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  • PODCAST: Northern Door Pride’s Owen Alabado

    Andrew Kleidon is joined by Northern Door Pride’s President Owen Alabado to talk about his journey from L.A. to Door County, the beginnings of Northern Door Pride, their mission and creative events, and a sneak peak at the upcoming cabaret performance: For the Love of Love on Feb. 17. Learn more about the performance here.

  • PODCAST: On the Ice at the Door County Pond Hockey Tournament

    Andrew Kleidon talks with Sara Rae Lancaster about the upcoming Pond Hockey tournament at the Sister Bay ice rink. Also, a conversation with Pond Hockey veteran Simon Hedeen about the ins and outs of the sport, and the pros and cons of it’s new location.

  • PODCAST: The City, the County & the Potawatomi Tower

    Andrew Kleidon sits down with Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald to talk about a pending management change — and perhaps even a change in the location, down the road — for the Sturgeon Bay Farmers Market; how the county is looking at spending some $5.3 million in pandemic-related funding; and the latest on the Potawatomi State […]

  • PODCAST: Author Collective Forms in Door County

    In October 2021, Write On, Door County held the first Door County author book fair, bringing together more than 30 local authors. Following the fair, the authors continued to meet to provide support for each other, eventually coming together formally as the Door County Published Authors Collective. They hope to make Door County not only […]

  • PODCAST: The Next Generation of Restaurant Owners

    Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen Jr. break down the latest info from Door County Medical Center about the number of hospital beds being filled by COVID patients. After the break, a look at how many restaurants have changed owners, been revamped, or been closed over the last year, including the recent turnover at the Whistling […]

  • PODCAST: What’s Next at the Boys & Girls Club with New CEO Eric Blumreich

    The Boys and Girls Club of Door County has experienced a lot of turnover in recent years. New CEO Eric Blumreich joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about the future of the club, it’s role in the community, and how he hopes to bring stability to the position and the organization. Blumreich comes to Door […]

  • PODCAST: The Pioneer: Architect Virge Temme

    Peninsula Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald talks with high-performance architect and home builder Virge Temme upon the occasion of Temme’s retirement from building sustainable and net-zero homes in Door County; and what’s next for an architect who still wants to change the world one house at a time.

  • PODCAST: The Door County Granary Project

    Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald talks with Beth Renstrom, executive director of the Door County Granary project, and Laurel Hauser, vice president of the board of the Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation that owns the structure, about the history of the granary, how the project came to be and what’s in store for the project by […]

  • PODCAST: Saving Housing in A Tourist Community with Journalist Gloria Liu

    Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to journalist Gloria Liu about how officials and organizers in Crested Butte, Colorado have found ways to address the shortage of affordable housing in the seasonal ski resort town. Liu’s article “How to Save A Ski Town,” appeared in Outside magazine in November, and describes a situation strikingly similar to Door […]

  • PODCAST: Reading, Writing, and Winning Money

    Andrew Kleidon is joined by Grace Johnson to talk about 2022 reading goals, and ways to help you meet yours, like local book clubs, reading groups, and the upcoming Door County Reads events.  Also, submissions for the 2022 Hal Prize are now open for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Photography. Find out more at www.thehalprize.com.

  • PODCAST: Nate Bell’s COVID Transformation and Growing Into Leadership in His Hometown

    Myles Dannhausen Jr. catches up with Nate Bell, the Pulse’s Chief Technology Officer and a Sister Bay Trustee. Bell, who graduated from Gibraltar in 1999, talks about growing into public service in his hometown, how a personal crisis and COVID-19 collided to lead to his own physical and mental health transformation, and how becoming a […]

  • PODCAST: What’s Going Down on New Year’s Eve

    After a completely tangential conversation about The Matrix, Myles Dannhausen Jr. and Andrew Kleidon give you the lowdown on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day festivities in Door County.

  • PODCAST: Polar Plunging with J.R. Jarosh

    It started with one man and a dream, and now each Jan. 1 J.R. Jarosh is joined by hundreds of friends for a dip in Lake Michigan. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Jarosh about the Jacksonport Polar Bear Club, pro tips for a successful plunge, and what makes a great home bar.

  • PODCAST: A Child-care Game-Changer and Larry Thoreson on Carol Newman

    Myles Dannhausen Jr. and Andrew Kleidon discuss the $3.5 million grant to support child care initiatives in Door County. Then Larry “Thor” Thoreson joins the podcast to read his moving eulogy for the late Carol Newman, who kept the light on at the Pioneer Store for more than 50 years.

  • PODCAST: 2021 Year-in-Review, and 2022 Predictions

    Before the Year in Review issue of the Peninsula Pulse is available this week, Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen Jr. sit down to go over the biggest stories from the year. Topics of discussion include: How restaurants navigated the labor shortage, steps forward on internet access and affordable housing, an ambitious year in theater, and […]

  • A Year in Sound: Podcast Adds Context, Voices to Community Conversations

    Our 2021 conversations were some of the most important we’ve had on the Door County Pulse Podcast: about healing from an ongoing pandemic, reinvesting in our future, and attempting to chip away at Door County’s largest challenges.  This year the podcast welcomed 43 guests: voices of the hospital helping our community through the pandemic, of […]

  • PODCAST: Transition at Destination Door County with new CEO Julie Gilbert

    Myles Dannhausen Jr. is joined by Destination Door County’s new CEO, Julie Gilbert, to discuss what brought her to the peninsula, what she’s learned during her first month on the job and how she’s attacking the challenges facing the organization and the industry.

  • PODCAST: James Webb Space Telescope with Astronomer Heidi Hammel

    Door County Pulse Podcasts · James Webb Space Telescope with Astronomer Heidi Hammel Heidi Hammel, the Vice President for Science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch no earlier than Dec. 24 (it was previously scheduled for Dec. […]

  • PODCAST: Dr. Heise: Hospital Full as COVID Hospitalizations Surge Among Unvaccinated

    Door County Pulse Podcasts · Dr. Heise: Hospital Full as COVID Hospitalizations Surge Among Unvaccinated Dr. Jim Heise of Door County Medical Center talks to Myles Dannhausen Jr. about the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Door County and the strain it is putting on an already taxed hospital staff. Nearly all of the hospitalizations in […]

  • PODCAST: That Small Town Feeling

    Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen Jr. to wish JJ’s bartender Dave Johnson well as he moves on to work at the Alpine, and how small town bartenders help create the fabric of a community. Also, Myles does a deep dive on the history of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, who is playing at Door […]