David Drake, UW-Madison professor and extension wildlife specialist, discusses the UW Urban Canid Project, a study on red foxes and coyotes living in urban Madison. The project aims to investigate the way canids are living in the city and how we can coexist with these wild neighbors.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel opinion columnist and Our Lives Magazine Editor Emily Mills discusses writing about and engaging with politics. Mills also reflects on covering the 2011 Wisconsin State Capitol protests, and her passion for punk music and roller derby.

Elk once ranged throughout Wisconsin. They were driven out in the 1800s due to over hunting and habitat decline. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Deer and Elk Ecologist Kevin Wallenfang discusses the effort to reintroduce the big game animal in the state.

Wisconsin is in the midst of a snowy owl irruption. What’s an irruption? Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bird Monitoring Coordinator Ryan Brady explains the influx of snowy owls, provides viewing tips, and explains why people find them so entrancing.

The National Park Service’s Bob Krumenaker discusses his work as superintendent of Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The park is known for historic lighthouses, beach and cliff landscapes, and sandstone sea caves, which turn to ice caves in the winter.

A look back at some of the best moments from The Wisconsin Podcast in 2017, including snippets from former journalists Jen McCoy and Adam Mertz, Wisconsin Book Festival Director Conor Moran and author Melanie Radzicki McManus.

Korbel’s master distiller Paul Ahvenainen explains how brandy is made, discusses the changing liquor industry, and digs into why Wisconsinites take their brandy drinking so seriously.

ESPN Wisconsin on-air contributor and former Capital Times Sports Editor Adam Mertz talks Badger football, how Twitter and fan blogs have affected sports journalism, and the fate of steroid-era baseball players in making the Hall of Fame.

Fifty years ago, Otis Redding’s plane crashed into a Madison lake, killing the Georgia-born soul singer and most of his band. Biographer Jonathan Gould reflects on Redding’s life and death and why people still talk about that plane crash.

B.J. Hollars, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and founder and executive director of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild, discusses his latest book “Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds.”