Queery Music - Featuring Jennifer Knapp by WORT 89.9FM Madison

On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, Emily Tucker takes the microphone behind the camera with Kayla Gendron, a local food and beverage photographer, who started A Spoonful Photography in 2023. They chat about the nuances of photographing food and some of Kayla's favorite items to capture.

The Trump regime and UW System leadership are lockstep in prioritizing big tech, with a special emphasis on artificial intelligence. While tech spending is getting a blank check, UW leadership is instructing campuses across the state to cut faculty and staff costs.

This shift in priorities, UW admin argues, will improve efficiency and students’ job prospects after graduation.

But a corporatized model of education actually harms students, according to an article published today in Tone Madison.

For more, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with author Neil Kraus, a professor of political science at UW-River Falls and Vice President for Higher Education for AFT-Wisconsin.

Image courtesy: Justin Morgan via Flickr.

Protestors organized at the Odana Road Social Security office last week, calling for an expansion of the federal insurance program.

Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News

Ron Rindo talks animal medicine, Amish life, & the Packers by WORT 89.9FM Madison

This week on “Madison Mixology”, feature contributor Charlie Belawski and fellow bartender Riley Kappel close out their drink special by sharing their take on the best snacks and dips to pair with your cocktail.

Learning about your local environment is a great way to feel more at home. That’s the message that Madison Public Library’s latest Naturalist in Residence Andrea Debbink wants folks to understand.

Debbink tells host Douglas Haynes about her love of black walnut trees and Starkweather Creek, recommends children’s nature books, and advises listeners on how to get to know your local birds.

Featured image of a bee on a thistle flower, a native plant to Wisconsin. Photo by Greg Emmerich on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Forecast from Monday, 9-8-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Could a sit in a sauna save an endangered frog population? Environmental journalist Saugat Bolakhe brings us the story of a surprisingly simple solution to a conservation problem in Australia.

Several Republican Congressional reps took the Canadian government to task for failing to contain forest fires this summer. As you might expect, the truth is more complicated. We speak with Natural Resources Canada Wildfire Scientist Richard Carr.