8 O'Clock Buzz

WORT’s own Tony Castañeda and producer Eli Wilz talk to Dan Row of Atlas Improv about their reality TV based improv competition called The Cut.

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Crawford County in Southwestern Wisconsin is home to 16,000 residents and many of them swing left, right and center politically. Join host Tony Castaneda and guest Charlie Preusser, Editor of the Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout, as they try to make sense of midterm election outcomes and the effectiveness of advertising.

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Matt Rothschild, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, helps us understand the role big donors, the Citizens United decision and gerrymandering played in our 2022 midterm elections. Join host Tony Castañeda for Matt’s insightful take on the winners and losers in races throughout the state, his predictions for remaining undecided seats nationwide and the importance of Wisconsin’s April 2023 Supreme Court election.

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In this “morning-after” election show, Jan talks with WORT News Director Chali Pittman about national, state, and local election results, along with reporter Christopher Cartwright — who covered the election party for Mandela Barnes in Milwaukee, and WORT News Producer Nate Wegehaupt — who covered the Tim Michels post election gathering, also in Milwaukee.

Including full acceptance speech by Evers and concession speech by Michels, the Republican effort to achieve a super majority in the Wisconsin legislature, election results for the WI Attorney General, Secretary of State, the fate of local referendums, and more.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Fran Lebowitz Talks Politics NYC And Books

By the time she was 20 years old, Fran Lebowitz had already gotten herself expelled from high school, had escaped her hometown of Morristown, New Jersey, and, after a brief stint in Poughkeepsie, New York, ran away to the bright lights of New York City.  There she worked all manner of odd jobs – including a writer of pornography – just to stay in the Big Apple.  Her writing career took off in 1971, when Andy Warhol hired her as a writer for his new magazine “Interview.”  After two successful books, “Metropolitan Life” and “Social Studies,” Fran Lebowitz now tours the country as a professional pundit.  She’ll be at the Madison Overture Center on November 8th.  Fran Lebowitz joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing on November 7, 2022.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · League Of Women Voters Deploys New Voter Resources

Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day for the 2022 midterm elections.  Here in Wisconsin, voters will cast ballots for state, federal and county races including governor, Attorney General and U.S. Senator.  Absentee balloting remains a popular – and growing – choice, despite a recent state supreme court ruling banning the use of ballot drop boxes.  Nevertheless, most voters will still cast their ballot at their local polling place on Election Day.  With locally run elections under increased scrutiny, rumor mills running rampant, partisan poll watchers and understaffed local polling places, many voters may wonder what to expect.  Here to sort that out for us is Debra Cronmiller, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Chapter of the League of Women Voters.

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Municipal Clerks Adjust To Election Skepticism

In Wisconsin, as in most states, elections are handled, for the most part, by civic-minded volunteers and part-time municipal clerks.  For years, that system has worked well overall and few seriously challenged the results of either local or federal elections.  After his defeat in 2020, however, former President Trump began circulating and repeating rumors of widespread election fraud.  The rumors caught on and spread.  In Wisconsin, former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gabelman ran an investigation into alleged voter fraud that even fellow Republican Robin Vos agreed was futile. All over Wisconsin, the number of partisan poll watchers have increased, with many worrying about voter intimidation.  Jacob Resneck’s recent article for Wisconsin Watch dives into election skepticism across the state.

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Lieutenant Governor and candidate for U.S. Senate Mandela Barnes joins Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz to talk about election polls, crime prevention and prisoner rehabilitation, the meaning of the word "radical" and the fundamental differences between him and his opponent Ron Johnson.

Ron Johnson's campaign did not respond to our request for an interview.

Election day is November 8th. You can find your polling place and registration status at myvote.wi.gov .

Cap Times Capitol bureau chief Jessie Opoien joins Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz Host Andy Moore to share her insight on potential election outcomes for this coming Tuesday.

Election day is November 8th. You can find your polling place and registration status at myvote.wi.gov .

After last week's possession by the devil, 8 O'Clock Buzz host Andy Moore seeks help from part-time exorcist Craig Anderson (played by standup comedian Riley McCarthy of Portland, OR).