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Keep it Wausome!
by B.C. Kowalski
The Wausonian is a local newsletter featuring the Wausau news you need to know, delivered to your inbox every Thursday, with long-form stories for paid subscribers on the weekend. www.thewausonian.com
Episodes
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Last Shoot Out actress Skylar Witte | KIW061
Last Shoot Out star Skylar Witte, who also happens to be a graduate of D.C. Everest, joins me on the Keep it Wausome podcast as the film releases! You won't want to miss this one folks - we talk all things Hollywood, Miss America, Los Angeles and what Skyler loves about Wisconsin. Rent or buy the...
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Marie Kieffer on inclusivity in hair care | ep 60
On this week's episode, I talk with salon owner Marie Kieffer, owner of Verve Salon. Verve bills itself as an all-inclusive hair salon, with services for all hair and skin types. And, Verve is one of our sponsors! Get full access to The Wausonian | Independent Wausau News at...
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From Kabul to Wisconsin: Khwaga Ghani's journey as an Afghan refugee | 59
Khwaga Ghani's journey from Kabul to Fort McCoy is a fascinating tale as Wausau prepares to host its first wave of Afghan and Ethiopian refugees. In this podcast, I interview freelance journalist Sharon Sobotta about how she got the story, her impressions of the Ghani and the situation, her ties…
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Meet Wausau's first poet laureate, Dawn Anderson | 58
Wausau has a new poet laureate, and she happens to be a long-time friend of the podcast! Dawn Anderson first appeared the Live at Daly's podcast in 2019, before the name changed, and is one of my personal favorite people. And, she's one heck of a poet! This is a great conversation and you won't...
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Inside the mind of new health officer Laura Scudiere | 57
Laura Scudiere has already had a pretty impressive career. She worked as the Behavior Services Director at North Central Health Care and lead Bridge Community Clinic into a new era. Now, she's set to become the next Marathon County Health Officer. Oh, and she's a Star Trek and retro TV nerd, just...
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Chris Gerboth on strong women characters, small town politics and local book stores | KIW 56
Wausau author Chris Gerboth just came out with his latest novel, Frank Meade, and it's a joy to read. In this episode, we talk about how the novel came about, his portrayal of journalism, how minor characters assert themselves and the town that inspired his story. Oh and why supporting local book...
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Jerel Austin Ballard on philanthropy, journalism and making a difference | KIW 55
In this episode of Keep it Wausome, I sit down with Jerel Austin Ballard. Ballard was the anchor of the morning show on WSAW Channel 7, and now lives in Milwaukee. Ballard started a foundation to provide scholarships to those with the potential to go to college but need some of the boost, because...
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Tim Gutknecht on photography, art, the biz and balance | 54
In this episode of the podcast I bring you Tim Gutknecht, founder of Red Feather Photography. Gutknecht has carved a space out for himself in the photography biz, a crowded market. We talk mastery of one's craft, finding your style and standing out in the crowd. You won't want to miss this one!…
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Stephanie Kohli talks about art, perseverance and challenge | 53
When Stephanie Kohli sold her first painting, the person who received it as a gift was so mad she demanded her money back. That might have stopped many people, but Kohli is one incredible person, and not easily dissuaded. Today she's one of central Wisconsin's most sought-after artists and…
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The end of the Wausau Center mall w/ Jarrod Crooks | Keep it Wausome 52
In this video I sit down with Jarrod Crooks and talk about the end of Wausau Center mall, our memories of Wausau's mall and share some listener's memories too! Plus, bonus footage of a scene Jarrod shot at the mall in its heyday, my walkthrough of the mall toward the end of its life and one of…
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Scott Laub, founder of Skeeters Woodshop, talks recovery, music and woodworking | Keep it Wausome 51
Scott Laub is the founder of Skeeter's Woodshop, and before that had a career in music as a hired gun drummer, working for bands that opened for some pretty big acts. Laub talks very candidly with Keep it Wausome about giving up alcohol and turning to woodworking to fill that void. Get full…
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Zola Jesus on her new album, criticisms of Spotify and why she loves Wisconsin so much | 50
For our very special 50th episode of Keep it Wausome podcast, we're joined by Nika Danilova, AKA Zola Jesus! Nika and I talk about growing up with classical music and how it can be stifling; the trouble with Spotify; recording her new album; and why she returned to Wisconsin and lovers it here so...
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Justin Evans talks about LA, acting and becoming director at CWCT | Keep it Wausome 49
Justin Evans once moved to LA to pursue - wait for it - country music. Now he is the executive director of the Central Wisconsin Children's Museum. Evans talks to me about acting, singing, LA, running the CWCT during the pandemic and so much more - don't miss it! Want to help out the CWCT? You…
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Gina Cornell, the journalist turned triathlete who is revolutionizing the clothing business | 48
Gina Cornell worked in Cancun as a foreign correspondent for the Miami Herald, is a triathlete and is about to launch her new triathlon clothing brand, Ciao Bella. Her journey into the world of health and triathlons is fascinating, as is her journey into entrepreneurship! Find Ciao Bella…
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Harold Melo returns to his Peruvian musical roots on his new single | 47
In this episode of the podcast I sit down with Harold Melo, who has played guitar with the likes of Substyle, Billy Bronsted and the Loot, Brad Emanuel and countless others. Harold is one of the best guitar players I know, a guy who lives and breathes music and understands it better than I could...
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Keep it Wausome 46: Jerome Segura III, the economist who became a mushroom grower
Jerome Segura III was a top economist at UW-Stevens Point. Today, he's a grower of mushrooms and runs the business Segura and Sons, a growing business in Stevens Point. We talk about how he made that transition and I get his take on a number of economics topics in this episode of Keep it Wausome!...
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Keep it Wausome 45: William Harris
I've been excited for this one. William Harris is, as far as anyone can tell, Marathon County's first black elected official. But that's honestly the least interesting thing about Mr. Harris. Most elected officials take a term or two, or at least a year, to get their feet under them. William just...
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Keep it Wausome 44: Ashlie Montana Zeidler
Ashlie Montana Zeidler is not only an amazing yoga teacher, but, well, I just love the way she thinks! She's one of those people who I can run into and start chatting with, and suddenly realize an hour has gone by. I wanted to sit down with Ashlie to talk about fitness and the new year, and how…
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Keep it Wausome 43: Rockstar fitness with Melissa Rae Hartl
With all the fitness enthusiasm in the new year, I sit down with Melissa Rae Hartl, the member experience manager at Anytime Fitness, avid weightlifter and the lead vocalist of The Hartless! We talk about starting out on a fitness journey and best practices and also spend a lot of time talking...
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Keep it Wausome 42: Rebecca Tuly and Jahn Martin talk Wausau Mountain Biking
In this episode, Rebecca Tuley and Jahn Martin join me to talk about new developments in Wausau area mountain biking. We break some news on the podcast, from new trails under way to new, local ownership of a popular area mountain bike race. If you are interested in mountain biking and its growth…
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Keep it Wausome 41: Marty Cheyka
Today's guest is Marty Cheyka. Marty is the founder of Whitehouse Studios, a music production studio just outside of Wausau. Marty and his wife Shelby had a record contract with a major label studio and worked under Timbaland but through a series of unfortunate events came back to Wausau and now...
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Keep it Wausome 40: Tammy Stezenski
It's our 40th episode! And I've got a great one for you: my former boss, and founder of City Pages, Tammy Stezenski! Tammy defied the odds in 1993 starting a brand new, weekly alternative newspaper in Wausau, where many thought was impossible in such a small city. Tammy proved otherwise and ran...
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Keep it Wausome 39: Talking Elections2020 with Eric Giordano
In this special podcast I sit down with Eric Giordano, executive director of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service and my former Political Science Professor. I've always respected and admired Eric and learned a ton from him in his class. We're both fiercely independent and loyal…
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Keep it Wausome 38: Fitness entrepreneur Eric Thomas
Folks, I've never learned more in a podcast about entrepreneurship than in this sit down with Eric Thomas. Eric owners multiple businesses such as LIFT gyms, Echoscapes metal sculpture, supplement company NFP Gear and 180 Cuts Market with his wife, a cafe in the Rib Mountain Lift that is open to...
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Keep it Wausome 37: Lora Bladow
My guest today is Lora Bladow - she is a real estate rock star in our area, one of my favorite sources of information in the real estate realm in our area, and I wanted to find out how she got started. I call her a superstar because she hasn’t been afraid to put herself out there on social media…
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Keep it Wausome 36: Trevor Roark and the bicycle delivery company
Trevor Roark is the founder of the bicycle-based company Curbwise, which specializes in bicycle delivery for businesses - a nice thing during the pandemic. Trevor used to run UWSP Adventure Tours prior to COVID, and his travel adventures have been featured in City Pages. And, you might know him...
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Keep it Wausome 35: Bradley Sperger
Bradley Sperger, recording artist and one man band joins the Keep it Wausome podcast to talk about his newest single, It Will Stay the Same. Sperger is known for recording exclusively on his ipad, and live he is a one man band, building songs through live looping with a variety of instruments. We...
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Keep it Wausome 34: Jurassic Park w Jarrod Crooks
Guest host Jarrod Crooks joins me to talk about what makes Jurassic Park so awesome and how it stands the test of time. The film is now on Netflix and is just as good today as it was in 1992. We can't say the same for the sequels, unfortunately. Jarrod Crooks is joining me as my new gust host…
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Keep it Wausome 33: Tim Buchholz
Tim Buchholz is not only a jazz musician and vocalist, as well as a teacher at UWSP @ Wausau. He and his wife are also part of an adventure racing team ranked No. 1 in the entire country! We talked about music, adventure racing and he and Anna's potential foray onto television - and you will hear...
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Keep it Wausome 32: Sarah Rudolph
In the latest episode of Keep it Wausome, I talk to Sarah Rudolph about life as a drama teacher who wasn't afraid to push the envelope in Wausau. That included bringing to town the Laramie Project, which brought protests from Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. We talk about that and…
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Keep it Wausome 31: Actress Kimi Harris
Actress Kimi Harris has started in feature and short films, TV and web series - and she's from Wausau! Harris moved to LA at a young age to pursue acting and has worked with celebrities that include Wanda Sykes. She moved back home during the pandemic and took some time to talk to our podcast! I...
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Keep it Wausome 30: Dr. Linda Bluestein on health
One of my favorite guests, Dr. Linda Bluestein, is back to talk about how to evaluate and incorporate health research into your lifestyle, some basic tips to improve your health and her thoughts on all these health documentaries coming out. It's a little shorter than many of our podcasts because…
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Keep it Wausome 29: Scott "The Brauler" Brault
Scott Brault is a professional wrestler with more than 30 years experience in the ring, and has had a career in films and commercials as well. The Brauler and I have appeared in the same short film with my good friend filmmaker Jarrod Crooks, and his moves even in the film were pretty impressive!...
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Keep it Wausome 28: Deamon Boettcher
Deamon Boettcher is a tattoo artist and now musician who overcame drug addiction to start his own tattoo shop and developed a recovery ribbon tattoo that symbolizes recovery. The tattoo design went viral and was shared all around the world, lending him fame in the tattoo and recovery worlds. That...
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Keep it Wausome 27: Adam Greuel and the Quarantine Tangerine
Adam Greuel of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades joins the podcast today - so exciting! Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is a national level bluegrass band that tours the country, and now Adam has been focusing on solo work, recorded right in Stevens Point, including his latest Quarantine Tangerine. I've...
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Keep it Wausome 26: Jessica Guyant
In this week's episode of the podcast I sit down with Jessica Guyant - Jessica not only owns the Wild Roots Apothecary in Schofield, which serves all kinds of delicious and healthy food like smoothie bowls and Acai bowls, but has lived an adventurous life captaining boats, leading dives in Hawaii...
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Keep It Wausome 25: Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka is a nationally touring concert pianist, a music teacher and a 200-YTT trained yoga teacher! Outside of teaching and performing, she runs a Facebook page called Wellness for Musicians in which she teaches musicians how to take care of their bodies, something she struggled with herself...
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Keep it Wausome 024: Bob Allen
Bob Allen, founder of The Allen Brothers Band, and my old bandmate and friend, joins the Keep it Wausome podcast. We talk about songwriting, how he learned to play music without being able to read music and and becoming comfortable with one's singing voice. You won't want to miss this one! Get…
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 23: Holly Ann Reif
Holly Ann Reif is a music teacher, musician with the band Soul Fource, and one hell of a singer. We sit down and talk about music during the pandemic, getting up the nerve to go on stage, our shared introvert status and how to navigate that as a musician, and Holly even gives me a mini vocal...
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 22: Joe Ellis of Jem Productions
Joe Ellis is the founder of JEM Productions, which produces live events and retooled in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, putting together livestream concerts with area musicians with full lights, stage and sound production. We also talk about his musical career as Joe.E, and his sometimes...
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 21: Social Distancing with Jarrod Crooks
Filmmaker Jarrod Crooks joins me for this first special social distancing episode of the Keep it Wausome! podcast! All interviews for the social distancing series will be conducted remotely. Crooks is an independent filmmaker and we talk about making a short film about the Coronavirus, keeping...
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 20: Nick O'Brien
In this week's episode of Keep it Wausome, I sit down with Nick O'Brien. Nick was a powerhouse in Wausau, sparking a number of events and interesting things going on, including the Wausau SOUP event, which was one of the most unique events to grace our city. Note: This was recorded before the...
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 19: Michelle Goetsch
In this week's episode of Keep it Wausome, I sit down with Michelle Goetsch, founder of the ERbin recycling app that let's you scan or search a product and figure out whether it's recyclable or not. Geotsch and I talk worklife balance, the challenge of founding a startup in Central Wisconsin and…
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Keep it Wausome Ep. 18: Special Coronavirus edition
In this special edition of Keep it Wausome, I sit down with Judy Burrows, the Public Information Officer dedicated to the Coronavirus in Marathon County. Judy explains what the coronavirus is, how we can protect ourselves, what we can do while we're at home, and more. Get full access to The...
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Keep it Wausome! Ep. 017B: Katie Rosenberg
In this special episode, I sit down with mayoral candidate Katie Rosenberg. This is part B of our series on the mayoral candidates - the point of these was to get to know each candidate as people, and we avoided talking policy as much as possible. Check out Mayor Robert Mielke's in part A as…
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Keep it Wausome! Ep. 017A: Mayor Robert Mielke
in this special podcast set of episodes, I sit down with Mayor Robert Mielke ahead of the mayor's race. In part B, I sit down with challenger Katie Rosenberg. The idea is to get to know each of the candidates as people, and we avoid talking about politics as much as possible. Get full access to…
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Keep it Wausome! Ep. 16: Substyle
In this week's episode of Keep it Wausome!, I sit down with Harold Melo and Matthew Reif of the local band Substyle, ahead of the release party for their newest EP. This band is really great and I'm looking forward to their release party at Whitewater Music Hall in downtown Wausau! Also new this...
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Keep it Wausome! 015: Siren Shrubs
In this episode of Keep it Wausome, I sit down with Layne Cozzolino and Mindy McCord, the founders of Siren Shrubs Co. Shrubs are delicious vinegar style beverages that make great cocktails and mocktails. BoomFlavor! Check out Siren Shrubs at www.sirenshrubs.com and on Facebook and Instagram. Now...
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Keep it Wausome! 014: Parker Quinn Siems
This week I sat down with Parker Quinn Siems, a talented singer/songerwriter who can even play flute and guitar at the same time. Parker's just a fun guy and well known in the Wausau community, and we had a fun time talking music, songwriting and Nintendo! Get full access to The Wausonian |...
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Keep it Wausome! 013: Ryan and Allie Lichtenwald
In this episode of Keep it Wausome!, I sit down with Allie and Ryan Lichtenwald. Allie and Ryan are followers of the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement, and are about to retire at around 30 years old. We talk about how they got started, how they achieved this and some things you can do...
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The Wausonian is a local newsletter featuring the Wausau news you need to know, delivered to your inbox every Thursday, with long-form stories for paid subscribers on the weekend. www.thewausonian.com
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