WSUM Newshour WSUM

00:00 - News recap
10:00 - Why Wisconsin faced a cold weather snap with atmospheric science Prof. Jon Martin
20:30 - What Foxconn's future holds with reporters Kai Brito and Martin Rakacolli

00:00 - Government shutdown
11:00 - Transgender ban in the military with UW-Madison Prof. Finn Enke
24:00 - State of the State recap with Sam Buisman and Will Kenneally

We check in on the status of Wisconsin's races with UW-Madison Political Science Professor David Canon. We also discuss national trends, and how issues like the Kavanaugh nomination and Nikki Haley's announced departure from the UN will be felt locally.

WSUM reporter Stella Porter reports from UW-Madison's protest of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court.

Madison historian and chair of the city's Landmark Commission Stu Levitan discusses the recent Common Council vote to remove confederate monuments from a Madison cemetery. He talks about why he had to vote to keep the monument in place, but ultimately supported its removal.

Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Yogev Ben-Yitschak sits down in-studio with Stella Porter and Sam Buisman to discuss ASM's push to change Babcock's policy of using beef gelatin in ice cream.