NEWisco Weekend

This week’s issue focuses on spring vacations and travel!! Are virtual vacations really a thing? What about the importance of taking those vacation days? Take a break in NEWisco with a really cool Star Wars Memorabilia exhibit. This is the season to tap maple trees. And Musician Sam Ness gets help in songwriting from his […]

Guests: Hilary Matson, Katy Compton, Linda Bjella, Margy Davey, Sam Ness

Sat Mar 29, 2025

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This week’s show is all about Goofing off! Pat Tracey with Discover Oshkosh joins us with tips and tricks to make this the best National Goof Off Day ever! We also hear how the NEWisco Weekend team goofs off–when we get the chance to! The musical guest this week is Makenna Mae and Jake Alan […]

Guests: Bello Nock, Bryce Kane, Pat Tracey

Sat Mar 22, 2025

46:32

It’s St. Patrick’s Day on Monday. So on this issue of NEWisco Weekend we’re all Irish! Our Cover Story looks at a NEWisco city that takes the festivities to the next level. Amanda Nimmer gives us a historical look at St. Patrick…in her own unique way. Pothole season is here. We also have stories on […]

Guests: Ryan Lanning, Tom Tiffany, Tony Giese, Tony Wied

Sat Mar 15, 2025

46:32

This issue of NEWisco Weekend features Daylight Saving Time as our cover story and Naps as the theme! Civic Media Meteorologist Brittney Merlot explains why we have to spring ahead every year in our cover story. Dr. Steven Gale describes the benefits of a nap. We have features on pickleball, Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and […]

Guests: Dr. Steven Gale, Emerson Lehmann, Jamie Lynn Fletcher, Tom Drzewiecki

Sat Mar 8, 2025

46:32

This week, NEWisco Weekend takes a look at Women’s Mental Health Awareness with stories that are as varied as the types of butterflies in the world! Ace Champion as Good Buffalo is our cover story with flutes to resonate with your theta waves. We have stories on Eating Disorders, Flooding awareness, the shift in seasons, […]

Guests: Ace Champion, Diana Anzalda, Kaylin Kole, Lexi Lew, Paul VandenPlas

Sat Mar 1, 2025

46:32

Learn about the scams that prey upon Wisconsin residents and senior citizens. We have features on how to identify scams, the common ones we see, and an interview with the man who literally wrote the book on cybersecurity for Senior Citizens. Commentary from Amanda Nimmer on a common scammer who may be living in your […]

Guests: Alex East, Brett Newski, Spencer Larson

Sat Feb 22, 2025

46:32

This week’s NEWisco Weekend is all about kindness. Monday is Random Acts of Kindness Day, and our cover story is an interview with Brooke Jones of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. We have stories on the Draft City Music Festival, the National Railroad Museum, being kind to Wisconsin’s plants with prescribed burning, kindness to […]

Guests: Brian Johnson, Brooke Jones, Jacqueline Frank, Leva Engel, Rob Dz

Sat Feb 15, 2025

46:32

Hearts are aflutter in this week’s NEWisco Weekend. The Cover Story focuses on heart health as we celebrate Heart Month. Wisconsin’s Winter Snow can be deadly for your heart. A new coach for an area school. A program that helps keep children safe online. A fundraiser through the weekend to help the NEW Community Shelter. […]

Guests: BJ Hill, Brian Johnson, Dr. Megan Butler, Shannon Cohen

Sat Feb 8, 2025

46:32

This week’s issue celebrates Black History Month with a cover story featuring a Green Bay Area Woman who uses her time and talents to tell stories of black history to youth. The musical guest is De Pere’s Mike Shabow. We feature stories on We All Rise African American Resource Center, the effect of winter salt […]

Guests: Holly Linder, Mike Schabow, Mike Schmidt, Robin Scott, Venus Robertson

Sat Feb 1, 2025

46:32

This week, NEWisco Weekend wants you to feel the belly-rumbling joy of laughter. We look at how laughter really is the best medicine, laughing at funerals, and competitive laughter. Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba brings the cover story with NEWisco Comedian Rob Brackenridge. And we have a feature of another NEWisco comedian, Kristin Lytie. Isiah […]

Guests: Charles LaTorre, Isiah & The New People, Kristin Lytie, Mike Kauth, Pete Schwaba, Rob Brackenridge

Sat Jan 25, 2025

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