Aired on 2025-02-06

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

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

On today’s show, host Allen Ruff speaks with journalist, media critic, author, and activist Norman Solomon about his article, “How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy.” Solomon says that so many military projects are being undertaken under the name of “defense,” but this is a smokescreen for vast amounts of spending that support the “warfare state.”

Featured image: remix of the cover of War Made Invisible by Sara Gabler/WORT.

Angelina Cruz, member-elect for the 62nd Assembly District, speaks with Tony Castañeda about the challenges facing the large first-year members of the Assembly including the privatization of public education and attacks on minority populations in Wisconsin.

Dave Zirin, sports editor of the Nation Magazine, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to talk about the intersectionality between sports and politics.

Jessie Garcia is an award-winning sports journalist who has risen the ranks in television news, first as an anchor/reporter, then to newsroom management. She's currently the News Director at the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee.

While Garcia has written several nonfiction books, she's out with her first piece of fiction. Her debut novel is called The Business Trip (Macmillan, January 2025). She joins Madison Book Beat host David Ahrens to talk about her new work and her career.

3.19.25 Forward Theater Company by WORT 89.9FM Madison

President Trump signed an executive order to cut funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Incumbent alder Sabrina Madison has represented Madison’s northeast side on the city council since 2022.

She faces one challenger in Sean Burke, who previously ran for the Dane County Board of Supervisors.

Speaking with our News Producer Faye Parks, alder Madison touted the city’s progress on the Imagination Center.

Image courtesy: Sabrina Madison.