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Wisconsin Elections Update
October 27, 2025

The Wisconsin Elections Commission appeals a court ruling requiring citizenship checks for voters. And who would have guessed that Representative Scott Krug would become the voice of moderation in th

How Can Democrats Repair a “Toxic” Brand Name?
October 22, 2025

A study by Jared Abbott from Center for Working Class Politics shows Democrats history on free-trade and other have made the name "toxic" to rust-belt voters.

Dangers to Healthcare by the Federal Government Shutdown
October 22, 2025

Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses an October 7 article posted entitled The Health Care Emergency Behind the Govern

Legalize It?
October 21, 2025

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, Lesley Johnson, from Madison Herb Society (no! Not that herb!) joins to talk herbs and []

Growing Up Native in Wisconsin
October 20, 2025

Ho Chunk Elder and storyteller Sherman Funmaker will give us a preview of his story workshop at Meadowridge Library.

Birdability Makes Birding Accessible
October 20, 2025

Participating in birding, one of the most popular and fastest-growing outdoor activities in the country, shouldnt depend on being physically abled. Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliances Brenna Marcisek

Federal Workers Under Shutdown
October 20, 2025

The federal government shutdown enters its fourth week with no end in sight. Whats not getting done, and how is the shutdown affecting government workers? Well talk with Nicole Cantello, EPA scien

The Adventures of t’Rump and Bibi Beezelbub
October 16, 2025

Jennifer Loewenstein, former Mideast lecturer, joins Tony Castaeda to talk about the implementation of a cease fire in Gaza as part of tRumps peace-meal plan, which was developed with zero imput fr

A New ICE Age in Chicago
October 16, 2025

In the WORT 8 Oclock Buzz studio today were James Morgan, Community Organizer for MOSES (Madison Organizing in Strength, Equity, and Solidarity for Criminal Legal Service Reform), and Mark Rice, []

A New ICE Age in Chicago
October 16, 2025

The infinitesimal, nearly massless and neutrally charged subatomic particles known as neutrinos ignore forces of the universe such as gravity and electromagnetic forces. Streams of neutrinos travel t