Season 3

Episodes • 2015

Memory Makers

1. Memory Makers

27 min

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.

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Remarkable Journeys

2. Remarkable Journeys

27 min

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.

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Chasing Dreams

3. Chasing Dreams

27 min

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.

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Boats, Brews & Boonducks

4. Boats, Brews & Boonducks

27 min

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.

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Blazing Trails

5. Blazing Trails

27 min

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.

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Skipper and Savannahs

6. Skipper and Savannahs

27 min

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.

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Natural Talents

7. Natural Talents

27 min

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.

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Picture This

8. Picture This

27 min

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.

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Foragers & Starvin' Carvists

9. Foragers & Starvin' Carvists

27 min

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.”

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Going for the Gold

10. Going for the Gold

27 min

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.

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Packers & Pond Hockey

11. Packers & Pond Hockey

27 min

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.

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Wunderkinds & Winter Races

12. Wunderkinds & Winter Races

27 min

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.

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