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The Seeds You Sow – Remembering Michael Johnson
Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, remembering community leader, father, “every child’s uncle,” and regular Tuesday Buzz guest Michael...
MeshCore Offers Resilient Decentralized Communication
In our modern society, we take the ability to reach into our pocket and instantly contact anyone in the world for granted. But all those text...
Finding Home on Highway 14: Episode Eight
Nicole Gruter (photo courtesy Nicole Gruter) Once a month, we check in with the Monday Buzz’s roving reporter Nicole Gruter. Nicole’s been tracing th...
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Slush Fund Could Reappear
On June 1, Politico reported that, according to two anonymous White House sources, President Trump has backed down from a proposed 1.8 billion-dollar...
We Welcome Ya’ll
Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean, in the first half, Kristie GoForth, Executive Director of Bik...
Return of the “Kishka Circus”
Walt Solek, the renowned “Clown Prince of Polka,” recorded his epic heist song “Who Stole the Kishka,” in the 1950s. Since then, the tune has...
“The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Democracies”
As the United States of America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, its allegedly democratic government is showing its age. How did we...
No Gatekeeping Around Here
Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, it’s officially looking like summer time! Talking about 608 Day coming up in a few w...
Arts Lit Lab Hosts SynthFest Madison
From the days of the punch card-driven, vacuum tube powered RCA Mark II in the 1950s to the various creations of Robert Moog, to modern softwa...
Vets for Peace’s Susan Schnall Speaks Out Against War on Memoria...
Across the country, for the 158th national Memorial Day, speakers will talk about the valor and sacrifice of fallen soldiers. The activist organizati...
Feds Blocked from Wisconsin Voter Data
U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson dealt the Trump Administration a severe blow with a May 21 ruling blocking the U.S. Department of Justice from o...
Forgetting Your Punchline
Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, it’s Antoine’s birthday! Talking about life and living in Madison...
Children’s Museum Celebrates Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage...
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Madison Children’s Museum is throwing one hell of a party to celebrate. On Thursda...
Feds Remove Protections for Boundary Waters, Roadless Areas
On April 16, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to approve House Joint Resolution 140, stripping federal protections against metal mining in the watershed of...
SCOTUS Unleashes Gerrymandering Arms Race
After the defeat of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War, Congress proposed and the states ratified the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Co...
Ya Got Trouble
Right there in the river city, Watertown, Wisconsin. In one of the most audacious decisions by a local school board since the enlightened members of...
Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance
From protesting New York City bridal fashion shows in the 1960s with the Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell (or W.I.T.C.H.), to usin...
UW Space Place Shuts Down
James Lattis
(Photo courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison) Since its founding in 1990, the UW Space Place has welcomed thousands of schoolchi...
Finding Home on Highway 14: Episode Seven
Once a month, we check in with Monday Buzz roving reporter Nicole Gruter, who has been exploring the communities and chatting with people who...
Digital Voter Suppression Disturbingly Effective
Election propaganda has grown more sophisticated with social media. A recent study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Journali...
Remembering Daniel Bice
In 1992, a young journalist from West Virginia considered two job offers from competing Wisconsin newspapers. One, the Milwaukee Journal, offered him...
In Total Harmony
The Harmony Bar and Grill on Atwood Avenue is the recipient of a Dane County Climate Champion award for 2025 for their work on decreasing their relian...
“Thirty-Two Words for Field:” Manchán Magan and the Irish...
Born in Donnybrook, Ireland in 1970, Manchán Magan became a renowned world traveler, documentary filmmaker, broadcaster and author. In October, 2025,...
Veterans Arrested at DC Protest Against Iran War
On April 20, the United States Capitol Police arrested 66 demonstrators, most of them military veterans, for illegally protesting in the Cannon House...
Voter Privacy and More Late Ballots
Once a month, the Monday 8 O’Clock Buzz brings you an update on election news around the state, with Votebeat Wisconsin reporter Alex Shur. This week...
Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle and “the People...
Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar business, with teams owned by venture capitalist billionaires and star players earning upwards...
Reflecting on Tone Madison’s Legacy
Since 2014, Tone Madison carved out an independent alternative slice of Madison’s media landscape, featuring music, film and arts coverage and...
Dane County Board Axes Flock Camera Funding
Back in March, WORT brought you the story of protestors demanding that the UW Police remove Flock Systems automated surveillance cameras from campus. ...
“Slow Looking” Brings New Perspective to Art
We live in a world that values speed and efficiency above all. The internet serves us thousands of bite-sized memes, which we quickly devour while do...
How Rare are “Rare Earths?”
In February, President Trump announced the creation of “Project Vault,” a $12 billion public-private partnership to create a U.S. based strategic rese...
Iran War at Stalemate Six Weeks In
As the U.S./ Israeli war on Iran enters its sixth week, the death toll continues to climb. According to Al Jazeera, the region has seen a total of ov...
Finding Home on Highway 14: Episode Six
Since August of 2025, Madison-based performance artist Nicole Gruter has been searching for someplace that feels like home out on U.S. Highway 14. Hi...
Science Expeditions Open Up UW Labs
On Friday, April 10 through Sunday, April 12, the University of Wisconsin offers a peek under the hood of its various science departments. The UW Sci...
Postmark Changes Could Affect Absentee Ballots
If you were planning on mailing in your absentee ballot before tomorrow’s Wisconsin election, you might want to deliver it yourself instead. Last Dec...
Trumpargo on Cuba
Cuba is in the midst of the worst humanitarian crisis since 1959 according to Andres Pertierra, Historian at the UW-Madison. The economy isn’t functi...
Understand what Blessings Look Like
Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, we’re joined by Larissa Ako from the Urban League of Greater Madis...
Retreating into the Dark Forests of the Internet
When new media technologies, such as radio, television, or even the printing press, first emerge, they hold the promise of democratizing access to inf...
Election Issues Front and Center in Supreme Court Race
From ballot boxes, to legislative districts, to the privacy of voter information, the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice may rule on a plethora of e...
Maria Lazar Seeks Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat
On April 7, voters in Wisconsin will select a new justice for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to replace the retiring Justice Rebecca Bradley. The nonpa...
Voices from the Madison “No Kings” Rally 3/28/2026
Tens of thousands marched on the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of nationwide “No Kings” protests. We hear from some of the voices, talking about fai...