COVID-19 testing scams, Ice Castles, Pandemic labor relations

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A pile of scattered COVID-19 tests
COVID-19 tests are pictured at NG Biotech, a start-up that makes an array of medical tests, including kits for use at home and by medical professionals to detect COVID-19 infections, in Guipry, western France, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. With France breaking records in Europe for coronavirus infections, manufacturers are working flat-out to try to meet the huge demand for tests. Jeremias Gonzalez/AP Photo

The Better Business Bureau helps us detect COVID-19 testing scams. Then, we learn more about ice castles in Eagle River with the help of a WPR reporter. Later, a labor relations expert joins us to check in on worker strikes during the pandemic.

Featured in this Show

  • Watch out for phony COVID-19 testing operations

    With a surge in COVID-19 cases around the country, demand for tests is skyrocketing. That’s opening the door to con artists using fake websites and suspicious in-person testing sites to collect people’s private data. We look at how the scams work and how individuals can protect themselves.

  • A WPR reporter takes us to an ice castle in Eagle River

    With temperatures in the single digits and lower in many parts of Wisconsin, the beloved winter ice castle tradition is back. We talk to a WPR reporter who recently visited one in Eagle River.

  • Labor unions and collective bargaining during the pandemic

    The last two years of the pandemic have seen a variety of labor unions go on strike across the country amid health and safety concerns and worker empowerment. We check in on the state of unions in 2022.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Bill Martens Producer
  • Rachael Vasquez Producer
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Jim Temmer Guest
  • Rob Mentzer Guest
  • Kate Bronfenbrenner Guest

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