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The Virtue of Uncertainty

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Jordan Ellenberg, UW-Madison math professor, explains that while math can’t solve life’s open-ended questions, it offers tools for embracing uncertainty and easing the anxiety it brings.

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Nature: Lions of the Skeleton Coast

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The Wisconsin Channel

Martin Clunes: Islands of America: Puerto Rico, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia

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Create

Louisiana Coastal Cooking: Bounty of Southeast Louisiana

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PBS KIDS

Hero Elementary: First Day of School, Part 1; First Day of School, Part 2

PBS Wisconsin News

Three people walk along an asphalt-paved path toward the rear side of a corner of a building with stone masonry walls and a bronze plaque reading Lyons Park, with trees in the background and an out-of-focus plastic sandwich board sign with two illustrations of the U.S. flag and the words Vote Here / Aquí on its front face.

08/19/26

What to know about fake election poll numbers for shared and retracted by a mysterious company

Light reflects off metal latch handles and rotary combination locks integrated into a row of metal school lockers.

08/18/26

At ‘quasi-public’ private schools, 100% of students get tuition vouchers — there’s almost no accountability

Different poultry cuts and other meat products packaged in trays and encased in plastic wrap sit stacked in three adjacent open-topped coolers, with a cardboard container filled with a bakery product standing next to one, with an out-of-focus open-sided cooler displaying different food products in the background.

08/17/26

Victoria Findlay Wolfe shares quilted memories at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show

Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald smiles, holding food on sticks, at an outdoor market at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair with colorful stalls. A camera operator films her, creating a lively, cheerful scene.

07/13/26

5 festivals to visit this summer with ‘Wisconsin Life’

07/06/26

Mindful media matchup: Launch learning with the PBS KIDS Games app

Red tomatoes in a large box at a market.

06/30/26

Garden & Green Living Expo experts unearth keys to a fruitful vegetable garden

Collage of scenes featuring public library staff in interviews and at work, including librarians standing in front of a presentation screen, walking through book stacks, shelving books and speaking on camera. Visible text includes a Madison Public Library staff name badge, a lower-third identifying a youth services librarian and a prompt asking, “What’s one thing you want your community to know?”

06/25/26

New short video series celebrates Wisconsin librarians

Five people in vintage 1930s-style swimwear and summer clothing pose together on a wooden pier beside a calm blue sea.

06/25/26

July 2026 streaming picks on PBS Passport

An astronaut floats in outer space with the Earth in the backdrop.

06/24/26

What’s new on PBS Wisconsin in July?

A woman receives an ice cream cone from a server behind the counter at the Windmill Ice Cream Shoppe in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

06/15/26

Start spreading the moos — be part of National Dairy Month with ‘Wisconsin Life’

Wisconsin Vote

Explore information about Wisconsin’s candidates, races, voter resources and election results.

America@250

Join us for events, programs and conversations with Wisconsin communities to connect and reflect on our shared history and the future of democracy.

Health of Our Planet

Wisconsin and national perspectives on protecting our planet and the ecosystems we share.

Interactive Media

Find bold experiments in 360 video, virtual tours and educational games shaping the future of how we share Wisconsin stories.

University Place

A virtual lecture hall series covering science, history, business, the environment, art, culture and more.

Powwow Bound: A Menominee Homecoming

Experience this 3D narrative-driven adventure game suitable for ages ten and up.

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