Learning about Wisconsin’s rocks and minerals, Forging firearms into garden tools, Evictions up in Wisconsin after end of moratorium

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Putting garden tools away for winter is important to keep them from rusting
Putting garden tools away for winter is important to keep them from rusting. Susy Morris (CC-BY-NC-2.0)

Two UW-Madison students share a guide they put together on rocks and minerals in Wisconsin. Then, we talk to a retired Wisconsin pastor who is using his blacksmithing skills to convert firearms into gardening tools. Later, A law professor and a legal advocate join us to look at where eviction numbers stand in Wisconsin since the end of the moratorium.

Featured in this Show

  • A new online guide to the rocks and minerals all around you in Wisconsin

    When you’re walking around outside or on a hike, how often do you think about the rocks and minerals all around you? We talk to two UW-Madison students about why we should more often, and their new interactive online guide to some of Wisconsin’s coolest rocks and minerals.

  • Wisconsin pastor forges guns into garden tools

    A retired Wisconsin pastor is accepting donated firearms and forges them into garden tools.

  • Where Wisconsin evictions stand going into winter months

    It’s been a few months since the end of a moratorium on evictions. We look at whether they’ve gone up as expected, and how tenants and property owners are handling the ongoing effects of the pandemic.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Tyler Ditter Technical Director
  • Rachael Vasquez Producer
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Tim Peterson Producer
  • Benji Johnson Guest
  • Lindsay Summers Guest
  • Jeff Wild Guest
  • Mitch Guest
  • Kristin Slonski Guest

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