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Celebrate Wisconsin's people and places with host Angela Fitzgerald. Learn something new, meet someone unexpected. Wisconsin Life is a collaboration from PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio. Watch, learn, listen at wisconsinlife.org.
2014
An eclectic collection of people share what matters most to them in their Wisconsin lives. Meet a Green Bay teen who joins the only all-female Great Lakes tall ship crew, a pair of Door County artists with a special connection, a Nekoosa-based custom crafter of pool cues, a La Crosse professor who lives to “bust myths” and a River Falls librarian with a novel idea to promote a love of books.
A collection of eclectic people share their Wisconsin lives - including an Argyle couple with an impressive toy train collection, a Lac du Flambeau man who shares his tradition of birchbark canoe building, a Stevens Point author of a popular trilogy of fantasy novels, a metal sculptor who transforms trash into treasure and a lifelong book enthusiast with a passion for Little Free Libraries.
Stories of life around Wisconsin include a trio of Lake Geneva mail boat jumpers, a woodcarver who captures delicate details, the director of Milwaukee’s Latino Strings Orchestra, a Madison photographer who documents the night skies and a roving band of “yarn guerillas” in La Crosse.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin lives. Stories include the Egg Lady of Egg Harbor, a Door County hockey team that plays under water, a UW-Oshkosh professor who won an international award for being the best of the worst, a youth counselor who helps teens gain confidence through nature photography.
Watch this episode to meet an eclectic collection of people who share what matters most to them in their Wisconsin lives including: an urban farmer, a yoga instructor who adds a new twist to the traditional practice, a pair of Midwest surfers, a Native teacher in Green Bay schools and an unlikely set of hunting partners.
Watch this episode to meet a whole new collection of people who share their Wisconsin lives, including: Chef Tory Miller, Susan Cosgrove who operates Paoli's one-stop-shop for anything fowl, elite gymnist Marvin Kimble, opera singer and artist Jennifer Stevens, and Lyle Anderson - the official carillonneur for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Watch this episode to meet individuals who share a slice of their Wisconsin lives, including: dragon boat uber-enthusiasts Curt and Janine Chiaverotti, Juan Botilla and his group of Monona Grove High students, UW-Madison custom glass blower Tracy Drier, Hmong community leader Katie Thao, and David Cieslewicz who describes how a family tradition turned a deck a cards into much more.
Watch this episode to learn about a collection of people who share their Wisconsin lives, including: UW bee researcher Claudio Gratton, clog dancers Tracy Mullaney and Christi Pfaff , U.S. National Parks Ranger Branda Twaits, costume maker Lois Levanhagen, and international jazz musician Richard Davis.
2014
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: a Vernon County man who lives off the grid, a group that helps kids with Autism build and fly drones, a look at Madison's Roller Derby team, northern Wisconsin's Loon Rangers and a Milwaukee blacksmith.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: a paranormal investigation of the old Kewaunee County Jail, a humorous look at how to speak 'Wisconsin,' one of the last botanical artists, family tree needlepoint and an introduction to the traditional North Indian dance form, Bhangra.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: Frank Kovac, who built his own planetarium, a glider pilot who soars high over Wisconsin, a boxer who hopes to bring the sport back to UW-Madison, a profile of gospel group Queens of Harmony, a fire-loving hula hooper and author Michael Perry on crops.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: Margaret Ingraham, one of the most popular tour guides at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, a visit to St. Martin Island to see migratory birds, an investigation of Native American artifacts, a conversation about cookie jars and a profile of cow chip champ Terry Stramowski.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A marine archaeologist who studies the history of lighthouses, a researcher who studies bald eagles, a hat-making couple that keeps the art form alive, a man who is a Wisconsinite by marriage but not by birth, and a record-winning whip cracker.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A man who drives a car/boat hybrid, an urban beekeeper who shares what all the buzz is about, a look at dress designs with a fascinating history, a trip to meet Madison's Mounted Patrol, and a chance to talk wheels with Michael Perry.
Revisit past favorite stories, including a duo of Sheboygan surfers, a wedded pair of weavers and a skilled glider pilot.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories Include: a caver who spends time exploring Door County’s underground treasures, a logger who uses horse power, a conservation biologist tracking wood turtles, an aspiring opera singer, and a doctor whose approach to medicine has been transformed through his own experience as a patient.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories Include: a group of riders cruising the back roads of Wisconsin, a UW-Madison professor who teaches a course on dairy taste-testing, a master clockmaker who handcrafts some of the world’s most unique clocks, a couple from Shawano county sprucing up old barns with their barn quilts, and a couple dedicated to dog sledding.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories Include: one family’s adventure in the ice caves, a standout UW-Madison Men’s Basketball team member who is also a proud member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, one couple’s transformation of an old dairy farm into a productive apple cider farm, and the reunion of family and friends to honor a Wisconsin soldier killed in Vietnam.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories Include: an annual celebration of traditional Native culture at the Ojibwe Winter Games, a Wisconsin Veteran’s journey kayaking the Mississippi River, a big wheel biker in Waukesha, ice fishing partners in Vilas County, and Wisconsin Cartoonist Lynda Barry explores the role art can play in our lives at all ages.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories Include: a veterinarian who finds healing for his own illness through treating horses, a Milwaukee collage artist exploring her past through her art, one professor’s passion for music education, a Neenah man’s talent for making not-so-traditional stringed instruments, and one Wisconsinite’s thoughts on how to deal with winter.
2015
Meet a group of people who share their Wisconsin Life. Stories include: a retiree who carves whirligigs inspired by the homeland he was forced to flee, a photographer who goes to fearful heights for the perfect shot, an artist who explores Native American issues with modern kitsch, and a road trip to Door County.
Meet a group of people who share their Wisconsin Life. Stories include: a football start turned comic book artist, an African veterinarian working in Wisconsin, the drivers who cruise in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, a bus driver who shares the gift of literacy and a writer who waxes eloquent about the Flambeau River.
Meet a group of people who share their Wisconsin Life. Stories include: a champion trap shooter who battles back from a health scare, a group of women working to preserve maritime history, two friends with a passion for bobbleheads, an artist who practices traditional Chinese painting, and a softball league for those over 55.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A trip on the Badger Ferry, a taste of local brewing trends with Wisconsin’s first female brewmaster, a look at one-of-a-kind decoys called “boonducks,” a visit with a man who’s determined to visit all of Wisconsin’s natural scenic areas, and a fresh take on dance with a trapeze artist.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A group of women who love the Ice Age Trail, a visit to a Door County goat farm, a crafter who’s making Wisconsin maps that showcase bottle caps, a photographer who photographs and maps out gravestones to create a record for the living, and an animated story about why games matter.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life: A charter captain who leads fishing trips in Lake Michigan, a visit to Kewaunee County’s Czech Festival to see how volunteers make 12,000 Czech pastries called “kolache," a lesson on prairie and savannah conservation, a man who drives the Zamboni at the UW-Madison Kohl Center and family that’s been “clowning around” for generations.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A carver who crafts with a chainsaw, a group that isn’t letting Alzheimer’s stop them from enjoying the power of song, a family that’s been harness racing for four generations, a couple who raises monarch butterflies, and a cosplayer who’s bringing Star Wars to life.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A nature photographer, a man who designs and restores neon signs, a visit to the “Valley of the Kings” exotic animal sanctuary, and a look at the ins and outs of cyclocross with a professional cyclist.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A small-town theater that’s keeping its doors open and its popcorn popping, a forager who swears that naturally growing plants are a culinary delicacy, a look at the power of words with spoken word artist Althea Miller, a Wisconsin company that’s lighting the way and a look sculptures created by the “Starvin’ Carvists.”
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A couple who fell in love while studying wood carving in Norway, a look at the competitive side of cheerleading, a world-class weight and hammer thrower with Olympic dreams, a visit with the Threshold Singers who believe in the power of human voice and a look at the gymnastic pursuit of parkour.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A man who tends the Green Bay Packers’ turf, a love story that wouldn’t be possible without a disappearing language called Walloon, a woman who’s drawn to the life aquatic, a visit to a specialty flower farm and a look at the dressed-down rules of pond hockey.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin life. Stories include: A woman who coped with a health scare by exploring Wisconsin’s past, an artist who builds designer snare drums, a child prodigy who was the youngest person to graduate from the University of Wisconsin medical school, winter ice drag races and an animated story about the relationship between taxicab drivers and passengers.
2016
Meet a determined University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athlete, a collector who restores classic arcade games, a wooden mask carver, a honey bee breeder who has found sweet success on her farm, and a Two Rivers resident who’s crafted a song about the fading manufacturing era.
