Camp Cast

On this episode of the podcast...JERSEYS!!!! First year counselor (and licensed pilot) Eric Coestad joins us to talk about the 2022 Jersey Reveal which may or may not have featured an airplane! Enjoy. 

On this episode of the podcast we get into camp loyalty and celebrate our new 5-Year Club inductees! First we have on first year camper Maxton Kramer to share his thoughts on the ceremony and tell us all about how his first year has gone. Then we welcome new 5-year club members Carter Klein and Josh Namordi to share their experience receiving their jackets, and share a special surprise that happened for them yesterday. Enjoy!

Happy Woody 30th-ish (aka 31st) Anniversary Day!!!! We had a fantastic day at camp celebrating Woody...and doing a bunch of other stuff. On the podcast tonight we have Russell Rosenthal and Spencer Polovin to give us all the details, tell us the best jokes of the day and everything else Woody! Enjoy. 

On this LATE night podcast we once again have on Jeremy Kohlenbrener to talk about another Menominee staff win! This time it's counselor basketball against Kawaga. We also recap an amazing day at camp!  Enjoy. 

On this legacy edition of the podcast we have Cabin 5 residents Dayne Schneider and Benjy Cahan on to chat about a fantastic day at camp! We go over Big Ten activities, Mid-Summer Madness league action, Twilight League, and much, much more. Enjoy!

On this extra special episode of the podcast we have first year camper brothers Hayden and Jackson Schreiber join us to talk about our first full day at camp! We started our Big Ten instructional activities today, we started a brand new leagues format called Midsummer Madness, we had a surprise Twilight League start (featuring the sequel to the Ball Grabber/Ball Snatcher saga - we play the amazing audio from Ryan Firmin mid episode) and so much more. Enjoy!

On this extra special episode of the podcast, we bring on first year campers from Denver Max Weiss and Easton White (joined by veteran camper and podcaster Reid Parks) to talk about the first day of Second Session!! We get into how great dinner was (and how it's apparently) an issue we don't have white cheese, our first night capture the flag game, our bus ride up, our cabin counselors and much more! Enjoy. 

On this episode of the podcast we bring out the heavy hitters, because we have a LOT of camp to cover! 13 year old campers Will Mills and Levi Blum join us to break down the King of the Camp Championships (which was just decided under the lights in the basketball championships), our Session I Rock Band Show, the Kanefsky Park dedication and much, much more. Enjoy!

On this late night episode of the podcast, fan favorite Jeremy Kohlenbrener comes on to talk about our first taste of staff competition tonight...a 7-4 softball win at Ojibwa! We also get into Town Day 2022, a King of the Camp playoff update, and Jeremy highlights some Session I waterfront all stars! Enjoy. 

On this King size episode of the podcast we have a late night edition with King of the Camp czars (and camp veterans) Ryan Firmin and Gavin Bramwit. They talk about how King of the Camp has gone so far, give us a scoreboard update, get deep into a brand new all-camp KOC game that we played today, and give their predictions for the King of the Camp champs 2022! We also talk about our Commercial Night skits tonight and much, much more. Enjoy!

On this mega super special episode of the podcast, we bring on campers from every age group to talk about their trips! We ask the tough questions like "what was the dumbest thing someone did on your trip?" Enjoy. Juniors (zoo + Fire & Ice + Camping and more): Judah Nitzkin and Noah Rothbardt Intermediates (canoe trip + bridge jumping): Zach Field and Jacob Kasdin 13 yr Olds (Wisconsin Dells): Simon Mann and Neo Schneider 14 yr Olds (Milwaukee): Max Agins, Eli Flaum, and Noah Weiss Senior Cabin (White Water Rafting): Asher Diamond, Nathan Vass, and Ryan Weil

On this Juniors Rule the Camp episode of the podcast, we kicked the seniors out of camp today to go to the Dells, Milwaukee and White Water Rafting, so the Juniors are taking over! Jason is joined by Michael Hazan, Parker Jacobson and Eli Bulmer to talk about the end to B&A, their Camping Trip last night, our "Let's Make a Deal" campfire, Fire vs. Ice, new fun camp games and much, much more. Enjoy.

Today on the podcast, Jason spends the first 10 minutes on his own walking our families through how we handled the news of the devastating shooting in Highland Park, IL. He talks about our support system, our conversations with the campers, our follow up approach and how the staff and campers responded. Then we jump into our regular pod programming with CITs Jacob Schneider, Brady Kay, Draedyn Sanford, Ryan Martin and Jon Wool. We talk about British & American, King of the Camp, things they like and don't like about this summer (aka constructive feedback), camp grudges and so much more. Enjoy!

On this BONUS episode of the podcast we have the Senior Cabin grilling Jason on all the things that need to be changed, improved and added to camp.  This is their official reporting of the Camper Council and all the suggestions from the campers. We broadcast this live to the whole camp each week. Enjoy!

On this extra special episode of the podcast, we have on Junior camper Spencer Ackerman and Senior camper Sid Vadnerkar. We talk about our first inter-camp competition since 2019 (vs. Camp Timberlane), our first victory of the year, how to improve our archery program, shout outs to all the great play we saw today, and much much more. Enjoy!

On todays very special episode of the podcast we have Cabin 4 members Reid Parks (Denver) and Isaac Fishman (Los Angeles) on to recap a spectacular day at camp! We finished off Sun and Wind, got some Big Ten instructional activities in, got lucky with the weather, and had AMAZING food. Enjoy!

On this Sun and Wind spectacular podcast we got the brothers Rothbardt Noah and Max. They help catch us up on some Sun and Win action as well as King of the Camp, todays menu and much much more! Enjoy. 

On this CONTROVERSIAL episode of the podcast, Mason Seiffer and Zach Forman come in hot with accusations of musical chair fraud! But before that we recap an awesome day at camp including the start of our first intracamp competition 'Sun and Wind', a short rain delay, and more big ten activities. Enjoy!

On this extra special episode of the podcast we have on a couple second year Junior campers Bennett Rue and Parker Subrin. We discuss an awesome Monday at camp and look back on yesterday's Sunday evening. We chat about our first ceremony at The Way (including a new Land Acknowledgment Tradition), our first round of new Big Ten activities, a King of the Camp update, Bennetts reaction to the camp food (spoiler alert - he's happy) and tease our evening camp fire for tonight, Horse Racing Night! Enjoy. 

On this DOUBLE episode of the podcast we have two action packed days of camp to cover. June 25th was a LATE one that included a social with Chippewa and a mini rain storm at the end, so we pushed the pod back a day. Luckily I had Evan Rosenthal, Jake Auslander, and Joey Hazan with me today to talk about a great camp Saturday and our first Lazy Day Sunday of the season. We discuss Big Ten activities, king of the camp, cabin activities, picture day, our first chance to earn our pins (bronze, silver and gold) at each activity and MUCH more. Enjoy!