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8 O'Clock Buzz What Will WI Democrats Do if they Retake the Statehouse? WORT 89.9FM Madison · What Will WI Democrats Do if they Retake the Statehouse? Brittany Carloni(photo by Nicholas Wootton) Fourteen years ago, a national Republican wave election swept the GOP into control of both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature and the governor’s house. Since then, although Democrat Tony Evers defeated Republican Governor Scott Walker in 2018, the Assembly and Senate have remained in Republican hands, largely thanks to the GOP-approved legislative maps, considered by many experts the worst-gerrymandered districts in the nation. In 2026, however, the second election under new, presumably fairer, maps, Democrats have good...

2026-01-1212 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Oil GrabGreg Wilpert, German activist and founder of Venezuelanalysis.com, joins host Tony Castañeda to discuss recent events in Venezuela and beyond. Trump’s abduction of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his proclamation that the US will take over management of the country’s oil production is unpopular with normal Venezuelans in the country which runs counter to the spin coming from Washington. Election fraud and drug running are the two main reasons the Trump administration is highlighting for their illegal takeover, both of which are unproven. The impacts of this oil grab will be felt well...

2026-01-0826 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Tuba, or Not TubaIf that is the question, definitely tuba. Dave Spies and members of the TubaChristmas orchestra join host Tony Castañeda and the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz, live at the WORT studio, to talk about the free brass performance coming to town. It doesn’t matter if you’re naughty or nice, you can attend this event which is in its 25th year for the capital city. The concert will take place Saturday, December 13, in the Capitol Rotunda. Tuba and euphonium players are once again invited to participate in this year’s concert, with expected participation between 250 and 300 players. Reg...

2025-12-1109 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz WORT OG 1975Host Tony Castañeda speaks with some of the original staff and volunteers who worked at WORT at the dawn of its existence. Mike DeMark, former audio engineer, Glenn Silber, film producer instrumental in getting WORT started, and Kevin “Peach” Dunleavy, one of the original DJs, talk about their experiences with WORT fifty years ago. Time has flown by for all of them but they have fond memories of the people and events that provided the foundation for our community radio station. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate...

2025-12-0441 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Crying WolfThe t’Rump administration has moved to roll back protections for imperiled species at the federal level. Meanwhile, Wisconsin State legislators have recently passed a bill that would mandate a wolf hunt with a hard cap goal regardless of science, pack health or ecological conditions. A falsehood perpetrated by these legislators is that wolves are causing untold damage to the agricultural community and impacting deer herd populations. This despite evidence showing that the deer population has increased by 80% over the past ten years, and damage done by deer to the agriculture economy far exceeds that by wolves. Meliss...

2025-11-2118 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez has Gubernatorial Aspirations WORT 89.9FM Madison · Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez Has Gubernatorial Aspirations In November of 2026, Wisconsin voters will elect a new governor. In July, two-term incumbent, Democrat Tony Evers, announced he would not seek re-election. Even though the partisan primary doesn’t take place until August 11, the race to succeed Evers has already started. No less than twelve candidates have already declared, including five Democrats, three Republicans and five independents. Today, the Monday Buzz kicks off our gubernatorial election coverage by speaking with Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, who announced her candidacy for Governor on July 25. Before winning...

2025-11-1715 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Staying AliveMichael O’Meara has written a poignant memoir, The Long Return, about his experiences as a young draftee in the Vietnam War, and the reception he received on his return back home. He speaks with host Tony Castañeda on the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz and describes how he was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1968 when his grades dipped below the allowable threshold for deferment at the UW-Madison, and the daily terror that he faced as he struggled to survive in the jungles of Vietnam. Being one of the lucky ones to successfully negoti...

2025-11-1347 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Event on 11/13 Supports the Middle East Children’s Alliance With a tentative cease-fire, contaminate water and soil, and unexploded bombs scattered throughout Gaza, the Palestinians are struggling to recover. It is estimated that 1.9 million people were displaced by the Israeli attacks, according to Cassandra Dixon from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. Dixon came on the 8 O’clock Buzz to talk about the issues, and invite everyone to a support rally tomorrow, November 13, 2025, with the rally forming at 3:30 on Blair and Willy Streets, and then moving to the Cardinal Bar for music by Tony Castañeda and his band. This free event is a fundraiser for the Mid...

2025-11-1207 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Investigating Bee Health and Behavior Affected by Agricultural Chemica...James Krall, Assistant Professor of Entomology UW-Madison, talks about some of his studies on “Bee Health and Behavior Under Anthropogenic Stressors”. So while past agricultural insecticides, like DDT, effects were large and obvious — death of insects with side effects on other species — today’s insecticides are sometime much more subtle, and while some insects may be spared from immediate death, these chemicals may affect insect social behavior and lead to long-term species issues. Krall investigates bees, honey bees and bumble bees, showing effects on neurobiology and ability for ground-dwelling bees to be able to thermal regulate during cold tempe...

2025-11-1219 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Remembrance of Lost Species — PSR WisconsinGlobal warming, lost habitat, and environmental toxins are just some of the assaults on animal, bird, and insect species around the world. Drs. Paul Sondel and Ann Behrmann from Physicians for Social Responsibility – Wisconsin talk with Jan Miyasaki about these issues, along with some success stories — re-wilding some species or restoring habitat — that will be topics of an evening to reflect — “Remembrance of Lost Species” being held on December 4, 2025 from 6:15-9:00pm at Science Hall, 550 N Park St. Free to attend, but registration is requested. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this po...

2025-11-1219 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Take Your Mess and Turn It Into a MessageToday on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Founder and CEO of FOSTER of Dane County, and mother to the community, Jackie Hunt joins us to talk about helping each other and keeping the community together, persevering through adversity, her new book, cuffing season, and more! To help out or get help, contact FOSTER at 608-628-7708, foster.danecounty@gmail.com or through their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FosterDaneCounty/ . FOSTER is accepting help and applications for Thanksgiving turkey dinners, and the Shoe Box Ministry. Watch...

2025-11-1250 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz The Wisconsin Whey: Cheesemaking in the Driftless WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Wisconsin Whey: Cheesemaking in the Driftless The French culinary term, terroir, refers to the unique flavors, aromas and textures produced in food and drink as a result of soil, weather and other characteristics of the land where the food was produced. Since no two places have exactly the same conditions, no two places produce exactly the same food. Terroir is on display in abundance with cheese produced in Wisconsin’s Driftless Zone, that portion of the state that escaped the glaciers 25,000 years ago. Kristen Mitchell explores that territory, and the award-winning cheese...

2025-11-1011 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Tracking Bears in Wisconsin WORT 89.9FM Madison · Tracking Bears in Wisconsin DNR Research scientist Erin Morrison with a collared bear.(Photo courtesy Erin Morrison, WI DNR)

2025-11-1011 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Staffing Shortages May Ground Air Travel Even Post-Shutdown WORT 89.9FM Madison · Staffing Shortages May Ground Air Travel Even Post Shutdown Laura Albert(Photo courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison) On Sunday, November 9, the U.S. Senate voted 60-40 to advance a temporary appropriations bill that, if adopted, would end the U.S. government’s longest shutdown. Eight Democratic Senators, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, King, Hassan, Kaine, Rosen and Shaheen broke ranks to vote with Republicans in support of the stopgap bill, while Republican Rand Paul voted to oppose. The bill does not address the Democrat’s primary demand, to extend Affordable Care Act tax credi...

2025-11-1014 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz The Mark of ZohranPaul DeRienzo, an independent news podcaster, photographer, videographer, and former News Director at WBAI-FM in New York City, joins host Tony Castañeda on the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the implications of Zohran Mamdani being elected Mayor of NYC. Zohran has laid claim as the champion of the common people and the defender of justice as he battles the establishment of elites in the city, but also the corrupt administration of Generalissimo Don t’Rump who considers Mamdani an existential threat to t’Rump’s empire. Image by David Dillon from Pixab...

2025-11-0619 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Can’t Throw a Rock at Every Barking Dog or You Won’t Reach Your De...Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, being seriously silly, talk about maintaining positivity and looking past the haters, what to do about federal, state and local budget issues, building personal and community wealth, and of course, Antoine’s five heartbeat slide walk in song. Check in with EOTO Culturally Rooted on Facebook for information and to help out with winter break camp: https://www.facebook.com/EOTOCulturallyRooted Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their construction job fair coming up Nov 12th, re...

2025-11-0549 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Midwest Mujeres Presents “Yo Quiero Dinero” Event WORT 89.9FM Madison · Midwest Mujeres Presents “Yo Quiero Dinero” Midwest Mujeres is a collective providing mentorship to Black and Latina women seeking to make their way into entrepreneurship. On Saturday, November 8, the collective will host their annual storytelling event, “Yo Quiero Dinero,” featuring the life stories and wisdom of over a dozen women who’ve overcome obstacles to succeed in their respective fields. Two participants, career coach Jenise Judon and childcare trainer Francelia Lara, joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing in the studio on November 3, 2025. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, l...

2025-11-0310 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Find Your Quilt WORT 89.9FM Madison · Find Your Quilt Sophie Pitman(Photo courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison) Long dismissed as “women’s work” in histories of art, craft and design, quilting is experiencing a renaissance. The simple act of stitching together a functional blanket to keep one warm at night can also serve as a vehicle for artistic expression. Two new exhibits on the University of Wisconsin campus, “Find Your Quilt” at the Ruth Davis Design Gallery, and “Parallel Lines” at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery, showcase the worldwide history and art of quiltmaking. Sophie Pitman is the Pleasant Rowland T...

2025-11-0311 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities WORT 89.9FM Madison · Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities Adam Taor(Photo courtesy Princeton Univeristy Press) In the 1670s, a young Isaac Newton took it upon himself to insert a large sewing needle, as he put it, “betwixt my eye and bone as neare to [the] backside of my eye as I could.” The purpose of this gruesome experiment was to see if he could deform his eyeball and thus learn more about optics and the nature of light. That’s just one of many anecdotes related to the human body recounted in Adam T...

2025-11-0315 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Building Communities of Care and ResistanceGustavo Arellano, a Mexican-American writer and columnist with the LA Times, joins Tony Castañeda to talk about his participation in the lecture series, Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis. These lectures are being put on by the The Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program at UW Madison. The series explores not only exclusion and marginalization of communities, but also long histories of struggle for enduring change, freedom, and social justice. There’s a focus on alternative communities of care, alternative models of sociality, and innovative visions of relationality that emerge among Latinx commun...

2025-10-3012 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Invasion of the Body SnatchersICE agents continue their attacks on American democracy and decency with raids taking place throughout the country. Ale Guevara, Communications Director for Voces de la Frontera, speaks with host Tony Castañeda about recent tactics by ICE including the militarization of enforcement and grabbing people from their residences and vehicles, but also the grassroots community organization of resistance to these aggressive policies. Voces de la Frontera have established a network should Wisconsin be the next major target of federal agents. Photo by Danie Franco on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes gre...

2025-10-3020 min

Max Ink Radio Madcity Latin Jazz Legend Tony Castaneda on Max Ink RadioTony Castaneda has been a fixture of the Madison music and activism scene for more than 20 years. A former radio host and social justice activist, Tony is the percussionist and frontman of the Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band, who have been getting Madison in a jazzy mood since 1998. Tony Castaneda is in the studio to talk about his current musical ventures, weekly residency at the Cardinal Bar, and upcoming projects. Guest: Tony Castañeda

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8 O'Clock Buzz Ballot Fix or Power Grab? WEC’s Reforms Raise City’s Eyebr...Tony’s guest on the 8 O’Clock Buzz is Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell, who talks with Tony about mistakes that were made in the 2024 election in Madison, and how the Wisconsin Election Commission has decided to handle future elections in the city. Maribeth Witzel-Behl, the then City Clerk of Madison, oversaw a series of serious missteps that led to nearly 200 absentee ballots being uncounted during the November 2024 presidental election. Upon discovery of the 193 uncounted ballot, Witzel-Behl exhibted what the WEC described as an “astonishing” lack of urgency, leaving for vacation the day after learning about th...

2025-08-1416 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Students for Justice in Palestine Win $100K Lawsuit vs U of MarylandIn July of 2024, the University of Maryland SJP’s (Students for Justice in Palestine) applied for an interfaith vigil on October 7th to mourn lives lost in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Initially approved, the university bowed to KKK-like threats and eventually banned all rallies for that date. Daniela Columbi, member of SJP, talks about the subsequent lawsuit, and judgement in favor for SJP for $100,000 and permission to hold the rally as promised. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Students for Justice in P...

2025-08-1313 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Music Theatre of Madison Plays “The Bridges of Madison County...Kevin Blakeslee (who plays Robert Kincaid in Music Theatre of Madison’s The Bridges of Madison County) talks to Jan Miyasaki about the upcoming six performances of that musical at the Play Circle Theatre at the Memorial Union, August 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30pm and August 17 at 2:00pm Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Music Theatre of Madison Plays “The Bridges of Madison County... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

2025-08-1311 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz UAW Local 95: Negotiation Status and Start of Week 6 of StrikeThe UAW Local 95, involving over 120 nursing staff at MercyHealth East in Janesville, have been on strike for over 5 weeks, while management says that the workers are “not worth the investment”. Organizer Victoria Gutierrez, strike worker Enrique Casiano, and Madison labor activist Bryan Pfeifer talk about the issues leading to the strike, the negotiations (or lack of), and an upcoming rally and fundraiser for the striking workers, this coming Friday, August 15th, from 6-8PM at the Madison Labor Temple. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe...

2025-08-1323 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Your Presence Makes a DifferenceToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, talking up events going on in town this week! In the first half, Kartez Rowel from Madison Black Chamber of Commerce and Nisa Carter, owner and operator of Sista’s Chicken and Fish join us to talk about this week’s Madison Black Restaurant Week. In the second half, Jackie and Jacquesha Hunt join us to talk about the 5th annual Ju-Ju’s Block Party and Streetball tournament, and getting kids ready to go back to school with the 17th annual FOSTER Back to Schoo...

2025-08-1348 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Experiments in Body as Home WORT 89.9FM Madison · Experiments in Body as Home For much of its history, Western European philosophy has centered around the idea that human beings are ineffable souls trapped within an earthly body. From Plato, to Christian theology, to the writings of Immanuel Kant and Renee Descartes, this idea of a separation between the spiritual, intellectual and physical has held sway across many centuries. Many non-European cultures view the human experience differently, that the mind, soul and body are, in fact, all one. Clinical psychologist and dancer Reenah Dixon seeks to demonstrate this unity through a seri...

2025-08-1113 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Dispelling the Myths About mRNA WORT 89.9FM Madison · Dispelling the Myths About mRNA On August 5, U.S.Health and Human Services Secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy, Jr. announced the elimination of five hundred million dollars of federal funding for research on messenger RNA vaccines. In his statement, Kennedy claimed that mRNA vaccines do not effectively protect against upper respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19, and stated funds would be redirected toward vaccines that “remain effective even as viruses mutate.” Aaron Hoskins is the Wasson Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His lab focuses on understanding the role of messeng...

2025-08-1111 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Third Try on Murdered Black Women Bill WORT 89.9FM Madison · Third Try on Murdered Black Women Bill In 2022, the Guardian published a report showing that Wisconsin led the nation in murder rate for black women and girls, with 20 homicides per 100,000 residents. Black women and girls living in Wisconsin face a murder risk five times higher than their counterparts in New York. For the third legislative session in a row, Wisconsin Assembly District 78 representative Shelia Stubbs has introduced legislation (LRB-2995/1) to create a task force to study the issue. Two previous attempts to pass similar bills died in the state senate. Representative Shelia Stub...

2025-08-1112 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Great Taste, They’re FillingThe Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival is being held this Saturday, August 9th, at Olin Park in Madison. This is the 38th year the event has been held which makes it the second oldest in the country. Over 1,400 beers will be on tap but there is one small little twist of lime to the event this year. A reinterpretation of the relevant Wisconsin alcohol bill requires expensive permitting for brewers not already permitted in the state, which has made it prohibitively expensive for some out-of-state brewers. Organizers have overcome this issue by backfilling with in-state brew...

2025-08-0713 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Nobody’s HomeHow best to address the issue of chronic homelessness is being debated again with the recent executive order coming from Washington. This order requires enforcing prohibitions on urban camping and effectively criminalizing homelessness under the guise of keeping communities safe. In terms of federal funding, the strategy of providing shelter, Housing First, with case work to address addiction and mental health issues, is being defunded with a new impetus on enforcement and institutionalizing offenders of vagrancy laws. Michael Basford, Director of the Wisconsin Interagency Council on Homelessness, joins host Tony Castañeda to speak about the effectiveness of t...

2025-08-0724 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz A Hub for HealingToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Myra McNair, founder, owner, and executive director of Anesis Center for Marriage and Family Therapy joins us to talk about her story, what Anesis is, what they’re doing for the community, and the upcoming 2nd annual Anesis Multicultural Mental Health Conference. More information on the conference, coming up August 21-22 at Monona Terrace in Madison: https://anesistherapycenter.com/conf25 Going on around town: Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their gatherings and information on...

2025-08-0750 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz The Golden Rule Sails for PeaceFirst sailed in 1958 to protest nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific, the Golden Rule still sails for peace, disarmament, justice, and climate action. Project manager for the boat, Michelle KanoeLehua Marsonette, talks about their collaboration with Veterans for Peace to promote ending nuclear weapons and war. Marsonette discusses the project, volunteer involvement, parts of their 22,000 mile journey, and where their journey will take them next. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Golden Rule Sails for Peace appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

2025-08-0610 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Grand Opening: Art House 360 — in VeronaJessica Lanius and AJ Juarez stopped in at the Wednesday Buzz to talk about the grand opening of their multi-discipline art space, Art House 360, a collaborative project 3 years in the making. In an effort to show that art isn’t just for the wealthy, this converted schoolhouse will be home to six different resident companies, ranging from dance, theater, visual arts, classes, studio rentals, and more. The open house will be Thursday, August 14th, 2025, with ribbon cutting at 10AM and an open house following. For more info, visit their website. Did you enjoy this story? Your fu...

2025-08-0617 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz 15 Years of Billionaires’ Promises — “Gift Pledge...Inspired in part by Duty Free Shoppers and General Atlantic Partners leader Chuck Feeney, the reluctant billionaire who advocated “giving while living” and rigorously gave away over $8 billion in his lifetime, and trading his billionaire status for a modest and simpler life, the “Giving Pledge“, commitment by over 200 billionaires to donate much or all of their wealth to charity, celebrates 15 years this year. Bella DeVaan, Associate Director of Charity Reform at the Institute for Policy Studies, recently co-authored a report “Giving Pledge at 15“. In that report, the investigators tracked those donors, their wealth, and their donations to-date — finding that t...

2025-08-0617 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz “Snapshot Wisconsin” Records 100 Millionth Wildlife Photo WORT 89.9FM Madison · Snapshot Wisconsin Records 100 Millonth Wildlife Photo Since 2015, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has maintained a network of some 2,500 trail cameras equipped with motion detectors to discreetly observe wildlife across the state. The project, called Snapshot Wisconsin, recently celebrated not only its tenth anniversary, but also the 100 millionth photo snapped during that time. A hundred million photos is a lot to classify, and the DNR is looking for volunteers to help. Christine Anhalt-Depies, Project Leader for the Wisconsin DNR Snapshot Wisconsin project stopped by the Monday 8 O’Clock Buzz to tell us more.

2025-08-0409 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz UW Exhibit Asks “What If Everything Turns Out OK?” WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Exhbit Asks “What if Everything Turns Out OK?” The world is a terrible mess right now. Climate change, government upheaval, warfare have many of us on edge and filled with anxiety about the future. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture asked its Design and Innovation graduate students to contemplate the question, “what if everything turns out OK?” The result is the exhibit “The Future Is…” on display now through August 10th at the Ruth Davis Design Gallery on the University of Wisconsin campus. Coe Douglas, Creative M...

2025-08-0413 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Wisconsin Considers Robot Interpreters in Court WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin Considers Robot Interpreters in Court Under the U.S. Constitution, defendants in court have the right to understand the proceedings against them, to participate in their own defense, to consult with a lawyer and to question witnesses. All of that becomes more complicated when defendants don’t speak the same language used in court. In Wisconsin, about 3% of the resident population, or about 178,000 people, lack the English proficiency necessary to participate in a court hearing. Federal and state law requires that counties provide interpreters for non-English speakers in court, but qualified interp...

2025-08-0415 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz No Joke-Madison Comedy Week Is Back!Madison Comedy Week is back, bringing a full lineup of stand-up, sketch and improv to venues all over town. Tony’s guest on the Buzz this morning is Jake Snell, Executive Director of the event. Running from August 3 – 9, this citywide celebration of humor features 25 standup, improv, music and themed variety shows from local up and comers and nationally touring pros. The Bur Oak, Comedy on State and 7 other venues throughout Madison will host events nightly. Tickets are sold separately for each show on Madison Comedy Week’s website. Photo courtesy of Tumisu on Pixaba...

2025-07-3110 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz You’re Invited: Fundraiser for the Community Immigration Law Cen...Join Tony and his guests Thursday, July 31 for a night of solidarity, music and community at the legendary Cardinal Bar, as they raise funds for the Community Immigration Law Center (CILC)-a vital nonprofit providing free and low-cost legal servies to immigrants across south-central Wisconsin. Tony’s guests on the 8 O’Clock Buzz today are Grant Sovern, Dean Loumos and Gil Halstead who talk about CILC’s work on the frontlines of justice, helping individuals and families navigate an often confusing and high-stakes immigration system. In a time of shifting policies and heightened fear, CILC’s work b...

2025-07-3129 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Join Physicians for Social Responsibility “Lanterns for Peace...With a goal to “protect all life from the devastation of nuclear weapons, climate change and environmental contamination”, Physicians for Social Responsibility of Wisconsin (PSRWI), along with 13 other activist groups, is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings with a lantern building and float event, “Lanterns for Peace“. This family-friendly gathering invites our community to reflect, create, and commit to a future free from the threat of nuclear weapons. President Amy Schultz and Treasurer Ann Behrmann discuss the work their group is doing locally, and invite you to join with the community celebration on Wednesda...

2025-07-3018 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Who Funds ALEC?David Armiak, Research Director at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), talks about the recent annual meeting of ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, an “organization known for its closed-door development of right-wing model legislation.” In Armiak’s recent article “Who Funds ALEC?”, he details his research into the major donors, and talks about the underlying goals of this right-wing organization. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Who Funds ALEC? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

2025-07-3023 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz She Threw Her First Party When She Was 9 and It Was LitToday on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Cupcake, A/K/A Atonye Adjei-Marsh joins us to tell her story and talk about the Pink Lemonade Party coming up on August 17th on the rooftop at Monona Terrace!. Going on around town: Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their gatherings and information on Expungement, the Black Men’s Resource Luncheon, Home Ownership Clinics, and Job Seekers Toolkit and Assistance, and more! Next Level Music and More Festival coming up August 2nd at the Labor Te...

2025-07-3051 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Do Plants Feel Pain? WORT 89.9FM Madison · Do Plants Feel Pain? For the past two decades, the University of Wisconsin’s Gilroy Life Science Laboratory has explored the interaction between plants and their environment. The lab has explored how plants grow in outer space, including the effects of microgravity and radiation. Recently, the Gilroy Lab has started exploring a more philosophical question: can plants feel pain? Simon Gilroy is a Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin and is the head of the Gilroy Lab. (Video courtesy Gilroy Life Science Laboratory, University of Wisconsin) Simon G...

2025-07-2812 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz City Clerk Baked Cookies While Votes Went Uncounted WORT 89.9FM Madison · City Clerk Baked Cookies While Votes Went Uncounted In late November and early December of last year, City of Madison election reconciliation workers discovered two bags of uncounted 2024 absentee election ballots. The Wisconsin Election Commission recently completed a damning report on the incident, and new information has emerged about the City Clerk’s indifference to the uncounted votes. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur has the story, and he joined Monday Buzz host on July 28, 2025. Alex Shur (photo by Nicholas Wootton) Featured image of Madison City Hall by Brian Standing for WORT...

2025-07-2815 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Justifiable 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Big 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Medical 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz A 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Heavy 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Lumberjack 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz ToTheEnd 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz WI 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Mideast 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Blackhawk 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Native 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Common 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz An 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Orion 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Abortion 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz C’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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Sacred 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz McManus: 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Henry 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz What 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Equability 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Pentagon 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz The 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Red, 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Trace 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Sequoyah 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia Click here to hear an extended 27-minute version of this interview on Soundcloud. 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz And 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Israel 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz On 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Get 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz M-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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Dads 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Midwest 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Thousands 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz The 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Send 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Bringing 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz 23 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Just 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Encore 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Air 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz GHC 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Rep. 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 min $8 O\'Clock Buzz$

8 O'Clock Buzz Caring 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. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Caring Across Generations’ Toolkit for Un...

2025-06-0406 min

Let’s Talk TRIO Interview with Anthony (Tony) Culpepper, Jr. - Doctoral Candidate in Higher Education at Saint Peter‘s University and Former TRIO StaffIn this episode we have Anthony (Tony) Culpepper, Jr., an education doctoral candidate in Higher Education Leadership at Saint Peter's University and former TRIO staff member. Anthony is on the podcast to discuss his life experience, educational journey, working for the TRIO programs, being in a doctoral program, and reflecting on the purpose and impact of TRIO programs. A HUGE thanks to our sponsors: Angelica Vialpando, Rosario Riley, and StudentAccess (ad within the podcast) Visit our sponsor at: Student Access: https://www.studentaccess.com/ Help keep our podcast going: Become a Pat...

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Almost Fama | a Jes Fama podcast Almost Fama - Tony Castaneda from KyngBassist from Kyng, Tony Castaneda, drops by Almost Fama before they hit the road for their spring tour. He shares with me the challenges of working with with a label, hear his impressions of Jose Mangin and Dave Mustaine, and what is in store for Kyng in the near future! All this and more on this episode of Almost Fama

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Brian "Fishman" Fish's Podcast HMHH Tony Castaneda KYNG InterviewThe Fishman caught up with Tony Castaneda of KYNG Backstage at The Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Festival for a Cool conversation. Catch The Show Fridays 5-8pm est on toxicradio.net

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