🎵I fell in the pit, you fell in the pit, we all were in the pit. 
No, that’s not Mouse Rat and this isn’t Parks and Rec. This is City Cast Madison, and the pit we’re talking about is the former downtown Madison College campus. <a href="https://madison.com/news/local/business/development/article_8daf6fdf-f983-4e76-b87a-725c6dfb51c5.html#tracking-source=home-top-story">Developers are revisiting plans</a> to build a hotel on the local eyesore. Meanwhile a <a href="https://captimes.com/news/education/historic-uw-madison-frat-searches-for-new-house-after-plans-get-pricey/article_91caaed2-3649-4536-b2c8-2b56d0e3bb34.html">UW-Madison frat has been priced out</a> of their new home, and everyone is wondering if the Badger’s football season is <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2025/09/23/barry-alvarez-reacts-to-wisconsin-badgers-fans-chanting-fire-fickell/86307965007/">already ruined</a>? Host Bianca Martin chats with executive producer Hayley Sperling and newsletter editor Rob Thomas about all this. Plus, we want you to <a href="https://membership.citycast.fm/madison">be our neighbor!</a> 
Mentioned on the show:
<a href="https://www.channel3000.com/news/henry-vilas-zoo-to-welcome-new-polar-bear/article_10e9e439-7259-4b43-a3ac-2f41f597105e.html">Henry Vilas Zoo is getting a new polar bear</a> [Channel 3000]
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