Kickapoo Review

Kickapoo Review is pleased to celebrate Ed Holahan’s 16th anniversary of hosting “The View From Here” on WDRT. In this interview we share some of the best and most popular episodes, which show the depth and versatility of Ed’s work. You can listen to archived shows at https://www.wdrt.org/the-view-from-here/ Produced by Bill Motlong and Charlie Knower.

This show, produced by Bill Motlong and Charlie Knower at WDRT was broadcast on Pacifica Radio’s Sprouts show starting March 4, 2026. It features an interview with Heather Mae, activist and singer-songwriter, and the discussion is about protest music in Minneapolis.

In this episode of Radio Free Space, Charlie Knower interviews Stuart Stotts. Singer, songwriter, author and educator, Stotts is also the host of the new podcast How Can I Keep From Singing.

Charlie Knower’s interview with Buddhist teacher Sanikaro was first broadcast on Radio Free Space. However, Pacifica Network’s national program, Sprouts, aired it as a two part series on Dec 17 and Dec 24, 2025 with the title Spiritual Life Amidst Suffering: A Santikaro Interview produced by Bill Motlong and Charlie Knower of WDRT radio. Chicago born Santikaro has been living in the beautiful Driftless Region of Wisconsin since 2006, when his partner and he founded Kevala Retreat. He began serious study of Buddhism during Peace Corps service in Thailand in the early 80’s, subsequently ordained as a Theravada monk, and studied under the […]

Charlie Knower’s interview with Buddhist teacher Sanikaro was first broadcast on Radio Free Space. However, Pacifica Network’s national program, Sprouts, aired it as a two part series on Dec 17 and Dec 24, 2025 with the title Spiritual Life Amidst Suffering: A Santikaro Interview produced by Bill Motlong and Charlie Knower of WDRT radio. Chicago born Santikaro has been living in the beautiful Driftless Region of Wisconsin since 2006, when his partner and he founded Kevala Retreat. He began serious study of Buddhism during Peace Corps service in Thailand in the early 80’s, subsequently ordained as a Theravada monk, and studied under the […]

This interview by Charlie Knower was originally broadcast on WDRT’s Kickapoo Review and includes several people discussing the Black Settlers of Cheyenne Valley. “The Cheyenne Valley area near Hillsboro was Wisconsin’s largest rural African American settlement in the 19th century. The State’s early defiance of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the later demise of the slavery system after the Civil War encouraged freed slaves to settle in Wisconsin. Nearly 150 African American settlers, with the assistance of the Quaker religious order, came to Hillsboro, where they successfully farmed. Many settlers became landowners, and a few, like Thomas Shivers who was born […]

Charlie Knower spends the hour with Buddhist teacher Sanikaro. Chicago born Santikaro has been living in the beautiful Driftless Region of Wisconsin since 2006, when his partner and he founded Kevala Retreat. He began serious study of Buddhism during Peace Corps service in Thailand in the early 80’s, subsequently ordained as a Theravada monk, and studied under the Thai Dharma Master Buddhadasa for many years. He continues to translate his teachers work, while teaching locally and further afield. He has also been active among Socially Engaged Buddhists and contemplates the role of spiritual life amidst the world’s sufferings.

WDRT’s Charlie Knower spends the hour with Buddhist teacher Santikaro.