🚀 From Google Podcasts to Moon FM in No Time: Your Hassle-Free Migration Guide
👉

The Larry Meiller Show

Wisconsin Public Radio

Join host Larry Meiller every weekday morning from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on WPR's Ideas Network stations as he discusses environmental and consumer issues, gardening and helpful "how-to" topics with his guests. Also tune in to an encore broadcast of Friday's " Garden Talk " show every Saturday morning at 7 a.m.

  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Garden Talk: How to take care of your holiday plants; Growing your own tea – inside
    Short days and long nights call for cheery plants and hot cups of tea. Tovah Martin is back to talk about caring for holiday plants and we talk to tea expert Christine Parks about growing your own tea plant.
    20 December 2024, 7:55 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    WPR staff suggests books
    On a special edition of our Book Club series, we hear book recommendations from our fellow colleagues at WPR, like Kate Archer Kent and Rob Ferrett. And we’ll release our selections for our 2025 Book Club.
    19 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Sandhill crane committee supports hunting, and solar farms can accommodate crops
    A legislative committee votes to allow a sandhill crane hunt and help for farmers seeing crane-crop damage. Then, agrivoltaic research finds ways for agriculture and solar farms to converge.
    18 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Where to go in Wisconsin this winter, Walks to take in Milwaukee’s historic neighborhoods
    First, Anne Sayers, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, joins to share her list of the top festivals and places to go in the state this winter. Then, author Cari Taylor-Carlson talks about her new book “Milwaukee Walks: An Insider’s Guide to 35 Historic Neighborhood Walks and Hidden Hikes.”
    17 December 2024, 7:55 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Physical therapy: Finding relief from neck pain
    Neck pain is a common and often debilitating issue, leading to headaches and sleepless nights for sufferers. Causes range from traumatic injury to anxiety, and treatments differ accordingly.
    16 December 2024, 7:45 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Garden Talk: 2024 gifts for gardeners
    We talk with gardening expert Lis Friemoth about her Twelve Days of Gifting list. It includes things to make gardening easier and things to make you feel as pampered as your garden.
    13 December 2024, 7:54 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Check It Twice: A Winter Do-To List for Your Home
    We aren’t the only ones who might need a little encouragement to get through a long Wisconsin winter. Our homes need extra attention too. As the temperatures drop, our registered home inspector John Freiburger is here to tell you how to winterize your home for maximum comfort and efficiency. 
    12 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Ex-ranger writes state parks guidebook, and UW-Extension ‘ag agents’ evolve
    Former ranger Jim Buchholz writes a nearly 500-page guidebook to Wisconsin state parks and forests. Then, from UW-Madison’s Agriculture Institute, Heidi Johnson and Steven Hall explain how farmers are getting more of the help they need.
    11 December 2024, 9:14 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Health: History of surgery at UW; Getting good sleep
    First, we look back on a century of surgery and innovation at UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health with surgeons Dr. Rebecca Minter and Dr. Michael Bentz. Then, we talk about how to improve your sleep habits with psychologist Dr. Rick Blackburn.
    10 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Social media ups and downs, reducing holiday trash
    TikTok and Bluesky users see the platforms threatened with a ban and growing fast, respectively. Then, we get advice for reducing the trash generated by unwrapped presents and uneaten food over the holidays.
    9 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Garden Talk: Feeding your garden; Selecting the best Christmas tree
    Gardening expert Diana Alfuth is back to talk about why it’s important to fertilize your soil in a balanced way. Then Laura Jull tells us how to select a tree.
    6 December 2024, 7:35 pm
  • More Episodes? Get the App
About The Larry Meiller Show
Links
Listeners Also Subscribed To
© MoonFM 2024. All rights reserved.