The Larry Meiller Show

Travel can be fun, or a headache. Larry Meiller learns five ways to get a cheap flight, and a comfortable flight. Plus, some great destinations for enjoying fall color.

The Steenbock Library on the UW-Madison campus has over 5,000 cookbooks in its collection. Larry Meiller finds out what we can learn about cultures, communities, and trends in cooking from them. Plus, great food events to put on your calendar for fall.

Larry Meiller learns what birds are migrating through Wisconsin right now, how deer hunters can help the DNR with their observations while afield, and how the current drought is affecting our wildlife.

There are many incredible scientists, but without people able to communicate with the general public, much valuable information and support is lost. Larry Meiller finds out who some of the great science communicators are today, as well as the challenges facing science and society.

The UW-Madison Geology Museum has an exciting new exhibit opening soon called "Biosignatures: What Life Leaves Behind." Larry Meiller finds out what will be on display, and why this area of research is important.

Fall sports can be a fun social outlet and a great way to stay active. Larry Meiller learns how to avoid injury.

While gardening is winding down for the season, there are ways to extend the growing time of some of our crops. Larry Meiller learns some tricks of the trade, and also, how to help plants that spent the summer outdoors to transition back inside.

Winter will be here sooner than we realize, and that means it's time to take on fall home improvement and repair projects. Larry Meiller finds out how to spot potential problems and how to address them.

This is Great Lakes Week. Larry Meiller learns about the kinds of restoration activities going on around Wisconsin and the challenges the Great Lakes face. He'll also hear about the cleanup of the Sheboygan River, which the EPA and others are holding out as a great success.

This week marks Protect Your Groundwater Day. Larry Meiller gets an update on Wisconsin's groundwater from both environmental and health perspectives.

Larry Meiller finds out how to keep our pets happy and healthy. Topics will include helping your pets with separation anxiety, new nutrition requirements for pet food manufacturers, and whether tuna is OK to give to kitties. Plus, have you always wanted to be a veterinarian? we'll share a new app to test your diagnostic and treatment skills!

Children of all ages spend time on-line at home and at school. That can create problems not just for safety, but for protecting personal data as well. Larry Meiller finds out how to protect, and monitor, our child's identity.