Kate Archer Kent co-hosts “Wisconsin Today” on WPR News. She works alongside a team of producers to explore the latest news and emerging issues that Wisconsinites face and how they impact life in the state.
Kent arrived at Wisconsin Public Radio in 2016 to take on a “pinch-hitter” role — filling in when hosts were away. In 2018, she landed as host of “The Morning Show,” a talk show that covered Wisconsin news, culture and politics.
She came to Wisconsin after a decade of hosting and reporting for Red River Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana, serving public radio listeners in the woody expanse where Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas converge. Kent contributed to programs like “Marketplace” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She followed the economic repercussions of the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast and families coping with the closure of the Shreveport General Motors plant.
Prior to public radio, Kent was marketing director for Louisiana Tech University. She held a similar position at Northeast Iowa Community College. She also worked in corporate communications for Regis Corp., in her native Minneapolis.
Kent holds a master’s degree from Temple University and is a graduate of University of Minnesota, Morris.
She frequents Wisconsin’s parks with her spouse and kids. They’re confident that they’ll get to all of them … so long as there are doughnuts nearby.
