Milwaukee County’s new district attorney. Two Milwaukee-area election clerks speak about election day. How urban renewal projects ignited community organizing in 1950s. Is Milwaukee a community of haters?
How to tackle climate change in a time of political divisiveness. Two sisters create a guidebook for accessible walks around Milwaukee. Milwaukee historian John Gurda's losing battle against nature.
The restored Wurlitzer Pipe Organ at the Oriental Theater. An African dance company celebrating 55 years in Milwaukee. Two senior dance groups who find health and community through dance.
How presidential rhetoric can impact how we view the office as an institution – or as an individual. What a mass deportation means for food economics. Mariana Rodriguez receives Betty Award for supporting victims of domestic violence.
How the election unfolded here in Wisconsin, including the presidency and down-ballot races. Voters speak about what brought them to Milwaukee-area polls yesterday.
What to know before you head to the polls. Meet the world-champion taxidermist who preserved a beloved Milwaukee gorilla. A modern silent, oddball slapstick comedy, “Hundreds of Beavers.”
How tomorrow’s election could reshape Wisconsin politics. All about the constitutional amendment question on the ballot. How get-out-the-vote efforts are winding down.
It's the Halloween episode! A local, supposedly haunted, engine house. The chilling legend of the Rhinelander Hodag. The Pfister Hotel ghost. Halloweeny tunes from local musicians
Immigration in Wisconsin: the state’s immigrant history, how agriculture depends on immigrant labor, how the deportation process works, and why fear is the point of mass deportations.
52 min
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