City Cast Madison

20/09/2024

Y’ALL!! YOU NAMED US ‘BEST OF MADISON’ FOR LOCAL PODCAST ONCE AGAIN. 2024 Gold winner . We’re SO honored. Thank you!!! From the bottom of our mad-town hearts. We love you. And love bringing you daily content about our magical, bustling, booked and busy city. We’re an amazing, hardworking, innovative, caring and engaged community with SO many stories to tell and efforts to spotlight. So THANK YOU for being a part of the City Cast Madison fam. Here’s to another year of more news and storytelling to come. ❤️🦡🦩🚴🏽‍♀️🚴‍♂️⛵️🏟️🍻

21/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: We talked with the lovely artist and lyrical legend . She’s headlining this weekend’s ! We waxed poetic about her Midwestern roots, her latest projects and some Madison memories. Go listen! 🦩✨Link in bio. 🔗

29/02/2024

Hey Fam!! Do you love listening to the City Cast Madison podcast? If so, NOMINATE us in Madison Magazine 'Best of Madison 2024' for podcasts! Today’s the last day! Find us under Arts & Entertainment. 🎙️❤️

Check it out now!

20/09/2023

‎Show City Cast Madison, Ep The Most Sampled Drummer Lived in Madison. Why Don’t You Know His Name? - Sep 19, 2023

14/09/2023

CITY CAST MADISON NAMED BEST PODCAST IN 's BEST OF MADISON AWARDS 🏆🏆🏆
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Hey you! Dear friends, listeners, readers and everyone in between who voted for the City Cast team, we APPRECIATE you. Thank you SO much for giving us your time every day. You're the reason we do this!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts

28/08/2023

If you’ve ever been to Osteria Papavero () in downtown Madison, you know you’re in for quality handmade Italian dishes, with beloved classics and a constantly changing menu of seasonal local fare.

Now you can learn to make them for yourself with Chef Francesco Mangano’s new cookbook, The Osteria Papavero Cookbook: Recipes from the Italian Shack and Beyond.

Written with Lindsay Christians, it’s chock full of stories from Francesco’s childhood, family recipes and gorgeous photos. Take a deep dive into the book with Chef Francesco Mangano through the link below!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/how-to-make-papaveros-delicious-italian-food-at-home

25/08/2023

You’ve likely heard about the large Cuban community that flourished in Miami. But did you know that nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees were sent to Fort McCoy, the U.S. Army base between Tomah and Sparta in southwest Wisconsin?

The Mariel Boatlift exodus has been called one of the U.S.’s most complex waves of immigration. It was named for the Cuban Port of Mariel, where more than 125,000 people emigrated from in 1980.

Many settled in Madison. And many didn’t talk about their experience, until now, click the link below to hear more!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/madisons-cuban-community-has-stories-to-tell

1. Cuban Salsa Band photo by Maurice Thaler, 1980
2. Osvaldo Durruthy shows the certificates he has earned over the years, like from parenting and custodial classes he took while in prison. Angela Major/WPR

23/08/2023

Landmark Creamery of Paoli makes some of the best cheeses in the world. You don’t have to take our word for it - that’s according to judges at the American Cheese Society, the Good Food Awards, and the World Championship Cheese Contest!

They make a variety of tasty handmade sheep-milk cheeses. And now, they’re making artisan butter down the street at Seven Acre Dairy in Paoli.

Co-owner Anna Thomas Bates tells us what makes their cheese so grate.

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/some-of-the-best-cheeses-in-the-world-come-from-paoli

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10/08/2023

What happens when two Madison icons join forces behind the mic? 🎙️🤩

Last week Bianca joined Bea's Buzz on @98.7wvmo for a great conversation around Bianca's journey to the mic and City Cast Madison. But that's not where the fun ends. Check out City Cast Madison next week on August 15th for another Bianca+Bea collab! We'll see you there ☺️

You can listen to Bea's Buzz via live streaming every Thursday at wvmo.fm. Buzz, buzz. 🐝🎙️

08/08/2023

It wasn’t that long ago that Wisconsin Supreme Court elections were snoozers with low voter turnout. Now after a raucous decade in Wisconsin politics, that era is over.

Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the statewide office this spring in the most expensive state judicial race in U.S. history.

Now that Judge Janet is on the bench, what can we expect from the new court?

Dylan Brogan () caught up with Professor Howard Schweber, who says that recent moves by the U.S. Supreme Court have made our state court even more important.

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/what-to-expect-from-judge-janets-court

📸: 1: Janet for Justice 2: The chambers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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03/08/2023

There’s a giant among us and it lives at the . It’s a 30-ton pipe organ. 🎹

It cost more than two million dollars, contains more than 4,000 pipes and is used in performances ranging from Latin Jazz to Bach to collaborations with the UW-Madison Wind Ensemble.

The man who knows it best is Greg Zelek, the principal organist for the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Host sat down with Greg to learn all about why he’s so moved by organ music… and why he thinks you’ll be, too.

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01/08/2023

It’s been more than eight years since Tony Robinson (pictured above) died. The teenager was shot dead by a Madison police officer who responded to a 911 call to Tony’s apartment on W***y Street.

The police department cleared the officer of any wrongdoing. The district attorney declined to prosecute. Tony’s mother, Andrea Irwin, settled a civil lawsuit against the city in 2017. Her attorneys called it the biggest settlement in Wisconsin history for a police shooting.

But Tony’s grandmother, Sharon Irwin-Henry, still wants her day in court.

Click the link below to hear what Sharon's doing next.

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/why-tony-robinsons-grandmother-is-still-fighting

Photos courtesy Sharon Irwin-Henry.

28/07/2023

If you’ve been to a Wisconsin bar, you’ve likely seen a pull-tab machine.

Pop in a buck and out comes a rectangle cardboard card that may get you a cash prize of up to $250. got the bizarre backstory of this unofficial — yet legal — lottery.

On the pod, explains how Wisconsin Souvenir Milkcaps (as they're officially known) became a thing. Drop a 🤑 if you've won big on pull tabs before!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/why-madison-bars-have-pull-tab-machines

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26/07/2023

Madison is said to have more bikes than cars.

And with 200 miles of bike trails in the area, there’s a lot to explore. So we turned to biking aficionado Grant Foster of for his favorite trips.

He’s got tips for everyone from newbies to those ready to make a weekend out of it. If you've got 30 mins or less, check out these trails:

🚲 Downtown Loop along State Street and Capitol (2 miles)
🚲 Lake Mendota shorefront to Picnic Point (3 miles)
🚲 Wingra Lake Loop through the UW Arboretum (6 miles)
🚲 Lower Yahara River Trail (6 miles)

Check out the link below for Grant's recommendations for day trips and bike camping! 😉

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/madisons-best-bike-trips

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20/07/2023

Next time you’re at Olin Turville Park, say hello to new park staffers Donna, Nancy, Emma, Janelle, Midnight and Dorito. Don’t be mad if they don’t talk back, though. They’re goats.

They belong to Greg Haak and Brooke Hushagen of HaakHagen Goat Grazing. The idea is that they’ll naturally eat their way through the park, cleaning up unwanted vegetation and reducing the need for herbicides.

Producer Molly Stentz tracked down the goat wranglers to learn how it’s working.

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/why-madison-is-using-goats-to-clean-up-parks

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