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    World Cup Fever and Local Football Clubs

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · World Cup Fever and Local Football Clubs Conor Coloia (Photo courtesy Forward Madison FC) In the very first association football World Cup, in 1930, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team placed third.  It has never placed higher than 12th since, and didn’t qualify at all between 1954 and 1986.  Beginning in 1990, thanks to many efforts to promote the world’s most popular sport on American soil and the growth of high school and college soccer, Team USA began a run of  respectable performances in World Cup competition.  In 2026, with the USA, Mexico and Canada co-hosting the World Cup tournament, the U.S. team has a chance to make the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.  How much of the USA’s World Cup performance is due to the development of professional club teams playing in the U.S. Soccer league system?  Forward Madison Football Club plays in USL League 1, the third division of the U.S. Soccer League System.  They’ve played home games at Madison’s Breese Stevens Field since 2019.  Conor Coloia is the co-owner of Forward Madison FC, and he joined the Monday Buzz on July 6, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post World Cup Fever and Local Football Clubs appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    12 min

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    SCOTUS Curtails Religious Freedom, Congressional Authority

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · SCOTUS Curtails Religious Rights, Congressional Authority Howard Schweber, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (Photo by Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison) On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in Landor vs. Louisiana Department of Corrections that has sweeping implications not only for the First Amendment, but also for Congress’s fundamental power to enact laws binding on private individuals.  In a 6-3 ruling, with the usual suspects in the majority, the Court ruled that prison inmate and practicing Rastafarian Damon Landor had no right to sue Louisiana prison guards who held him down and forcibly shaved off his dreadlocks.  This despite the fact that in 2000, Congress passed the Religious Land and Institutionalized Persons Act specifically to enable prisoners to sue for violation of their religious freedom rights.  Howard Schweber is a professor emeritus of American politics and political theory with the University of Wisconsin Department of Political Science.  He also holds an affiliate appointment with the University of Wisconsin Law School.  Howard Schweber joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on July 6, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post SCOTUS Curtails Religious Freedom, Congressional Authority appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    15 min

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    Trump Administration Terminates 988 LGBTQ+ Hotline

    Natalie Eilbert (Photo courtesy Cap Times) In July of 2025, the Trump Administration announced it was terminating grants for LGBTQ+ specific hotline crisis services available by dialing 988.  In the year since, while generalized 988 Suicide and Crisis hotlines have survived by piecing together state and private funding, specialized services for LGBTQ+ people have disappeared.  Natalie Eilbert has worked as a mental health reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and is currently the Opinion Editor for the Cap Times.  She joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on July 6, 2026. Featured image: LGBTQ+ flag (Paul2520, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Trump Administration Terminates 988 LGBTQ+ Hotline appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    12 min

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    This is Madison Whiteconsin

    Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, going deep and serious with Alan Robinson talking about harm reduction, what it’s like to be Black in Madison, Black joy, and a whole lot more! Check out PULSE, Wisconsin’s first user’s union at https://www.people4pulse.org/ Keep an eye out for more information on Satori House as Alan and colleagues retool and rework their plans. Read Alan’s piece in what it’s like to be Black in Madison from Madison365: https://madison365.com/alan-robinson-what-its-like-to-be-black-in-madison/ And an article on Alan’s work on harm reduction and the hurdles they’re facing from Filter in 2025: https://filtermag.org/wisconsin-drug-checking-nocap/  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, information on Expungement, childcare assistance, fatherhood support, healthcare administration, food safety and trades training, and more! Keep your eyes and ears out for more information on Tara’s next event at the Elks Club, coming up July 25th! Save the date for Chris Davis Sr Day on August 31st, more info coming up on the Buzz soon! 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 This is Madison Whiteconsin appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    53 min

  5. 29 juin

    Preserving Art and Culture for a Decade

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Preserving Art and Culture for a Decade Amadou Kromah (Photo courtesy Carlee Latimer / Madison Public Library) Amadou Kromah picked up a camera when he was fifteen years old, and hasn’t put it down since.  In 2017, the Madison-based photographer won Silver in the NAACP’s Youth Act So Program.  Since then, he’s photographed the likes of Patti La Belle, Earth Wind and Fire and Wynton Marsalis.  He’s worked as an artist in residence at the Madison Public Library, teaching teenagers to follow his footsteps in digital photography.  His new exhibit, “Preserving Art and Culture for a Decade” features images celebrating the beauty and resilience of black life in Madison, and runs through August 1st at the Ballweg Gallery of the Madison Central Library.  Amadou Kromah joined the Monday 8 O’Clock Buzz on June 29, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Preserving Art and Culture for a Decade appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    13 min

  6. 29 juin

    Wisconsin Felony Case Against Fake Electors Creeps Forward

    · Alex Shur, VoteBeat. Photo credit: Nicholas Wootton/WORT-FMIn the political realm, the 2020 Presidential election seems like eons ago.  Many of the perpetrators and co-conspirators around Donald Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to overturn the 2020 election have since received Presidential pardons, or seen the cases against them dismissed in court.  The State of Wisconsin’s felony case against three who plotted to submit fake electoral votes to Congress, however, continues to creep – ever so slowly – forward.  Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur has the story, and he joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on June 29, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Wisconsin Felony Case Against Fake Electors Creeps Forward appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    15 min

  7. 24 juin

    The Verse is Nice But I Fell in Love With The Chorus

    Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, Alex Carter A/K/A Twenty85 joins us in studio to talk about his story, music, and what it’s like making music in 2026. Keep up with Twenty85 on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lockinwit20/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alex.carter.779940/ and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@twenty1985 .. and find his music on all the major platforms!  Keep up with Antoine’s comedy on Facebook: https://facebook.com/AntoineMcNeail  Keep your eyes and ears out for more information on Tara’s next event at the Elks Club, coming up July 25th! Save the date for Chris Davis Sr Day on August 31st, more info coming up on the Buzz soon! Music from today’s show: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/22620236/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 The Verse is Nice But I Fell in Love With The Chorus appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    47 min

  8. 22 juin

    Field to Frock Festival Returns for 2026

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Field to Frock Festival Returns for 2026 Jessica Becker (left) and Leslie Schroeder (right) outside the WORT studios. (Photo by Jessica Becker) When the Strait of Hormuz shut down during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, global textile prices skyrocketed, illustrating once again how dependent our economies are on global trade.  An alternative to such global dependence may be to “think local” and work to substitute locally-produced products for those shipped from across the world.  That’s exactly the idea behind the Midwest Linen Revival, and the 2026 edition of the Field to Frock Festival, taking place June 23 to June 28 in and around Madison.  Leslie Schroeder, founder of Midwest Linen Revival and Jessica Becker, Director of Communications, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on June 22, 2026. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Field to Frock Festival Returns for 2026 appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    10 min

  9. 22 juin

    Bloodsuckers: Ecology and Public Health of Ticks

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · Bloodsuckers: Ecology and Public Health of Ticks Johnny Uelmen (Photo courtesy University of Wisconsin) Eight-legged, bloodsucking vampires swarm over your gardens, forests and fields, biting onto your neck to reproduce, bringing disease and in some cases, death.  That’s not the tagline for a new horror flick – that’s a description of the lifestyle of the arachnid order Ixodida, better known as ticks.  As spring and summer in Wisconsin get warmer and wetter, ticks have adapted by emerging earlier and staying later, resulting in booming populations and increases in tick-borne diseases such as Lyme’s Disease and anaplasmosis.  So, what makes ticks tick?  And what do those trends mean for human health?  Johnny Uelmen heads up the Disease Ecology Lab at the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Featured image: Deer tick (Photo courtesy Wisconsin Department of Health Services) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post Bloodsuckers: Ecology and Public Health of Ticks appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

    13 min

  10. 22 juin

    The Data on Remote Work: Productive but Lonely

    WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Data on Remote Work: Productive but Lonely Emma Harrington (Photo courtesy University of Virginia) The global COVID-19 pandemic wrought a variety of social and economic changes.  Some, like social distancing, were temporary.  Other changes remained in place long after the most acute crisis subsided.  According to U.S. Census data, prior to the pandemic, people who worked from home accounted for about 3% of the working population.  After peaking at 20% during the height of the omicron COVID outbreak, that percentage has stabilized at about 17% of employees – some 27 million people work partially or entirely from home.  The issue has become a point of contention in labor relations, with many managers seeking to institute “back-to-the-office” policies, with resistance from labor organizations and individual employees.  Much has been made of the productivity of at-home workers, but less attention has been paid to the isolation of workers working from home.  Emma Harrington is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia.  Her new book “In Person: How Working Together Fuels Creativity, Productivity, and Growth” will come out in October from Crown Currency Press.  Emma Harrington joined the Monday Buzz– remotely – by phone, on June 22, 2026. Featured image: Working from Home animation (Image by Aapriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate here The post The Data on Remote Work: Productive but Lonely appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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    Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov
  • Années d’activité
    2015 - 2026
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