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Martial Arts Elvis:
August 16th marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis’s death. And while many people will make the pilgrimage to Graceland to mark the occasion, commentator Dean Robbins tells us about a place a little closer to home.
Dean Robbins is the editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly.

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Civil War Week: The Letters of Chalmers Ingersoll:
The Civil War split families. But it also brought people together. Commentator Sarah Covington shares her family’s story of love in the middle of war.
This story commemorates Wisconsin’s role in the Civil War on its 150th anniversary.

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Woodstock in Wisconsin
Today, The story of “Wisconsin’s Woodstock.” 40 years ago this weekend, long-haired hippies and flower children from across the Midwest converged on a small Wisconsin farm for a weekend of peace, love and music –including a band people were just beginning to talk about at the time – The Grateful Dead. Historian Michael Edmonds tells the story…
Two killer whales surface through the ice. A dozen orcas were trapped and facing near-certain death in the frozen expanse of Canada’s...
Saturday Night Live and Portlandia personality Fred Armisen co-hosts This American Life with Ira Glass. This week’s theme: doppelgangers. Armisen...
If you’re anything like me, January 11th isn’t just the day the renowned beer-brewers John Molson and Carl Jacobsen died—it’s also the...