Last week, the Game Awards selected “Baldur’s Gate 3” as its Game of the Year for 2023. We talk with University of Wisconsin-Stout’s computer science director for a review of this year’s top video games and the gaming industry.

The person responsible for maintaining the Capitol’s decorative paint, plaster, tile and furniture explains what the job is like and what they’ve learned about the building. Then state Sen. Mary Felzkowski details proposals related to hunting, First Nations and child care.

First, a member of the Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team established by the state health department details how pregnant Wisconsinites are dying and what should be done to prevent these deaths. Later, a company in Delavan making high-end turntables shares how they make their record players.

College students from across the globe – and in Wisconsin – highlight research to combat the global public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. We head to Green Bay. Then, U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin talks about priorities in foreign affairs, immigration and agriculture.

By most measurements, the economy is doing great . But Americans feel anxious and worried about their economic prospects. We explore this disconnect with a Washington Post columnist. Then we hear about a report that calls for reimagining the economy to focus on people, not dollars.

First, we get the latest on pipeline plans in the Straits of Mackinac. Then, we hear from the director of a Wisconsin study on what effect people's adolescence has on them as they age.

How can someone forgive another person for having wronged them and caused lasting trauma? And how can societies waging war end the cycle of violence and heal? We talk with a psychology professor who has traveled the world researching and teaching forgiveness.

We discuss new data on how Americans feel about tipping culture in the United States with an assistant professor of hospitality and tourism management. Then, we learn about plans for the recently announced expansion of the Appleton International Airport.

Until this year, a plant called “clustered broomrape” hadn’t been seen in Wisconsin for decades. We talk to a Wisconsin botanist about monitoring endangered plants. Then, we talk to a James Beard award-nominated chef about getting his start in Wisconsin and his love of Hmong cooking.

The mayor of Rice Lake celebrates the reopening of downtown with $3 million in state grants contributing to improvements. Then, we learn about the duties of five part-time cheese tasters at UW-Madison's Center for Dairy Research.