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Hosted by Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov · news · EN-US
The 8 O’Clock Buzz is a one-hour, upbeat morning show that brings you a mix of music, culture, information, news and interviews.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 8 O’Clock Buzz is a one-hour, upbeat morning show that brings you a mix of music, culture, information, news and interviews.
8 O'Clock Buzz is hosted by Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov. The show has published 10 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Borsheim: Farm Bill fails Consumers and Family Farms" (24 September 2026, 8 minutes), "Stock Buy-backs: Stifling Innovation and Lining Pockets of the Rich" (23 September 2026, 18 minutes), and "New Book: The Road to Medicare for All" (23 September 2026, 21 minutes).
8 O'Clock Buzz publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for 8 O'Clock Buzz is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 8 O'Clock Buzz requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 8 O'Clock Buzz's contact route on record: public web form.
Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov hosts 8 O'Clock Buzz, a news podcast with 10 episodes published.
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The proposed farm bill is a handout to big agriculture, does nothing to break up farm monopolies, fails to address food affordability, boosts give-aways to farm factories, and fails to add funding back to SNAP programs...
University of Massachusetts Lowell professor of economics, William Lazonick, recently co-authored a paper, “ The U.S. battery maker that Could, and the U.S. Auto Company that Wouldn’t ,” published in the Institute for...
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Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works and author of a recently-released book entitled “ The Road to Medicare for All ” talks with Jan Miyasaki about her book. Altman says that eliminating the for-profit...
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean and LaVerne Buchannon, Jeanne Gomoll and Ria Dhingra from The Moth Madison join us to talk storytelling and the upcoming Grand Slam...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Medical Melodies: Comedic Songs About Healthcare For thirty years, HR Britton worked as an actor, stand-up comic and musician, travelling to New York, Boston and Minneapolis to perform at a wide...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Finding Home On Highway 14: Episode 11, Oregon WI Nicole Gruter (photo courtesy Nicole Gruter) Nicole Gruter, our far-flung, roving reporter has been documenting life along U.S. Highway 14 for us...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Federal Cuts Set Back Regional Housing Progress Torrie Kopp-Mueller(photo courtesy Torrie Kopp-Mueller) The Dane County Homeless Services Consortium consists of over 80 city and county government...
Kevin Kamps, the Executive Director of Don’t Waste Michigan, a group of concerned citizens and organizations initially formed to prevent Michigan from becoming a nuclear waste dump for the entire region, gives an update...
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Are you a sports fan? Have you noticed how much more it’s costing you to watch your favorite games because you have to subscribe to multiple streaming services? Or tailgate? Emily DiVito from Groundwork Collaborative...
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean and LaVerne Buchannon, talking about candidates, elections and plans for the future with special guest appearances by Miss Jackie...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · In Tandem: Art of David Lynch and Christina A. West Christina A. West in her studio.(Photo by Dani Hughes) The late David Lynch, who died in 2025, is best known for his macabre, unsettling films...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · “The Lonely Marsh” Teaches the Land Ethic with Puppets Puppeteer Julia Blair works on a frog puppet for the Lonely Marsh. (Photo courtesy Julia Blair). In 1949, University of Wisconsin ecologist...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison Independent Police Monitor Speaks Out Aeiramique Glass(Image source: Aeiramique Glass, Canva) On November 5, 2025, the Madison Police Civilian Oversight Board announced that they had hired...
Just one vote away from passing a discharge petition on the American Dream and Promise Act, Maria Mitri, Migration and Policy Administrative Associate at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, talks about this...
On hand to talk about their community service activities with Jan Miyasaki for Wednesday’s 8 O’clock Buzz were three of the 2026 Community Shares of Wisconsin Changemaker Award winners: Sandra Rivera, nominated by...
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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean, another packed day! Filmmaker Rafael Raglan joins us to tell his story and talk about his latest project, Where Scriptures...
WORT 89.9FM Madison · “Wisconsin at Work” Walking Tour Showcases Labor Struggles From the country’s first worker’s compensation law in 1911, to the founding of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · “Now We Are Here:” Family Migration through a Child’s Eyes Gabrielle Oliveira (Photo courtesy Harvard University) People come to the United States from other countries for the same reasons anyone...
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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Let’s Make Wage Theft A Crime I Robert Christl(photo courtesy Robert Christl) In Wisconsin, if you steal $3000 from the cash register at a local Walmart, you can expect the police will get a...
Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) celebrates its 2026 Change Maker Awards on September 17th from 5-8pm at the East Side Club. Joining Jan on the Wednesday 8 O’clock Buzz was Steve Starkey, awarded the “Lifetime...
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