We discuss health care impacts of nursing homes in Wisconsin being sold to private groups. Then we look at the tension between trying to educate the next generation of auto mechanics and lack of good-paying work opportunities. And we learn about an effort to correct Wisconsin’s maps.
Featured in this Episode
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Sauk County sells health center to private company
This week, the Sauk County Board voted to sell the county-owned Sauk County Health Care Center to a private health care company based out of Milwaukee. The sale comes as private groups are buying other nursing homes and health care facilities around the state. We talk with the head of a senior health advocacy group about how privatization is affecting care.
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Political parties and women
We learn how political parties are trying to target women with issues around families, schools and security.
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What's behind an auto mechanic worker shortage
Wisconsin auto shops are experiencing a shortage of mechanics and technicians, and it’s leading to longer wait times for customers. We talk to an auto repair shop manager and an instructor at a technical college to find out what’s limiting the workforce and what programs are working to train the next generation of mechanics.
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Wisconsin's 'sovereign state'
In 1967, Winneconne was was left off the official Wisconsin highway map. The tiny village’s response to this slight was simple and bombastic: (unofficially) secede from the state of Wisconsin. A producer explores the history of one of the state’s most niche holidays.
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Charting a course with the Wisconsin State Cartographer
The Wisconsin State Cartographer talks about how map-making has changed since the advent of the internet and his recent project documenting “cartographic phantoms,” locations on maps that show communities… that don’t actually exist.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Rob Gundermann Guest
- Tyson Larson Guest
- Nick Robinson Guest
- Howard Veregin Guest
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
- Royce Podeszwa Producer
- Lorin Cox Producer
- Colleen Leahy Producer
- Beatrice Lawrence Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
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