Door County Pulse Podcasts

How does Door County get big acts? Vanessa McGowan joins Andrew Kleidon to discuss the hacks that touring artists use to squeeze big shows into small towns like Sturgeon Bay and Fish Creek. But first, Myles Dannhausen Jr. joins Kleidon to talk about a county coming to life after a year in lockdown. Galleries are hosting shows, restaurants are re-opening their doors, and event directors are making plans for a summer sort of normal.

A proposed ordinance in the Town of Sevastopol would have crippling implications for vacation home rental operators in the community. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Debra Fitzgerald about why the town is considering limits on short-term-rentals, how it could impact the industry, and the larger questions about STRs raised in communities throughout the peninsula.

Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen Jr. discuss what's in store for The Alpine now that it has sold after 100 years in the Bertschinger family. They also take a look at what's happening with another historic lodge, the former Little Sister Resort property, and the ongoing development pressures in Egg Harbor.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Door County's resident Star Wars Super Fan Lauren Ward to talk about all things Star Wars, including how she would include Star Wars trivia as extra credit when she was a teacher at Gibraltar, the three generations of Star Wars Fans, and the different levels of fandom, controversial Star Wars opinions, and more. May the Fourth be with you!

Debra Fitzgerald sits down with Sturgeon Bay poet Mike Orlock, who was appointed Door County’s new poet laureate during the March 23 meeting of the Door County Board of Supervisors, to talk about his upcoming tenure, his approach as a poet, and his two poetry collections: You Can Get There From Here: Poems of Door County & Other Places and Poetry Apocalypse & Selected Verse.

Debra Fitzgerald sits down with the Door County Economic Development Corporation's Executive Director Steve Jenkins, and Director of Communications & Workforce Development Kelsey Fox to talk about the challenges that face Door County businesses in 2021, including challenges with J-1 workers, limited workforce housing, and more.

Andrew Kleidon sits down with Debra Fitzgerald to talk about this years Sustainability special issue, including answering the question: "Do trees talk to each other?" Also, a short discussion on the difference between a town, a village, and a city, following questions about the Bailey's Harbor vote to purchase the Nelson's property on April 20th, and a look the upcoming season as more businesses begin to open each week.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen Jr to discuss the town of Bailey's Harbor's vote to purchase the waterfront property that was once Nelson's Hardware. Also, Eagle Tower will be open to the public on April 30th, and an update on the current percentage of vaccinated people in Door County.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about the 2021 Door County Living Magazine Philanthropy Issue – how it was put together, some unique stories from the past year, including how nonprofits and other organizations took their meetings online and the advantages that provided some of them, a look at several community members who stepped up and lead by example, and the announcement of the 2021 Philanthropist of the Year: David Eliot.

Andrew Kleidon and Debra Fitzgerald discuss a few stories of the week, including the city of Sturgeon Bay's decision to remove their tornado sirens, worker shortages in the manufacturing sector, and the lighting design of Jimmy Balistreri. Also, Deb spoke with leading climate scientist and communicator Katharine Hayhoe about the most important thing you can do to fight climate change: Talk about it.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Pulse Co-Founder David Eliot and his dog, Oxford, to talk about the history of the Peninsula Pulse. On this episode, Dave takes us back to 2008, where a conversation was taking place around a table at Al Johnson's that would lead to the very first Door County Half Marathon, and the formation of the Peninsula Pacers, which would bring thousands of new faces to Door County to run, bike, play hockey, and drink good beer for years to come.

The 2021 Hal Prize is open and accepting submissions in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and photography until September 15th. This week Andrew Kleidon chats with Leena and Glenn Meyers who won the Hal Prize in Photography in 2019 and 2020 respectively, to talk about how their photography journey began, and how Glenn continues to be inspired by his daughters work.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Baileys Harbor Interim Town Chair David Eliot to talk about what the future might look like after the Baileys Harbor Town Board voted unanimously on March 25th to agree to a purchase price of $1.95 million for the former Nelson's Hardware Store property adjacent to the town marina. The proposal will go to a vote at the Baileys Harbor annual meeting April 20.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about the Premier Resort Area Tax that Ephraim will vote on April 6, as well as a brief discussion on COVID vaccination progress in Door County. They also touch on Baileys Harbor's proposal to purchase the Nelson's Hardware store property and new businesses are popping up in 2021.

Andrew Kleidon is joined by Pulse Co-Founder David Eliot and his dog, Oxford, to talk about the history of the Peninsula Pulse. On this episode, Dave goes over the last five years, coming to call Bailey's Harbor home, how the community has changed, and how it's stayed the same. Also, in 2020 after years of construction to create the Pulse's final home, Dave sits alone in the office one March morning after sending the staff to work from home in response to rapidly increasing cases of COVID-19 in America, wondering when – or if – the newly finished office will be full again.

Andrew Kleidon and Debra Fitzgerald go over some of the stories from the last week, including 13 fishermen were rescued from the ice in Nasewaupee, tracking the strange path of governmental approvals regarding an ATV trail in Sturgeon Bay, and what went down at the Egg Harbor Board of Supervisors meeting to deny the proposed Dollar General, and how residents reacted.

Horseshoe Bay Farms has been an icon of Egg Harbor for more than a century, but a new nonprofit has formed to bring it new life. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to its new Executive Director, Drew Richmond, about its past, present, and the ambitious plans for the future of the historic property.

A few short years into the publication of the Peninsula Pulse, Myles Dannhausen Jr. saw within its pages, not only stories that spoke to him as a kid in Door County, but an opportunity to grow his fledgling family business, Dano’s Peninsula Pizza through advertising. Luckily for him, when Pulse founder David Eliot walked through the doors of Dano’s for the first time, he saw an opportunity in Dannhausen as well – free pizza. 25 years later, Eliot and Dannhausen are business partners, and on this episode of the Door County Pulse Podcast Dannhausen remembers the early days of the Pulse, how his contributions grew beyond pizza to writing, and the journey he and Eliot have gone on together as the Pulse evolved.

Destination Door County’s Jon Jarosh joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about what the 2021 summer might look like. With vaccine news looking better each day, how close to normal should visitors, business owners, and event planners expect things to look?

Andrew Kleidon sits down with Pulse Co-Founder David Eliot and his dog Oxford to tell the story of the Peninsula Pulse. Over the years the Pulse offices have been located all across the county, save for a few spots. In this episode Dave recounts the first five years of the paper, all of the many offices the he's worked out of, and the people who've come and gone through the doors.