Georgia's governor signed new voting restrictions into law last week, and other states are considering similar limits on when and how people can vote. We talk with a Wisconsin political scientist about the trend. We also find out how a wayward ship in the Suez Canal is delaying global shipping.

The world is increasingly being crafted by, and for, machines. An author joins us to discuss his hopes for how humans can navigate the age of automation. We also talk with a Wisconsinite who's helping the Perseverance rover photograph the surface of Mars.

An epidemiologist and educator talks with us about how opposition to vaccines has spanned both time and geography. Then we learn how we can reconcile comfort food and healthy food on this week's edition of "Food Friday."

A policy researcher and law professor discuss how decreased jail and prison inmates in Wisconsin in 2020 could be a setting for looking at implementing reforms for incarceration. Then a WPR reporter shares some more details about a new Ho-Chunk casino planned for Beloit. And a neurology expert shares some results of research she worked on related to long-term mental complications from the disease caused by coronavirus.

An epidemiologist and educator talks with us about how opposition to vaccines has spanned both time and geography. Then we learn how we can reconcile comfort food and healthy food on this week's edition of "Food Friday."

We ask Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan (D-Kenosha) about how Congress is looking at issues of immigration, infrastructure and guns. Then a journalist and author shares some of her experience and reflection on leaving a small town.

We examine some possible solutions to ending gun violence following recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado. Then, were human beings truly meant to exercise? Our guest says maybe we've been overthinking exactly what type and how much activity we need to survive.

We ask Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan (D-Kenosha) about how Congress is looking at issues of immigration, infrastructure and guns. Then a journalist and author shares some of her experience and reflection on leaving a small town.

A Washington reporter briefs us on top national political news, including what's in a major new economic and infrastructure proposal from the Biden administration. Then the first woman to hold the number two elected position in Wisconsin reflects on her political career, and a political scientist looks with us at the policy impact of gender inequity in the political landscape.

A Madison woman tells us what motivated to return an overdue library book after many years of holding on to it. And we answer an audience question about artist environments in Wisconsin, and offer some recommendations for visiting them in person.