The Daily Cardinal Podcasts

Cardinal Call: Interim dean announced

Ellie Huber sat down with staff writer Henry Matson to discuss longtime UW-Madison faculty member Kristin Eschenfelder’s appointment as L&S dean amid broader leadership changes. In other campus news, student Democrats and Republicans debate foreign policy, free speech and political polarization, and Memorial Union’s sunburst chairs are back on the terrace. Other campus news: Kristin Eschenfelder tapped as interim L&S Dean [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/kristin-eschenfelder-tapped-as-interim-l-s-dean?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest] by Henry Matson [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/henry-matson] UW College Republicans, Democrats debate foreign policy, free speech, political polarization [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/uw-college-republicans-democrats-debate-foreign-policy-free-speech-political-polarization?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured] by Ava Diener [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/ava-diener]  Iconic sunburst chairs return to terrace [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/iconic-sunburst-chairs-return-to-terrace?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured] by Henry Matson [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/henry-matson]

Cardinal Call: Federal rules to impact disabled UW students

This week host Amellia Fowler speaks to Daily Cardinal Life and Style Editor Jackson Baker about his story, “How new federal rules will impact disabled students at UW,” in a discussion of a new Federal Rule implementation that will make digital content more accessible to disabled students across the country. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: Regents attribute Rothman’s removal to lack of urgency, transparency [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/regents-attribute-rothmans-removal-to-lack-of-urgency-transparency?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured] - Annika Bereny [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/annika-bereny] Kristin Eschenfelder tapped as interim L&S Dean [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/kristin-eschenfelder-tapped-as-interim-l-s-dean?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest] - Henry Matson [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/henry-matson] Boris Johnson talks foreign relations, Western interests at UW [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/04/boris-johnson-talks-foreign-relations-western-interests-at-uw?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest] - Madison Moris [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/madison-moris]

Cardinal Call: UW System Board of Regents moves to oust President Jay Rothman

Last week, the Wisconsin Board of Regents asked UW-System President Jay Rothman to resign or face being fired. Rothman refused, saying the board gave him no reason for losing confidence in his leadership to warrant him stepping down. For more on Rothman and the Board of Regents, Ellie Huber sat down with campus news editor Annika Bereny.

Cardinal Call: The cost of college

This week host Amellia Fowler speaks to Daily Cardinal Editor in Chief Noe Goldhaber and Managing Editor Nick Bumgarder about this year's spring action project titled “Cost of College."

Cardinal Call: UW student government elections see low turnout

This week, host Ellie Huber speaks with Daily Cardinal College News Editor Zoey Elwood about low turnout in the recent ASM elections. Articles in this week's "Campus News in Brief" segment: ‘For me, but not for thee’: FIRE head Greg Lukianoff, Mnookin talk free speech in higher education [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/03/for-me-but-not-for-thee-fire-head-greg-lukianoff-mnookin-talk-free-speech-in-higher-education?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured] - Tori Baerenwald [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/tori-baerenwald] Will AI take your job? Experts say it’s complicated [https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/03/will-ai-take-your-job-experts-say-its-complicated?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured] - Hayden Lund [https://www.dailycardinal.com/staff/hayden-lund]