We learn about how FEMA funds are being distributed for flooding in southeast Wisconsin. Then, we meet the new director of the Milwaukee Art Museum who had been targeted by the Trump administration. Later, we talk to the Wisconsin author of a new novel about life in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Featured in this Episode
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FEMA funds for southeast Wisconsin
Last week the White House approved nearly $30 million in federal relief for historic floods that hit southeast Wisconsin in August. A representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the mayor of Glendale explain what these funds will do and how people can access them.
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New Milwaukee Art Museum director
Kim Sajet, who resigned as director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery after being targeted by the Trump administration, will soon be director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. We talk to her about her vision for the museum and why art matters.
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New novel explores life, heartbreak in the NICU
The debut novel by a Lawrence University professor explores the heartbreak and stress of life in the neonatal intensive care unit, drawn from his experience as a father of a child born in the NICU. The author joins us.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Nicole Wilson Guest
- Bryan Kennedy Guest
- Kim Sajet Guest
- David McGlynn Guest
- Mackenzie Krumme Producer
- Joe Tarr Producer
- Trevor Hook Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
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