The Pandemic’s Impact on People Experiencing Homelessness in Wisconsin
PBS Wisconsin talks with a married couple who are living without housing — for the first time in their lives — during the pandemic. We also talk with Elizabeth Duffie, manager of Porchlight’s Safe Haven, Madison’s only day shelter providing services to the homeless.
May 28, 2020
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The Pandemic’s Impact on LGBTQ Youth
PBS Wisconsin checks in with a Green Bay Preble High School LGBTQ leader, senior Daniel Croake, who talks about earning a college scholarship and how things have gone with the virtual close to his high school career. We also talk with Brian Juchems, co-director of the statewide LGBTQ youth support network, GSAFE, who will offer an overview into the pandemic’s impact on LGBTQ students.
May 26, 2020
Photographer Captures Nature in Hushed Urban Landscape
With Less City Hustle and Bustle, Mary Lee Agnew Finds Her Animal Subjects and Herself Calmed
May 21, 2020
Home Movies: A Visit with PBS Wisconsin Director’s Cut Host Pete Schwaba
Thoughts on the movie industry during the pandemic
May 19, 2020
Pandemic Extends Wisconsin Scientist’s Stay in Antarctica
That’s the bad news. But, what if your home was in the safest spot in the world?
May 14, 2020
Safer at Home on the Front Porch: A Photo Essay
Eric Schwierske is a PBS Wisconsin Media Production Engineer. Photography is his hobby. Here’s what Schwierske had to say about this photo essay for the No Place Like Home project:
May 11, 2020
Southwest Wisconsin newspaper is now an at-home affair.
May 7, 2020
Global Pandemic Has Serious Impact on Those with Developmental Disabilities
PBS Wisconsin spoke with two people with developmental disabilities in Rhinelander to see how life during the pandemic was going for them. Our interview with John and Carol Anne was arranged with help from Jenny Felty, Director of Headwaters, Inc., a Rhinelander-based human services agency whose partners include the Ashland and Bayfield Counties Departments of Health and Human Services. Part 1 is a visit with John and Carol Anne. Jenny Felty provides a larger context about people with special needs during the pandemic in Part 2 which is a Q&A.
May 5, 2020
Oshkosh Artist Paints Pandemic Portraits of Home
Leif Larson creates family portraits even as his household copes with 'Safer at Home.'
April 30, 2020
Around the Corner and Safe at Home with Milwaukee Historian John Gurda
John Gurda, the bike-riding historian from public television’s “Around the Corner with John McGivern” and author of multiple books on Milwaukee history, spoke with PBS Wisconsin about life today in the city and historical perspective on these times.
April 28, 2020
WPR: Wisconsin Projects to Document Life During the Coronavirus Pandemic
We are living through an historic time, and it's important to document life today for posterity. We learn about two projects meant to record the experience of living through the coronavirus outbreak here in Wisconsin.
April 22, 2020
Madison Couple Stays Safe and Sing to Their Neighbors – from a Distance
In the age of musicians live streaming, a Madison couple go live every night on their front porch.
April 21, 2020
Iowa County Man Drives to Work to Work at Home
What happens when an information technologist can't get enough bandwidth?
April 16, 2020
Baraboo Logger Has Had to Saw His Business to the Bone
Mike Wilm is cutting wood even as he cuts payroll. How long can he keep it up?
April 14, 2020
Milwaukee Washington High School Senior Copes with Learning and Living at Home
Milwaukee Washington High School Senior Devonta Hymes stays on schedule to graduate this spring. He's reaching out to his classmates to help them do the same.
April 9, 2020
At Home with a Fifth Generation Monticello Dairy Farmer
Jimmy Voegeli is a fifth generation Wisconsin dairy farmer with acreage in Monticello. He tells what stay-at-home means for his operation and his 220 Brown Swiss cows.
April 7, 2020
Greendale Seamstress Sewing Facemasks Full Time
The debate over the widespread public use of facemasks is coming to a head this week. Infected people without symptoms can spread the virus. This fact is at the center of new CDC recommendations calling on the White House to consider encouraging people to routinely wear face coverings in public.
April 2, 2020
Population 4: Michael Perry and Family Hunker Down in Eau Claire County
Wisconsin author Michael Perry creates a daily, online visit with his fans.
March 31, 2020
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