8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Overture Galleries Seek Artists

If you’ve ever wanted to hang your art in Madison’s Overture Center, now’s your chance.  The Overture Center for the Arts has put out an open call for visual artists for exhibitions in its three galleries, with applications due March 20.  There’s also an informational seminar on how to apply coming up next week.  Overture Galleries Manager Beth Racette joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on February 6.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Studying Psilocybin As Treatment For Addiction

Psilocybin is a naturally-occurring psychedelic compound produced by almost 200 species of fungi.  People have used psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” for medicinal, recreational and religious purposes for centuries.  By 1966, the U.S. had banned the production or transport of significant quantities of psilocybin, making medical research into beneficial uses difficult.  In recent years, though, there has been renewed interest in medicinal uses of psilocybin.  A recent collaborative with the University of Wisconsin and private treatment clinics has found that doses of psilocybin can help with opioid and methamphetamine addiction.  Chantelle Thomas, a Clinical Psychologist and Executive Clinical Director of Windrose Recovery, is one of the investigators of the new study.

Photo of psychedelic mushrooms Cannabis Pictures, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville): in the first half, Photographer, Videographer, and Graphic Designer Royale Image (Jones) joins to talk about Black culture in Madison, creating unity, and his work and story; in the second half, Paquita Purnell of Blessed Divine Creations joins us to remember Vickie Lynn, talk about her business, comedy and the upcoming Black Herstory event in Beloit.

More about Royale Image: https://www.facebook.com/doucwhateyesee/

UJAMAA Business Network: https://www.facebook.com/UjamaaBusinessNetwork/

More about the Black Herstory event in Beloit this weekend benefitting Doris Wiles Center Of Hope: https://www.facebook.com/events/679814010212007/ 

And Blessed Divine Creations: https://blesseddivinecreations.com/ – Vendor space available starting in March!

Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org.  Support your community radio with a donation online at wortfm.org.

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Sexual Harassment Scandals Rock Sheboygan PD

According to disciplinary records obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, senior police officers in Sheboygan routinely harassed female officers and new recruits, including sending nude photos to others.  If that weren’t bad enough, the Sheboygan Police Department either bungled or deliberately covered up its own internal investigation.  Dee Hall is the managing editor for Wisconsin Watch and she joined the Monday Buzz on February 6th.

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Starting tonight and going all weekend you can take a candlelit pathway walk through Madison's own beautiful Tenney Park. It’s called the “Fire and Ice Luminary Path,” an annual neighborhood tradition created by Tenney neighborhood resident and retired Madison social worker Jeanette Deloya. On this edition of the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz, Deloya joins host Andy Moore to talk about why her community comes together to light up a path on these long, cold nights.

More information on the "Fire and Ice Luminary Path" can be found at isthmus.com/events/fire-and-ice-luminary-path/

Photo courtesy of Anneli Salo via Wikimedia Commons

This Groundhog Day, Sun Prairie's own Jimmy the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter in Wisconsin. He joins host Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz to talk about his meteorology expertise, the rigors of his job and the most recent drama in the weather-predicting animal community.

Featuring Scott Dikkers as The Devil. Dikkers is widely known as the founder and editor-in-chief of The Onion, and now hosts his own weekly show, Scott Dikkers Around.

Image by Stefan Van der Biest via Pixabay

Kirk Bangstad of the Minocqua Brewing Company joins the Thursday morning edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to discuss efforts to get the vote out for the February 21 Primary election in Wisconsin. Kirk started the Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC in 2021 with the aim to “use dark money meant for good”. The ultimate goal of the Super PAC is to remove Federal and State representatives who perpetrated the election lies of the 2020 presidential election, and who refused effective measures to deal with the Covid 19 pandemic. Current efforts are concentrating on getting progressive candidates to emerge victorious from the State of Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary election. Prost!

Photo courtesy of Pegeen Mike.

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A Teamsters Local 174, representing concrete workers in Washington state who went on strike in 2017, and later sued by the company, Glacier Northwest, for damages of lost concrete, was heard by the Supreme Court on January 10th, 2023, in an unusual “end-around” — bypassing the National Labor Relations Board evaluation of this work stoppage. In her review of the presentation, Marjorie Cohn, Professor of Law Emerita at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, and a former president of the National Lawyers Guild, reported on the proceedings and talks about the potential repercussions of the case as “eviscerating labor unions’ right to strike”, in this part one of two interview broadcasts.

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What does it cost to run a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin? About $164 million for the 2022 election, which smashed the previous record set in 2018. The upcoming State of Wisconsin Supreme Court election promises to make a run at its own spending record. Matt Rothschild, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday morning 8 O’Clock Buzz to discuss the extensive influence of outside money on local elections. Matt explained that the outcome of the State Supreme Court election could have huge impacts on fair maps for future elections.

Photo courtesy of Pegeen Mike.

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“Palisades Power Plant was shut down permanently by Entergy on May 20, 2022, after providing safe and reliable electricity to southwest Michigan for more than 50 years. In June of 2022, Palisades was purchased by Holtec International for purposes of a safe and timely decommissioning of the site.”

This quote is from the website of Holtec, a private “decomissioning” firm which now is attempting to restart the 50 year-old failed powerplant with a $2.5 billion government bailout, according to Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear. His recent press release “Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor” discusses the issues and those opposing this dangerous proposition.

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