Wisconsin civic divides, Women’s college basketball popularity, PFAS in toilet paper

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A line of voters walk past a sign that says "City of Stoughton Polling Place"
Voters enter a polling location as they open in the morning Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, before voting in the midterm elections at the Stoughton Fire Department in Stoughton, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

A journalism professor shares a new report on the civic divides in Wisconsin and how to repair them. Then, we learn more about the rise in popularity of women’s college basketball. Later, we talk to an engineering professor about how toilet paper has contributed to PFAS contamination.

Featured in this Show

  • After a thrilling NCAA tournament, the audience for women's basketball is booming

    The NCAA women’s basketball tournament set multiple viewership records this month, surpassing the audience for any of this year’s NBA games on ESPN. We talk with a sports journalist about the big moment the sport is having and what comes next.

  • Following PFAs from toilet paper to the Great Lakes

    The growing research into PFAs contamination finds sources in everyday consumer goods like toilet paper and traces PFAs into Green Bay and the Great Lakes. We talk to the director of the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory at UW-Madison about where we’re finding PFAs in Wisconsin’s waters.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Dean Knetter Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Producer
  • Sally Jenkins Guest
  • Christy Remucal Guest