Fest
A couple of years ago, the Monday 8 O’Clock Buzz brought you the story of Leslie Schroeder’s efforts to bring back flax, an environmentally-friendly plant that historically produced much of the world’s textiles. Well, in the last two years, the flax linen movement has grown. What was once the Wisconsin Linen Revival has now become the Midwest Linen Revival, and from June 20 through June 22, they’ll be bringing the first ever “Field to Frock” Festival to Madison. Leslie Schroeder, also known as “the Flax Ma’am,” i...2025-06-1614 min8 O'Clock BuzzThousands Rally to “Kick Out the Clowns”
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Thousands Rally to Kick Out the Clowns
On Saturday, June 14, Women’s March and a score of other left-leaning activist organizations sponsored a “Kick Out the Clowns” rally in Madison. Organizers planned the event to coincide not only with thousands of “No Kings” protests across the country, but also with the military parade in Washington, D.C. ordered by President Trump to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. By most media accounts, the anti-Trump protests vastly outdrew the military march. WORT was on the scene for the Madison rally, and here’s what we h...2025-06-1613 min8 O'Clock BuzzThe Icemen ComethBen Camacho is a freelance journalist and cofounder of The Southlander news cooperative based in the Los Angeles area. Today he speaks with host Tony Castañeda about the ongoing protests in Los Angeles over ICE raids disrupting his community. Masked ICE agents have shown up in schools, churches and places of business within targeted neighborhoods to randomly detain people they suspect of illegal activities. Residents of these communities have had enough of these bullying tactics disrupting lives and tearing families apart resulting in widespread protests. News coverage has tended to show the protests as violent, but Ben p...2025-06-1225 min8 O'Clock BuzzSend Out the ClownsIsn’t it rich (they are), aren’t we amused (no, we’re PO’d). Saturday, June 14 will be a national day of mobilization and protest in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from tRump and his billionaire allies. A Women’s March rally, Kick Out the Clowns, is scheduled for noon that day starting at Library Mall, and a No Kings March is slated to begin at 2:00 PM with a subsequent march up State Street to the Capitol by all affiliated protest groups. Cameron Lane-Flehinger of Indivisible 50501 and Tamika Middleton of Women’s March in Madison spea...2025-06-1218 min8 O'Clock BuzzBringing Activism To a Small Town, New GlarusJeanne Meier from “Hands off New Glarus” talks to Jan Miyasaki about being an activist in a small town, the origins of their group, how people are afraid to speak up, and how they can work together to bring change. Their protest is organized for Saturday, June 14, from noon to 1:30. See more on their Facebook page.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Bringing Activism To a Small Town, New Glarus appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.2025-06-1118 min8 O'Clock Buzz23 and Me Genetic Database Sale for $156 Million: Problems?“A genetic fire sale” — that’s the term used by J.B. Branch, Big Tech Accountability Advocate at Public Citizen, of the potential sale of the database of DNA of 15 million individuals involved in the bankruptcy sale of 23andMe. Twenty-seven state attorney generals are also trying to block this sale, which involves not only individuals, but potential use of the data in extended family trees of those who had their DNA analyzed.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post 23 and Me Genetic Database Sale for $156...2025-06-1118 min8 O'Clock BuzzJust Getting Turnt Up on a TuesdayToday on the Pledge Drive Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Kiki Pollard, Talking about what’s new and coming up on the show and over the summer, high school graduation this weekend, what to do with the kids all summer, and a preview of Madison’s Juneteenth celebration coming up June 21st!
Information on high school graduations coming up this weekend: https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/graduation
Summer camp guide from Madison Mom: https://madisonmom.com/
Youth programming and community development from City of Madison: https://www.cityo...2025-06-1143 min8 O'Clock BuzzEncore Studio Celebrates its 25th Year
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Encore Studio Celebrates 25th Year
Since the turn of the current century, Madison’s Encore Studio for the Performing Arts has served as Wisconsin’s only professional theater company for people with disabilities. For their 25th anniversary season, Encore has a full slate of shows, and a brand new theater on Martin Street. Artistic Director Heather Renken joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing in the studio to tell us more.
Heather Renken (photo courtesy Encore Studio for the Performing Arts)
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes gr...2025-06-0912 min8 O'Clock BuzzAir Quality Alerts Are the New Normal
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Air Quality Alerts Are The New Normal
On June 3, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued Air Quality alerts for the entire state of Wisconsin. The agency advised all Wisconsin residents to minimize outdoor activities, to use protective gear if working outside, and to stay indoors with air conditioning on. The culprit? Not factories, or car traffic, but particulates and smoke from forest fires hundreds of miles away in Saskatchewan. With climate change creating hotter, drier weather, is this now the new normal? Craig Czarnecki is an Outreach Coordinator with the Wisconsin Depart...2025-06-0913 min8 O'Clock BuzzGHC Workers Still Struggling to Gain Union Recognition
WORT 89.9FM Madison · GHC Workers Still Struggling to Gain Union Recognition
On May 31, after a five-day walkout, nurses represented by SEIU Wisconsin announced a contract settlement with Madison’s Meriter hospital. The new contract includes 8% raises for Meriter nurses, sets nurse-to-patient ratios and includes commitments to address widespread safety concerns. A few blocks away, however, at healthcare and insurance provider Group Health Cooperative, workers have less to celebrate. To date, GHC management has dug in their heels against workers’ attempts to form an SEIU-affiliated union, to the point that workers recently won an unfair labor practice...2025-06-0912 min8 O'Clock BuzzRep. Angelina Cruz Sounds the Alarm on School FundingAngelina Cruz, Freshman State representative for Wisconsin’s 62nd Assembly District is Tony’s guest on the Thursday Buzz. She talks with Tony about the failed school funding negotiations between Republicans and Governor Evers, as well as the increasing privatization of Wisconsin schools and a push to decouple school funding from property taxes.
Representative Cruz, a former teacher and union leader is a freshman in the Assembly and serves on the Education Committee.
Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash.
Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this...2025-06-0516 min8 O'Clock BuzzCaring Across Generations’ Toolkit for Understanding and Saving ...Last week, House Republicans passed the Trump administration’s budget bill, which includes over $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The fight is not over, according to Caring Across Generations’ Chief Program Officer, Nicole Jorwic, which put out a National Protect Medicaid 2025 Toolkit for activists; a series of fact sheets on Medicaid and how you can support it. Read her article on Accuracy.org, and check out their Toolkit.
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What's On TapWinter Break MKE, New Concert Announcements, and Black History Celebration!Tonight on What's On Tap with Sandy Maxx, we covered everything from new concert announcements, to Celebrations for Black History Month. Sansy took us through some upcoming winter themed event to take on during the winter weather! Sandy was also joined on the phone by Madison Children's Museum Director of Marketing & Communications, Jonathan Zarov to bring us information about the Black History Celebration at the Madison Children's Museum! Listen to the podcast for an action packed show!2025-02-121h 04What's On TapBlack Heritage Celebration at Madison Children's MuseumSandy Maxx was joined by Madison Children's Museum Director of Marketing & Communications, Jonathan Zarov! Jonathan gave us the rundown on some of the exhibits and activities that they have planned for the Black Heritage Celebration on Feb 13!2025-02-1211 min
The Podcast on FameJonathan Zarov of WORT interviews Jeffrey Goldsmith On AirAn interview by Jonathan Zarov of WORT with Jeffrey Goldsmith, author of This Book Can Make You Famous. But, no one calls in for brainstorming on how to become famous? What’s up with that Madison, Wisconsin. Must be the cheese. Maybe your radio listeners want to be famous more than they do. Or is it…
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