Door County Pulse Podcasts

This week we’re bringing you four interviews with the honorees from the Door County Economic Development Corporation’s 33rd annual business awards. This episode features Christiana Trapani, the owner of Door County Candle Company, who was named the Lightkeeper Award for woman or minority-owned business of the year for her work building her business and using it to raise more than a million dollars for the people of Ukraine.

This week we’re bringing you four interviews with the honorees from the Door County Economic Development Corporation’s 33rd annual business awards. In this episode we talk to Jason and Sarah White of Peach Barn Farmhouse and Brewery, the winners of the Range Light Award for best new business. We discuss their journey to Door County, a brewery as a family business, and diving into a new community.

This week we’re bringing you four interviews with the honorees from the Door County Economic Development Corporation’s 33rd annual business awards. In this edition we talk to Brad Andrae of Thermotronx, the winner of the Lifetime Achievement award from Door County Economic Development Corporation for his contributions to the local economy and community.

Chris Drosner, the Wisconsin Beer Baron columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal and executive editor of Milwaukee Magazine, joins the podcast to talk about the growth, evolution and future of Wisconsin’s craft beer scene. He talks to Myles Dannhausen Jr. about the state scene and how Door County's growing beer palate fits into the mix.

Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to reporter Sam Watson about yet another no for affordable housing in Door County, this time in the Town of Gibraltar, where a 49-unit studio complex was nixed by the Fish Creek Sanitary District before it could go to the county for rezoning consideration.

A third of caregivers die before the person they are caring for. Former Wisconsin Governor Marty Schreiber has made it his mission to help caregivers find the resources they need to provide the best care for loved ones but also to take care of themselves. He talks to Myles Dannhausen Jr. about his journey caring for his wife as she succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.

Andrew Kleidon sits down with David Eliot and Myles Dannhausen Jr. as the they prepare to welcome well over 2,000 runners to Peninsula State Park this weekend for the Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5K.

The debate over how to control the growth of short-term-rental properties is heating up again. Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen Jr. and Deb Fitzgerald to talk about Sevastopol’s new ordinance, proposed changes in Sister Bay and Liberty Grove, and how those changes might impact the local economy and housing market.

For 25 years Carrie Baldwin-Smith of Door County Event Planners has been helping people achieve their dream wedding. She talks to Myles Dannhausen Jr. about making a career out of someone’s biggest life event, destressing couples and the growth of the wedding industry.

A face familiar to those who love the Ridges Sanctuary will be taking over the leadership of the organization in June. Katie Krouse will move into the executive director position, taking over for interim director Andy Gill, whose family will be moving to the Milwaukee area. Gill and Krouse talke to Myles Dannhausen about the transition, Gill’s next role with the organization, and other big news for the Ridges.

In the 2023 Sustainability Issue, we highlight some of the volunteers who give so many hours to help support our local environmental organizations and lead the stewardship of our most special places. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Deb Fitzgerald about this year’s issue and what those volunteers mean to our community.

Pulse assistant editor, Grace Johnson, is joined by photography judge, Allen Morris, to talk about alternative photography methods, the photo categories for this year and advice for submitters.

Through waves of development pressure over a century, people have stepped up to find ways to preserve much of Door County’s most sensitive habitat and most beautiful land. The new documentary, Ridge and Swale, tells their story. Producer David Eliot talks to Myles Dannhausen Jr. about what inspired the project and what he hopes it achieves.

It's not just desirable plants, insects and animals ready to spring forth into a new season, it's also the invasive species that don't belong here and have no natural predators, often hitchhiking their ways into our lives, lands, air and waters. Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald talks with Sam Koyen, County of Door's invasive species coordinator, about the county's biggest invasive threats and what's being done to help mitigate their spread.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald to talk about some historic firsts from this weeks election results. Also, some long awaited updates on the Forestville Mill Pond and Egg Harbor’s highway project.

Pulse assistant editor, Grace Johnson, is joined by Jerod Santek, founding & artistic director at Write On, Door County, to talk about the judges for the upcoming contest and a few key dates to keep in mind for submitting.

Sister Bay Health Care is about to look a lot different with the opening of the new Door County Medical Center clinic in Sister Bay. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Andy Anderson and Lindsay Donohue about the transition to the new clinic and what it will mean for patients and staff. But first, Dannhausen talks to Debra Fitzgerald about April’s local elections.

Voters will weigh in on two constitutional amendments April 4 that pertain to the criminal justice system and Joan Korb – a career criminal prosecutor, executive director of the Wisconsin District Attorney’s Association, and author of the periodic Legal Brief column for the Peninsula Pulse – talks with Debra Fitzgerald to explain what those amendments mean and what a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote would achieve.

Brian Kelsey, managing director of Peninsula Players and chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board, joins Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald to talk about state supported funding for the arts: what's in the budget to start the process in Madison, what Door County could receive, why Wisconsin ranks 50th in the nation when it comes to arts funding; and how the arts contribute to our economy and quality of life.

Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to reporter Sam Watson about cobbling together housing and carving into the county’s art scene in her first winter in the Door.