Door Pod Show Podcast

Door County Icon Norb Blei has come out with a third edition of his 1987 Door County classic Meditations on a Small Lake. In June, Pastor Michael Brecke of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church convinced him to perform selected readings from the book. The result was a packed house and Blei at his fesity best. Listen in.
To order Meditations on a Small Lake and other books published by Cross+Roads Press visit BleiDoorCountyTimes.com.

Please note: Maybe it’s because he is not used to being at a church podium, but Norb did a bit of fidgeting during the readings, causing some background noise. Ignore it and listen in on Door County’s poet laureate.

 

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Barbara Luhring listens in to a conversation between Door County orchard grower Dale Seaquist and his youngest son Allen, a high school senior at Gibraltar School. Dale is the patriarch of Seaquist Orchards, a family business that has been growing, processing and selling apple and cherry products for many years. Dale talks about his history in the fruit growing business, as well as what led him to choose farming over the life of a musician. Listen in and learn about another Door County icon!

 

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Dan Peterson has owned the Viking Grill & Lounge in Ellison Bay since 1984 and in that time his name has become synonymous with the Door County fish boil. Barbara Luhring talks to Dan about his history with this iconic Door County meal that dates back to his childhood in Baileys Harbor when his parents ran the Panter Hotel. Along the way you’ll get the inside story on running a busy Door County restaurant as well as what it’s like to take the fish boil on-the-road. Listen in!

Photo credit: Fish boil photo taken by Dan Johnson

 

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Barbara Luhring talks with iconic Door County specialty food pioneers Eunice and Larry Manz at their Egg Harbor home. In 2003 Eunice and Larry retired from their Sister Bay business, Manz Specialty Foods, but they haven’t slowed down. In fact during the podcast Eunice receives a call from her newest client, a specialty foods store at Egg Harbor’s Liberty Square. Listen in to a couple who have retained a passion for fine food, fine drink and each other!

 

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Good friends and Door County Icons Al Johnson and Norbert Blei cover allot of material in this almost hour-long discussion of Door County past and present. Among the topics: the “counter culture” at Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant, Emma Husby, Eddie Valentine, Wink Larson, Baldy Bridenhagen, Ingert Johnson and the Johnson family, condominiums and of course - goats on one’s roof. Barbara Luhring listens in to this fascinating and many times hilarious conversation. You should listen in too.

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Door County icon Marge Grutzmacher is interviewed at her home by Elizabeth Kiracofe. Marge, an educator, business woman and literacy advocate, shares the path her life has taken before Door County and during. Listen in! Elizabeth Kiracofe handles the interview. Barbara Luhring handles production.

 

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