The Lee Rayburn Show

We talk with the owner of a local independent bookstore about the best books to gift this holiday season.

Do you have someone with a green thumb on your gift list? Our gardening expert has a few suggestions for you and will also answer your gardening questions.

Scammers work all year-round but the holidays are an especially vulnerable time because of the increase in web activity. Our consumer protection experts help you maneuver promotions that are too good to be true, gift cards and online shopping.

We look at recently released deer hunt numbers, including this year’s gun hunt. We also look at CWD and the coronavirus in deer, barn owls in Wisconsin, and how wildlife survive over winter.

The founder of the largest website dedicated to books written by Black authors offers his recommendations for nonfiction, fiction and children’s books.

In the mid 1850s many Pomeranians traveled from their country in north Central Europe to the United States. We talk about a new mystery novel that explores the experience of one such immigrant who made her way to Watertown, Wisconsin.

This month numerous “punch holes” were spotted in clouds around the Midwest. We talk with our Weather Guys about clouds and take a look ahead with a winter weather forecast.

About a quarter of greenhouse emissions are created from our food, agricultural and land-use systems. Two agriculture and climate experts talk about how farmers - with the soil they till - can store carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A new comet, seen first in January, might be visible in Wisconsin next month. We talk to an astronomer about what to expect and possible gift suggestions for new stargazers.

Dec. 1 marks the start of climatological winter, which means as the seasons change, plants and animals in Wisconsin have to adapt. A wildlife ecologist shares how season and climate events affect all life on Earth – including humans.