🎙️Whether you're with family, chosen family, or solo this holiday season, @alimuldrow.bsky.social and Bianca Martin have some cheer to share! And they wish us all A Little Joy, A Little Peace, and A Little Care. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/growing-our-...

🎙️Marc Becker puts the recent US attacks on Venezuela's boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the context of Venezuela’s oil economy and Latin American politics. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/oil-motivate...

🎙️Starbucks workers are on strike for better staffing, hours, and pay. To talk about their struggle, we're joined by @anniemcc.bsky.social who describes the "super-exploitation" of service and gig workers via low wages and surveillance. Listen here and tip well: www.wortfm.org/from-tips-to...

🎙️On the anniversary of the Abundant Life Christian School shooting, @alimuldrow.bsky.social speaks with Dr. David Riedman, who tracks K-12 school shootings and writes about the white supremacist online communities that groom young people for violence. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-tragic-r...

🎙️ Wisconsin and Arkansas are the only states that have not expanded healthcare coverage for new moms. We hear from Megan O’Matz of @propublica.org about her investigation into Robin Vos’s rejection of postpartum Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/one-man-stal...

🎙️What could the next 50 years of WORT look like? We talk to the next generation of radio leaders to find out: Olivia O'Callaghan and Daniel Stein from @wsum.bsky.social and Ted Hyngstrom from the @dailycardinal.bsky.social. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/college-stud...

🎙️Esty Dinur is joined by Ojibwe elder, Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, who recaps what happened at the United Nations Climate Conference of Parties (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil last month. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/indigenous-v...

🎙️Nicholas Powers says that the Trump Administration is waging attacks on Black history and culture at three levels: the economic, the cultural, and through voting rights. He joins us to talk about his article from @truthout.org. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-transfor...

🎙️@dionnekoller.bsky.social tells host @alimuldrow.bsky.social that we can get a lot more play and good feeling out of youth sports, we just have to change the culture of winning-at-all-costs and open doors to make youth sports more accessible. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/arent-youth-...

🎙️Long-time Madisonian John Schlueter is the new Director of Dane County's Department of Human Services. He joins host Dana Pellebon today to talk about the array of services this department provides and the challenges it faces. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/what-does-th...

🎙️Brian Emerson has had a 90% success rate in getting kids to eat raw okra this year. He joins us to talk about innovations in urban agriculture education, like at the Madison School Farm and Grow Academy. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/teaching-kid...

🎙️ Host Esty Dinur spoke with @kamaufranklin.bsky.social at the Socialism 2025 Conference about "Cop City," police violence, organizing to challenge Trump, and more. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/cop-city-the...

🎙️What is the role of covert agencies like the CIA in a democracy? Our guest Peter Kornbluh of the @nsarchive.bsky.social poses this question on the 50th anniversary of the "Church Committee" that exposed the CIA's assassination plots in 1975. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/exploding-se...

🎙️Though they're given euphemistic names like "Lincoln Hills," youth prisons dehumanize children, especially Black and Brown children. Journalist Nell Bernstein tells the stories of youth and their families working to end youth incarceration. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/incarcerated...

🎙️ More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists attended COP 30. Kathy Mulvey of @ucs.org and @geoffdembicki.bsky.social of @desmog.com join us to talk about the conference and the decades-long campaign by the fossil fuel industry to spread climate disinformation. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/climate-disi...

🎙️In this prerecorded conversation from July, host Esty Dinur follows up with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon who speaks in more detail about Israel’s targeting of healthcare workers. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-trauma-sur...

🎙️Allen Ruff is joined by our traditional Thanksgiving guest, Will Williams, to reflect on perennial issues like colonialism, militarism, and racism–issues that stretch from the Pequot Massacre to the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/annual-fires...

🎙️Carlos Pérez Osorio, who sailed with the Global Sumud Flotilla as a journalist last summer, joins @davaloss.bsky.social to talk about the successes and failures of their non-violent mission to open a humanitarian corridor to Gaza by sea. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/reflections-...

🎙️When the holidays get you down, find a buddy, breathe, and get off social media, says April Kigeya. She joins host Dana Pellebon to swap tips on surviving that large family get-together while taking care of yourself. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/april-kigeya...

🎙️ Journalist @phoebeweston.bsky.social of The Guardian describes how the biodiversity crisis is happening in our own bodies and how efforts to end "nature deficiency" in schools are succeeding. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/biodiversity...

🎙️On Friday, we honored the life of Brian Deschane, a Madisonian who experienced homelessness for three years. He died the day before receiving permanent housing through the Coordinated Entry program. @mmatvei.bsky.social brings us this special feature. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/unhoused-by-...

🎙️Journalist Lital Khaikin discusses her article for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social and how the continued marginalization of Darfur is key to understanding the war in Sudan. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-war-agains...

🎙️ “What is the point of shutting down for over 40 days just to end up with nothing? If you’re going to take a stand for something, see it through,” @angelalang8.bsky.social tells @alimuldrow.bsky.social about the ending of the government shutdown. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-uniquely-r...

🎙️The co-founders of Own It: Building Black Wealth, Tiffany Malone and Sara Alvarado tell host Dana Pellebon how their organization is creating a path to homeownership for Black families in Wisconsin. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/downppayment...

🎙️ Guest host Juliana Bennett speaks with Native leader Art Shegonee about his early childhood in foster care, organizing for treaty rights, and the Thanksgiving holiday. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/welcome-to-m...

🎙️As police forces act with impunity against civilians and immigrants, brian bean’s new book, Their End is our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition, is a timely argument for getting rid of the institution of police. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/how-the-poli...

🎙️Lydia McComas is Madison's new City Clerk. She tells host @alimuldrow.bsky.social that she's excited to be in Madison, a city with high voter engagement. They talk about the Spring elections and the challenges of being an election official. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/get-to-know-...

🎙️Today we’re talking about the artform of burlesque and how BIPOC performers like Cocoa Pearlesque are advocating for diversity and accountability in the local burlesque scene. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/diversity-in...

🎙️Services at The River Food Pantry are up 27% from October, and the Badger Prairie Needs Network has seen 40% more clients this year. Leaders from these organizations along with Dr. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow join us to talk about food insecurity and SNAP. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/snap-whiplas...

🎙️Emily Widra of the @prisonpolicy.org and James Morgan of MOSES Madison talk about the inequities of the carceral system and how Medicaid cuts will reduce access to life-saving healthcare for incarcerated people in rural areas. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/when-rural-h...

🎙️Host @alimuldrow.bsky.social speaks with poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney about her loving, tender, and hilarious new collection, Joy Is My Middle Name. They talk about new and better reasons to cry, service work, and yesterday's election results. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/crying-for-j...

🎙️Dana Pellebon celebrates the magic of theater with Dr. Erica Halverson who has dedicated her career to studying how people learn in and through the arts. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-whoopensoc...

🎙️ The UW-Platteville campus at Baraboo is the 13th UW school to close since 2023. Rep. Karen DeSanto and Neil Kraus discuss how shrinking educational opportunities are hurting rural and first-gen students across the state. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/uw-system-be...

🎙️Palestinian writer and human rights activist, Ahmed Abu Artema, joins us from exile to talk about the genocide in Gaza, the ceasefire, and the hardships in Gaza prior to October 7. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/we-are-here-...

🎙️Latin American expert, @rodrigoac7.bsky.social discusses the context for the US air strikes on small vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coast of Columbia. He calls this yet another instance of the US engaging in regime change. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-long-his...

🎙️There are more trans candidates running for office than ever @josierosec.bsky.social tells host @dinaninaxo.bsky.social. They talk about the courage of trans leaders and the chaos the Trump administration is sowing. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/trans-leader...

🎙️In the last week of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we discuss the role that UNIDOS plays in breaking barriers for Latinx survivors of domestic violence in Dane County through direct services and community education.  Listen here: www.wortfm.org/local-non-pr...

🎙️ Reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org discusses her investigations into ICE sweeps and the growing number of US citizens who are being violently detained by federal immigration agents. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/ice-raids-te...

🎙️Inspired by our guest, @robintransition.bsky.social author of How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World, listeners share their visions of the future. What are yours? Listen here: www.wortfm.org/running-joyf...

🎙️Israeli forces have violated the terms of the ceasefire at least 80 times, killing dozens of Palestinians, since the ceasefire was announced on October 10. On the show, Middle East expert Mouin Rabbani weighs in on the ceasefire and what might come next. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/dont-mistake...

🎙️A new book by @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social and Dr. Decoteau Irby looks at the outcomes of equity initiatives in public schools. They join us to discuss how educators can do equity work at a time of increased attacks on DEI and education more generally. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/standing-up-...

🎙️ Dana Pellebon speaks with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz about how the experience of parenting can be an opportunity to heal from trauma, break from patterns of perfectionism or disassociation, and build stronger relationships with your kids. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/your-trauma-...

🎙️Though there are millions of caregivers in the US, the nation faces a crisis in caregiving that includes a shortage of paid workers to meet the growing need and unpaid caregivers are feeling burned out, say today's roundtable guests. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/finding-resp...

Today, Host Esty Dinur speaks with cultural anthropologist and professor @uehling.bsky.social about her book Decolonizing Ukraine: the Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-struggle...

Today @annalekasmiller.bsky.social joined Allen Ruff to talk about the impact of immigration policies on couples and families and her book Love Across Borders. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/anna-lekas-m...

Co-founders of @autonomynews.co @susanrinkunas.com and @garnethenderson.com join Ali Mudrow for a wide-ranging conversation about the changing landscape of abortion across the world. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/founders-of-...

Today we were joined by two guests, Dexter Patterson @wiscobirder.bsky.social and Scott Spoolman who discussed the books they will present at the Wisconsin Book Festival: Birds of the Great Lakes, and Wisconsin State Parks. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/wisconsin-au...

🎙️Today we flip the script, and host Esty Dinur takes the guest seat to be interviewed about her time on the air, love of radio, and her vast catalog of shows with guests like Judi Bari, Richard Powers, Gary Webb, Noam Chomsky, and many more! Listen here: www.wortfm.org/honoring-30-...

🎙️Award winning historian, Greg Grandin, talks about his new book, America, América: A New History of the New World and how the US came to understand itself as a nation in relation to the rest of the Western Hemisphere, not just to Europe. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/how-latin-am...

🎙️We're entering week two of the government shut down and ICE is violently raiding neighborhoods in Chicago. To make sense of these pages straight out of the Project 2025 playbook, @alimuldrow.bsky.social is joined by @thelisagraves.bsky.social. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/project-2025...