Badger Talks Podcast

Li Chiao-Ping, Professor of Dance, chats with Ben about how the she has worked with students, the community, and her dance company to bring dance throughout the lifespan. Chiao-Ping describes what it is like to dance and how rewarding it is to see students and community members dance as well. You can even take part!

You can check out Li Chiao-Ping dance by visiting: https://www.lcpdance.com/

Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Michelle Somes-Booher, the Director of the Small Business Development Center, chats with Ben about how the Center serves as a connector for business at all stages. The Center offers consulting, classes, videos, and resources of all sorts that are extremely helpful (as Ben can personally verify). If you're getting a business together, check out the Small Business Development Center!

Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about Covering Wisconsin and upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

You can check out the Small Business Development Center by visiting: https://sbdc.wisc.edu/

Jake Dean, the Director of the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, chats with Ben about how his work teaching about supplies chains and their potential disruptions was actually disrupted by the pandemic. Jake also discusses the status of supply chains currently and what folks might be able to expect to see going forward in addition to what he likes to do on Sundays (hint, it's edible).

Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about supply chain issues during the pandemic and upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Courtney Harris, the Outreach & Partner Development Manager at Covering Wisconsin, chats with Ben about how Covering Wisconsin partners with organizations across the state to help individuals get health insurance and choose plans. Folks can contact Covering Wisconsin or visit the website to learn about the process of signing up for health insurance and their personal options. Violet the dog would approve.

Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live about Covering Wisconsin and upcoming or past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Covering Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that helps people in Wisconsin find and use health insurance. Their expert Health Insurance Navigators provide free help any time. You can contact a Covering Wisconsin Navigator by calling 608-261-1455 or 414-400-9489 or schedule an appointment online. You can also call the 2-1-1 Helpline to find a Navigator or other health insurance enrollment assister near you.

Cliff Robb, Associate Professor of Personal Finance, chats with Ben about his random path to his interest in finance, the reward of teaching fundamental skills to students, research into behaviors leading to debt, how financial scams can affect everyone, the Center for Financial Security as a resource for financial information, and playing with Legos or talking the dogs to the park.

Links to Cliff's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Visit the Center for Financial Secuirty:

https://cfs.wisc.edu/

Linda Lepe, Director of Consumer Finance & Financial Planning, chats with Ben about the basics of investing: what investing is, the benefits of investing early, what stocks versus bonds are, and how you could get a mix of stocks and bonds through mutual funds or exchange traded funds all with a bit of humor.

Links to Linda's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Investment websites mentioned by Linda:

Investopedia- https://www.investopedia.com/

Nerdwallet- https://www.nerdwallet.com/

Yahoo finance- https://finance.yahoo.com/

Market Watch- https://www.marketwatch.com/

Morning Star- https://www.morningstar.com/

Bridgit Bowden, WPR's Special Projects Reporter, chats with Ben about what she learned when making the "WPR Reports: Mapped Out" podcast, what she hopes each listener will learn about gerrymandering, how critical redistricting is to every aspect of politics in Wisconsin, and how she still does Zumba with or without her cats.

Links to Bridgit's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Listen to "WPR Reports: Mapped Out" on-

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7GSHJFjB75vWnhR1EXL2j1

Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wpr-reports/id1586839609

WPR website:

https://www.wpr.org/mappedout

Susan Carpenter, native plant gardener at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, chats with Ben about the joy and biodiversity that come with gardening with native plant species, how pollinators and birds benefit from native plants, ways to find out more about native plants, how prescribed burns are carried out at the University Arboretum, and how her dog expects milk bones from every delivery truck.

Links to Susan's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Barb Duerst, Deputy Director of the Masters of Public Health Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, chats with Ben about the need for evidence-based decision making in public health and beyond, food security, and all the amazing activities Barb does in her spare time.

Links to Barb's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

The co-founders of the Wisconsin Science Festival, Laura Heisler and George Tzougros, chat with Ben about how the Fest came to be, some highlights of the over 200 events happening across the state from October 21st to the 24th, and where they would love to see the Fest go in the future.

Links to the upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live by Laura and George, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

The link to the Wisconsin Science Festival is here:

https://www.wisconsinsciencefest.org/

Director of the Elections Research Center and professor Barry Burden chats with Ben about the multiple forms of gerrymandering, how maps can be redrawn, and what alternatives to secretive redistricting the public can learn more about.

Links to Barry's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

The virtual talk on rank choice voting in Wisconsin on October 7th morning is here:

https://elections.wisc.edu/ranked-choice-voting-breakfast-briefing/

To see the rest of the events for Badger Family Weekend, visit the event page for the program here:

https://parent.wisc.edu/parent-events/family-weekend/

Director of the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, Susan C. Cook, chats with Ben about her early "Wonderbread" years in the UP of Michigan, how ragtime culture was similar to the birth of hip-hop culture, and the new expansion of the School of Music.

Links to Susan's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Susan's book "Bodes of Sound" connecting culture and youth across the generations can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Bodies-of-Sound-Studies-Across-Popular-Music-and-Dance/Cook-Dodds/p/book/9781138248144

Professor and jazz-man Johannes Wallmann chats with Ben about finding a home where can successfully balance teaching, composing, and recording albums, improvising, plus the catchy earworm stuck in his brain.

Links to Johannes' upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Professor and educator Greg Nemet joins Ben on the podcast to discuss being hopeful about climate change, geeking out from seeing wind turbines and solar panels, and pond hockey.

Links to Greg's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

Ben Rush interviews Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson about her recent poetry collection "Grimoire", her journey, and cooking recipes from the cookbook of Malinda Russell, the first known Black Woman to publish a cookbook in the United States.

Links to Cherene's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

To check out Cherene's poetry volume "Grimoire", click this link: https://www.autumnhouse.org/books/grimoire/