You heard Trace Johnson live on the Buzz a couple of weeks ago, as part of the Hunt Quartet.  Now he has a new CD out: Trace Johnson: Works for Cello.  Trace came back to the WORT studios with a sneak preview.


Trace Johnson Presents "Works for Cello"

For the second year in a row, Madison’s Sequoyah Library hosts a summer poetry festival.  Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Vice-President James Roberts and poet E. Hughes join us with some hot weather verse.

Sequoyah Summer Poetry Festival Enters its 2nd Year

The U.S. Senate is poised to pass their version of the federal budget by this coming Friday, with hopes to get the bill to the President's desk by July 4th. Program Director for the National Priorities Project, Lindsay Koshgarian, talks about the bill -- with its proposed record $1 trillion for defense spending, cuts to Medicaid and funding for food for poor as well as huge cuts to taxes for the wealthiest. Some estimate that $51,000 could die prematurely due to cuts to healthcare. Koshgarian's recent article "We Have a Choice: Weapons and War, or Food and Health Care?" goes into the details.

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The Wisconsin "Spill Law", established 50 years ago, states, in brief, that if someone makes a mess, they have to report it to the DNR, and are responsible for cleaning it up. Makes sense, right? But in 2021 the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) filed a lawsuit against the DNR to limit the agency’s ability to investigate PFAS contamination and require responsible parties to clean up contaminated sites, essentially hamstringing the DNR. However, recently the Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA), working with other environmental groups, has won an important ruling by the WI Supreme Court, affirming the ability of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to protect Wisconsinites from toxic environmental pollution under the state’s Spills Law. MEA Staff Attorney Rob Lee, stopped by the WORT studios to talk about this important victory.

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A new observatory in Chile takes a wide angle view of the universe, and could help us detect earth destroying asteroids.  We’ll talk with the scientist directing the construction of this revolutionary telescope, U.W.’s own Keith Bechtol.

Rubin Observatory Takes a Wide View of Universe

What could make an acrobatic circus act more terrifying?  What if performers have no idea what they’ll be doing, and take spontaneous suggestions from the audience?  That’s exactly what the Full Out Formula troupe will do when they come to the Madison Circus Space this week.  Acrobats Sierra Rhoades Nicholls and Kevin Flanagan tell us how it’s done.

Full Out Formula Improv Circus Presents "I Think it Could Work"

Madison’s Queer Liberation march seeks to make Pride political again.  We hear from participants at the June 28, 2025 rally.

Madison Queer Liberation March Brings Politics Back to Pride

Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear gives an update on two issues currently being addressed in the courts and legislatures: an U.S. Supreme Court approval for a consolidated interim nuclear waste storage facility in Texas, and issues surrounding Holtec's attempt to restart the Palisades power plant in western Michigan. He discusses Beyond Nuclear's plans, and how you can give your input on these issues.

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Despite some of the DOGE efforts being held up in court, the State Department continues to eliminate many of the peace, human rights, and conflict resolution programs in the State Department. Independent agencies have estimate that the loss of international aid programs have resulted in the death of 225,00 children in the past 6 months. Ursala Knudsen-Latta details these ripple effects of Trump's indiscriminate slashing of State Department programs.

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Lindsay Koshgarian, from the National Priorities Project, Institute for Policy Studies, gives an update on the Senate version of the proposed budget, which expands on Medicaid loss to even more individuals than the House version. The synopsis of the update can be found in the article "The High Moral Stakes of Budget Reconciliation"

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