Weekends with Lee Rayburn

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Each weekend, Lee Rayburn shares a selection of conversations and stories from his weekday program, joined by guests who bring insight, curiosity and practical advice to a wide range of topics.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    Feeding the revolution; Cooking with Carson Gulley

    Nancy Siegel about her latest book, “Political Appetites.” She shares how food and home cooks helped make history in colonial and early America. We also learn about delightful recipes like […]

  2. Nov 2

    Wisconsin’s Halloween horrors, myths and monsters

    Author, filmmaker and horror aficionado Christopher Micklos explores what scares us in Wisconsin, from ghosts to ticks. After Christopher, cryptozoologist and paranormal investigator  Barnaby Jones explains what may be behind […]

  3. Oct 25

    Quilting memories; Our history with wolves

    A group of Madison-based quilters, including our guest, Edith Lawrence-Hilliard, are taking this research a step further to support Black women who are twice as likely to experience dementia and […]

  4. Oct 19

    Irreplaceable you and Wisconsin’s real-time weather network

    New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach explains all the challenges to replacing parts of the human anatomy from her latest book “Replaceable You.” After Mary, we talk with Chris […]

  5. Oct 4

    Turning Lights Out and Restoring a Dark Sky

    A year-old coalition says that the benefits to reducing artificial lighting far outweighs the reasons we reduce the darkness. One of the coordinators of Lights Out Wisconsin, Brenna Marsicek, makes […]

  6. Sep 27

    Wisconsin’s black bears and the Milwaukee Brewers

    Large carnivore experts from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Randy Johnson and Jennifer Price Tack, estimate the state’s black bear population, explain bear management strategies and the importance of […]

  7. Sep 21

    Helping Wisconsin’s turtles and starting meditation

    Conservation biologist with Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources Andrew Badje helps you keep turtles out of harm’s way. After that, Cortland Dahl, contemplative scientist from the UW-Madison Center for Healthy […]

  8. Sep 12

    Dr. Zorba Paster on vaccines and an update on Wisconsin’s elk herds

    No stranger to weekends on WPR, Dr. Zorba Paster returns for the very first episode of Weekends With Lee Rayburn. Also, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Josh Spiegel […]

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Each weekend, Lee Rayburn shares a selection of conversations and stories from his weekday program, joined by guests who bring insight, curiosity and practical advice to a wide range of topics.

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