A newspaper columnist assesses the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan, including Americans who have not yet left the country. Then we get some advice on improving our time management skills.

A personal finance expert talks with us about the growing number of Americans less willing to continue working into their 60s, and some things to consider about retiring early. Then a psychologist offers some advice on remembering people's names (and explains why we forget them in the first place).

A Washington reporter updates us on a handful of the week's top national political stories. Then the DNR's solid waste manager explains some issues a new study has uncovered with how Wisconsin residents use -- and don't use -- trash and recycling services.

A tobacco research expert helps us understand what the FDA is considering as it weighs how to move forward this week on vaping and e-cigarettes. Then we learn the story of how a researcher utilized UW's Zoological Museum to crack a case of sick snakes. And a new exhibition of historic household items illuminates how politics has been personal for a long time.

We dig into the impact of the pandemic on wages, jobs and unions in Wisconsin. Then the head of an eating disorder recovery organization talks about how that issue has been heightened during the pandemic as well.

An economics reporter explains how uncertainty due to the delta variant has translated into the economy. And a population health professor argues hospitals should not necessarily consider vaccine status when deciding an order in which to care for patients.

About 400 people working as janitors in the city of Milwaukee will see their wages go up under a new union contract. We talk about what it could mean for other janitorial workers interested in organizing. And on Food Friday, we talk about how to cook in a college dorm or anywhere space is limited.

The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving a restrictive abortion law in place in Texas. We discuss the decision and learn what it means for reproductive rights. We also talk with a civil engineer about how infrastructure like roads and dams could change as severe weather grows more common.

The editor of a book of quotations talks about what makes some more memorable than others. Then we talk with a journalist and author who spent years living and working in Afghanistan about what's been on her mind seeing the United States pull out of the country.

We discuss a shortage of nurses -- and what could be behind it -- as well as the burnout and fatigue those healthcare workers are feeling while the delta variant surges. And we get some advice on how individuals can take charge and get themselves out of a rut.