Simply Superior

A look back at the week’s news highlights with Duluth News Tribune executive editor Rick Lubbers and Wisconsin Public Radio Superior-based reporter Danielle Kaeding.

This week, the Jewish history of northwest Wisconsin is featured on “Simply Superior.” The eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is being celebrated around the world, including in the Twin Ports. Though small, the area has a rich Jewish history -- from Duluth-born Bob Dylan to noted documentary photographer Esther Bubley of Superior. Those personalities and others are recalled by lawyer and past University of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Toby Marcovich and his wife Sharon, also a Superior native, in a conversation with host Robin Washington. The greater Twin Ports Jewish community today is served largely by Temple Israel of Duluth, the Adas Israel Congregation, and Chabad of Duluth. Also, tech entrepreneur-turned-comedian Danielle Thralow shares her routines from comedy clubs locally and nationwide, usually introducing herself “I’m transgender and 57 years old” to quickly address the obvious question: Her age. Among her business accomplishments is having sold the url internet.org to Mark Zuckerberg.

Wisconsin Public Radio takes a look behind the scenes at the NFL’s only community-owned team, hearing from players, journalists, super fans and other Packer enthusiasts.

A look back at the week’s news highlights with Wisconsin Public Radio Superior-based reporter Danielle Kaeding.

UW-Superior political science professor Alisa Von Hagel joins “Simply Superior” this week to discuss how redistricting affects northwest Wisconsin. Hagel speaks with host Robin Washington about what the political map means for congressional representation and local seats in the Legislature. Washington also takes a look at WPR’s special podcast, "WPR Reports: Mapped Out" for a deep dive into the state’s redistricting process. Our musical guest is Superior singer-songwriter - and perennial Duluth Dylan Fest song competition winner - Shane Nelson. Nelson returns to share his latest work as well as a free-flowing conversation discussing just about everything.

A look back at the week’s news highlights with Duluth News Tribune executive editor Rick Lubbers and Wisconsin Public Radio Superior-based reporter Danielle Kaeding

We hear from a variety of viewpoints on Wisconsin’s controversial wolf hunt on this week’s “Simply Superior.” WPR’s Shereen Siewert discusses those controversies with Pat Quaintance of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Adrian Wydeven, Chairman of the Timber Wolf Alliance and investigative journalist Paul DeMain, a member of the Oneida Nation living at Lac Courte Oreilles. We then hear from a Duluth-Superior band, One Less Guest, that made the move to California last spring. Host Robin Washington speaks with members of the group as they share their latest album “The Perch Sessions,” a selection of covers recorded locally just before their big move.

A look back at the week’s news highlights with Wisconsin Public Radio Superior-based reporter Danielle Kaeding.

Today on “Simply Superior,” we discuss the gales of November. The storms immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ have claimed ships large and small, defining the power and danger of the Big Lake. Joining host Robin Washington to share the stories of its legacy are Konnie LeMay, president of the board of the Lake Superior Marine Museum and Laura Jacobs, archivist of the maritime collection at the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Jim Dan Hill Library. Also, Washington visits with our resident transportation expert, UWS Professor Richard Stewart, to discuss the current world-wide supply chain disruptions and its effect on our region.

A look back at the week’s news highlights with The Star Tribune’s Brooks Johnson and Wisconsin Public Radio reporter Danielle Kaeding.