City Cast Madison

25/03/2025

It’s no secret that the City Cast Madison team is full of movie lovers, and one of our favorite yearly festival is just around the corner! The kicks off on Thursday, April 3rd and runs through April

A few weeks ago, we crashed the ’s First Look event to find out what good this year. Folks had a lot to say about the line up and why they keep coming back to the Wisconsin Film Festival.

10/03/2025

Are you ready to vote on (or before) April 1st? We’ve kicked off our voting episodes with an explainer on the statewide items on your ballot! Cap Time state government reporter sits down with us to explain what we need to know before casting our vote.

1st and 4rd photo by Connor Betts/Unsplash
2nd photo by Jonah Brown/Unsplash
3rd photo by Element5Digital/Unsplash

03/03/2025

Check out today’s podcast to hear how local research is being impacted by federal funding cuts! We talk to incredible guests from and .

Link in bio as always.

27/02/2025

NOMINATE US! Tomorrow’s the LAST day to vote us Best of Madison 2025. If you love our podcast and our newsletter Madison Minutes, cast your vote for us for best in the ‘Local Podcast’ and ‘Local News Website’ category!! Put us in the running. We

20/09/2024

Y’ALL!! YOU NAMED US ‘BEST OF MADISON’ FOR LOCAL PODCAST ONCE AGAIN. 2024 Gold winner . We’re SO honored. Thank you!!! From the bottom of our mad-town hearts. We love you. And love bringing you daily content about our magical, bustling, booked and busy city. We’re an amazing, hardworking, innovative, caring and engaged community with SO many stories to tell and efforts to spotlight. So THANK YOU for being a part of the City Cast Madison fam. Here’s to another year of more news and storytelling to come. ❤️🦡🦩🚴🏽‍♀️🚴‍♂️⛵️🏟️🍻

21/08/2024

NEW EPISODE: We talked with the lovely artist and lyrical legend . She’s headlining this weekend’s ! We waxed poetic about her Midwestern roots, her latest projects and some Madison memories. Go listen! 🦩✨Link in bio. 🔗

29/02/2024

Hey Fam!! Do you love listening to the City Cast Madison podcast? If so, NOMINATE us in Madison Magazine 'Best of Madison 2024' for podcasts! Today’s the last day! Find us under Arts & Entertainment. 🎙️❤️

Check it out now!

20/09/2023

‎Show City Cast Madison, Ep The Most Sampled Drummer Lived in Madison. Why Don’t You Know His Name? - Sep 19, 2023

14/09/2023

CITY CAST MADISON NAMED BEST PODCAST IN 's BEST OF MADISON AWARDS 🏆🏆🏆
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Hey you! Dear friends, listeners, readers and everyone in between who voted for the City Cast team, we APPRECIATE you. Thank you SO much for giving us your time every day. You're the reason we do this!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts

28/08/2023

If you’ve ever been to Osteria Papavero () in downtown Madison, you know you’re in for quality handmade Italian dishes, with beloved classics and a constantly changing menu of seasonal local fare.

Now you can learn to make them for yourself with Chef Francesco Mangano’s new cookbook, The Osteria Papavero Cookbook: Recipes from the Italian Shack and Beyond.

Written with Lindsay Christians, it’s chock full of stories from Francesco’s childhood, family recipes and gorgeous photos. Take a deep dive into the book with Chef Francesco Mangano through the link below!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/how-to-make-papaveros-delicious-italian-food-at-home

25/08/2023

You’ve likely heard about the large Cuban community that flourished in Miami. But did you know that nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees were sent to Fort McCoy, the U.S. Army base between Tomah and Sparta in southwest Wisconsin?

The Mariel Boatlift exodus has been called one of the U.S.’s most complex waves of immigration. It was named for the Cuban Port of Mariel, where more than 125,000 people emigrated from in 1980.

Many settled in Madison. And many didn’t talk about their experience, until now, click the link below to hear more!

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/madisons-cuban-community-has-stories-to-tell

1. Cuban Salsa Band photo by Maurice Thaler, 1980
2. Osvaldo Durruthy shows the certificates he has earned over the years, like from parenting and custodial classes he took while in prison. Angela Major/WPR

23/08/2023

Landmark Creamery of Paoli makes some of the best cheeses in the world. You don’t have to take our word for it - that’s according to judges at the American Cheese Society, the Good Food Awards, and the World Championship Cheese Contest!

They make a variety of tasty handmade sheep-milk cheeses. And now, they’re making artisan butter down the street at Seven Acre Dairy in Paoli.

Co-owner Anna Thomas Bates tells us what makes their cheese so grate.

🎧: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/some-of-the-best-cheeses-in-the-world-come-from-paoli

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