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If you’ve ever been searching for a new rental property, and come across a deal that seems unrealistically cheap, you may have found a rental scam.

It’s a growing problem in Wisconsin, and recently almost caught a new Madison resident.

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The Theramones on Who Cooks For You on WORT-FM 7-11-25

On today’s show, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa reports from hospitals in Gaza. He tells host Esty Dinur that “every day is the worst day in the Gaza Strip.” Dr. Sidhwa volunteered at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza from March 25-April 8, 2024 with the World Health Organization, and again from March 3-April 1, 2025 with American NGO MedGlobal.

Featured image of the destruction of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza via Wikimedia Commons.

Bookbeat host Bill Tishler interviews political science professor Steven Davis about his new book "The Other Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands."

Patrick Marley discusses DOJ voter roll requests and election concerns ahead of 2026.

Fresh off a trip to Finland for an international conference of others like him, Guy Who Can’t Say Goodbye joins the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz.

On the Friday 8 O'Clock Buzz, Ankur Malhotra shares his picks for the best music events happening around Madison the next week.

Jessie Opoien explains Wisconsin’s bipartisan budget deal and early signs in the 2025 governor’s race.

Wisconsin’s divided government has a hefty price tag. Since Governor Tony Evers took office in 2019, the Republican-held Legislature has spent millions in taxpayer dollars to fund their near-constant legal battles with the executive branch.

The money has been funneled to a handful of high-powered conservative law firms – with lawyers who previously worked for Republican Governor Scott Walker and former state Attorney General Brad Schimel.

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