Duck Town

“My father says that almost the whole world is a podcast. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are listening and they live in a state of constant total amazement.”

Alex, Becky, and John discuss the comedy adventure film Joe Versus the Volcano. 

"Philosophy failed. Religion failed. Not it's up to podcasting."

Alex, Becky, and John discuss two movies about the afterlife: Flatliners and Ghost. 

(0:49) Discussion of Flatliners
(29:50) Discussion of Ghost

"Broke into the wrong podcast studio, didn't you, you bastards?!"

Alex, Becky, and John discuss two movies about underground danger: Tremors and Pump Up the Volume. 

Alex LeClair, Becky Collyard, and John Zimm talk about their memorable moviegoing experiences before drafting 8 movies from 1990 to watch and discuss on later shows. 

"Plastic is a huge problem in our environment and world right now. We use so much of it every single day, knowing full well it isn't necessarily a good thing. But could it be?"

Hanna Heider breaks down plastic, examining what makes it so bad for the environment and what we're doing to fix it. 

Kristi McMorris is the Executive Director of the Lodi & Lake Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. We talk about how the Chamber supports the area businesses, the various events in Lodi, and how the pandemic has affected the community. 

In late May 2020, Becky Collyard talked to Kayla Scott and Pastor Jacob Scott about life during the pandemic, both personally and profesionally. Kayla is an ICU nurse in Madison and Jacob is a pastor in a local church. 

Meg Turville-Heitz is the grant program director and the "Beyond the Headlines" project manager for the Wisconsin Humanities Council. We talk to her to about managing the CARES grant program, what makes a good grant, and the different personalities of the different parts of the state of Wisconsin.

In the last 25 minutes we open the discussion to talk about the "Beyond the Headlines" project, the obstacles facing modern journalism, the perils of the internet, and the somewhat bleak outlook for the survival of local newspapers if something doesn't change.

"When an adolescent encounters a series of trauma that they later attempt to repress this can cause the brain to function in many different ways."

Kristin tells the story of Shirley Mason, Flora Rheta Schreiber, and Associative Identity Disorder. 

"Did you know that in 2017, 38.4% of murders went unsolved?"

Samantha Mori tells the story of the DNA Doe Project, its founding and mission.