‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit https://theonion.com/shut-up-mother-shut-up-pleads-george-w-bush-to-dick-cheney-skeleton-dressed-in-suit/

While New York City just elected first socialist mayor, #Milwaukee has had 3 of them www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Can't wait for all of the accusations of not mourning correctly.

Nicole Gruter brings us the latest installment of her travelogue “Finding Home on Highway 14.” But she joins us live from our Madison studio. Did her vehicle break down? Did she find a magical portal that warps time and space? Listen up and find out. www.wortfm.org/finding-home...

Author Katherine Stewart tells the Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT FM about her new book, “Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.” www.wortfm.org/money-lies-g...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission appeals a court ruling requiring citizenship checks for voters. Who would have guessed that Representative Scott Krug would become the voice of moderation in the State GOP? Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alex Shur joins us with an update. www.wortfm.org/wisconsin-el...

USA, learn from the global youth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_p...

Nicole Cantello, AFGE Local 704 President and Aryn Melton Backus, a former CDC employee and a member of Fired but Fighting talk to the 8 O'Clock Buzz about life under shutdown. www.wortfm.org/federal-work...

Participating in birding, one of the most popular and fastest-growing outdoor activities in the country, shouldn’t depend on being physically abled. Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s Brenna Marcisek and Birdability’s Cat Fribley talk about Birdability Week. www.wortfm.org/birdability-...

Ho Chunk Elder and storyteller Sherman Funmaker gave the Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT 89.9 FM a preview of his story workshop at Meadowridge Library. www.wortfm.org/growing-up-n...

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people. Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate-backed Wall Street Democrats and embrace Zohran Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations? JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

Things that should be self-evident, but apparently aren't. - Democracy is good. - More democracy is better. - Fascism is bad. - Anti-Fascism is good. - Diversity, equity and inclusion are all good. - Racism, inequity and exclusion are all bad. - Black lives do, in fact, matter.

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

Genocidal, vile, racist scumbags, everyone of them. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

The banality of evil. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will. -Governor Pritzker

Are we in a civil war, yet?

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

Poverty isn’t an accident. It’s a tool. The government and wealthy elites keep millions struggling to maintain control. That’s why universal healthcare and #UBI don’t exist, they’d break the system of power.

Shocking that this has to be said. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If a society can’t take care of its children, what good is it? A Journal of the American Medical Association study shows declining child health, and increasing mortality in the U.S. The Monday Buzz talks with pediatrician and researcher Chris B. Forrest. www.wortfm.org/american-you...

It might be great if that empty parking lot near you became an oxygen-generating microforest, but then what would you do with all those blood-sucking wood ticks? Nikki Blunier of the IPM Insitutute Sustainable Communities Project attempts to answer both questions. www.wortfm.org/getting-gree...

We hear another report from the road, as Nicole Gruter brings you another installment of “Finding Home on Highway 14.” This episode explores central South Dakota. www.wortfm.org/finding-home...

Trump administration cancels annual food insecurity survey, USDA says - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Original ANTIFA

This is a running series called Producer Notes. A behind-the-scenes look and analysis from the Monday Eight O’ Clock Buzz producers. www.wortfm.org/data-center-...

All that internet seems like it just floats around in space, but it chews up huge amounts of infrastructure, land and electricity. Amy Barrileaux of Clean Wisconsin explains how a data center near you might wreck Wisconsin’s and the globe’s environment. www.wortfm.org/data-centers...

Anita Lawrence from Solas Natural Burial Preserve tells us how to help protect the earth even after death. www.wortfm.org/green-burial...

Can art change our daily reality? Pinney Library Artist in Residence Ellie Braun talks about folk art, textiles and jewelry changing the world we live in. www.wortfm.org/a-world-beyo...

Now at Fight the Fire: Condemn his brutal death. But do not sanctify his bigotry. fightthefire.substack.com/p/enough-wit...

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

Here’s the meme:

Bernie Sanders takes on RFK Jr. You know who won. fightthefire.substack.com/p/everybody-...

Revenues from federal prosecutions go to a special crime victims service fund. But that money has been drying up, forcing deep cuts in service agencies around the country. Former federal prosecutor Martin Weinstein explains what’s going on and how to fix it. www.wortfm.org/white-collar...

Several Republican Congressional reps recently took the Canadian government to task for failing to contain forest fires this summer. As you might expect, the truth is more complicated. We speak with Natural Resources Canada Wildfire Scientist Richard Carr. www.wortfm.org/canadian-wil...

Could a sit in a sauna save an endangered frog population? Environmental journalist Saugat Bolakhe brings us the story of a surprisingly simple solution to a conservation problem in Australia. www.wortfm.org/saving-a-spe...

Do not forget about this.

This is important. The first 24 hours of press coverage fumbled the ball. But the US just murdered 11 people in international waters. Analogies to the US’s (highly suspect, morally and legally) targeted killings of suspect terrorists don’t work. This crossed their own lines, and they know it.

Chimney Swifts, one of Wisconsin’s most distinctive birds, have been in decline ever since people started capping their chimneys. Now some new conservation techniques bring hope for a revival. The Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s Matt Reetz joins us with more. www.wortfm.org/new-hope-for...

OSHA has promised standards to protect workers from extreme heat for years. Some unions aren’t holding their breath. WORT FM's Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz talked with AFSCME Local 895 President and Dane County Public Health Nurse Alex Dudek. www.wortfm.org/unions-not-w...