Madison is the hub of the cheese universe, as it hosts the World Cheese Championship. We’ll hear from contest judge Luis Jimenez-Maroto, cheesemaker and contestant Andy Hatch from Upland Cheese, and Grace Atherton from Wisconsin Cheesemakers.
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A moribund regional Wisconsin-based airline looked like it was heading for the trashbin, until they started catering to the I.C.E. Wisconsin Watch’s Paul Kiefer has been tracking their comings and goings, and he brings the Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM this report.
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Breaking MS NOW:
Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available.
Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.
This coverup should be the top story everywhere, not Trump braying hate and lies for nearly 2 hours.
Small towns in rural Wisconsin find it harder and harder to hire municipal clerks. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur tells us what’s going on.
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The University of Wisconsin’s Department of African American Studies was born by popular demand out of the civil rights era. We’ll hear from undergraduate symposium participants Heaven Williams and Sophia Grigsby and faculty advisor Max Felker-Kantor.
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The Wisconsin Historical Society is celebrating 50 years of hiphop culture in the Badger State. We’ll talk with curators Menkhu Ara Maat and Greg Doby from Pyramidal Productions.
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Except that these warehouses are all in the middle of nowhere. Perfect for a prison or death camp where you don't want pesky observers. Not so great for housing or community centers.
Rules to live by:
All cops are bastards.
All Republicans are racists.
All billionaires are malevolent.
All Presidents are war criminals.
All managers are evil.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President Donald Trump threatens to nationalize elections and send I.C.E. agents to conduct raids on polling places. Is Wisconsin ready? Nick Ramos from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign comes to the Buzz with some strategies to keep our elections fair.
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Historian Daniel Lord Smail joins us with the compelling story of Magdalena Coline, a 14th century Mediterranean slave who ended up successfully suing her slavemaster in court.
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Madison supergroup Combo Noir has had it with this whole Valentine’s Day thing. They’ll present their “To Hell With Love” concert on February 14th at the North Street Cabaret. But first, they’ll join us here on the Buzz with some tracks from their brand new CD.
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They should start a new, better paper.
Impeaching is one thing. Convicting is another.
It's deeper than ICE. The entire Department of Homeland Security needs to be dismantled.
Minnesota Immigration Rights Action Coalition co-founder Erika Zurawski tells how they’ve prepared for years for the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge.” #Minneapolis #Minnesota #immigrants #activist #ICE
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With Governor Tim Walz deploying the Minnesota National Guard to Minneapolis, what’s the risk of armed conflict between the state and federal governments? John W. Hall gives us a historical perspective. #ICE #NationalGuard #Minnesota #history
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Thirty years ago, on Groundhog Day, in a howling snowstorm, Madison’s hardest-working klezmer band, Yid Vicious got its start. The band plays live in the WORT studios to celebrate! #klezmer #Wisconsin #YidVicious
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Mr. Obama, do you regret your own history of deportations, and of building up and militarizing I.C.E., that laid the groundwork for what we're seeing now?
😂😂
Trump regime ICE forces are mutilating unarmed civilians. Regime forces are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand. #3E #GoodvsEvil
This Could Be You.
Spraypaint on cement.
#alexpretti #fuckice #fucktruml
I'm not sure I understand this comment. Whose narrative?
Thousands gathered in Madison’s Capitol Square to protest the killing of Alex Pretti by I.C.E. agents in Minneapolis. #alexpretti
#ICE
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Data centers and their associated power lines threaten rural Wisconsin communities and the environment. Journalist Christian Thorsburg spoke with the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM.
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The City of Madison argues in court that absentee voting is a privilege, not a right. Many in the state, including Governor Tony Evers, vehemently disagree. Votebeat Wisconsin’s Alexander Shur joins the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM with the details.
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UW’s Cinematheque launches its spring season of art house films and restorations. The Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM talks with curator Jim Healy.
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