With Valentine's Day just behind us, Buzz Kemper talks with UW School of Music Director Dan Cavanagh about themes of love in music. But wait....it gets better. Dan sits down at Audio for the Arts' grand piano and plays songs inspired by the joy of love gained, the beauty of love lost, and longing for love that may never be. As an extra treat, Dan will introduce us to one of his own compositions. A beautiful combination of music and conversation on this episode of The Badger Talks Podcast!

In a special for Valentine's Day, Love, as it relates to parenthood, and specifically to black fatherhood. Buzz Kemper talks with Alvin Thomas, Ph.D | Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow |Associate Professor | Human Development and Family Studies, & Host of the award-winning Black Fatherhood Podcast.

Buzz talks with Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology PhD student Bijit Khadka about his research into animal communities, wildlife genetics, populations, and competition dynamics in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Buzz Kemper talks with West Madison Agricultural Research Station Superintendent Janet Hedtke and Professor William Tracy about the station's important role in food and other plant growing in Wisconsin.

Jane Rotonda, Director of the Wisconsin Book Festival (October 17-20), talks with Buzz Kemper about this year's Book Festival activities and events.

As his first return guest, Sam Mulrooney, Director of the Wisconsin Science Festival and Outreach Program Manager at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery talks with Buzz Kemper about the Wisconsin Science Festival 2024, which runs October 14-20.

The state and future of Social Security and aging trends often gets put into the political blender, and it's easy to get confused. In this episode, Buzz Kemper speaks with Assistant Professor at La Follette School of Public Affairs about this important program, where it's at now, and what its future looks like.

Buzz talks with Senior Associate Athletic Director for Capital Projects and Operations Jason King about some big and exciting improvements to UW Athletic facilities.

Scientific research and sports come together in a fascinating new way which benefits both. Hear about BIOS: Badger Inquiry on Sport, as Buzz Kemper speaks with Peter Miller, professor in the School of Education at UW-Madison.

Economics. Oh yes, we all learned the basics of supply and demand back in junior high, but what does economic health mean for a country? For an individual? And how can we better understand the basics and what impacts them? Menzie Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at La Follette School of Public Affairs joins Buzz Kemper, and helps us unpack and understand this complex topic.