WPR’s Capitol bureau chief, Shawn Johnson, discusses Wisconsin’s biennial budget. Then, a Wisconsin academic shares what they learned from interviewing girls about their social media use. A story from Wisconsin Life. Then, a local author’s graphic novel becomes a new TV adaptation.
Featured in this Episode
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Wisconsin budget updates as deadline looms
Lawmakers have a Monday deadline to pass a new state budget. We talk with WPR’s Capitol bureau chief for updates on the state’s budget drafting process.
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UW-Madison researcher’s new book seeks to understand how tween girls use social media
The author of a new book talked to a group of tweens about their relationship with the internet, hoping to remedy the lack of pre-teens’ actual perspectives in the research. We discuss “Digital Girlhoods” with author Kate Phelps. This interview originally aired on March 14.
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Wisconsin Life
Hear a story about hiking Wisconsin’s state parks with a dog. It’s part of WPR’s Wisconsin Road Trip series, which features pit stops across the state to explore some of the people, places and things that make Wisconsin summers special.
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New Wausau-based zombie TV drama
We talk to comic book writer Tim Seeley about his graphic novel series “Revival,” and learn what it’s like to see his work come to life on television.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Shawn Johnson Guest
- Kate Phelps Guest
- Tim Seeley Guest
- Royce Podeszwa Producer
- Colleen Leahy Producer
- Avery Lea Rogers Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
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