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2024 11:00:35 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/shareholder-pride-green-bay-packers-fans-on-love-of-the-team/ false Breaking bread: An morning adventure in baking https://wisconsinlife.org/story/breaking-bread-finding-balance-in-baking/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:00:59 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/breaking-bread-finding-balance-in-baking/ false Snowboarding with the older boys: A parent’s lesson on letting go https://wisconsinlife.org/story/snowboarding-with-the-older-boys-a-parents-lesson-on-letting-go/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:42 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/snowboarding-with-the-older-boys-a-parents-lesson-on-letting-go/ false Cold-Smoking Sausage Tradition Continues in Marathon County https://wisconsinlife.org/story/cold-smoking-sausage-tradition-continues-in-marathon-county/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:00:11 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public 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false Palestinian exchange student in Wisconsin returns home despite violence https://wisconsinlife.org/story/palestinian-exchange-student-in-wisconsin-returns-home-despite-violence/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:00:08 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/palestinian-exchange-student-in-wisconsin-returns-home-despite-violence/ false Lake Geneva tradition leaps along with mailboat jumpers https://wisconsinlife.org/story/lake-geneva-tradition-leaps-along-with-mailboat-jumpers/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:00:59 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/lake-geneva-tradition-leaps-along-with-mailboat-jumpers/ false Wisconsin’s Ryan Castelaz pushing boundaries of coffee with Milwaukee shop, new book https://wisconsinlife.org/story/wisconsins-ryan-castelaz-pushing-boundaries-of-coffee-with-milwaukee-shop-new-book/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:00:31 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) 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Center https://wisconsinlife.org/story/do-your-job-a-lesson-from-the-dane-county-juvenile-detention-center/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:00:54 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/do-your-job-a-lesson-from-the-dane-county-juvenile-detention-center/ false The ‘most friendly debate’: cream puffs vs. kringle — 2 of the state’s most popular delicacies https://www.wpr.org/most-friendly-debate-cream-puffs-vs-kringle-2-states-most-popular-delicacies Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:00:16 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://www.wpr.org/most-friendly-debate-cream-puffs-vs-kringle-2-states-most-popular-delicacies false How the badger burrowed into Wisconsin’s identity https://www.wpr.org/how-badger-burrowed-wisconsins-identity Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:00:15 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://www.wpr.org/how-badger-burrowed-wisconsins-identity false From food waste to fertile soil: UW-Milwaukee program helps students compost https://wisconsinlife.org/story/from-food-waste-to-fertile-soil-uw-milwaukee-program-helps-students-compost/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:38 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/from-food-waste-to-fertile-soil-uw-milwaukee-program-helps-students-compost/ false Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day https://wisconsinlife.org/story/everyone-is-irish-on-st-patricks-day/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:00:23 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/everyone-is-irish-on-st-patricks-day/ false A fifth grader shares how the pandemic has changed her life over the last 2 years https://wisconsinlife.org/story/a-fifth-grader-shares-how-the-pandemic-has-changed-her-life-over-the-last-2-years/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:00:35 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/a-fifth-grader-shares-how-the-pandemic-has-changed-her-life-over-the-last-2-years/ false Madison musician connects with his heritage and father by archiving Ho-Chunk recordings https://wisconsinlife.org/story/madison-musician-connects-with-heritage-and-his-father-through-archiving-aging-cassettes-of-ho-chunk-recordings/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:00:13 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/madison-musician-connects-with-heritage-and-his-father-through-archiving-aging-cassettes-of-ho-chunk-recordings/ false Those traitorous Scandinavian languages: Don’t be suspected! https://wisconsinlife.org/story/those-traitorous-scandinavian-languages-dont-be-suspected/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:00:50 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) https://wisconsinlife.org/story/those-traitorous-scandinavian-languages-dont-be-suspected/ false With her app HmongPhrases, Madison woman works to keep Hmong language alive https://wisconsinlife.org/story/app-helps-users-practice-hmong-language/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:00:56 +0000 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio) 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