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Other music in the show includes tracks from Frankie Knuckles, Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance, Marshall Jefferson, Blake Baxter, Steve "Silk" Hurley, RP Boo, and Madonna.

Curious Midwest is WBEZ's collaboration with WUWM's Bubbler Talk in Milwaukee and WDET's Curiousity in Detroit.

For Curious City, Justin Bull is our producer and Suzy An is our editor.

Curious City is a production of WBEZ Chicago and is a part of the NPR network.

But again, going back to my question, like, that's not quite it, right?

WUWM reporter Jimmy Gutierrez brings us that story next as a part of our Curious Midwest collaboration with public radio stations in Milwaukee and Detroit.

Be right back.

For so long, the Midwest has been defined by what we made, but castles crumble.

of this old dying elephant here.

The work is happening to build something new, but it's also clear the bones of the past are still with us.

That was Jimmy Gutierrez with WUWM Milwaukee.

Jimmy talked about how all these Midwest cities were riding high during industrialization.

And so sturgeon have actually made just a little bit of history, um, in that they are returning.

This is at WUWM, which is, I assume, the University of Milwaukee NPR station, home of the, uh, School of Freshwater Sciences over there.

Uh, and they report that conservationists are celebrating the return of sturgeon to the Milwaukee River, upstream from Lake Michigan.

Titus, tell us about sturgeon in the Milwaukee River.

[laughs]

And I think, you know, the one thing, Stuart, following up on that question, like, yes, this does represent a really important milestone.

Uh, I did think one thing, one line in the WUWM article that w- kind of tugged at the heartstrings a bit was that, you know, this was a 15-year-old male going up.

Um, and as Titus said, the males tend to return before the females.

Everyone has different memories of Bob Reitman, whether it was struggling to hear him on an underground station in the 70s, to listening to at least part of his 222-hour, 22-minute broadcast from State Fair, or maybe you woke up with him with Reitman and Miller on KTI.

But one part of his career has been consistent through the last 60 years, and that's his association with 89.7 WUWM.

And we're going to get to all of that.

But, Bob, I can't thank you enough for being here.

It wasn't a job.

It was a labor of love.

Once I had done Sense Waves at WUWM-FM 89.7. Well, let's see Dr. Hill, Dr. Wayne Hill.

And I'll never forget that.

[upbeat music] Detroit, Chicago, or Milwaukee.

In a series we're calling Curious Midwest, we're partnering with Bubbler Talk at WUWM and Curiousity at WDET, where we answer listener questions about the connections between our three cities.

And we're starting with encased meats.

I, I joke that I'm half hot dog.

Everybody, ein prosit.

[German music] Ein prosit, ein prosit.

This week's Curiosity was reported by Breanna Tinsley of WDET in Detroit, Emily Fies of WUWM in Milwaukee, and me.

Justin Bull is our producer.

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Coming up on Wisconsin Today, preview a new podcast season of Swing State of the Union from WUWM that looks at how divisive issues affect voters.

The first episode just dropped on data centers and who has the power to affect change.

We travel to Sheboygan, a community where there isn't currently a data center, but there is a data center conversation that's happening there.

This is WPR News.

The big issues on voters' minds are shaping the November midterm election in Wisconsin from data center construction to spending on schools.

Producers from Milwaukee's public radio station WUWM have spent the past four months talking with dozens of residents in seven counties around the state to find out what issues mean the most to them.

They've sifted through over 50 hours of interviews to bring these local voices to the latest season of their podcast, Swing State of the Union.