Bloomers
It’s Women’s History Month, a time to highlight the accomplishments of women. While many of these celebrations often focus on women’s legal and political progress, women have made many more personal gains as well.
Judging Cheese
It’s been an intense three days of cheese tasting for judges at the World Championship Cheese Contest. The event — held in Madison this year — attracted more than 25-hundred entries from 30 states and 24 countries.
Sugaring Season
March is sugaring season in Wisconsin. When the liquid gold of nature starts flowing from the state’s maple trees, it’s a sure sign that spring is on its way. Commentator Justin Isherwood comes from a long line of tappers and today he reflects on a favorite March ritual.
You’re The Ones
On the last day of Black History Month, commentator Alex Gee has a message for African American kids. Kids growing up in a nation with a black president… who’ve never known golf without Tiger Woods or tennis without Venus and Vanessa.
Cross-Country Skiing
Skiers from around the country take to the trails this weekend for the 39th annual American Birkebeiner near Hayward and Cable. While the Birkie is the state’s premier racing event, the pleasures of cross-country skiing can be found all over Wisconsin.
Seeds
Winter is daydreaming time for gardeners. As seed catalogs start piling up in mailboxes, visions of plum tomatoes dance in our heads. Farmers, too, are ordering seeds and thinking of the season ahead.
Owls
It’s a banner year for bird watchers. Thousands of great snowy owls have headed south in recent weeks, showing up in places they’re rarely seen. This has owl watchers out in full force including commentator Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert goes owling with her mom in southern Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s Sturgeon
This weekend is the start of sturgeon season in Wisconsin. These ancient lake fish are millions of years old and native to the Great Lakes region. Sturgeon swam when dinosaurs walked the Earth.
Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing
This Wisconsin Sea Grant video was shot in 2008 and describes spearfishing for sturgeon on Lake Winnebago.
George Edwin Taylor
More than a century before Barack Obama’s historic run for the White House, a man from La Crosse blazed a trail for him. Although most people today have never heard of him, George Edwin Taylor was the first black American to run for president on a party ticket.
Paramount Records
February is Black History month. Today, commentator Dean Robbins uncovers a little-known story, about the Wisconsin roots of some of the late, great, Delta blues musicians.
Going Molecular
On a U.W. campus, a chemistry research group is investigating events so tiny and so fast, they can’t be seen with regular light. Taking pictures of proteins is all in a day’s work in Martin Zanni’s lab.
Bacon
What gets you through a Wisconsin winter? Commentator Brett Laidlaw says when the temperature plunges and the snow piles up, he finds himself craving bacon. Store-bought is ok, but he says you’d be surprised how easy it is to smoke your own.
Food Pantry
With the holiday giving season over, donations to area food pantries are dropping off – making life harder for folks who are already struggling. That weekly bag of free groceries can make all the difference especially in this economy.
American Dervish
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Milwaukee native Ayad Akhtar is getting rave reviews for his new novel, “American Dervish“. It’s a coming-of-age story based partly on his own experience as a Pakistani-American boy, growing up in Wisconsin.