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Rhymes With Decorah
by benjinichols
A project from Benji Nichols of Inspire(d) Media. Positive stories focusing on answers for big challenges from across the upper midwest and beyond, based in Decorah, Iowa. Stories about communities you Love - By people you trust. Rhymes with Decorah!
Episodes
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Rhymes With - Postville Community Heart & Soul
Crystal Duffy, Community Developer for the Postville Community Heart and Soul program joins us on this episode to talk about one NE Iowa communities journey through the Heart and Soul framework. Postville, a small town of 2,500+ in rural Allamakee County, has been slowly growing for well over a...
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Rhymes With Decorah - Porter House Museum
Located on a stately corner of Broadway and River Street in downtown Decorah is the former home of Adelbert Field Porter (1879 – 1968) and Grace Young Porter (1880 – 1964). Both single children of early Decorah and NE Iowa business families, Grace and Bert Porter left their home as a Museum of...
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Rhymes With - Rotary International
Rhymes With Decorah is back after our fun mini-series of shows from Lansing, Iowa - and what better topic to talk about than the Service of Rotary International and the Decorah Rotary Club! Join Ward Budweg, Brecka Putnam, and Benji for a conversation about Rotary and all that this incredible...
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Rhymes With - Sangerfest - Dr. David Judisch
Sangerfest 2022, Photo: Beth Skogen Dr. David Judisch, Director of the Luren Singing Society and Director in Chief for the Norwegian Singers Association of America joins us for this episode to talk about Sangerfest - and so much more! Sangerfest is a celebration and gathering of Norwegian Singing...
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Rhymes With Lansing #5 - Rick Welsh
Welsh's Village Farm & Home, Lansing Iowa - Photo Benji Nichols Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of…
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Rhymes With Lansing #4 - Melissa & Nick Hammell
Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of Iowa's great, rural, Mississippi River towns. Find the intro show to...
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Rhymes With Lansing #3 - Andrew Boddicker
Photo Courtesy of Walking Space Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of Iowa's great, rural, Mississippi…
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Rhymes With Lansing #2 - Erin Cubbon - Naturalist
Erin Cubbon, Naturalist, Allamakee Co Conservation Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of Iowa's great,...
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Rhymes With Lansing #1 - Maryann Baldwin
Maryann Baldwin, Lansing Entrepreneur Photo by: Brittany Todd Welcome to "Rhymes With Lansing" - a mini-series of podcast shows featuring just a few of the amazing folks that call Lansing, Iowa home. Recorded in the Spring of 2024, these shows represent a snapshot in time of life in one of Iowa's...
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Rhymes With Lansing - Intro Show
Lansing, Iowa - Courtesy, Driftless Visitors Center Welcome to a special mini-series of shows we're calling "Rhymes With Lansing" - bringing you stories from "where Main Street meets the Mississippi" in Iowa's very NE Corner. Located in Allamakee County, Lansing is a town of almost 1,000 people...
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Rhymes With - Allamakee County
Valerie Reinke, Executive Director of Allamakee County Iowa Economic Development & Tourism joins us for this episode of "Rhymes With... Allamakee" Iowa's most Northeastern County is a treasure trove of outdoor beauty, recreation opportunities, and some very dynamic communities. With just over...
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Rhymes With Decorah - Chad Elliott DCSD Culinary Specialist
Join us on this episode of "Rhymes With Decorah" as we take an awesome opportunity to talk with Decorah Community School District Nutrition Director and Culinary Specialist Chad Elliott. With deep roots in the Decorah area, Chad brings a background in the commercial food service industry to what...
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Rhymes With - Spring Inspire(d) 2024!
Cover image by Anne Butera / MyGiantStrawberry.com Join the WHOLE fam on this show for a rundown on the Spring 2024 Issue of Inspire(d) Magazine! Here's Aryn's editors letter for this issue as well. Don't miss a tiny bit of this beautiful issue (inside and out!). Thanks for listening, reading…
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Rhymes With - EMS - Steve Vanden Brink
Photo Courtesy of WinnMed Emergency Management Services are often not thought of until there is a time of need. Police, Fire, Ambulance, First Responders – all provide essential community services, and face unique challenges in much of our rural regions. Steve Vanden Brink has been serving…
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Rhymes With - Oneota Valley Community Orchestra
The Oneota Valley Community Orhestra has been bringing incredible performances to NE Iowa for 10 years! Join founder and musical director Matt Cody, along with musician and board member Benjamin Kratchmer as we talk all things OVCO. The organization, started in 2014, was brougth to life to…
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Rhymes With - Liuda Skorlupina and Maryna Nading
Liudmyla Skorlupina is a Ukrainian English teacher, currently living with her son Zhenia in the US. They are from Bucha, Ukraine, and were able to participate in the “Uniting for Ukraine” Federal humanitarian program, which allows them to spend up to two years in the US with a host sponsor…
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Rhymes With Olivia Schnur - Mental Health Writer
Olivia Lynn Schnur is a writer, Mental Health Counselor, and yoga teacher, with roots in NE Iowa! You may have read some of Olivia's pieces in the pages of Inspire(d) over the past 4+ years, as she and Aryn have partnered to present various themes and topics throughout each issue. Olivia has a...
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Rhymes With Decorah - Kim Karr - Digital4Good #ICanHelp
Decorah Native Kim Karr started her professional career in high school education, and quickly realized a need in the digital world - social media specifically, and the way that young people interact. Fast forward, and Kim has been the Executive Director of Digital4Good and #ICanHelp for a decade…
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Rhymes With Decorah - DCSD Superintendent Tim Cronin
Decorah Community School District Superintendent Tim Cronin joins us for this episode of "Rhymes With Decorah" to talk about his long family ties to Decorah, generations of educators, the successes and challenges our School district faces, and the perfect "Decorah" day! Dr. Cronin's path found…
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Rhymes With Decorah -Winter 2024 - The Fam!
Welcome to 2024 - and welcome back to "Rhymes With Decorah"! On this episode Roxie, Aryn, and Benji work to shake off the end of holiday school break while running down the "Winter 2024" issue of Inspire(d), and looking at 2024 bucket lists. This show is loose as a goose -and funky as a chicken,...
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Rhymes With - Raptor Resource Project’s Dave Kester
Founded in 1988 by the late Bob Anderson, the Raptor Resource Project (RRP) is a non-profit that preserves and strengthens raptor populations, expands participation in raptor conservation, and educates people around the world about raptors and their habitats. Photo courtesy of Raptor Resource...
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Rhymes With - New Minowa Players
Since 1975, New Minowa Players (NMP) have been creating community through theatre in Northeast Iowa. From the founding days of friends Bette Greedy, Donalee Burns, and Helen Schmidt meeting up to present true community productions wherever they could find a space, to almost half a century later...
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Rhymes With Decorah - Fall 2023 Inspired - Aryn H Nichols
Aryn Henning Nichols joins Benji for a rundown of the Fall 2023 issue of Inspire(d) Magazine - which also marks 16 years of Inspire(d)! Aryn likes to say the magazine is finally old enough to drive - even though it's been driving our lives for 16 years! Truly - we're grateful for everyone that…
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Rhymes With - Mission Green LLC / Good Shepherd Church
On today’s show we welcome Liz & Jim Fritz, both (mostly!) “retired” music educators from Decorah, and longtime members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. As it turns out, Liz & Jim also have a long track record of home improvement, efficiency, and sustainability projects, stemming from lifelong...
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Rhymes With - Driftless Flyathlon
Run. Fish. Beer. > Help Benji reach his fundraising goal - Donate here to the Driftless Flyathlon < Ryan Rahmiller and Scott Stimmel join us to talk about the Driftless Flyathlon – a favorite annual event of Benji’s that happens each fall at Yellow River Forest in rural Allamakee County, Iowa.…
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Rhymes With Decorah - Jeff Abbas
Jeff Abbas poses with agates and polishing equipment at his studio in rural NE Iowa. / Photo by Sara Friedl-Putnam Jeff Abbas has been connecting communities, chasing passions, and picking up rocks for most of his life. A self proclaimed "agatographer", his passion for Lake Superior agates and...
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Rhymes With - Wright Way Computers - Tyler Wright
Tyler Wright of Wright Way Computers shares his story of building a full service computer and IT business out of his early interest in technology. Having just purchased a building and moved into their (second!) Water Street home (117 E Water St) in downtown Decorah, Tyler shares insights into...
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Rhymes With Decorah - Mabe’s Pizza
There are certain things that are identified as true Decorah landmarks: Dunning’s Spring, Vesterheim, Luther College, Seed Savers Exchange… and Mabe’s Pizza, of course! (Ok, there are lots more, but…) For 70 years, the White family has been providing square cut pizza slices and hometown…
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Rhymes With... The Getup - Lisa Lantz
Lisa Lantz is the owner of The Getup in Downtown Decorah, a “carefully curated secondhand clothing boutique with gear for the whole family”. She is also an Iowa boomerang, who set out on a track in theater and costume design, followed her passion teaching in higher education to the East Coast...
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Rhymes With... Modish - Stephanie Henning
Stephanie Henning has been helping create beautiful retail spaces since she was just old enough to unbox and arrange shoes on the racks of The Bootery (her Mom’s part time retail job.) Fashion and retail was the track that would give her inspiration and opportunity again and again, all while...
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Rhymes With... Cardboard Robot - Eric Sovern
Five plus years ago Eric Sovern left his job in the "corporate bike world" to pursue opening Cardboard Robot - a brick and mortar store that sells "Supplies to make things". He and his wife Shannon (and son Jack) have built an epic destination for beautiful things that help you create more...
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Rhymes With... Agora Arts - Gail Bolson Magnuson
Gail Bolson Magnuson started Agora Arts in downtown Decorah in 1992 with 33 regional artists represented in a gallery and artist workshop space. 30+ Years later, and a couple of moves, Agora still represents American Handcraft (and beyond) by over 200 artists, in a beautiful, welcoming retail...
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Rhymes With... Down on the Farm Iron Pour
Decorah Native Kelly Ludeking might best be known as an “Ironmonger” – but his path as a professional artist is one of key mentors and moments. Join us on this show to learn more about Kelly's work, and the 20th Anniversary of the Down on the Farm Iron Pour located in Decorah, Iowa, and the many...
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Rhymes With... Mike Bollinger - SSE Executive Director
Mike Bollinger and Katie Prochaska have an incredible story of connection to Decorah, Luther College, and the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE). As Mike settles into his roll as Executive Director of SSE, the almost 50 year-old organization looks to set its course well into the future of sharing…
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Rhymes With Decorah - Cindy Goodner
Cindy Goodner Development Director – Seed Savers Exchange VP of the Decorah School Board On today's show we talk with Cindy Goodner, Development Director for Seed Savers Exchange, and Vice President of the Decorah Community School District Board. Cindy is a nonprofit fundraising professional and...
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Rhymes With... Spring 2023 - Aryn Henning Nichols!
Welcome to Spring 2023! The "Spring 2023" Issue of Inspire(d) is out on stands (and online) now! The amazing Aryn Henning Nichols and I always enjoy running down the new issues, kibitzing in general, and laughing about whatever we can (because, gee-gosh-golly we could all use a good laugh.) Our...
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Rhymes With... Mediation / Molly Gallagher
Many in the region know Molly Gallagher from her decade+ of teaching Iyengar Yoga (CIYT) in Decorah. But many may not know that Molly is a certified mediator - someone that, as a neutral third party, helps facilitate conversations to help find meaningful agreements. From court appointed cases, to...
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Rhymes With... Root River Rod Co.
(This is the third show in a short series focused around Eagle Bluff and Fillmore County in SE Minnesota. To hear about Eagle Bluff Outdoor Environmental Learning Center Click Here. To hear our show about the MN Driftless Hiking Trail project Click Here. Thanks for listening!) On this episode of...
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Rhymes With... Driftless Hiking Trail!
The Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail is a concept for a 100 mile foot path running through the incredible scenery of SE Minnesota from Chatfield, MN to the Mississippi River. "Chief Instigator" of this project, Marty Walsh, joins us for a conversation about the vision and history of the project,...
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Rhymes With... Eagle Bluff!
Eagle Bluff is an environmental learning center, serving people of all ages, just outside of Lanesboro, MN. Join us for a conversation with Executive Director Colleen Foehrenbacher to learn all about how this amazing place came about (decades ago - shiitake mushrooms! Haha!), and all that is does...
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Rhymes With... Oneota Film Festival 2023
Oneota Film Festival - March 2-5, 2023 On this episode of "Rhymes With Decorah" we welcome Oneota Film Festival Creative Director Elise Skellenger, and Board President Nancy Sojka. Join us as we talk about everything from the early inspiration of the festival (shout out Kyrl and Walter!) to…
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Rhymes With... Ukraine - Professor Maryna Nading
Maryna (Bazylevych) Nading has been a professor at Luther College since 2010, focusing on the topics of medical anthropology, body and health, and post-socialism. She was born in Ukraine and first visited the US while participating in English studies programs as a young adult. Those roots lead to...
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Rhymes With - Special Musical Guest Nick Zielinski
Nick Zielinski is a Decorahan, a drummer, and musical improviser with Mid Western roots. Nick’s work also provides all of the music for this podcast! Growing up with a parent who was also a Methodist Pastor, Nick found himself living in multiple different communities through his early years, but...
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Rhymes With- Season 2!
"Rhymes With..." (Decorah!?) is back for another season, featuring stories about communities you love, from people you trust! Jump in as Aryn and Benji (that's me!) shake out how 2022 ended on a high note, and where we're headed in 2023. Themes, stories, and series ahoy... One of the wildest…
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RWD30 Decorah Community Food Pantry - Matt Tapscott & Steven Zittergruen
To close out our first season of “Rhymes With Decorah” we’re featuring a conversation with Decorah Community Food Pantry director Matt Tapscott and President of the DCFP Board Steven Zittergruen. This incredible resource, based in Decorah, is a faith-based, non-profit charity organization…
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RWD29 - Winter 2022-23 Inspire(d) w/ Aryn Henning Nichols
"Winter 2022-2023" Inspire(d) - Cover Art by Diane Knight of Whalan, MN. Aryn Henning Nichols and host Benji Nichols run down the "Winter 2022-2023" issue of Inspire(d) Magazine on this episode of "Rhymes With Decorah". Join us for a fun half hour highlighting the articles that are keeping us...
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RWD28 Erika Skogg - Photographer and National Geographic Explorer
Decorah Nordic Dancers, Photo: Erika Skogg Erika Skogg is a National Geographic Explorer, documenting and sharing culture through the lens of photography. Born and raised in Green Bay (WI), Erika is a recipient of National Geographic's Early Career Grant which fueled her photography project...
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RWD27 Ben Krouse-Gagne - Helping Services Holiday Lights!
(If you missed one of our earliest episodes - #5, click here to hear Helping Services Director – Carson Egglang!) Ben Krouse-Gagne is the Director of Community Engagement with Helping Services, and as part of that work also helps coordinate all of the efforts that equal the annual Holiday Lights!...
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RWD26 Christian Myrah - RockFilter Distillery
Christian Myrah comes from deep Spring Grove roots, and while his journey to distilling is anything but typical, his mission in tying together agriculture, community, and business is incredible. Through multiple generations, the Myrah family have been involved in agriculture and the region (just...
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RWD25 Pat & Patrick - Reds Hometown Market Spring Grove
(This is the third show in a mini-series featuring the community of Spring Grove, MN - check out the links at the bottom for more!) The Longmire family have been in the grocery business for many decades, but it was in 1989 that Pat bought a store in Spring Grove (when Patrick was just 2 years...
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A project from Benji Nichols of Inspire(d) Media. Positive stories focusing on answers for big challenges from across the upper midwest and beyond, based in Decorah, Iowa. Stories about communities you Love - By people you trust. Rhymes with Decorah!
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