We learn about the economic hardship divorce causes for many women. And we find out why some brave surfers are catching waves in the Great Lakes this winter.

We look at how a proposed federal bill could help migrant farm workers around the country. We talk with a state health official about how to help children be resilient.

We begin our show with a UW-Madison English professor as he discusses how social and political movements affect the comic books and superhero industry. Later, a University of New Hampshire Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Management associate professor breaks down research into reducing cattle greenhouse gas emissions.

In the last decade, UW-Madison’s Antarctic-based research center has made major innovations. We get the latest research on neutrinos and the depths of far away galaxies.

We explore how a Wisconsin utility is experimenting with a fuel mix of hydrogen and natural gas to reduce carbon emissions at power plants. We talk with the head of the Humane Handling Institute, which is training meat industry workers how to humanely process animals for food production.

We process the mass shooting that killed five people and injured 17 more at a gay club in Colorado. And we weigh the Milwaukee Bucks chances at another basketball championship.

WPR’s Capitol bureau chief details what top Republican lawmakers are envisioning for the new session in January, including how to handle the state's projected budget surplus. Then, we learn how a federal grant is working to address Wisconsin's child care crisis.

Some 12.5 million Africans were abducted into slavery from the 16th to 19th centuries. About 1.8 million died in shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean. We talk with two National Geographic explorers about efforts to find the shipwrecks and better understand these crimes and what we can learn of the victims.

We live in a world full of poisons and toxins — our homes are filled with harmful chemicals in cleaning supplies and dangerous metals that can kill us, if ingested. We discuss the management, science and history of poison with a toxicologist and emergency medicine pharmacist.

The biotech corporation Monsanto in 2003 accounted for 90 percent of all genetically engineered seeds in the world, according to MIT. We talk with the author of a new book about the company’s rise and its lasting effect on the global food economy.