TikTok and Bluesky users see the platforms threatened with a ban and growing fast, respectively. Then, we get advice for reducing the trash generated by unwrapped presents and uneaten food over the holidays.

Gardening expert Diana Alfuth is back to talk about why it’s important to fertilize your soil in a balanced way. Then Laura Jull tells us how to select a tree.

Michelle Reinen and Michael Domke of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection join us again to talk about the latest scams their department is investigating. Plus, how to budget for the holidays with Clare Dahl, a financial educator with UW-Madison Division of Extension in Dane County.

Why you shouldn’t stay indoors this winter: There’s too much outdoors to experience. Then, we talk about snowy owls making their way from the Arctic Circle to Wisconsin.

First, Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Company is back to share his that will delight you and your loved ones. Then, Megan Schliesman and Tessa Michaelson Schmidt of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center tell us their picks for the best children’s books.

We’re joined by two lighthouse historians featured in a new PBS Wisconsin documentary. Then we talk to the editor of “Our Wisconsin” magazine about the December/January issue.

We dig into the history of two very different species. The beautiful orchid – fought over, hunted and rare. The hearty bean – basic, a sustainer of civilizations and grown […]

Nature finds a way in many corners of post-industrial America, according to the author of “The Natural History of Empty Lots.” Then, we talk to a UW-Madison researcher at the forefront of landfill microbiology.

First, we talk about gifts for animal lovers with Patricia McConnell, a certified applied animal behaviorist. After that, veterinarian Dr. Angie Ruppel tells us how she created an affordable way […]

We learn what resources for genealogy researchers are held by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Then, the Weather Guys put another warm fall in context.