Madison Forum
Madison Forum is a weekly show that focuses on the issues for Madison, Wisconsin.
Episodes
April 28, 2024 • 29 mins
With School Library Month, National Library Week, and National Librarian Day all being in April, Robin sits down with Liz Boyd, marketing specialist for Madison Public Library, to talk about all that the city libraries have to offer.
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April 14, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Don Gorske, also known as the Big Mac Guy - the man who hold the Guinness World Record for Most McDonald's Big Macs eaten - about his life, work, and love of Big Macs.
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April 7, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Mike Sturm, landscape architect with the City of Madison Parks Department, about the Lake Monona Waterfront Plan.
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March 24, 2024 • 29 mins
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so Robin talks with Dr. Dustin Deming, a medical oncologist and laboratory researcher at UW Health's Carbone Cancer Center, whose focus on gastrointestinal cancers became intensely personal after he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer himself.
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March 10, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Amy Penn, a forestry specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, about the current danger of wildfires and what we may be seeing this season.
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March 3, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Tim Halbach, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Milwaukee-Sullivan, about the recent severe weather - and severe weather warnings - we've been seeing in Wisconsin.
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February 25, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with WISC-TV's Gary Cannalte about his career, life, upcoming retirement, and the changes he's seen over the years on the way we report news and weather.
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February 11, 2024 • 29 mins
Wisconsin Trade and Consumer Protection Division Administrator Michelle Reinen joins Robin to talk about 2023's top ten consumer complaints made through the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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February 4, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Kyle Kriegl, executive director of the Southwest Wisconsin Chapter of the American Red Cross, about the current shortage of blood donations, how it happened, and what can be done to help.
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January 28, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Madison Streets Superintendent Charles Romines about street clearing the wake of heavy snow and bitterly cold temperatures in the past weeks.
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January 14, 2024 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Tom Haupt, influenza specialist with the Wisconsin Dept. of Health, about the RSV vaccine now available for those who are pregnant.
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December 24, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Brenda Campbell, president and CEO of Secure Futures, about what the recently-passed Act 60 means for future Wisconsin high schoolers and why financial literacy is so important at any age.
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December 17, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Dane Co. Clerk Scott McDonell about their new election center at the former Ale Asylum location near the airport.
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December 10, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Tellurian Behavioral Health CEO Kevin Florek about Tellurian's Narcan vending machine.
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November 19, 2023 • 29 mins
Zach Brandon, President of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, joins Robin to talk about the recent panel discussion with seven area mayors about the difficulties of getting housing as part of the middle class, the need for workers and housing for those workers, and the influx of Gen Z into the area.
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November 5, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Scott Klug, former congressman and television news anchor, about his past work and his current podcast "Lost In the Middle: America's Political Orphans."
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October 22, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Francesca Frisque, food pantry manager for the Goodman Community Center about their Thanksgiving Basket Drive.
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October 15, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Dane County Executive Joe Parisi as he looks back over his career and talks about his decision to retire.
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October 8, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin talks with Deputy Evan Tilleson from the Dane Co. Sheriff's Office, Freeway Service Team, about what it's like to do traffic enforcement on the Beltline.
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October 5, 2023 • 29 mins
Robin speaks with Trish Kilpin, director of the the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Office of School Safety, about their tip line and how they're working to make schools, and communities, safer.
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