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.
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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.
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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.
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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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