Latest political poll, The regulation of TikTok, A cookbook from Up North

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The TikTok logo on a smartphone
This Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, photo, shows the TikTok logo on a smartphone in Tokyo. Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo

We look at how voters are leaning according to the latest poll from Marquette University Law School. Then, we examine the new laws targeting TikTok. Then, we hear a story from Wisconsin Life. Then, we learn about cooking “Way Up North.”

Featured in this Episode

  • New Marquette poll finds Biden and Trump tied among registered voters

    A new Marquette Law School Poll finds that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied among registered voters. Trump led by two points with both likely and registered voters in April. A Marquette political scientist explains.

  • Wisconsin could lose TikTok by next year

    Earlier this year, President Biden signed a bill that could ban the social media app TikTok if it fails to divest from its Chinese parent company within the year. The research director at the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium explains the federal law and how it could affect social media use.

  • Wisconsin Life

    WPR’s Emily Ralph, a trans woman, used her Bitmoji avatar in her coming out process – slowly making changes in the digital realm, before they became Emily’s physical reality. Over time, Emily began to wonder what the experience was like for her Bitmoji, on the other side of the digital divide.

  • Northern Wisconsin cooking

    We talk to the author of a new cookbook that offers recipes from up north, with memories and histories of classic foods from across northern Wisconsin.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Charles Franklin Guest
  • Dave Schroeder Guest
  • Victoria Shearer Guest
  • Dean Knetter Executive Producer
  • Joe Tarr Producer
  • Trevor Hook Producer
  • Royce Podeszwa Producer
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Tyler Ditter Technical Director
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director