City Cast Madison

City Cast Madison is back with another installment of Must See Madison, where we take on Madison’s must-see attractions and hidden gems. On today’s episode, we head over to the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood on the west side to spotlight the 46th annual Monroe Street Festival coming up this Saturday, Sept. 21.Executive producer Hayley Sperling sat down with the festival chair Joanne Berg, owner of Mystery to Me bookstore on Monroe St., to get the lowdown on what to expect from this yearly celebration. Check out this Madison Minutes’ Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood guide to learn more about the community.Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 17th episode here:Madison Public LibraryJones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 13th biannual PhotoMidwest exhibition is opening tomorrow, and the photography festivities have just begun. Bianca Martin catches up with the Curator and Director of FlakPhoto Projects, Andy Adams, to learn more about the featured photographers, what you can learn at the workshops, and what he has been doing with PhotoMidwest and the Arts and Lit Laboratory to build the Madison Photography scene. Mentioned on the show:PhotoMidwestFlakPhotoArts and Lit Laboratory Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 16th episode here:Madison Public LibraryJones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hayley Sperling, executive producer, and Rob Thomas, editor of Madison Minutes, dive into the huge $75 million donation to UW-Madison for a new engineering building. They discuss the city’s record-breaking capital budget and the challenges accompanying it. Plus, they share the exciting details of Madison's upcoming music festival, Joey's Song, highlighting its charitable impact and the revitalization of the local music scene. Community engagement and support for local artists take center stage in this lively discussion.

Like many of us, Lauren Rudersdorf is busy. Between her day job at Edible Madison magazine, raising a toddler, and writing several food blogs, she doesn’t have as much time to cook as she used to. But she’s here to show you that you CAN do it. She shares her food prep hacks for cooking and eating well at home - and some delicious seasonal recipes for fall.Find Lauren’s writing: The Leek and the CarrotLocally Grown by Lauren RudersdorfEdible Madison Lauren’s Favorite Early Fall Recipes: 🥣 Cabbage Patch Soup 🍅 Tomato Soup🍲 Butternut Squash Soup🥗 Peanut Kale Salad🌾 Grain Bowls🥕 Join us every Thursday as we explore Madison's food culture, from the brewers and bakers to the chefs and cheesemakers.This episode originally aired September 21, 2023.Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 12th episode here:Madison Public LibraryJones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Madison Public Library has a wealth of resources beyond books. Your little orange card can help you grow a garden or get across town. You can digitize those old family photos or make cheap photocopies. Madison’s Public Library Director Tana Elias lets us in on a few things you probably didn’t know your little card can do. Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this September 11th episode here: Madison Public Library Jones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s football season, which means on select Saturdays (and a couple Fridays) during the fall and winter, seas of red-and-white-clad humans flood the streets of Madison to cheer on the Badgers. The parties are bountiful, and each neighborhood does things a little differently. To get the scoop on how and where Madisonians tailgate, executive producer Hayley Sperling and host Bianca Martin chat with local DJ Nick Nice, who’s helped bring the party to Regent Street for the past decade.Mentioned on the showHow Wisconsin's 'Jump Around' became the best tradition in college football [ESPN]Being Bucky [IMDB]Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this September 10th episode here: NerdStreet Madison Public Library Jones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art wants to give the community a behind-the-scenes look at some of its largest, and rarely exhibited artwork. A new exhibit titled Snapshots invites visitors to see the inner workings of maintaining the museum’s permanent collection every Thursday and Friday in September. The exhibition is an attempt to bring more transparency to the museum’s processes after it faced massive community backlash in 2022 for a series of missteps that occurred during the Wisconsin Triennial.Host Bianca Martin sat down with the museum’s new Gabriele Haberland Director Paul Baker Prindle to get the details on the exhibit and how the museum hopes to move forward from controversy.Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 9th episode here:NerdStreetBenjamin F. Edwards & CompanyMadison Public LibraryBabbelJones Dairy Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Executive producer Hayley Sperling is joined by interim newsletter editor Ava Wojnowski to talk traffic changes that are coming to the isthmus soon (AKA get ready for lane closures and big buses!). Plus, incoming newsletter editor Rob Thomas makes his City Cast Madison debut to dish about drama happening at the UW Athletics department surrounding bricks.Mentioned on the show:Olin/Turville Ct and E Lakeside St Resurfacing Project [City of Madison]Ambitious Lake Monona waterfront plan rebrands as it heads into its first stage [Wisconsin State Journal]City of Madison Announces Upcoming Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Open House Events [City of Madison]What's happening to personalized bricks bought by Wisconsin fans? [Wisconsin State Journal]Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads. Learn more about the sponsors of this September 6th episode here:NerdStreetBenjamin F. Edwards & CompanyMadison Public LibraryBabbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robinia Courtyard has been a staple of the East Washington corridor since it opened on the 800 block in 2015. It’s gone through many iterations since joining the scene but most recently consisted of Black Locust Café, Madison Tap, and Jardin. The outdoor space was a hub for community events and one of the few spots in Madison that still served a late-night crowd. That is, until the restaurant group closed its doors this year. Cap Times food editor Lindsay Christians dug into what happened that led to Robinia’s demise and what’s (potentially) next for the spot. Host Bianca Martin talked to Linsday about her reporting. Join us every Thursday as we explore Madison's food culture, from the brewers and bakers to the chefs and cheesemakers.Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 5th episode here:NerdStreetBenjamin F. Edwards & CompanyMadison Public LibraryBabbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your patterns and needles out because the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show is right around the corner! This Thursday through Saturday, countless fiber artists will celebrate the art of quilting at the Alliant Energy Center and the Madison community will be well represented. To get the scoop on this event and learn more about Madison’s own quilting scene, host Bianca Martin caught up with Gael Boyd, owner of Blue Bar Quilts in Middleton. Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram! You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter. Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options.Learn more about the sponsors of this September 4th episode here:NerdStreetBenjamin F. Edwards & CompanyMadison Public LibraryBabbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices