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A UW-Madison professor has developed a device that stimulates dormant hair follicles and might reverse balding. He talks with us about how it works. We also discuss why income inequality in the U.S. is getting worse. Plus, a look into deepfake videos and the threat they pose to democracy.

While the opioid crisis continues to affect people around the state, methamphetamines are still a bigger problem in many places. We talk about why it's so prominent in western Wisconsin. We also hear about a new, gender non-binary doll from Mattel. Plus, we discuss why CVS is temporarily halting sales of a popular heartburn drug with concerns after testing showed low levels of a cancer-causing chemical found in samples.

We review some of the state's top stories this week with regional reporters, including a northern Wisconsin meeting on Great Lakes water quality. And a mortician shares how to talk to younger people about the end of life.

In this Food Friday, we take up cooking with that large, purple, spongy fruit: eggplant! And we check in on the developing story of a whistleblower complaint regarding communication between President Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

We learn more about a project to digitize old Wisconsin newspapers that now has more funding. And after a welding education program started at a women's prison, we talk with a social worker from inside the facility. Then we discuss why black female survivors of sexual abuse often aren't heard.

We learn about a community garden in a Milwaukee neighborhood that's focused on helping African American boys there learn life skills. And we discuss acting Director of National Intelligance Joseph Maguire's Capitol Hill testimony about the whistelblower allegations.

We respond to President Trump's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly regarding a whistleblower complaint and his communication with the Ukrainian president. And in the wake of Trump's criticism of Iran at the U.N. this week, we discuss the relations between the two countries.

A Wall Street Journal columnist and former Badger shares feelings of pride for the school and its football team. We hear about an historic circus mural that was uncovered in a Wisconsin bar. And we talk to a woman who makes dolls for children whose physical differences are not usually portrayed.

We hear from a mathematician who's trying to make Americans more math-friendly. We also ask the director of a Madison art museum why it's the most "open" in the country. And, amid a new North America bird loss report, we learn about which species of birds Wisconsin has lost.

The words, phrases and other communication that take place online have changed the rules of interpersonal interaction. We talk with a linguist who's tracked and studied the changes. We also look at what the end of a Native American news outlet in northern Wisconsin means for indigenous communities.