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This podcast will give a sneak peak to the upcoming Badger Talks and showcase the person behind the discussion topic whether it's about the history of the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail, the history of Ragtime music, the changes in the dairy industry, or updates on the latest ground-breaking health care research being done on the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus.
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Buzz Kemper talks with West Madison Agricultural Research Station Superintendent Janet Hedtke and Professor William Tracy about the station's important role in food and other plant growing in Wisconsin.Badger Talks által
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The state and future of Social Security and aging trends often gets put into the political blender, and it's easy to get confused. In this episode, Buzz Kemper speaks with Assistant Professor at La Follette School of Public Affairs about this important program, where it's at now, and what its future looks like.…
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Economics. Oh yes, we all learned the basics of supply and demand back in junior high, but what does economic health mean for a country? For an individual? And how can we better understand the basics and what impacts them? Menzie Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at La Follette School of Public Affairs joins Buzz Kemper, and helps us…
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In a continuation of exploring The Odyssey Project, Buzz Kemper talks with director Emily Auerbach, and Odyssey Project alums Hezouwe Walada and Rene Robinson about their stories of courage. The UW-Odyssey Project offers University of Wisconsin-Madison humanities classes for adult students facing economic barriers to college. The majority of studen…
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UW-Madison's Odyssey Project offers humanities classes for adult students facing economic barriers to college. The majority of students who participate in Odyssey are from racial and ethnic minority groups, and are often overcoming the obstacles of single parenthood, homelessness, addiction, incarceration, depression, and domestic abuse. Participan…
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Buzz speaks with Village of Waunakee Executive Assistant Kylie West and UniverCity Managing Director Gavin Luter about how cities, towns, and villages form alliances with UW-Madison to accomplish their goals; in this case, working with the Ho Chunk Nation to create a traveling museum about the Ho Chunk people.…
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What is research? We have images of labs, computer models, surveys, ivory towers, etc. but some researchers are taking research to the people: to communities and neighborhoods. We find out more with our guests, Community-Engaged Scholarship Specialist Cory Sprinkel of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and Kat Phelps, with the Wisconsin Networ…
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Humans have doctors to cure them of illnesses and disease, so why not plants? Leslie Holland, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist of Fruit Crop Pathology talks with Buzz Kemper about diagnosing and curing disease in Wisconsin's most common fruit crops: cranberries, apples, and grapes.Badger Talks által
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Dr. Lee L. Eckhardt is the Gary and Marie Weiner Professor of Cardiovascular Research and a faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine within the Department of Medicine. As an electrophysiologist, Dr. Eckhardt treats a wide variety of arrhythmia conditions particularly conditions that cause ventricular arrhythmia or sudden death. She…
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Buzz Kemper talks with cell and regenerative biology professor Dr. Jeffrey Dilworth, who helps us understand why the genes that maintain stem cells in a healthy state sometimes get turned off and how we can use epigenetics to turn these genes back on, so our satellite cells can function properly and effectively throughout our lifetime.…
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In this episode, Buzz chats with Jack Williams, Professor of Geography and Geography Department Chair, about his geography career, which overlaps with many other fields in working to solve the historical climate puzzle in looking at plant pollen in lake sediment over the more recent geological past.Badger Talks által
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Laura Albert, professor and chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering, gives Ben a crash course in industrial engineering, the goal of the field, and how we can use its methods to predict systems like Badger and National Football League brackets Links to other Badger Talk Live recordings of University of Wisconsin-Madison experts, can be found he…
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Dipesh Navsaria chats with Ben about the importance of reading to kids, how he became interested in combining children's literature and medicine, and how books can transport a child's mind to a brand new place. Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.w…
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Tom Eggert chats with Ben about investing in solutions to climate change and social justice that will likely give you returns and help improve the planet simultaneously. Tom also chats about how micro-finance loans can help communities rebound from natural disasters. Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about upcoming or past Badger Talk …
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Professor Jennifer Van Os chats with Ben about the importance of dairy cow welfare, how to measure individual cow preference, and how dairy cow welfare translates into productivity and better herd management. Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wis…
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Professor Sterling Johnson chats with Ben about the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) study, new insights from the study, how we can visualize protein build-up before symptoms, and how the study can help our understanding of Alzheimer's going forward. You can check out the latest about the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Preve…
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Kate Corby, Professor of Dance and expert in rolling around on the floor, chats with Ben about making dance accessible to kids across Madison, learning through movement & dance, and how dance can teach us more about ourselves. You can check out the dance outreach initiative Performing Ourselves by visiting: https://performingourselves.com/ Links to…
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Li Chiao-Ping, Professor of Dance, chats with Ben about how the she has worked with students, the community, and her dance company to bring dance throughout the lifespan. Chiao-Ping describes what it is like to dance and how rewarding it is to see students and community members dance as well. You can even take part! You can check out Li Chiao-Ping …
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Michelle Somes-Booher, the Director of the Small Business Development Center, chats with Ben about how the Center serves as a connector for business at all stages. The Center offers consulting, classes, videos, and resources of all sorts that are extremely helpful (as Ben can personally verify). If you're getting a business together, check out the …
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Jake Dean, the Director of the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, chats with Ben about how his work teaching about supplies chains and their potential disruptions was actually disrupted by the pandemic. Jake also discusses the status of supply chains currently and what folks might be able to expect to see going forward in addition to what…
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Courtney Harris, the Outreach & Partner Development Manager at Covering Wisconsin, chats with Ben about how Covering Wisconsin partners with organizations across the state to help individuals get health insurance and choose plans. Folks can contact Covering Wisconsin or visit the website to learn about the process of signing up for health insurance…
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Cliff Robb, Associate Professor of Personal Finance, chats with Ben about his random path to his interest in finance, the reward of teaching fundamental skills to students, research into behaviors leading to debt, how financial scams can affect everyone, the Center for Financial Security as a resource for financial information, and playing with Leg…
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Linda Lepe, Director of Consumer Finance & Financial Planning, chats with Ben about the basics of investing: what investing is, the benefits of investing early, what stocks versus bonds are, and how you could get a mix of stocks and bonds through mutual funds or exchange traded funds all with a bit of humor. Links to Linda's upcoming virtual Badger…
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Bridgit Bowden, WPR's Special Projects Reporter, chats with Ben about what she learned when making the "WPR Reports: Mapped Out" podcast, what she hopes each listener will learn about gerrymandering, how critical redistricting is to every aspect of politics in Wisconsin, and how she still does Zumba with or without her cats. Links to Bridgit's upco…
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Susan Carpenter, native plant gardener at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, chats with Ben about the joy and biodiversity that come with gardening with native plant species, how pollinators and birds benefit from native plants, ways to find out more about native plants, how prescribed burns are carried out at the University Arboretum, and how he…
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Barb Duerst, Deputy Director of the Masters of Public Health Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, chats with Ben about the need for evidence-based decision making in public health and beyond, food security, and all the amazing activities Barb does in her spare time. Links to Barb's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past…
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The co-founders of the Wisconsin Science Festival, Laura Heisler and George Tzougros, chat with Ben about how the Fest came to be, some highlights of the over 200 events happening across the state from October 21st to the 24th, and where they would love to see the Fest go in the future. Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live by Laura and Ge…
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Director of the Elections Research Center and professor Barry Burden chats with Ben about the multiple forms of gerrymandering, how maps can be redrawn, and what alternatives to secretive redistricting the public can learn more about. Links to Barry's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found…
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Director of the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, Susan C. Cook, chats with Ben about her early "Wonderbread" years in the UP of Michigan, how ragtime culture was similar to the birth of hip-hop culture, and the new expansion of the School of Music. Links to Susan's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live rec…
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Professor and jazz-man Johannes Wallmann chats with Ben about finding a home where can successfully balance teaching, composing, and recording albums, improvising, plus the catchy earworm stuck in his brain. Links to Johannes' upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalk…
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Professor and educator Greg Nemet joins Ben on the podcast to discuss being hopeful about climate change, geeking out from seeing wind turbines and solar panels, and pond hockey. Links to Greg's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/…
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