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City Cast Madison

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Join us every weekday morning for can’t-miss conversations about what’s happening in Madison, with a dose of local news to keep you up to speed. Host Bianca Martin collects people wherever she goes, like an endless conga line. On City Cast Madison, she peers into our city’s soul with a journalist’s skepticism and an optimist’s heart.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best City Cast Madison episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to City Cast Madison for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite City Cast Madison episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

PFAS chemicals show up in all kinds of things: non-stick cookware, stain-resistant clothing, microwave popcorn bags, firefighting foam. They’ve been dubbed “forever” chemicals because they don’t break down in the environment, making them very hard to get rid of. And they’re showing up in our water.

Scientists are still discovering the health risks of PFAS, but research suggests that PFAS exposure increases the risk of kidney and testicular cancer. The CDC says most of us have been exposed to PFAS at some point.

The Madison Water Utility plans to install a PFAS-removing filter at one well that they shut down due to contamination. It’ll cost $6 million dollars. Producer Dylan Brogan caught up with Joe Grande, Water Quality Manager with the Madison Water Utility, to learn how it’ll work.

Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email [email protected]. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram!

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City Cast Madison - The Restaurant Preserving Wisconsin’s Dairy Legacy
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10/12/23 • 19 min

Seven Acre Dairy is many things - a cafe, a restaurant, a hotel, a butter plant.

But if you talk to founder Nic Mink, it’s also a place for restoration. He renovated a shuttered old butter plant in Paoli, Wisconsin, a small community about twenty minutes from downtown Madison. It’s drawing neighbors near and far to enjoy locally-made butter, soft serve ice cream and a farm-to-table restaurant.

It sits along the banks of the Sugar River, nestled among a savanna with oak trees older than the state of Wisconsin. Learn why Nic’s trying to preserve a little slice of Wisconsin’s dairy heritage in rapidly changing industry.

🧈 Join us every Thursday as we explore Madison's food culture, from the brewers and bakers to the chefs and cheesemakers.

This conversation originally aired February 23, 2023.

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City Cast Madison - You Might Also Like: Science Will Win
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06/12/24 • -1 min

Introducing Live from SXSW - Moonshot Culture: Innovating to Outdo Yesterday from Science Will Win.

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Throughout history, humans have coalesced around moonshot culture to achieve audacious goals—from eradicating smallpox, to sequencing the human genome, to landing a spacecraft on Mars. These feats of human ingenuity didn’t happen in a vacuum, they were born from intentional innovation, a “coalition of the willing,” and a vision to outdo yesterday. This fireside chat with Drew Panayiotou, CMO of Pfizer and Devon Still, ex-NFL player and founder of Still Strong Foundation, explores innovations in cancer, their personal experiences with family members needing healthcare treatment, and what it will take to achieve Pfizer's next big moonshot to outdo cancer and achieve its vision, a world where people with cancer live better and longer lives.

This episode was recorded live in Austin, TX on Monday March 11 as part of Pfizer’s takeover of the South by Southwest podcasting lounge.

The Let's Outdo Cancer Campaign aims to focus on advances in fighting against cancer. To learn more, visit letsoutdocancer.com.

DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to [email protected].

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The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Dylan Brogan and Molly Stentz recap Wisconsin’s role in the latest Trump indictment and ask why Madison apartment building names are just so... interesting. Plus, there were Nazis in Watertown last weekend. What is happening?

Mentioned on the show:

🏳️‍🌈 Unity Project of Watertown

Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email [email protected]. We’re also on Instagram!

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City Cast Madison - Farewell, Circus World Elephants! 🐘
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08/29/23 • 23 min

Elephants are everywhere in Baraboo: painted on the highway overpass, displayed as public art in the park, depicted on murals.

But one place they’re not anymore: at Circus World.

Circus World was the original home to the Ringling Brothers Circus. For more than a hundred years, they’ve included elephants as part of their circus performances. Today, you can still see circus acts there; they’re now owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

But as of August 27th, there’s one mammoth change: no more performing circus elephants. Circus World’s last remaining elephants have retired and will now live at a sanctuary in Oklahoma.

So what it’s REALLY like working with elephants? We spoke with professional circus clown Karen DeSanto. Karen worked for both Ringling Bros. and Circus World.

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City Cast Madison - How Paying College Athletes is Changing UW Sports
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11/22/23 • 23 min

We’re in a brave new world of college sports. One of the biggest revolutions in college sports came when the NCAA allowed college student athletes to get paid. Where previously some athletes might have received scholarships to play, now they can also get branding deals worth millions. Some UW students have reportedly signed contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But how does it all work? What does it mean for the students, the teams and the university? How is it changing UW sports?

Here to answer these questions and more is Jim Polzin, sports columnist at the Wisconsin State Journal. Producer Dylan Brogan caught up with him in November.

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City Cast Madison - You Might Also Like: Revisionist History
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07/05/24 • -1 min

Introducing Hitler’s Olympics Part 2: Pangloss, Polonius, Prufrock from Revisionist History.

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Charles Sherrill was everything a gentleman of his generation was supposed to be: rich, handsome, charming, Ivy-Leagued. He was impossibly well connected and extravagantly mustachioed. He was also the person who, as much as anything, decided whether American athletes would participate in the 1936 Olympics. Faced with one of the great moral dilemmas of the day, America needed the wisdom of Solomon. Instead, it got the wisdom of Sherrill.

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DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to [email protected].

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Winter’s coming. As of tomorrow, parking in Madison gets a little more complicated. Alternate side parking starts November 15th, meaning you have to park your car on the correct side of the road each day to avoid getting a ticket. If you live in the central city, this applies to you whenever there’s significant snowfall and the city declares a snow emergency.

City officials say that while enforcement has been down the past few winters, that could change this year.

Producer Dylan Brogan spoke with Madison Streets Superintendent Charlie Romines about what you need to know to help the streets get plowed and avoid a ticket.

Get text alerts about snow emergencies and where to park. [City of Madison]

Read all about Alternate Side Parking [City of Madison]

Also mentioned on the show:

Lake Monona and Starkweather Creek called ‘impaired waterways’ [WI DNR]

City Council seeks modest final changes to mayor's proposed budget [Wisconsin State Journal]

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City Cast Madison - Voting Maps, Brain Maps, and Road Maps
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01/19/24 • 25 min

The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Bianca Martin, Hayley Sperling and Molly Stentz recap Wisconsin’s quest for new political voting maps and the huge new grant UW-Madison landed to study Alzheimer’s. Plus, we skid across town looking at Madison roads after the big storms and ask why the U.S. DOT is banning our sassy roadsigns.

Mentioned on the show:

🏛️ Maps submitted to Wisconsin Supreme Court would chip away at Republican legislative advantages [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

🏛️ A Democratic group now seeks new congressional maps, too [Cap Times]

🔎 Analysis of proposed legislative redistricting plans submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court [Marquette University]

🎧 Wisconsin’s new voting maps are coming soon [City Cast Madison]

🧠 UW–Madison receives $150 million grant to lead nationwide Alzheimer’s disease study [UW-Madison]

✋ How to be a participant in the Alzheimer’s study [UW-Madison]

🌨️ Here's why so many Madison roads remain snow- and ice-covered [Wisconsin State Journal]

🛣️ The federal DOT is banning funny messages on electronic signs over Wisconsin highways [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

🚌 Metro transit service disruptions [City of Madison]

🧂 When and how to use salt [Madison Minutes]

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The City Cast Madison team is here to round up the week’s news. Bianca Martin, Dylan Brogan and Molly Stentz recap the highlights: Planned Parenthood has resumed abortion services in Madison and Milwaukee, the Brewers want the public to pay $600 million to spruce up their stadium, and there’s a bipartisan bill to let voters rank their political choices.

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⚕️ Planned Parenthood Resumes Abortion Services in Wisconsin [PPWI]

⚾ Taxpayers could spend $600 million on American Family Field. Brewers would stay until 2050 [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

💸 This Small But Hated Tax Could Have Collected Millions for the Brewers’ Stadium [Milwaukee Magazine]

🗳️ Bipartisan bill renews effort to introduce ranked-choice voting in congressional elections [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

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FAQ

How many episodes does City Cast Madison have?

City Cast Madison currently has 526 episodes available.

What topics does City Cast Madison cover?

The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Daily News and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on City Cast Madison?

The episode title 'Madison’s Trying to Clean PFAS From Our Water. It’s Not Easy.' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on City Cast Madison?

The average episode length on City Cast Madison is 23 minutes.

How often are episodes of City Cast Madison released?

Episodes of City Cast Madison are typically released every day.

When was the first episode of City Cast Madison?

The first episode of City Cast Madison was released on Nov 18, 2022.

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