Two service providers explain how they use federal funding to help victims of crimes and what would happen if the funding disappears. Then, we meet a UW-Stout professor and therapist who is going to teach in Türkiye next year. And, we remember a famous Milwaukee astronaut who recently passed away.
Featured in this Episode
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VOCA grant funding conditions
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new conditions on grant funding from the Victims of Crimes Act. Two services providers in Wisconsin explain how they use the funding and what could happen if they lose it.
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Psychedelics research
Wisconsin scientists are leading a worldwide effort to test psychedelic drugs in treatments for mental health conditions. WPR’s Anna Marie Yanny spoke with researchers who say their trials could persuade federal regulators to make the drug in magic mushrooms an approved treatment.
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UW-Stout associate professor, Fulbright scholar to teach in Türkiye next year
Candice Maier discusses her feminism-informed practice of marriage and family therapy and what she hopes to bring to and learn from students in Türkiye next year when she teaches at Istanbul Bilgi University as part of her Fulbright U.S. Scholarship.
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Remembering Milwaukee astronaut Jim Lovell
Earlier this month, Milwaukee astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell died at the age of 97. The editor who co-wrote Lovell’s 1995 memoir “Apollo 13: Lost Moon” talks about Lovell’s contribution to space exploration and his legacy.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Holli Fisher Guest
- Candice Maier Guest
- Jeffrey Kluger Guest
- Lorin Cox Producer
- Avery Lea Rogers Producer
- Trevor Hook Producer
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
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