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Friday/Saturday Program Schedule

from 7 am Friday until Saturday midnight for
2025



Friday Daytime Program Schedule
7 am - 6 pm
Starting ShowFeaturing
7 am2025TalksFollowing our democracy in historic times (3 min. of news)
7:03 amMorning Mix Some bright and lively music to start your day
8 amPNS Daily Newscast6 min. of news from Public News Service
9 amDemocracy Now! War and Peace Report with Amy Goodman & Juan González
10 amWider Horizons Freethought Radio
11 amShe Still Sings Songs by women vocalists
12 noonStory Classics at Noon Stories in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers
nextIndy Afternoon Alternative mix music
3 pmAfter School Hour Younger mix music
4 pmBattleground Wisconsin Podcast by Citizen Action of Wisconsin
5 pmWider Horizons Freethought Radio (repeat)
5:45 pmSkeptoid Critical analysis of pop phenomena by Brian Dunning

Friday 6 pm
Rational Skepticism/Sound Science
Broadcast
Date 		Program
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Date		Source
Note
1/3/25FFRF 2024 Winter Solstice Party ft. Shelley Segal!1:02:4012/19/24a
1/10/25Debunking Creationism with Science ft. Dave Farina (Professor Dave Explains)44:501/9/25a
1/17/25Ryan Jayne, Ryan Dudley, Dollens: OK Rep. Mickey Dollens Joins FFRF & Post-Election Results43:181/15/25a
a Facebook Live Ask an Atheist program from FFRF.
Science for Skeptics archives for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
(See bottom of page for more recent years)

Friday 7 pm
Friday Forum
Broadcast
Date 		Program
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Date		Source
Note
1/3/25Hilary Parker: Dane County's Habitat for Humanity on Jimmy Carter, the Home-Builder - hosted by Chali Pittman15:381/1/25a
1/10/25Olivier Huard, Rebecca Kemble, Greg Mikkelson, Tim Cordon, Nookomis Debra Topping, Debra Gilispie: Local and International climate and justice activists unite - hosted by Esty Dinur53:581/10/25b
1/17/25Sara Gabler, Chali Pittman: Enbridge Protesters and Listener Call-in Special - hosted by Douglas Haynes54:211/13/25b
1/24/25Stephanie Manriques, Terry O'Connor, Joe Martin: The Sound of the Driftless, The Voice of Monona, and The Low Power to the People - hosted by Sara Gabler53:441/1/25b
a From the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM.
b From A Public Affair on WORT-FM.
Friday Forum archives for 2008 - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
(See bottom of page for more recent years)

Friday pm/Saturday am Shows
8 pm - 10 am
Starting ShowFeaturingNotes
8 pmBob's Folk Evening Contributor folk musica
9 pmWandering Minstrels Folk music as selected by DJ Jared Ingersol
10 pmHumor Me Comedy and satire, musical or otherwiseb
11 pmMusic from Ukraine DakhaBrakha, Dakh Daughters, Khrystyna Soloviy, Dzherela and more
midnightSoft Comes the Night Music that's soothing to the earsc
7 amMusic for all ages Music both kids and parents can enjoyd
8 amThe Beatles An hour of the "Fab Four"
9 amCounterSpin A critical examination of the week's major news stories from FAIR
9:30 amSkeptoid Critical analysis of pop phenomena by Brian Dunning (repeat)
a Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Peter Paul & Mary, Townes Van Zandt, Woody Guthrie, etc.
b Victor Borge, Monty Python, PDQ Bach, the Reduced Shakespeare Co., the Smothers Brothers, Tom Lehrer, David Sedaris, etc.
c Ballads, folk, soft rock, new age, etc. - softer pieces by many different artists.
d Ken Lonnquist, Malvina Reynolds, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, etc.

Saturday 10 am
The Best of Talk
Broadcast
Date 		Program
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Date		First WIDE‑LP
Broadcast		Source
Note
1/4/25 Gideon Levy "Reports on a Catastrophe"1:17:3812/21/2412/26/24a
1/11/25 Darrin Madison, Ryan Clancy, Amelia Berendt: Socialism in MIlwaukee1:03:5110/20/241/2/25b
1/18/25Theresa Delgadillo, Armando Ibarra: Immigration and Empowerment: Rights, Community Response and Care - hosted by Tony Castañeda13:3912/5/2412/7/24c
a The Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
b Talk for the Free Congregation of Sauk County recorded by WIDE-LP.
c From the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM.
The Best of Talk archives for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
(See bottom of page for more recent years)

Saturday Program Schedule
11 am - 12 midnight
Starting ShowFeaturing
11 amAlmost All A Cappella A cappella groups
12 noonNeighborhood News at NoonWhen available
nextMeadowood Life Stories Original short stories from the Meadowood Life Story Writer's Group (~5 min.)
nextOrganize Your Ears Music featuring rock organ
1 pmOld Coot's Hoot Tunes from a few decades back by Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas,
Peter Paul & Mary, etc.
1:30 pmZydeco Zap Distinctive music rooted in Creole folk music from southwest Louisiana
2 pmIsland Vibes Music from the Hawaiian islands
2:30 pmNonstop Doo Wop The Ravens, The Platters, Dion & The Belmonts, The Shirelles, The Drifters, etc.
3:00 pmYounger mix More of the music featured in the weekday After School Hour
4 pmSea Change Radio Covering the shift to social, environmental, and economic sustainability
4:30 pmPerpetual Notion Machine Science show from the Madison Science Collective
5 pmFreethinkers Hour Speakers at Madison's annual Freethought Festival and online
6 pmProgressive Voices Progressive activists speak out at Fighting Bob Fest and elsewhere
7 pmWisconsin Democracy Report Talks at rallies and public meetings and radio interviews
8 pmBefore You Were Born Music from the 1930s and earlier
9 pmSaturday Soul Last genre hour of the week
10 pmStage & Screen Broadway musicals and movie musicals and soundtracks
nextMusic from Ukraine DakhaBrakha, Dakh Daughters, Khrystyna Soloviy, Dzherela and more
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