Friday/Saturday Program Schedule on WIDE-LP, 99.1 FM

Friday/Saturday Program Schedule

from 7 am Friday until Saturday midnight for
2025

Friday Daytime Program Schedule 7 am - 6 pm
Starting	Show	Featuring
7 am	2025Talks	Following our democracy in historic times (3 min. of news)
7:03 am	Morning Mix	Some bright and lively music to start your day
8 am	PNS Daily Newscast	6 min. of news from Public News Service
9 am	Democracy Now!	War and Peace Report with Amy Goodman & Juan González
10 am	Wider Horizons	Freethought Radio
11 am	She Still Sings	Songs by women vocalists
12 noon	Story Classics at Noon	Stories in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers
next	Indy Afternoon	Alternative mix music
3 pm	After School Hour	Younger mix music
4 pm	Battleground Wisconsin	Podcast by Citizen Action of Wisconsin
5 pm	Wider Horizons	Freethought Radio (repeat)
5:45 pm	Skeptoid	Critical analysis of pop phenomena by Brian Dunning

Friday 6 pm Rational Skepticism/Sound Science
Broadcast Date	Program Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	Source Note
1/3/25	FFRF 2024 Winter Solstice Party ft. Shelley Segal!	1:02:40	12/19/24	^a
1/10/25	Debunking Creationism with Science ft. Dave Farina (Professor Dave Explains)	44:50	1/9/25	^a
1/17/25	Ryan Jayne, Ryan Dudley, Dollens: OK Rep. Mickey Dollens Joins FFRF & Post-Election Results	43:18	1/15/25	^a
1/24/25	Race, Faith & Fascism ft. Robert P. Jones	41:04	1/22/25	^a
1/31/25	Liz Cavell, Sammi Lawrence: FFRF Challenging Church Tax Breaks in Madison	37:03	1/29/25	^a
2/7/25	Richard Wiseman: A Primer on Cold Reading - hosted by Jim Underdown	37:38	2/5/25	^b
2/14/25	Bailey Harris: Children's Book Celebrates Charles Darwin	40:12	2/12/25	^a
2/21/25	Ryan Jayne, Mark Dann: Trump's Barrage of Executive Orders	47:41	2/6/25	^a
2/28/25	Chris Line, Ryan Dudley: Trump's War on 'Anti-Christian Bias'	28:10	2/19/25	^a
3/7/25	Liz Cavell, Ryan Jayne: Keep 'In God We Trust' Out of Schools	44:03	2/26/25	^a
3/14/25	Taking Inspiration from Greek History With Evaggelos Vallianatos - hosted by Jim Underdown	49:02	3/7/25	^b
3/21/25	Dr. Paul Offit: What RFK Jr 's Confirmation Could Mean for the American Health Care System	1:00:24	1/23/25	^c
3/28/25	Bertha Vazquez: What Teachers Want to Know about Climate Change	57:49	2/6/25	^c
4/4/25	Peter Hotez: Countering the Next Phase of American Anti-Vaccine Activism	58:01	2/20/25	^c
4/11/25	Bill Nye: Clear Thinking About Climate	1:04:19	3/6/25	^c
4/18/25	Eugenie Scott, John de Lancie: Evolution, Education, and a Century of Scopes	1:11:09	3/20/25	^c
4/25/25	Michael Mann: Science under Siege	1:07:52	4/3/25	^c
5/2/25	Katherine Stewart: Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy	32:26	4/17/25	^c
5/9/25	Lisa Kaltenegger: Searching for Alien Earths	1:06:21	5/1/25	^c
5/16/25	Barry Schwartz, Kenneth Sharpe, Brendan O'Brien: Practical Wisdom	60:00	5/27/11	^d
5/23/25	Joe Pierre: The 3M Model of False Belief	1:02:15	5/15/25	^c
5/30/25	Carin Bondar, Baba Brinkman: The Nature of Human Nature	60:00	7/15/11	^d
6/6/25	Dan Wilson: From Conspiracy Theorist to Debunker	1:04:18	5/29/25	^c
6/13/25	Nate Pedersen: Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them	1:04:49	6/12/25	^c
6/20/25	Michael Barton, Lee Alan Dugatkin: The Prince of Evolution	60:00	9/9/11	^d
6/27/25	Will Potter Little Red Barns - Big Secrets - hosted by Jim Underdown	52:43	6/23/25	^b
7/4/25	Sander van der Linden: Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation	1:23:54	6/26/25	^c
7/11/25	Shaun Tanner, Maryn McKenna, Barry Glassner: Random Things That Can Kill You	60:00	8/26/11	^d
7/18/25	Bridget Read: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America	1:07:38	7/10/25	^c
7/25/25	Science Beacon on a Hill With Griffith Observatory Director Dr. Ed krupp - hosted by Jim Underdown	1:05:22	7/18/25	^b
8/1/25	Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling: The Ghost Lab	1:01:31	7/24/25	^c
8/8/25	John McWhorter and Richard Dawkins in Conversation	54:25	7/30/25	^e
8/15/25	Malcolm Roberts, Ethan Siegel: Mathtastic! Part One	60:00	2/24/12	^d
8/22/25	Ian Stewart: Mathtastic! Part Two	60:00	3/2/12	^d
8/29/25	Matthew Facciani: Misguided	1:04:55	8/15/25	^c
9/5/25	Renée DiResta: Invisible Rulers	1:02:19	8/21/25	^c
9/12/25	Becky Ferreira: Separating Hope from Hype in the Search for Alien Life	1:03:27	9/4/25	^c
9/19/25	Science v. Creationism with Eugenie Scott - hosted by Jim Underdown	1:06:42	8/20/25	^b
10/3/25	Caroline Stout: Why I Quit Working for Turning Point USA	44:27	8/20/25	^a
10/10/25	Perry Carpenter: Deepfakes, Dirty Tricks, and the Future of Trust	:	10/2/25	^c
^a YouTube Ask an Atheist program from FFRF. ^b Point of Inquiry from the Center for Inquiry. ^c From Skeptical Inquirer Presents at the Center for Inquiry. ^d From Skeptically Speaking (before its name change), Edmonton Alberta. ^e From Center for Inquiry video.

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 Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	Source Note
1/3/25	Hilary Parker: Dane County's Habitat for Humanity on Jimmy Carter, the Home-Builder - hosted by Chali Pittman	15:38	1/1/25	^a
1/10/25	Olivier Huard, Rebecca Kemble, Greg Mikkelson, Tim Cordon, Nookomis Debra Topping, Debra Gilispie: Local and International climate and justice activists unite - hosted by Esty Dinur	53:58	1/10/25	^b
1/17/25	Sara Gabler, Chali Pittman: Enbridge Protesters and Listener Call-in Special - hosted by Douglas Haynes	54:21	1/13/25	^b
1/24/25	Vanessa Schoning: A Deep Dive into Trump's New Immigration Orders - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	32:01	1/22/25	^a
1/31/25	Dana Hedgpeth, Sari Horwitz: Remembering Native children who died at boarding schools - hosted by Sara Gabler	53:43	1/24/25	^b
2/7/25	Jennifer Loewenstein: Gaza's Trump Nightmare - hosted by Tony Castañeda	17:33	2/6/25	^a
2/14/25	Howard Schewber: Are we in a constitutional crisis? - hosted by Chali Pittman	54:26	2/13/25	^b
2/21/25	Phoebe Petrovic, Sarah McCammon: Reckoning with White Christian Nationalism - hosted by Sara Gabler	53:33	2/18/25	^b
2/28/25	Bill Ayers: Get Busy with Acts of Repair - hosted by Bert Zipperer	54:04	2/27/25	^b
3/7/25	Mills Rodrigo's Take on Trump's Speech to Congress, March 2025 - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	18:43	3/5/25	^a
3/14/25	Karen Dolan: Current Budget Cuts Show Lack of Morality/Support of Poor; Mary Grant: Trump's First 30 Days Through the Lens of Clean Water and Quality Food - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	20:12; 18:04	3/12/25	^a
3/21/25	Ken Monteleone: Fromagination Owner Says Trump Tariffs Hit Local Dairy Industry Hard; Jason Mugniani, Andy Hatch: Impacts of Trumponomics on Wisconsin Dairy - hosted by Brian Standing	12:21; 10:25	3/10/25; 3/17/25	^a
3/28/25	Linda Benesch: Benesch: DOGE Outrageous Changes are Putting Social Security in Danger - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	19:03	3/26/25	^a
4/4/25	AJ: Stand For The Things You Know Are Right - hosted by Tony Castañeda	16:25	4/3/25	^a
4/11/25	Thousands Throng Madison Capitol for Anti-Trump Protest - hosted by Brian Standing	13:15	4/7/25	^a
4/18/25	Ursula Knudsen-Latta: Loss Of U.S. Foreign Aid Programs = Loss of Peacebuilding and Lifesaving Programs - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	22:24	4/9/25	^a
4/25/25	Lindsay Koshgarian: Tax Day Receipt - Where Does Your Money Go? - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	21:44	4/23/25	^a
5/2/25	Hassan El-Tayyab: El-Tayyab: Support UNRWA Aid, End Gaza Blockade - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	18:56	4/30/25	^a
5/9/25	Dr. Clarence Lusane: Lucane: Trump's 100 Day Progress to "Make America White Again" - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	25:32	5/7/25	^a
5/16/25	Stephanie 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 Gabler	53:44	1/1/25	^b
5/23/25	Meriter Nurses Launch 5 Day Strike Over Staffing & Security Concerns	15:33	5/22/25	^a
5/30/25	Alfred Meyer, Amy Schulz, Ann Behrman: Physicians for Social Responsibility: Don't Extend License of Point Beach Nuclear - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	26:15	5/28/25	^a
6/6/25	Phil Mattara: With Fed Gov't Restrictions Relaxing, Who's Watching Corporate Misconduct?; Nicole Jorwic: Caring Across Generations' Toolkit for Understanding and Saving Medicaid - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	15:39; 6:35	6/4/25	^a
6/13/25	Tamika Middleton, Cameron Lane-Flehinger: Send Out the Clowns - hosted by Tony Castañeda	18:12	6/12/25	^a
6/20/25	Raging Grannies on Green Morning Radio - hosted by Brian Hirsh	41:14	2/11/25	^c
6/27/25	Rob Lee: WI Supreme Court Validates DNR's "Spill Law", Environmentalists WIN! - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	18:14	6/25/25	^a
7/4/25	Ursala Knudsen-Latta: Knudsen-Latta: Loss of International Aid Agencies Threatens Millions of Lives - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	14:18	7/2/25	^a
7/11/25	Tacticool Girlfriend: Beyond Firearms: Reimagining the Defense of Marginalized Communities - hosted by Matvei Mozhaev	51:49	7/8/25	^b
7/18/25	Senator Tammy Baldwin and the Closure of the LGBTQ+ 988 Lifeline - hosted by Andy Moore	9:25	7/11/25	^a
7/25/25	Dr. Bing Li: Medical Aid Volunteer Discusses Gaza Trauma and Health Issues - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	22:14	7/23/25	^a
8/1/25	Amy Schultz, Ann Behrman: Join Physicians for Social Responsibility "Lanterns for Peace" Commeration - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	18:11	7/30/25	^a
8/8/25	Michelle KanoeLehua Marsonette: The Golden Rule Sails for Peace - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	10:55	8/6/25	^a
8/15/25	Marc Rosenthal, Stephanie Spehar: From Line 5 to Gaza, Water is Life - hosted by Allen Ruff	52:06	8/7/25	^b
8/22/25	James Morgan, Mark Rice: MOSES and WISDOM, and Criminal Justice Reform In Wisconsin - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	25:57	8/20/25	^a
8/29/25	John Rasmus: The Silver Badgers Bring Senior Activism to the Streets - hosted by Andy Moore	14:34	8/29/25	^a
9/5/25	Ross Winklbauer: WI Alliance Of Retired Americans Holds Rally To Support Social Security - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	11:36	9/3/25	^a
9/12/25	Richard Carr: Canadian Wildfires in Perspective - hosted by Brian Standing	9:12	9/8/25	^a
9/19/25	Amy Barrilleaux: Data Centers Threaten Wisconsin And Global Climate - hosted by Brian Standing	15:49	9/15/25	^a
9/26/25	Sam Rosenthal: U.S. Jews Oppose Trump's Targeting Of Colleges And Students - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	17:57	9/24/25	^a
10/3/25	Oscar Valdés Viera: Dept Of Labor Actions Could Threaten 401(k) Retirement Accounts - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	19:53	10/1/25	^a
10/10/25	Skylar Harris: 15 Wisconsin Youth Sue WI PSC To Remove Restrictions On Climate Change Impact - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	19:36	10/8/25	^a
^a From the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM. ^b From A Public Affair on WORT-FM. ^c From Green Morning Radio 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	Show	Featuring	Notes
8 pm	Bob's Folk Evening	Contributor folk music	^a
9 pm	Wandering Minstrels	Folk music as selected by DJ Jared Ingersol
10 pm	Humor Me	Comedy and satire, musical or otherwise	^b
11 pm	Music from Ukraine	DakhaBrakha, Dakh Daughters, Khrystyna Soloviy, Dzherela and more
midnight	Soft Comes the Night	Music that's soothing to the ears	^c
7 am	Music for all ages	Music both kids and parents can enjoy	^d
8 am	The Beatles	An hour of the "Fab Four"
9 am	CounterSpin	A critical examination of the week's major news stories from FAIR
9:30 am	Skeptoid	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 Click below to listen online.	Length	Creation Date	First WIDE‑LP Broadcast	Source Note
1/4/25	Gideon Levy "Reports on a Catastrophe"	1:17:38	12/21/24	12/26/24	^a
1/11/25, 1/18/25	Darrin Madison, Ryan Clancy, Amelia Berendt: Socialism in MIlwaukee	1:03:51	10/20/24	1/2/25	^b
1/25/25	Race, Faith & Fascism ft. Robert P. Jones	41:04	1/22/25	1/24/25	^c
2/1/25	Dana Hedgpeth, Sari Horwitz: Remembering Native children who died at boarding schools - hosted by Sara Gabler	53:43	1/24/25	1/31/25	^d
2/8/25	Joe Elder: Remembering a Messenger for Peace	55:00	2/1/25	2/4/25	^e
2/15/25	Howard Schewber: Are we in a constitutional crisis? - hosted by Chali Pittman	54:26	2/13/25	2/14/25	^d
2/23/25	Bradley Onishi: Christian Nationalism's Threat to Democracy	28:30	9/27-28/24	2/8/25	^f
3/1/25	James Henry, Jim Hightower: D.C. Gutted. Grassroots Galvanized.	1:40:51	2/22/25	2/27/25	^a
3/8/25	Bernie Sanders Delivers Blistering Response To Trump's Address To Congress	17:00	3/4/25	3/5/25	^g
3/15/25	Karen Dolan: Current Budget Cuts Show Lack of Morality/Support of Poor; Mary Grant: Trump's First 30 Days Through the Lens of Clean Water and Quality Food - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	20:12; 18:04	3/12/25	3/14/25	^h
3/22/25	Sen. Bernie Sanders: NOBODY Should Have Voted for the Terrible CR; Sen. Adam Schiff: A Dark Day for Our Country	5:31; 6:41	3/14/25	3/15/25	^g
3/29/25	Linda Benesch: Benesch: DOGE Outrageous Changes are Putting Social Security in Danger - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	19:03	3/26/25	3/28/25	^h
4/5/25	Vaccines: Success Story of the Century - hosted by Brian Dunning	22:02	3/25/25	3/28/25	ⁱ
4/12/25	Sen. Bernie Sanders: Where Do We Go From Here?	12:53	4/3/25	4/5/25	^g
4/19/25	The Warfare State with Norman Solomon - hosted by Allen Ruff	52:32	3/20/25	4/12/25	^d
4/26/25	Immigration Myths - hosted by Brian Dunning	21:40	4/8/25	4/11/25	ⁱ
5/3/25	Ursula Knudsen-Latta: Loss Of U.S. Foreign Aid Programs = Loss of Peacebuilding and Lifesaving Programs - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	22:24	4/9/25	4/18/25	^h
5/10/25	Hassan El-Tayyab: El-Tayyab: Support UNRWA Aid, End Gaza Blockade - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	18:56	4/30/25	5/2/25	^h
5/17/25	Cassandra Dixon, Jennifer Loewenstein: Peace activists are shut out from getting aid into Gaza - hosted by Esty Dinur	53:16	5/2/25	5/10/25	^d
5/24/25	Peterson Toscano, Father James Martin, SJ, Lucas Wilson: Help Someone Out of Their Grave Clothes: Bubble & Squeak	55:00	5/17/25	5/20/25	^e
5/31/25	Amb. Tom Loftus, "Mission to Oslo" - hosted by Stu Levitan	1:30:54	5/19/25	5/21/25	^j
6/7/25	Seth Connolly: Legal Efforts by "Taxpayers Against Genocide" to Halt U.S. Military Support to Israel - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	23:19	5/28/25	5/31/25	^h
6/14/25	Heidi Shierholz, Robert Hunter: The MAGA Murder Bill	1:31:18	6/7/25	6/12/25	^a
6/21/25	Chris Hedges, Gabor Maté: Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time	57:00	5/5/25	6/8/25	^k
6/28/25	Alexandar Mihailovic: Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia - hosted by Brian Standing	27:05	6/23/25	6/25/25	^h
7/5/25, 7/12/25	Raging Grannies on Green Morning Radio - hosted by Brian Hirsh	41:14	2/11/25	6/20/25	^l
7/19/25	Bill Moyers: In Defense of Public Broadcasting (2005)	56:56	5/15/05	7/13/25	^k
7/26/25	Amy Goodman: The Power of Community Media	57:01	6/11/25	7/20/25	^k
8/2/25	Dr. Karameh Hawash-Kuemmerle, Dr. Nidal Jboor, Marcus Sims: Doctors Against Genocide	1:16:51	7/26/25	7/31/25	^a
8/9/25	Hassan El-Tayyeb, Mackenzie Knight Boyle, Bruce Fein: Power Unchecked	1:21:26	7/5/25	7/10/25	^a
8/16/25	Omar El Akkad: Genocide is an absolute line - hosted by Douglas Haynes	53:58	7/21/25	7/23/25	^d
8/23/25	Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Theodore Postol: The Real Death Toll in Gaza	1:36:00	8/16/25	8/21/25	^a
8/30/25, 9/6/25	Norman Solomon on the State of the Genocide	29:00	8/1/25	8/6/25	^m
9/13/25	Daniela Columbi: Students for Justice in Palestine Win $100K Lawsuit vs U of Maryland - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	13:02	8/13/25	8/16/25	^h
9/20/25	Aaron Liu: The Battle of Blair Mountain, 104 Years Later	21:32	8/31/25	9/18/25	ⁿ
9/27/25	Dr. Reggie Williams: Echoes of Resistance: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Black Social Gospel, and Confronting Christian Nationalism Today	54:53	8/13/25	9/25/25	^o
10/4/25	Sam Rosenthal: U.S. Jews Oppose Trump's Targeting Of Colleges and Students - hosted by Jan Miyasaki	17:57	9/24/25	9/26/25	^h
10/11/25	Seth Harp: Drug Trafficking And Mass Violence In The US Special Forces - hosted by Esty Dinur	43:20	10/3/25	10/8/25	^d
^a The Ralph Nader Radio Hour. ^b Talk for the Free Congregation of Sauk County recorded by WIDE-LP. ^c Facebook Live Ask an Atheist program from FFRF. ^d From A Public Affair on WORT-FM. ^e Spirit in Action - interviews by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio, Eau Claire WI. ^f FFRF 2024 National Convention in Denver. ^g Audio from YouTube videos. ^h From the 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT-FM. ⁱ From Skeptoid. ^j From Madison BookBeat on WORT-FM. ^k Alternative Radio, Boulder, Colorado. ^l From Green Morning Radio on WORT-FM. ^m Talk World Radio by David Swanson. ⁿ Recorded at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House in Madison. ^o From The Jim Wallis Podcast.

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	Show	Featuring
11 am	Almost All A Cappella	A cappella groups
12 noon	Neighborhood News at Noon	When available
next	Meadowood Life Stories	Original short stories from the Meadowood Life Story Writer's Group (~5 min.)
next	Organize Your Ears	Music featuring rock organ
1 pm	Old Coot's Hoot	Tunes from a few decades back by Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, Peter Paul & Mary, etc.
1:30 pm	Zydeco Zap	Distinctive music rooted in Creole folk music from southwest Louisiana
2 pm	Island Vibes	Music from the Hawaiian islands
2:30 pm	Nonstop Doo Wop	The Ravens, The Platters, Dion & The Belmonts, The Shirelles, The Drifters, etc.
3:00 pm	Younger mix	More of the music featured in the weekday After School Hour
4 pm	Sea Change Radio	Covering the shift to social, environmental, and economic sustainability
4:30 pm	Perpetual Notion Machine	Science show from the Madison Science Collective
5 pm	Freethinkers Hour	Speakers at Madison's annual Freethought Festival and online
6 pm	Progressive Voices	Progressive activists speak out at Fighting Bob Fest and elsewhere
7 pm	Wisconsin Democracy Report	Talks at rallies and public meetings and radio interviews
8 pm	Before You Were Born	Music from the 1930s and earlier
9 pm	Saturday Soul	Last genre hour of the week
10 pm	Stage & Screen	Broadway musicals and movie musicals and soundtracks
next	Music from Ukraine	DakhaBrakha, Dakh Daughters, Khrystyna Soloviy, Dzherela and more

Friday/Saturday programs scheduled in 2014
Friday/Saturday programs scheduled through 7/30 for 2015
Friday/Saturday programs scheduled through year's end for 2015
Friday/Saturday programs scheduled in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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