Joel Patenaude

If it was warm she wouldn't wear much more ... I think I luh-uh-uhv her!

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Meet Wisconsin's latest champion speed skater and learn about WIAA's new competitive balance plan In March, Wisconsin’s Jordan Stolz became the first male speed skater to win three titles at the world championship. He joins us. Then a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association member explains ...

Huge congrats to Kewaskum, Wisconsin's new gold-medal Olympian Jordan Stolz. We knew he was destined for greatness.

Minneapolis inspires protest songs, from The Boss to Billy Bragg Billy Bragg, who just wrote and released the song “City of Heroes,” talks with the Monitor about the impact of protest songs.

I spoke to the Christian Science Monitor about my song of solidarity for the resistors of Minneapolis

www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/013...

That is not remotely true.

Is that the Artist Formerly Known As Prince?

Our season finale is about the vital role public media plays in the lives of many Americans, how the Trump Administration’s budget cuts could impact those Americans directly, and one small way we’re trying to make a difference. And yes, of course, there is a bidet involved.

How a Midwestern NASA seamstress made hand-stitched, heat resistant fabric Jean Wright is the focus of the 2023 children's book by Elise Matich “Sew Sister: The Untold story of Jean Wright and NASA's Seamstresses.”

After the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, Jean Wright and her fellow "Sew Sisters" blanketed our astronauts with a new form of thermal protection.

OK, today I bought the t-shirt and pin seen here on the left. Got home, showed them to my wife, who said, "Oh, to match the patch on the bookshelf." Sure enough, that's where I found the patch (AND an identical pin) pictured on the right, which I have no memory of buying. OH, THE IRONY. Sigh.

Stopped by the State Street store last week and picked up an "America Needs Public Media" t-shirt.

I expected the same given my literal in-your-face choice of profile pic. But I have very few followers, so either no one bothers to pick a fight with me or the photo itself is limiting my reach.

Prairie strips provide habitat and help save farmland Decades of research has shown that setting aside 10 percent of a farm field for wildlife habitat is beneficial for both the environment and agricultural production long term.

We occasionally cross statelines for expertise here at Wisconsin Public Radio.

The Erie Canal paved the way for immigration to Wisconsin In 1835, a decade after the canal was finished, there were only a few thousand non-native people living in Wisconsin. “By 1850 there were 305,000,” author Laurie Lawlor said recently on “The Larry Mei...

As crazy as the world is right now, we've had it easy compared to our ancestors. Here's my latest article for wpr.org.

Foggies doin doggy.

Let's get clickbait out of local news.

We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.

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Some "pets" will never not hate us, no matter how well we keep them -- I say as the viper boa strikes the glass yet again upon merely sensing my presence.

I bet the filmmakers also didn't have on their bingo car Snoop Dogg weighing in.

Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off. Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.

Some incredibly good news:

One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.

In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.

In short, it’s working.

So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

Korn on the Kob and Fleetwood Big Mac.

Smashing Pumpkin Pies and Phish 'n Chips.

This is hilarious: "Chicagoans may remember the Birds Aren’t Real posters from 2018, which similarly took an outlandish conspiracy theory very seriously. The Man in Bean Coalition says 'They are a completely different group. Birds are definitely real, and the man inside the Bean is real too.'"

Mix of good/bad luck at the start of our last mountain biking summer trip. This morning a thunderstorm nearly flooded our Copper Harbor campsite. But yesterday I found the bike computer in the lost and found at WinMan that popped off there month ago. So yay?

I spent a year in both Egypt and Turkey at formative ages, so I nodded at both selections. I consistently regretted going to Taco Bell.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.

I'm a big believer in not giving in to despair. That's what they want from us. That said, this is awful news.

Beautifully done! I love that other people do this! (And another argument for scientifically accurate tattoos! 😂) ❤️❤️ @rosemarymosco.com always a queen.

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After a long absence, I'm back in the pages of Silent Sports Magazine (July issue, print only), with this piece about #tandembicycling. In summary, wherever you're heading in your relationship, you'll get there faster on a tandem.

Despite proposed selloff of federal land, survey shows support for parks unifies people from all walks Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks: ‘people champion their parks.’

Almost 75% of Americans oppose the sale or closure of any kind of public land. And, across the board, they demonstrate consistent support for their local parks.

And "Look...."

VEO 3

Prompt: Generate a TV news anchor with a British accent, the anchor says "in shocking news, Jake Kaye Rowe ling's yacht sank with her on board after being attacked by orcas off the coast of turkey" include the announcement in the dialogue.

This took one prompt and 2 minutes to generate.