For decades, Europe has not been willing to import US beef and chicken. Pete and Bert talk about Europe’s refusal to import meat with synthetic growth hormones and the fact that Europe has more family farms than the United States. Discover the meaning of OFFAL in this week’s episode of The Milkweed.

On today’s show, host Douglas Haynes is joined by journalist Molly Parker to talk about the erosion of educational access in rural areas, the value of regional universities, and Parker’s recent article for ProPublica, “A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education.”

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Dane County and the City of Madison are still having meetings this Memorial Day week—a grand total of 11 of them. Host Brenda Konkel and Producer Christina Lieffring will give you the run down in this week's edition of Forward Lookout.

This week onThe Milkweed, Pete urges consumers to “look at the ingredients!”Pete and Bert compare ingredients in a Kraft Singles cheese ‘product’ with Sargento’s Natural American cheese slices and talk about the history of the FDA approving milk protein as an ingredient in cheese.

In Wee Hours, 2025 U.S. Federal Budget Passes House by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Interview with Iva Ugrcic about the 2025 LunART Festival by Peter Haney of WORT

This week on Mel & Floyd: Trolling for catnip in Columbus; Are straws “unmanly”?; The Darwinian jungle of ideas; Low-lights of the “Big Beautiful Bill”; No US representation at WHO?; RFK Jr is occasionally right; Engine block cooking; Wisconsin education spending near the bottom of the country; Gila Monster venom for weight loss; Steroid-positive “Enhanced Games” in Vegas; Decline in use of semicolons [but not here!]; Capuchin monkey kidnappers; And other random topics; Notice something missing? For the complete “Mel and Floyd Experience,” buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-fi while listening to this podcast! Or listen live at 89.9 fm or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time

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On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is joined by two legal experts from Earthjustice–Andre Segura and Stefanie Tsosie–to talk about the Trump administration’s attacks on the environment.

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Potter Mark Skudlarek previews the Midwest Fire Fest, a June celebration of clay, flame, and music in Cambridge.

Attorney Bobby Peterson explains how new Medicaid work requirements may lead to coverage loss for millions.

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