Building Communities of Care and Resistance by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Invasion of the Body Snatchers by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Sewell Ava Borelli Nov 2025 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

As of this week, the Trump regime has ordered at least eight strikes on small vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coast of Columbia amounting to at least 57 extrajudicial killings. Trump claims these strikes are necessary but has offered no evidence that those killed were involved in drug trafficking. Today, host Allen Ruff speaks with Latin American expert, Rodrigo Acuña, about the context for these attacks and his latest article for Truthout. 

Featured image of US Navy and Coast Guard ships along with Armada Republica de Columbia ship sailing in formation in the Caribbean Sea as part of a multi-national exercise in 2003 from the National Archives via Picryl.

Stu Levitan looks back on the antiwar protests, racial progress and a personal tragedy in Madison, in October 1969.

Kevin Kamps is a radioactive waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear, currently campaigning to stop the unprecedented restart of the decommissioned Palisades nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan shore. In this discussion, Kevin talks with Jan Miyasaki about the frightening environmental contamination and safety concerns stemming from this zombie reactor, the egregious expenditure of taxpayer dollars, the weakening of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and upcoming Halloween-themed protest actions.

Forecast from Wednesday 10-29-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Jackie “Brodean” Morris, subbing for a sick Antoine, Boys and Girls Club CEO “Money Making” Michael Johnson joins us to talk about working in our community and raising up the community, helping others, navigating negativity, and making sure the community is fed (and just a little bit about Snoop Dogg and Master P on Verzuz.) … and a last minute callin from Aracel Esparza!

Follow Jackie Morris on Facebook, or reach out by phone at 608-621-0437, for more information on Jackie Brodean Magazine and sponsorship opportunities.

More about Michael, and check out his new book, “The Audacity to Lead” at https://www.mjohnsonceo.com/ .

More on “¡Yo Quiero Dinero!” from Midwest Mujeres at https://www.midwestmujeres.com/yo-quiero-dinero-2025 and Araceli Esparza at https://www.araceliesparza.com/

Coming up next week, Stan Woodard will be stopping by as a guest to talk about changes to section 8 housing and the lack of quality affordable housing in Madison

Check in with Urban League at https://ulgm.org/ for their workshops and information on Expungement, childcare assistance, computer skills, the Black men’s resource luncheon series, home ownership clinics, job seekers toolkit, marketplace every Saturday at The Hub, and much more!

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

1) BLAME THE MOON by Cain Culto

Cain culto is a favorite instagram follow. Kentucky raised Colombian American with some of the best yallternative fashion and expression I've seen. Withy pop art excellence. Heavy day? Blame the moon.

2) PULSE by Michelle

Michelle is an indie pop collective of cutie pies who celebrated their last show at Webster Hall the beginning of this month. But this bop among many others will live on. Much love to Sofia, Julian, Charlie, Layla, Emma, and Jamee.

3) SOUTHPAW by Ivy Sole (too spicy for radio, find it on the internet)

I love hard spitting queer folk in hip hop and Ivy Sole is that and more. Ivy is nonbinary and poetic as heck. I encourage you to check out more of their music, as Southpaw is just one slice of the immense layers they weave through. Including complimentary archival visuals of thee James Baldwin on another one of their video features. As they come to understand more of their transness, I can’t wait to see how they continue to evolve.

4) MONKI by King Isis

MONKI has been a punk favorite. Straight from their bandcamp profile: "king isis is queer, Black genre-bending afrofuture. refreshing fusion, from alt-rock to RnB, to boho indie-pop. Through each song, Isis takes you on a journey, with haunting vocals, vulnerable lyrics, and expansive musical abilities. A counter-culture weirdo, King Isis creates for those outside the margins."

5) Canción Desaparecida by Juanes and Mabiland

This song is about forced disappearances in both artists' native Colombia. The music video will give you chills. Women, mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, grandmothers lead the search for their loved ones for decades. The US has faced criticism for their involvement in Columbia, contributing to human rights abuses by paramilitary groups related to security forces the US funded and trained.

6) Oyster by Francesca Wexler

Set your timer and clock in at 1:44 of this song for a Wisconsin Alma mater shout out. Francesca has been on repeat in my car for months. Never turning her down at the stoplight sorry not sorry, yall need Francesca Wexler in your life, you're welcome.

7) Body Move by Dizzy Fae

This is my post work and weekend grove when I've been dissociating on the way home from work and bed rotting a little more than usual. Shoutout to a Midwest baddie, Dizzy Fae is making music in Minneapolis, and her socials are rich with art and videos reminiscent of the stuff 90s kids grew up on.

8) What It Is by Amber Mark

This song is top 3 sexiest songs of all time. No notes. Amber Mark is gorgeous, so is her music, a 93 baby, finessing the smoothest rnb soul bossa nova and more through tangled webs of feelings and all that makes us ethereal. If the song cuts off as I come up at the end of this show, you know where to find it, play it again.

Interview with Kathryn Smith of the Madison Opera by Peter Haney. The interview occurred live on 10/21/2025 on WORT's "Back Porch Serenade."