First, a rural healthcare organization explains how cuts to Medicaid and other health funding could impact Wisconsin’s rural hospitals. Then, an abortion scholar details the push towards fetal personhood nationwide. Then, researcher and a farmer explore how farmers feel about climate change.
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Healthcare nonprofit says proposed cuts would be ‘devastating’ for Wisconsin's rural hospitals
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would include massive cuts to Medicaid — a move the Congressional Budget Office says will lead to more than 10 million people losing coverage. A rural healthcare organization leader explains how proposed cuts could harm rural hospitals and programs.
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Historian scrutinizes the goal of the anti-abortion movement
Since the 1960s, conservatives have been working to define fetuses as people, a scholar on reproductive rights argues in her new book. The author explains the history and goals of the anti-abortion movement.
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How farmers feel about climate change
Few people are as attuned to the cadences of nature than farmers, who work on the land every day. A UW-Madison professor recently surveyed almost 1,000 Wisconsin farmers to learn whether they are seeing the effects of climate change. The professor and a farmer discuss the survey’s findings.
Episode Credits
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Rob Ferrett Host
- John Eich Guest
- Mary Ziegler Guest
- Michael Bell Guest
- Dick Cates Guest
- Trevor Hook Producer
- Colleen Leahy Producer
- Joe Tarr Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
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