Mark Riechers

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

Opinion | Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice?

“Let’s not let political polarization blind us to the end game: a reduction in the use of animals in research.” - Deb Blum

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Man with caption that says “we still have to produce the milk”

Me when everything is on fire but there’s still content to post

Wonder Cabinet A podcast from the creators of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge"

Anne and Steve have exciting things coming. Stay tuned (and keep TTBOOK in your podcast app, their new thing will drop there in 2026!)

wondercabinetproductions.com

Wisconsin Public Radio's 'To the Best of Our Knowledge' and Zorba Paster sign off One listener said that TTBOOK, as it’s called for short, is "one of the most brilliant radio programs out there on the radio today."

And finally, Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson. I can't believe I got to work with such brilliant and decorated interviewers and producers. I didn't just learn how to produce better audio from them — I learned how to be a better listener, and a better human being. madison.com/life-enterta...

I always said working with Charles Monroe-Kane is like working with a live flame — raw, powerful, fast-moving, brilliant. A bright creative light to keep you on your toes.

More on his latest here: www.charlesmonroekane.com

Shannon Henry Kleiber was my partner in newsletter crime when I was on the show, and she made our partnership with the American Archive of Public Broadcasting a reality. americanarchive.org/special_coll...

She's got a new newsletter that you should definitely subscribe to: cadence.ghost.io

Angelo Bautista's Portfolio Find Angelo Bautista's content all in one single place and follow all new content pieces via email, regardless where they are published.

On top of being an exceptional producer, @angelobautista.bsky.social took on everything I handled in my former role on the show, and eventually handled a serious amount of engineering as well.

Highly adaptable, whip-smart, and hilarious.

More awesome work from him: authory.com/AngeloBautista

Farewell from TTBOOK You listened on car trips and overnight flights, kitchens and living rooms. You shared our love of ideas, our search for wonder, our curiosity and our belief in the future. Now, after 35 years, it’s t...

Signal boosting my @ttbook.bsky.social pals, who just released their final episode. www.ttbook.org/show/farewel...

The Last Person to Question Charlie Kirk

Interesting sense of perspective.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Now do gameboy camera

The Enshittification of American Power — WIRED First Google and Facebook, then the whole world.

“In time, US citizens may find themselves trapped in a diminished, nightmare America—like a post-Musk Twitter at scale—where everything works badly, everything can be turned against you, and everyone else has fled.” apple.news/AkXgyDqu1QtG...

Get vaccinated.

F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions

It's truly incredible how thoroughly we have erased the pandemic from our collective memory. We have learned nothing and we will suffer the consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

@ttbook.bsky.social

To All The Dogs We've Loved Podcast Episode · To The Best Of Our Knowledge · 08/16/2025 · 52m

To The Best Of Our Knowledge just re-aired one of the best things I've ever worked on: a show celebrating our loving partnership with dogs, and how we grieve and celebrate them when they are gone. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@HHSGov •@NBCNews claims that @SecKennedy's recommendation to fry potatoes in beef tallow - rather than the seed oils used today - "isn't backed by scientific research." Here is a basketful of studies that tell a different story: Quote tweet of: NBC News Health @NBCNewsHealth • 5d A salty twist: Diabetes risk study says french fries are a culprit nbcnews.com/health/health-...

The US Department of Health and Human Services is arguing with a cable news channel to say that french fries aren’t unhealthy

2026 goals: Cana Island walking simulator

A view from the top of the Cana Island Lighthouse - PBS Wisconsin Most visitors to Cana Island Lighthouse face a choice: climb the 97 steep steps to the top, or stay below...

Happy National Lighthouse Day!

I interviewed the folks behind @pbswisconsin.bsky.social “Illuminating Cana Island” about scanning the lighthouse there, what it means to balance interactivity and accessibility, and how games fit into the public media mission.

pbswisconsin.org/article/a-vi...

Kennedy’s Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M’s

“If people are celebrating and eating treats, they don’t want to be tasting beets.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/rfk-food-dyes-candy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

‘A sad blow to the Wisconsin Idea’: Hosts react to WPR cuts Wisconsin Public Radio laid off employees with plans to end ‘To The Best Of Our Knowledge’ and three other shows this fall.

"The idea that ‘To The Best Of Our Knowledge’ has not reflected Wisconsin is hurtful.” @ttbook.bsky.social captimes.com/business/a-s...

Citing budget concerns, WPR lays off staff, cuts programs Amid ongoing budget shortages and facing potential federal funding cuts, Wisconsin Public Radio has notified at least 15 staff members that they will be laid off.

www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

Mile of Music This concert documentary offers a front row seat to Appleton's community music festival.

Proud to have helped out with this, a lot of folks @pbswisconsin.bsky.social have worked hard on it. Check it out! 🎸

pbswisconsin.org/mileofmusic

Thought of it, couldn’t unsee it

From chicago community on Reddit theater of dreams usher @sugarfreeprimoz Follow Is the Pope actually from Chicago or a suburb 45 minutes out of the city? 12:22 PM • 5/8/25 • 818 Views

Pope Chicagoland

In early spring 2020, I reported an article for The New York Times on which I put the tentative headline: “New Coronavirus Is ‘Clearly Not a Lab Leak,’ Scientists Say.” It never ran. For two reasons. The chief one was that inside the Times, we were sharply divided. My colleagues who cover national security were being assured by their Trump administration sources — albeit anonymously and with no hard evidence — that it was a lab leak and the Chinese were covering it up. We science reporters were hearing from virologists and zoologists — on the record and in great detail — that the odds were overwhelming that it was not a lab leak but an animal spillover.

Pretty clear admission that the NYT killed a story about the implausibility of the lab leak because editors believed bad-faith Trump Admin sources over actual scientists.
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Protect Your Public Media - PBS Wisconsin Without this essential funding, life-saving emergency alerts, proven educational resources for all Wisconsin families, trusted local journalism and storytelling, and enriching cultural programs could ...

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“The real change isn’t that older adults are absent; it’s that their kids need them more than ever.” https://apple.news/AN8frGnlNSam3MKDtJB74Mw

Japanese Breakfast x Gorillaz at #Coachella2025 streamable.com/cj40d7

YouTube video by WGCU Public Media Should public media continue to get any funding from tax payers?

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