8 O'Clock Buzz

Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov
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Listener Sponsored Community Radio in Madison, WI

  1. 13H AGO

    Finding Home on Highway 14: Episode Six

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Finding Home On Highway 14: Episode 6 Nicole Gruter (photo courtesy Nicole Gruter) 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.  Highway 14, one of the nation’s first federal highways, runs 1400 miles from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park.  Along the way, Nicole’s been collecting stories from the various personalities who reside along the iconic road.  Nicole joined the Monday Buzz on April 6, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Finding Home on Highway 14: Episode Six appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    12 min

  2. 13H AGO

    Science Expeditions Open Up UW Labs

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · UW Science Expeditions 2026 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 Science Expeditions features an open house of research and experiments conducted by dairy scientists, limnologists, geologists, astronomers, physicists, ecologists, biologists and other types of mad scientists working at the UW Madison campus.  Haddie McLean, Outreach Program Manager for The Wonders of Physics and Allison Bender, Program Manager for the Wisconsin Energy Institute joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on April 6, 2026 to conduct some experiments. UW Physics Department Outreach Program Director Haddie McLean demonstrates “dragon breath” by chewing a cheese puff frozen in liquid nitrogen. (Photo by Nicholas Wootton) Wisconsin Energy Institute Program Manager Allison Bender demonstrates various designs for wind turbine blades. (Photo by Nicholas Wootton) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Science Expeditions Open Up UW Labs appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    13 min

  3. 14H AGO

    Postmark Changes Could Affect Absentee Ballots

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Postmark Changes Could Impact Absentee Ballots Tom Lopach (Photo courtesy Center for Voter Participation) If you were planning on mailing in your absentee ballot before tomorrow’s Wisconsin election, you might want to deliver it yourself instead.  Last December, the U.S. Postal Service issued new guidance about postmarks that could delay mail getting postmarked, particularly in rural areas, by several days.  That obscure rule change, along with dozens of state laws restricting alternative voting, coupled with the Trump Administration’s legislative and arm-twisting efforts to make it harder for people to vote, could have a severe impact on the 2026 midterm elections.    Tom Lopach is the President and CEO of the Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Postmark Changes Could Affect Absentee Ballots appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    13 min

  4. 4D AGO

    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 functioning, and the healthcare and educational systems are collapsing.  Blackouts are the new normal.  This situation is being celebrated within the Trump administration, but it is the lives of normal everyday Cubans that are bearing the brunt of the Trump-Rubio sanctions.  Andres joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the current situation and how the tightened oil embargo is impacting everyday life in Cuba. Photo by Estella Estevez on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Trumpargo on Cuba appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    19 min

  5. 5D AGO

    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 Madison to let us know about their upcoming trainings, especially “Level Up: Computer Training”;  In the second half, Action Jackson from Jackson’s Yard Care joins us to tell his story, and talk about giving back through his workforce development programs, and training in the trades. More information on the Level Up Training: https://www.facebook.com/events/806567135147270  More information on JYC’s workforce development: https://www.jacksonsyardcare.com/jyc-workforce-development-training  Don’t miss Antoine’s 10th anniversary Poetry and Comedy Jam coming up on May 23!  Tickets and more information coming soon!  Call or text 608-616-0089 or check them out on social media. Catch Tara at Buraka on Thursday nights for R&B slow jams with DJ G Money! If you’re a Black musician in Madison and want to come on the show, contact Tara (https://www.facebook.com/EOTOCulturallyRooted) or Antoine (https://www.facebook.com/1MotionOutReachEnterprise) on Facebook or send a note through the “Announcements” form on the WORT webpage: https://www.wortfm.org/announcements/ .  We’d love radio safe versions of your music to play on the show too! Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/calendar/ and https://ulgmhub.org/calendar/  for info on resume and job seeking workshops, banking workshops, home ownership clinics (new sessions starting soon), information on Expungement, childcare assistance, fatherhood support, healthcare administration, food safety and trades training, and more! Music from today’s show: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/22204741/Tuesday-8-O-Clock-Buzz  Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org.  Support your community radio with a donation online at wortfm.org! Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Understand what Blessings Look Like appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    50 min

  6. MAR 30

    Retreating into the Dark Forests of the Internet

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Retreating Into the Dark Forests of the Internet Yancey Strickler (Photo courtesy ystrickler.com) When new media technologies, such as radio, television, or even the printing press, first emerge, they hold the promise of democratizing access to information and to provide a platform for a wide variety of viewpoints.  The same held true for the internet, which for much of its early life enjoyed equal access and distribution for anyone who could get online.  In recent years, though, the growth of corporately controlled social media algorithms, artificial intelligence and mass-produced propaganda has made the once-safe and free web into a dark and scary place.  Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, Artist Corporations, the Dark Forest Collective, and the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World.   He recently wrote an op-ed about the idea of “Dark Forests” on the internet.  Yancey Strickler joined the Monday Buzz on March 28, 2026. Forest image by Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13073064  Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Retreating into the Dark Forests of the Internet appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    13 min

  7. MAR 30

    Election Issues Front and Center in Supreme Court Race

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Election Issues Front and Center in Supreme Court Race Alex Shur (photo by Nicholas Wootton) From ballot boxes, to legislative districts, to the privacy of voter information, the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice may rule on a plethora of election-related issues in the court’s next term.  Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alex Shur joined the Monday Buzz for his monthly update on Wisconsin election news. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Election Issues Front and Center in Supreme Court Race appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    9 min

  8. MAR 30

    Maria Lazar Seeks Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · 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 nonpartisan race includes two current Court of Appeals justices, Judge Chris Taylor from District IV, which serves the Madison area, and Judge Maria S. Lazar from District II, which serves the Waukesha area.  Maria Lazar worked as assistant Wisconsin Attorney General from 2010 to 2015, and was elected to the Waukesha Circuit Court in 2015, and was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2020.  Supreme Court candidate Maria S. Lazar joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on March 30, 2026. Image courtesy Wisconsin Court of Appeals Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Maria Lazar Seeks Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    16 min

  9. MAR 30

    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 faith, service, history and revolution. All photos by Brian Standing. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Voices from the Madison “No Kings” Rally 3/28/2026 appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    5 min

  10. MAR 23

    Midwest Video Poetry Fest 2026 Lands at ArtLitLab

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Midwest Video Poetry Festival 2026 Madison’s Arts and Literature Laboratory’s Midwest Video Poetry Festival, now in its sixth year, seeks to synthesize one of humanity’s oldest art forms with one of its newest.  As a particularly visual literary genre, poetry seems uniquely suited to the visual creativity of the moving image.  The 2026 festival, taking place on Saturday, April 4, features poets and filmmakers from such exotic places as Ireland, the Netherlands, Benin, the United Kingdom, New York, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and Ypsilanti.  Genia Daniels, Coordinator of the Midwest Video Poetry Fest, and Rita Mae Reese, Executive Director of the Arts and Literature Laboratory, joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on March 23, 2026. Still from “Abjad Hawaz (أبجد هوز)” by Hadi Moussally (image courtesy Hadj Moussally) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Midwest Video Poetry Fest 2026 Lands at ArtLitLab appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    11 min
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  • Creator
    Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Back Porch Broadcasting, Inc.
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    8 O'Clock Buzz

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