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Peter Rambo
The power of one
“I had known for a long time that I couldn’t read. But when my teachers told my parents that I struggled with reading, my parents never believed them.” Read more
Lisa Wells
Saying no to war
Catholic Workers initiated newcomers into the tradition and practice of civil disobedience at a recent weekend-long workshop in Madison. The goal: to resist war and the F-35 fighter jets coming to Truax. Read more
May 11, 2023
Trees, glorious trees!
“People have long sought immortality through art, religion and offspring. To plant a tree seems like an equally good bet.” Read more
Apr 11, 2023
Valerie Tobias
Slow learner
“I’ve made a life out of sneaking in the back door of workplaces and relationships, signing up, then scrambling to prove myself worthy.” Read more
Mar 7, 2023
Valerie Tobias
Rate my face
“I was hooked up to wires, a band tightened around my waist. I was asked to take off my button-down so all I had was a crop top, which was pulled up to accommodate one of the wire’s nodes." Read more
Feb 9, 2023
Valerie Tobias
Old enough
Raising a child to be a good human being can seem deceptively straightforward when they’re little. Things get complicated fast. Read more
Jan 12, 2023
Open roads, clear skies and haiku
“My wife, Peggy, and I decided to celebrate last month by doing what many retired people do: travel. We loaded up our little teardrop camper, commanded our black lab, into the backseat of the Highlander, and took a left turn out of our driveway." Read more
Oct 13, 2022
3:00 PM
Isthmus Inside Stories Podcast: Jennifer Esperanza
Jennifer shares a story about what happened when she tried to pull one over on her immigrant mother and discusses what it took to get the story in shape for telling it in front of an audience. Read more
Sep 6, 2022
11:00 AM
Hedi LaMarr Rudd
What’s so special about landjaeger?
In "A Perfect Pair," Jesse Brookstein tells the story of the Green County producers of landjaeger and the cultural significance of a product that made its way from the Old World to Wisconsin. Read more
Aug 29, 2022
10:00 AM
Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Debi Kennedy
During the hardest months of her life, Debi Kennedy learned that people are there for each other, to help them through. She talks about telling a story about grief with humor and heartbreak. Read more
Aug 17, 2022
4:30 PM
In the paper
United against Ron Johnson. But who is the best candidate to beat him?
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson faces a reelection bid in one of the nation’s most politically divided states. History tells us Republicans should fare well in the upcoming midterms, but Johnson is unpopular and he’s running in a state won by Joe Biden. Read more
One Madison woman’s trip to Illinois for an abortion
On July 2, a 30-year-old Madison woman left her house to travel more than two hours to a clinic in Illinois to obtain a medication abortion to end her pregnancy. Since the Dobbs decision, she no longer has access to legal abortion in Wisconsin. Read more
Madison's Jacknife embraces an of-the-moment approach to fast-casual sushi rolls, bowls and salads
Jacknife is the fast-casual sibling of Red, one of the more innovative Japanese restaurants in town. So expectations were high when it opened in March. Read more
Wisconsin’s ‘honor’ system for removing guns failed Jesi Ewers
The conditions of his bail for domestic battery should have kept James “J.T.” Budworth from using his guns. They didn’t. Two months after being released from custody, Budworth used one of his guns to murder Jessi Ewers before taking his own life. Read more
The Dane County Farmers’ Market’s 50th anniversary cookbook is still looking to round out the collection
Do you have a yummy parsnip cake recipe passed down to you from your Eastern European mom-mom? This cookbook project is interested. Read more
