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City Cast Madison City Cast
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Join us every weekday morning for can’t-miss conversations about what’s happening in Madison, with a dose of local news to keep you up to speed. Host Bianca Martin collects people wherever she goes, like an endless conga line. On City Cast Madison, she peers into our city’s soul with a journalist’s skepticism and an optimist’s heart.
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Drug Treatment Delayed, Madison Housing Swap and Big Changes on State Street
The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Bianca Martin, Hayley Sperling and Molly Stentz recap the mysterious hold-up of state money for drug treatment and prevention programs. Plus, we discuss the creative proposal to build new affordable housing on East Wash in exchange for student housing on campus. And part of State Street’s going pedestrian-only starting May 8th. That’s why the flamingoes are everywhere. 🦩
Mentioned on the show:
💊Opioid treatment money stalled by anonymous Wisconsin legislator [Cap Times]
🏗️Porchlight, developer partner to build student and homeless housing [Wisconsin State Journal]
🦩Hundreds help paint State Street; Pedestrian Mall Experiment to launch May 8 [City of Madison]
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Which Restaurants Define Madison?
If you had to make a list of Madison’s essential restaurants, what would be on it? Which restaurants feel most iconic to the city? Which do you find yourself most recommending to visitors?
Cap Times Food Editor Lindsay Christians joins Molly Stentz to wax poetic about Madison’s classics. And check out Kyle Nabilcy’s list in Eater Chicago. Do you agree?
Join us every Thursday as we explore Madison's food culture, from the brewers and bakers to the chefs and cheesemakers.
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Spring Cleaning for the Mind and Body in Madison
Kosa Spa in the Garver Feed Mill on Madison’s east side, offers meditation, massage, hot stone saunas, an aromatherapy steam room, nourishing meals and more. Owner Shilpa Sankaran says they’re the only Ayurvedic spa in the country.
Bianca Martin talks to Shilpa about ways you can take care of yourself this spring in the Ayurvedic tradition.
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Why These Madisonians Want More Development
You may have heard the phrase, “Not In My Backyard,” or NIMBY. It’s often used – negatively – to describe neighbors who don’t want development in their neighborhood, whether it’s a new apartment building or affordable housing. Meaning that many of us support changes in principle, until it potentially affects our own neighborhood. Some Madisonians are worried that Madison is growing and changing too fast, and their neighborhoods will become too crowded or full of traffic.
But Will Ochowicz says that more Madisonians should say YIMBY, or “Yes In My Backyard” in order to help ease the city’s housing crisis. As in: Yes, we want more development. Yes, we want more housing to be built. He’s started a grassroots group called Madison is for People to rally for changes to Madison’s zoning laws.
Dylan Brogan sat down with Will to learn what’s motivating him.
Editor’s Note: After we recorded this interview, the Madison City Council voted to change its zoning code to allow for more housing density. You can now build an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on lots with small apartment buildings, and not just single-family homes.
This can mean creating additional living space within an existing building – like a garage, attic, or basement – or building a separate structure on the same lot. ADUs are limited to 900 square feet and no more than two bedrooms.
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Will Constitutional Amendments Cause More Chaos for Our Elections?
Madison City Attorney Michael Haas is no stranger to elections. He used to be the administrator for the Wisconsin Elections Commission, the state agency that administers Wisconsin’s election laws.
And he’s sounding the alarm about two new Constitutional amendments that Wisconsin voters approved this April. He says the amendments were written so vaguely that it’s unclear how local clerks, who run our elections, should carry them out. This could lead to messy lawsuits, which could undermine public trust in the elections they were intended to bolster.
Dylan Brogan speaks with Attorney Haas about the dilemma and what it means for the November Presidential election.
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Grocery Store Woes, Police Body Cameras and Ticks
The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Bianca Martin and Molly Stentz recap the latest in the ongoing quest to build a grocery store on South Park street to replace the Pick ‘n Save. Should the city spend another million? Plus, more Madison Police officers will now wear body cameras. And Marshfield Clinic wants your ticks. Seriously.
Mentioned on the show:
🥫Additional $1 million in city funds would move Park Street grocery forward, says owner Kristie Maurer [Isthmus]
🚓MPD body-worn camera pilot program gets underway [Channel 3000]
📸Madison Police Chief Wants Body Cams 🎧[City Cast Madison]
🪵Get your own tick kit:
Call Marshfield Clinic Research Institute at 715-389-7796 Ext. 16462 or email tics@marshfieldclinic.org.
The research study is called the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS). [Marshfield Clinic Research Institute]
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Customer Reviews
Spectacular
Bianca blows my mind with her conversation skills💞 10/10
comment on your 4.10.24 story
madison does not respect nor care about saving unique old architecture. madison tore down the beautiful art deco ovens of brittany building that was on university ave for what? to build a franchise atlanta bread store which wasn’t open very long before going out of business.
Dylan
It’s nice to hear Dylan on the podcast again. He’s a great interviewer and good moderator of the roundup. And , like, doesn’t use, like, a lot of filler words. Ya know?
Tina