Camp Cast

On this episode of the podcast Jason brings on some of his best friends/family from his time at camp. The group comes out swinging with camp grudges, then they dive deep into all the topics you love (and some new ones) like: Camp influences Least favorite co counselors Camp regrets Best camp moments Their camp legacy Remember this megaphone article you wrote? What are you jealous of that camp has now that you didn't? What's on Brian's mind? Favorite Koz campfire song. Hot takes that we have never heard before...you'll want to stick around for these! Worst competition jersey name. Brian reading random notes from his 2008 Menominee journal. There are some call outs, shout outs, stories we have never heard, takes that are beyond hot, and much more. Enjoy!

On this episode of the Camp Cast, Jason spends some time at the beginning talking about our good friend and CM brother Scott Marcus, who tragically passed last week. Scott, who won the Nate Wasserman Award in 2001 (along with Joe Klein) was a camp legend and all around amazing person who we loved dearly. As mentioned on the podcast, please check out all the memories and stories that Scott's former cabin mates, co-counselors, peers, and campers are sharing on social media. Also please Support the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and Help #BreaktheStigma! By donating to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) you help further research in the field and ensure that critical resources are available to those who need them most.  Link to Donate: https://donate.adaa.org/give/322300#!/donation/checkout While there's no easy way to transition away from this, we can try. Much like Scott, the Nate Wasserman award winner in 2013 Andrew Blechman has an infectious personality that people

On this off-season Alumni Spotlight episode of the podcast, Jason is joined by prominent alum Danny Slutsky, David Mizock and Robbie Appelbaum (all of Senior Cabin '08). We get into our favorite topics and ask the hard hitting questions you all have come to know and love including: Hottest Menominee Take...Favorite and Least Favorite Counselors...Biggest Camp Regret...Camp Grudge...Most Regrettable Competition Jersey Name...Camp Vernacular that still sticks with you...Favorite Cabin in Camp...Why Danny Didn't Win Nate...What Do you Remember About Koby Stern...Best/Worst Camp Moment...Did Miz have the greatest one-year turnaround in softball of anyone in camp history...Age Group Legacies...and much more!!

On this episode of the podcast we have two CM Legends and Decade Club members Justin Schoeneman and Taylor Beauseigneur! We dive deep into our favorite camp topics like: camp friendships, what their camp legacies are, favorite counselors, favorite co-counselors, biggest camp regrets, who is our camp grudge, what camp vernacular has carried over to every day life, Green & White, biggest camp influences, favorite meal/canteen, and much, much more. Enjoy!

Welcome to Season 6 of the Camp Cast! We are so happy to be back for some off-season podcast action. Today on the show we have incoming Junior Counselors Cooper Spector, Micah Blum, Asher Berman, Jon Wool, Miles Provus, Ryan Martin, Ethan Mann and Nate Beermann along with podcast superstar (and camp Waterfront Director Jeremy Kohlenbrener. We dive into some major topics for 2023, new buildings and projects going on at camp right now, have a candid conversation about the shower house (including a debate about what the next version of camp showers should look like), look back on 2022 and share some highlights, and preview what some of these guys will be teaching and coaching this upcoming summer. Enjoy!

This is part 2 to yesterdays awards and last day podcast. On this episode, Jason announces the TLL awards and other special mentions from last night. Then he plays the live audio from our final ceremony where we gave out our most significant honors including the Values Awards, Honor Campers, Stick, and The Nate Wasserman Award. Finally we play Jason's closing speech to the camp. Enjoy. 

On tonights mega podcast we recap our last full day of the Summer of 2022. First, Jeremy Kohlenbrener joins Jason to talk about all the awards given tonight as well as our Values awards, Junior and Intermediate Honor Camper and The Nate Wasserman Award. We then get into 14 different segments were almost 40 different campers and staff join Jason to talk about their most memorable moments from today and from the Summer of 2022. Enjoy this one, it's a special episode. We love you all. Thanks so much for listening. 

The White Team dynasty continued today at CM. Tonight on the podcast we welcome the overall captains of the Mighty White Team, Ryan Weil, Matthew Harfield and Spencer Auslander to talk about the all camp Relay today that decided Green & White 2022. Enjoy.

On this BONUS episode of the podcast, we have counselors Jack Behar and Ryan Firmin on the podcast to talk about camp, life, travel, and much more. We start the podcast talking about camp including our detailed break down of The Sing (won by the Greens). Then we get deep and step outside camp life for a bit. Ryan and Jack give us an update on their relationships and how they got through emotionally challenging times at camp. Then at some point we pivot to travel tips...but if you make it that far you are really a committed listener! Enjoy. 

On this episode of the Podcast we have Cabin 2 residents Chase Kaplan and Dylan Hirsch on to recap 1.5 days of insane camping! We had Doc's Run, Town Day, Bari's Biffs, Loyalty Awards, Sing and Relay Prep, our last ceremony out at The Way and so much more. Enjoy. 

We have SO much to talk about on this episode of the Camp Cast, and in order to do this we bring on the big guns Jordy Meyers, Spencer Polovin and Jacob Krasny to talk about the last two full days of camp. We talk about our 10-year induction ceremony where we welcomed Ryder Spector, Cooper Spector, Max Beermann and Sam Goodman to the Decade Club. We break down Green & White so far including Egg Time, D-Day and the Cross Camp Classic. We also preview Doc's Run and celebrate how we have raised over $11,000 for Menominee Charities!! You can still donate to support the Doc's Runners here before the run on Sunday morning. Enjoy.

Tonight we have an extra special crossover podcast! We hosted Marimeta for a Carnival, and Jason was able to convince owners Jami and Nick to sneak away for a bit to be guests on the podcast. We talk about Green & White, Red and White, the great things we saw at the social and how amazing the summer is going at both camps. Enjoy!

On this west coast episode of the podcast we are joined by Ethan Schwartz and Asher Cohen to recap an incredible day at the Friendly Confines. We get into the best Green & White events, the worst Green & White events and much more. Today we got into some counselor hunt, shoe scramble (hopefully for the last time), Land AND Water events, Twilight League and now we are going to Mannequin Madness.

You are not going to want to miss this DOUBLE episode of the podcast we lead off with campers Eli Domb and Jayden Parkin to discuss our friendly with Timberlane (featuring pickle ball) and Camper/Counselor Switch Day. Then we bring in the heavy hitters (14:47) aka the Green & White Czars aka Ryan Firmin, Jack Kaplan and Gavin Bramwit to give a full Green & White preview! We talk about every event, what to look out for and we even end up in a meeting about how to change one of the events and improve it on the spot. Enjoy!

The guests on this podcast declared this episode "the greatest podcast ever recorded"...and it's hard to argue with them! Tonight we have cabin 7 residents Cooper Wellen and Dylan Gangel on to break down our first full day of Green and White activities and much more! Enjoy. 

On tonights late late late night podcast, Jason goes solo so the rest of the camp can rest up after an AMAZING day at camp. Not only did we have a great day of activities, but we hosted Chippewa Ranch Camp for our annual Color Run. After that we had one of the greatest reveals for Green & White color war that we have ever had at camp. Jason breaks down all of it and also spends some time reading the speeches that last year's captains wrote about this years overall captains. Enjoy!

On this WE BEAT KAWAGA episode of the podcast we recap Menominee's 10 game down comeback and talk about the thrilling finish to our competition. It all came down to the 16A softball game on the Bob Bender Senior Diamond today with Menominee winning in walk-off fashion. Enjoy this mega deep dive into the day and the competition!

On this episode of the podcast we were hoping to have a final result from our competition with you...but that is not to be. After 62 events we got rained out of our last 9. So as we sit here the score is Menominee 31, Kawaga 31. To recap one of the best comebacks in competition history, Jason is joined by CITs Cooper Spector, Brady Weiss and Nate Beermann. Enjoy!

On this episode of the podcast we recap Day 1 of our big competition with Kawaga. CM has a lot of work to do going into tomorrow, but we can make it happen! Tonight, the boys in the senior cabin (Srosen, Peterman, Quinn, Danizger and Harf) join us to recap day 1 and talk about all the great things we saw from the Menominee men that day. 

It's competition eve at camp, and tonight we have on CITs Miles Provus, Micah Blum, Ryan Martin and Joey Hoffman to talk about what the competition with Camp Kawaga means to them, how the next few days are going to work, why we do this at all, and much much more. Go Menominee...Beat Kawaga!!