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Rooted Up North highlights the growers and makers of the Northwoods—straight from our local farmers markets to your ears. Each episode features a chat with a local market and gives you a seasonal recipe to spark some ideas of what you can cook up.

Conversations with a wide variety of musicians about their newest releases, upcoming performances, and their latest tours.Off the Record is funded in part by a grant from the Northern Arts Council.

Welcome to Live from the White Pine, WXPR studio sessions celebrating creativity in the Northwoods.WXPR’s downtown Rhinelander studios become the perfect venue for intimate concerts and in-depth conversations with musical ensembles, authors, poets, dynamic artists of many varieties. It is our pleasure to unite the WXPR listening community around live performances and personal opportunities to enjoy spoken and musical arts.Want to join in? Fill out this application or contact WXPR 715-362-6000.Live from the White Pine is funded in part by a grant from the Northern Arts Council and a grant ...

Did you know that a chipmunk can throw its voice? Or that Wisconsin has a venomous mammal? What about the answer to the question: can porcupines throw their quills? You can hear Wildlife Matter the last Tuesday of every month on WXPR, where Northwoods Wildlife Center Executive Director Bryon Black answers questions just like these about the animals living here in the Northwoods.

The Extra is WXPR’s daily news podcast. Get the news you need to stay informed about your local community – all in six minutes or less. Available weekdays by 1 p.m. Subscribe, listen and support local public radio.

The Northwoods is home to a number of Ojibwe and Potawatomi tribes, but stories from the area’s indigenous people – the Anishinaabe – often go unheard.Native Voices is an effort to share those stories, told by the people who live them.Each episode uses sound to paint a portrait of different indigenous people, casting light on local tribes’ history, culture and customs.

So many of us live in Wisconsin’s Northwoods or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula because we love what surrounds us every day. We love the clear water, the clean air, and the lush forests. WXPR’s environmental reporting as part of our expanded series, The Stream, focuses on the natural world around us. The Stream is now about more than just water: it brings you stories of efforts to conserve our wild lands and lakes, scientific studies of animal and plant life, and potential threats to our environment. What do you wonder about the environment in our region? Ask us a question and it could be a ...

WXPR is committed to sharing local voices, and that includes the voices of our area’s young people. As the future of our communities, their voices matter. That's why WXPR partnered with local schools to bring you these stories.

From hunting to hiking and snowmobiling to water skiing, there’s no shortage of outdoor recreation opportunities in the Northwoods.In WXPR’s All Things Outdoors, we talk with DNR Conservation Warden Tim Otto about what you need to know to stay safe and have fun while out in the woods.

WXPR's We Live Up Here series is a home for stories that focus on the people, history, and culture that make the Northwoods of Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan such a unique place to live.

We turn back the clock with local historians to find out what life in the Northwoods used to be like. This is part of an initiative by WXPR to tell the history and culture of northern Wisconsin.

Come Explore Up North with WXPR this fall. You can tag along as we check out some of the best places in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula to view the fall colors. We'll be out on the water, hiking up hills, and taking some scenic drives. Explore Up North every Thursday on WXPR.

Employed is a WXPR weekly reporting series focused on how the landscape of living, playing, and working in the Northwoods is changing.

On the second Tuesday of every month, we hear from our contributors in the field. Susan Knight and Gretchen Gerrish both work for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology at Trout Lake Station. Scott Bowe is the Director of Kemp Natural Resources Station.

WXPR founder Peter Nordgren shares the story of how WXPR Public Radio came to be in this five part special.