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Linda Falkenstein
Brainplate Grows wants to make it easy for restaurants to compost
Dane County throws away an estimated 10,000 tons of food scraps every year that could be composted. Brainplate Grows is a new composting program focused on restaurants and food producers.
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.
Sep 6, 2022
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.
Aug 29, 2022
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.
Aug 17, 2022
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Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Esteban Touma
Esteban joins Jen and Takeyla to talk about his storytelling style and how what should have been an uneventful day turned into an unforgettable story.
Jul 29, 2022
Inside Stories
Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Albert Watson and his detention center cooking club
Albert Watson talks about saving the life of a teenager and his philosophy on working with youth.
Jul 20, 2022
Hedi Lamarr Rudd
The food doula
‘I think of my doula work as a ministry because it directly flows from my purpose. I want to be there for moms who are marginalized.'
Jul 14, 2022
Maureen Janson Heintz
Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Ann Imig gets specific about motherhood
Ann Imig shares a "very real" story about chaotic life at home with young children and discusses her work as a blogger.
Jun 24, 2022
3:00 PM
Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Wilson Chan Yeong Seely on understanding family
Wilson Chan Yeong Seely shares a story about being adopted and his understanding of what it means to be a family. And Sich Slone talks about turning a rundown theater showing porn films into a Madison institution.
Jun 15, 2022
5:30 PM
'A gift to myself'
"Creating the 'HmongPhrases app was kind of like a gift to myself to celebrate my Hmong identity and to love myself the way that I am."
Jun 10, 2022
8:00 AM
Isthmus Inside Stories podcast: Tandalaya Taylor daydreams
“Tandalaya is among the most positive, encouraging students we’ve ever had,” Odyssey director Emily Auerbach said in a release. “In her interview, she said she would be a cheerleader for the others in class. That’s exactly what she is.”
Jun 9, 2022
4:00 PM
Isthmus, Inside Stories partner on storytelling podcast
Subscribe to the Isthmus Inside Stories podcast on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcast app.
Jun 1, 2022
2:00 PM
Gary Porter
The essential role of everyday people in a democracy
When a survivor speaks, students listen. When a Holocaust survivor shares their personal story in a classroom, we are teaching the Holocaust beyond the numbers.
May 13, 2022
7:00 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
