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Wisconsin Public Television Supports Military Kids

Monday, April 30, WPT kicks off an important initiative to help Wisconsin’s military families. Wisconsin Public Television Supports Military Kids provides activities and resources to help mitigate the stresses of deployment on the nearly 14,500 Wisconsin kids in military families. … Continue reading

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After a Successful Year, Green Fire Premieres on WPT

From Cedar Rapids to the Czech Republic, Green Fire has been screened around the world at several film festivals in the past year. Now, the popular documentary film comes to Wisconsin Public Television. The film’s website offers the following description: … Continue reading

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Making Discoveries: One 3-Minute Video at a Time

If you’re connected to Facebook, chances are you’ve come across this iconic image of a woman being pushed from a race course. Click on it… (after reading this post of course). It leads to a brief NPR story about Kathrine … Continue reading

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Going Solo…or Not?

On Facebook today, PBS NewsHour posted a link to the segment “Why More Americans Are Living Alone” in which Ray Suarez talks with sociologist Eric Klinenberg about his new book Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living … Continue reading

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A History Lesson With a Whole Lot of Personality

Just this week PBS announced the full roster of actors, musicians and civic leaders that will appear on the new Henry Louis Gates Jr. program Finding Your Roots. The 10-part series draws on the basic drive to discover who we … Continue reading

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