Door County Pulse Podcast
1) Remembering Chief Chris Hecht
Northern Door County lost a big part of the community Monday when Sister Bay/ Liberty Grove Fire Chief Chris Hecht died from complications of an aneurysm he suffered in April. In this episode, Myles D...Show More
2) Shaping the People Who Shape Our Community
Leadership Door County has been quietly shaping the future of our community for more than three decades. Since 1990, the all-volunteer organization has brought together professionals from across indus...Show More
3) Blending New and Old in Ephraim
In a village with the historic pride of Ephraim, every change is made under a microscope, so when a number of major projects had piled up 10 years ago, the village had to make a plan to address them t...Show More
4) The Top Stories of 2025
As the year comes to a close, we look back on the most-read stories of 2025 and the news that defined 2025 in Door County. Debra Fitzgerald and Myles Dannhausen Jr. also discuss the stories that reade...Show More
5) Nutrition with Jennifer Sherman
How can a marathon runner be overweight? That was one of the questions that led dietician Jennifer Sherman of Gills Rock to leave a 20-year career in civil engineering and earn a master’s degree in hu...Show More
6) Are Your Plants Listening?
Dr. Simon Gilroy of UW–Madison joins Debra Fitzgerald to reveal the fast, unseen sensory lives of plants – how they detect danger, send signals through their entire bodies within seconds, and respond ...Show More
7) Tackling Hard Problems: Talking Child Care with Cindy Trinkner-Peot and Molly Gary
In September, Executive Director Cindy Trinkner-Peot celebrated the expansion and renovation of Northern Door Children’s Center’s facility in Sturgeon Bay, increasing the center’s capacity by almost 3...Show More
Tackling Hard Problems: Talking Child Care with Cindy Trinkner-Peot and Molly Gary
43:15 | Dec 15th, 2025
8) Scott Bader and Mariah Goode On Building Homes and Putting Political Ideology Aside
As the Door County Housing Partnership nears the completion of its seventh home, board members Scott Bader and Mariah Goode join Myles Dannhausen Jr. to talk about the long road to putting people in h...Show More
Scott Bader and Mariah Goode On Building Homes and Putting Political Ideology Aside
51:34 | Dec 10th, 2025
9) The South and the Fury with Writers Melanie Ritzenthaler and Jenn Alandy Trahan
The South is often characterized as resistant to change, but there have always been Southern writers willing to speak out, even if at great personal cost, to the injustices in their communities and th...Show More
The South and the Fury with Writers Melanie Ritzenthaler and Jenn Alandy Trahan
47:28 | Dec 5th, 2025
10) Navy Cancels Fincantieri Contracts and a Black Bear Washes Ashore in Egg Harbor
Yes, there are black bears in Door County, but we don’t yet know where the one that washed ashore in Egg Harbor came from. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to Debra Fitzgerald about that bear, but first the...Show More
Navy Cancels Fincantieri Contracts and a Black Bear Washes Ashore in Egg Harbor
37:47 | Dec 3rd, 2025