Myles Dannhausen Jr. discusses the future of Scandia Village, the Sister Bay nursing home and retirement community that is now up for sale, with Andrew Kleidon. Plus a preview of this weekend’s Fish Creek Winterfest.

This year's Door County Reads features Raft of Stars by Andrew Graff. He joins Pulse assistant editor Grace Johnson to discuss the upcoming Door County Reads programming, his book and writing stories that are hopeful.

Hope and Brandon Bogenschutz – members of the new improv group, The Knobs – join Pulse assistant editor Grace Johnson to talk about the art of improv.

Mariah Goode, director of the County of Door's Land Use Services department, sits down with Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald to talk about the county's role related to zoning and development and what local towns can do if they're interested in guiding not only where something is built but how it looks. They also talk about growth and existing ratios for what's protected versus what's developed on the peninsula.

Jerod Santek, artistic director at Write On, makes his first Pulse Podcast appearance and discusses new, free programming offered at the Writing Center with Pulse assistant editor, Grace Johnson.

When Dustin Renwick went to work at National Geographic in 2017, he almost immediately set out to find out what the magazine’s extensive archives might include about Door County, a place his family has visited for years. He joins Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about what he found, how our forgotten archives can help connect generations and how he uses them to tell new stories.

Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) sits down with Pulse editor Debra Fitzgerald to talk about the new legislative session, his priorities and committee assignments, the budget that will be built this year, a CAFO expanding in Forestville, the recently released plans for Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower, and what Republicans may be planning for the state's abortion law.

Door Community Auditorium releases a slate of winter main-stage shows, coffeehouse concerts and talks. Plus, Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen Jr. discuss Ephraim’s decision not to expand alcohol licenses in the village and Sturgeon Bay’s tribute to Jim Benesh.

The Door County Granary project and the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Department both won big awards in the $1.7-trillion Omnibus Appropriations Act that Congress passed just before Christmas. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks with Debra Fitzgerald about how these projects were funded and about Congressional earmarks in general. They also dive into Destination Door County's new Community Investment Grant program that will spend $1 million annually on local projects that benefit local people.

It looks like rental companies will be staying at the Sister Bay Marina after a December hearing brought dozens of people out in support of the operators. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Andrew Kleidon about that issue, plus three big decisions coming up for Ephraim. But first they introduce a new column debuting in this week’s Pulse and the aerial photography of Dan Anderson.