Madison has seen its share of pop-up outdoor theaters this summer, the likes of which add to the handful of drive-ins already scattered across Wisconsin. A pastime once thought to be fading away, the drive-in is experiencing a resurgence in response to the coronavirus.
This week on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster takes us back to the origins of the American drive-in, and he looks into the many ways that Wisconsin is reviving it as a socially-distanced summer activity.