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.
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 2026
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 […]
25 Oct 2026
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 […]
19 Oct 2026
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 […]
4 Oct 2026
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 […]
27 Sept 2026
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 […]
21 Sept 2026
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 […]
12 Sept 2026
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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