Peddling A Paper City: How Madison Became Wisconsin’s Capital
If you've spent any time at the Wisconsin state Capitol building, you know it's majestic, both inside and out. It's ...
Who’s Behind The Handmade Ornaments Adorning The Wisconsin Capitol Holiday Tree?
With the holidays right around the corner, WPR's Andrea Anderson was talking about all things festive — Christmas trees, twinkling ...
Young Women Learn Building Trades In Week-Long Camp Run by Madison Carpenter
When Sandy Thistle was growing up, there was one thing for sure she knew she wanted to do. Not hate ...
Dina Nina Martinez: Ready or Not, Here She Comes
Comedy can be a risky business and Dina Nina Martinez knows that all too well. Originally from Texas, Martinez along ...
Ms. Milele’s Legacy Of Telling Positive Stories
“I came to Madison in 1968,” recalls 85-year-old Madison activist Milele Chikasa Anana. “In that era, when I would look ...
Steven Salmon: The Tapping Author
Every author has their own way of writing — they get in the zone, channel their creativity, and then (hopefully!) ...
Basketball Is The Hook At Mentoring Positives
For Will Green, who grew up poor at the end of the steel mill area in Gary, Indiana, basketball was ...
Organ Donor Gives Kidney To Total Stranger
One day, Missy Makinia was on Facebook when something caught her attention. There was a little girl in her town ...
The Braided Life: Las Trenzas de Quetzali
The connection between a grandmother and her granddaughter — and mother and daughter — is special, especially when it’s bound ...
Madison Arborist Utilizes Surprising Techniques
Evan Slocum is a one-of-a-kind arborist. “I think the way that I do things is pretty different,” Slocum says, referring ...
Wisconsin 101: Door County Bookmobile
Bookmobiles have long dotted Wisconsin’s roadways and parking lots. The state has a long history of bringing books and movies ...
A Day In The Life Of The UW Marching Band
On a cloudy, balmy weekday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band was preparing for something a quarter of them ...
First Day of School
“First Day of School” is an animated version of the story written by Jo Shaffer describing the dreadful anxieties that ...
Puppet Maker Holds the Strings on Hobby Turned Livelihood
When Ken Vogel started making puppets in the 1970s, he didn’t actually believe he would still be making them to ...
‘The Biggest Daydream’: Living Cancer-Free
Dreaming can help some people get through incredibly difficult times. Tandalaya Taylor of Madison, Wisconsin talks about how daydreaming helped ...