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NPR's Scott Simon talks to freelance journalist Patrick Graham, who spent a year with the Iraqi resistance in Fallujah. He wrote about his experiences in an article that appears in the June issue of Harper's magazine.

An Afghan judge sentences three Americans to lengthy prison terms after they were convicted of illegally detaining and torturing Afghan civilians in a freelance hunt for terrorists. Hear reporter Rachel Martin.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Knolly Moses, a Jamaican freelance journalist, about Hurricane Ivan. The storm is expected to hit Jamaica in full force late this afternoon, and the capital of Kingston lies directly in Ivan's path.

There’s been an increase in violence in Milwaukee since the start of the pandemic. We’ll hear what the Office of Violence Prevention is doing about it. We’ll highlight some local, independent pharmacies and explore what they mean to the community. We’ll speak with the creator of Project Pitch It, a program that aims to inspire, educate, and entertain people about Wisconsin entrepreneurism. Plus, we’ll speak with the creator of the Woke Wednesdays 414 Instagram account about how she's trying to make Wisconsin history more digestible.

Overview of tomorrow’s partisan primary election. Where things stand in the presidential race in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee police chief addresses fatal RNC shooting by out of state police officers. State park recommendations, including our very first to be founded.

Capitol Notes looks at the national interests influencing the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. What’s happening at the NFL Draft in Green Bay next month. A local animator shares his Pixar and Dreamworks experience.

One Wisconsin town has been drinking bottled water for years because of PFAS. The environmental impact of road salt has on our local waterways. The changing market of Christmas trees, and how sellers are adapting.

A new public art installation taking over Milwaukee beaches. Our latest Bar Talk shares some summer drink recommendations. A UW-Milwaukee professor shares her experience researching ocean volcanoes.

With the pandemic impacting what would have been a season of new thrilling releases, this year is a great time to revisit your favorite Halloween films.…

Lewis Wallace comes to WYSO from the Pritzker Journalism Fellowship at WBEZ in Chicago, where he reported on the environment, technology, science and economics. Prior to going down the public radio rabbit hole, he was a community organizer and producer for a multimedia project about youth and policing in Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis spent many years as a freelance writer, anti-oppression trainer, barista and sex educator in Chicago and in Oakland. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University, and he has expanded his journalism training through the 2013 Metcalf Fellowship for Environmental Journalism and the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources.