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Episodes

May 2, 2023

Episode 85: Katie Olson - Social Justice Advocacy

Get to know Katie Olson as we discuss: Social Justice Advocacy, Esther Fox Valley, Designated Survivor, Oshkosh Food Co-op, Food Pantry, Day by Day Shelter, Oshkosh tiny homes, D’Flavors, Nana's Apothecary, Tool, and other in...

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April 27, 2023

Episode 84: Rachel Steiner - Using The Humanities To Create Community

Get to know Rachel Steiner as we discuss: Using The Humanities To Create Community, Community Powered, Being ACE (Asexual), Internet Trolls, Oshkosh Public Museum, Medieval Folklore, Storytelling, sharing folklore and traditi...

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April 17, 2023

Episode 83: Jenni Eickelberg - The Value of Volunteering

Get to know Jenni Eickelberg as we discuss: The Value of Volunteering, Food For Thought Fox Valley, Opportunity Youth, Eating Crickets, Weird Al Yankovic, 211, Food Inflation, 15 Taco Taste Test, The Condescending "Good For Y...

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April 11, 2023

Episode 82: Dasha Kelly Hamilton - Past Milwaukee & Wisconsin Poet La…

Get to know Dasha Kelly Hamilton as we discuss: Makin' Cake coming to UWO on April 17th, Being Milwaukee's Poet Laureate and Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Being a Military Brat, Extreme Surgeries, Political Ads, Peanut Butter Wh...

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April 3, 2023

Episode 81: Greta Lax - Connecting Across Differences

Get to know Greta Lax as we discuss: Connecting Across Differences, Studying Abroad, After 9/11, Moving Back to the Region, Christine Ann Center, Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Organizational Psychology, Appleton ...

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March 27, 2023

Episode 80: Tony Gonzalez - People with Disabilities

Get to know Tony Gonzalez as we discuss: People with Disabilities, Covey, Driving on Hwy 41, Regional Boomerang Effect, Red Cross, Sai Ram Indian Cuisine, Broken Dishwashers, Volunteerism, Tempest Coffee, Affordable Housing, ...

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March 19, 2023

Episode 79: Wendy Baumann - WWBIC - Wisconsin Women's Business Initia…

Get to know Wendy Baumann as we discuss: WWBIC - Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, Women, People Not Being Nice, Oshkosh Area School District DEI Position, Entrepreneurship, Spanish Speaking Dog, Martinis and...

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March 13, 2023

Episode 78: Rafa Figueroa - Allyship

Get to know Rafa Figueroa as we discuss: Allyship, 300-400 Passed Anti Trans Legislation Bills, Bodegas, Code Switching, Intrigue Fashion and Beauty Supply, McFleshman's Brewing Company, Japanese / Korean Karaoke Rooms, Lawre...

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March 6, 2023

Episode 77: Patti Heffernan - Addiction Policy

Get to know Patti Heffernan as we discuss: Addiction Policy, Foster Care, Substance Abuse Support, Fox Cities Roller Derby, Mike Tyson Fights, Coffee vs Tea, The Breaking Point, Rummage Sales, Jexi's Restaurant, and other exc...

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Feb. 27, 2023

Episode 76: Dr. Bryan Davis - Superintendent Of Oshkosh Area School D…

Get to know Dr. Bryan Davis as we discuss: The Oshkosh Area School District, Fishing, Game Time Sports Bar, The Education After Covid Transition, UWO CAPP Program, Hootie and the Blow Fish, Brewing Futures Program, Carmel Cr...

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Feb. 19, 2023

Episode 75: Dick Knapinski - EAA Director of Communications

Get to know Dick Knapinski as we discuss: EAA 70th Anniversary, Submitted Questions from THE KOSH Listeners, The History of EAA, Old Glory Honor Flights, Unidentified Flying Objects, West End Pizza, The WIOUWASH Trail, Avior...

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Feb. 6, 2023

Episode 74: Mushe Subulwa - Ubuntu

Get to know Mushe Subulwa as we discuss: Ubuntu, Chat GPT - Artificial Intelligence, SEPO Zambia, Soko African Food Market, Real Oshkosh, Oshkosh Parents of Black and Brown Students, Mediterranean Market, Zambia Untamed, and ...

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Jan. 31, 2023

Episode 73: Shiequane "Fat Mama" Burks - Started From The Bottom Now …

Get to know Shiequane "Fat Mama" Burks as we discuss: Started From The Bottom Now I'm Here, Fat Mamaa's Po Boyz and Sandwiches 55, Shanquella Robinson, Cooking, Being Incarcerated, Aundre Cross, Diverse Entrepreneurs, and oth...

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Jan. 22, 2023

Episode 72: Karlene Grabner - Mental Health & Parenting

Get to know Karlene Grabner as we discuss: Mental Health & Parenting, New Year's Resolutions, The Let's Talk Podcast, Youth Sports, Soap Operas, Ted Lasso, Waterfest, Go Valley Kids, and and other interesting topics. Links: h...

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Jan. 9, 2023

Episode 71: John Romero Nance - Photography

Get to know John Romero Nance as we discuss: Photography, Progression of Music, Mrs. Brown Fine Foods, Division 1, Silver Graphic Co., Christmas Cookie Dilemma, and other interesting topics. Links: https://www.romeronance.co...

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Jan. 2, 2023

Episode 70: Chuck Self - Minding The Racial Wealth Gap

Get to know Chuck Self as we discuss: Minding The Racial Wealth Gap, The Winnebago Literacy Council, Lack of Workers, Trans Siberian Orchestra, 5th Ward Brewing, Muhammad Ali, Non Profits, Holidays Pub and Grub, and other in...

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Dec. 22, 2022

Episode 69: Amber Hammond - Invisible Disabilities

Get to know Amber Hammond as we discuss: Invisible Disabilities, The Grand Lounge, Trivia Tuesdays, Haunted Happenings, Mara's Brazilian Cuisine, Dominos Chicken Alfredo, December Birthdays, Wednesday (Netflix), The Paine Art...

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Dec. 12, 2022

Episode 68: Aaron Sherer - White People Talking About Race, Racism, a…

Get to know Aaron Sherer as we discuss: White People Talking About Race, Racism, and Racial Equity, Mara's Brazilian Cuisine, Crocs on the Comeback, Alexa As A Parenting Assistant, The Power of Facebook Birthday Wishes, Umoja...

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Nov. 23, 2022

Episode 67: Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD – Audiologist and Professional Hea…

Get to know Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD as we discuss: Hearing Loops, Moving from the Netherlands, Duolingo, Hearing Aid Ads, Elon Musk, Instant Pot Cooking, Musician Ear Plugs, Evergreen Retirement Community, HEAR in the Fox Citi...

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Nov. 17, 2022

Episode 66: Carolyn Desrosiers - Emergence

Get to know Carolyn Desrosiers as we discuss: Emergence, Wisconsin Shared Revenue, Political Ads, Thai Ginger Bistro, Chicken Palace, Happy Apple, Civic Leaders, Favoryt Natural Products and other interesting topics. Links: h...

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Nov. 2, 2022

Episode 65: Joseph McCleer - The Nursing Home Crisis

Get to know Joseph McCleer as we discuss: The Nursing Home Crisis, McCleer Law Office LLC., Being in your 40's, Sushi, Concert Ticket Prices, Center Valley, Conspiracy Theorist, and other interesting topics. Links: mccleerlaw...

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Oct. 20, 2022

Episode 64: Peter Lee - The Power Of A Name

Get to know Peter Lee as we discuss: The Power of a Name, US2 Behavioral Health, Milk, 27 Bottles of Salad Dressing, Uni Uni, Mental Health for the Older Generations, Libraries, Kanye West and Candace Owens, and other interes...

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Oct. 13, 2022

Episode 63: Irineo "Neo" Medina - Paint the City Vol. 2

Get to know Neo Medina as we discuss: Paint the City Vol. 2, Painting Murals, Trout Museum of Art Location Debate, Adult Happy Meals, Fast Taco, Kanye West, and other interesting topics. Links: irineomedina.com IG: @_i.m.art...

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Oct. 6, 2022

Episode 62: Alicia Johnson, PhD - Imposter Syndrome

Get to know Alicia Johnson as we discuss: Imposter Syndrome, Repair of the Jackson St. Bridge, Bangkok Thai, UWO Bookstore, Meat Vending Machine, American Association of University Women, Elsewhere Market and Coffee House, an...

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