You can learn a lot about life when you step on a wrestling mat. Justin Lancaster was recently named Head Wrestling Coach at Holmen High School in Wisconsin. He led the Freedom High School wrestling program for the last 11 years, winning two team state titles along the way. In this episode, we discuss: Justin's high school and college wrestling car…

After 16 years, LeRoy Butler finally made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His storied career as a Green Bay Packer was legendary. The creator of the Lambeau Leap did more than just jump in the stands, he was a standout on and off the field. Tune in to this episode to hear our host, Cory Kundert, talk about the legacy of LeRoy Butler.…

First of its kind in major college sports! That's who we have on this weeks episode of Wisco Legacy. Chad McGehee is the Director of Meditation Training for the Wisconsin Badger Athletic programs. On this episode, we talk about: - How Chad found a passion for mindfulness and meditation - His work for individuals and teams for the @Wisconsin Badgers…

Eric Salzwedel is making an impact throughout the state of Wisconsin with Do Good Wisconsin, a non-profit he co-founded with Brian Herbst. From an early age, Eric found his passion for giving back. In this episode of Wisco Legacy, you will hear about Eric's early day's of giving back and how and why he co-founded Do Good Wisconsin. We also talk abo…

In 2014, Rowan Childs set out to improve access to books for children in the Madison area. In doing so, she created the Madison Reading Project. Since 2014, Rowan and her team have provided over 300,000 books! Tune in to this episode of Wisco Legacy to hear how Rowan and her team have done that. To support Madison Reading Project, go to www.madison…

Basketball fans, don’t miss this episode! Mike Flanagan drops by @wiscolegacy this week! We talk about: 🏀 his success as the Girls Basketball Coach at Black Hawk. Fun fact, he didn’t play basketball in high school! ✅ his upbringing in southwest Wisconsin 📚 his career as an educator 📚his new role as Darlington Elementary/Middle School Principal 💯Pur…

Wrestling truly shaped me into who I am. In this episode, I talk about the tremendous impact this sport had on my life. If you’re from Wisconsin and wrestling has impacted your life, like it impacted mine, please reach out to see if I can help share your story. Thank you, wrestling, for changing my life.…

Since starting this podcast, I’ve thought a lot about the legacy that I eventually want to leave behind. If you’ve tuned in to an episode of this podcast, you know that I close out each episode by asking my guests this question “When all is said and done, what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?” I reflect on my own legacy in this short epi…

Suicide is a challenging topic. TV producer, director and screenwriter, Stan Zimmerman, wrote "right before I go", after losing a close friend to suicide. This play is full of raw emotion and hope. Together we can break the silence. On this episode of Wisco Legacy, I talk to members of the play at the Monroe Theatre Guild to hear about why they dec…

Country music singer/songwriter, Kirstie Kraus returns to Wisco Legacy to talk about her album, "Yes You Can." Her album releases Friday, May 27th. Kirstie was a guest on episode five of Wisco Legacy. On this episode, we talk about Details behind her album, Yes You Can Josie Music Award Nominations Live shows at World's Largest Brat Fest and Bailey…

The Pride of Darlington, Alex Erickson, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his path to the NFL. The former three sport start athlete almost pursued basketball out of high school. One decision, to accept a preferred walk-on opportunity with the Wisconsin Badger football team changed his life forever. Tune in to this episode of Wisco Legacy to hear abo…

Welcome Michael Johnson to Wisco Legacy! Michael is the President & CEO of the fastest growing Boys & Girls Club in America, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County! Michael grew up in the projects in Chicago. He faced a lot of adversity growing up but overcame that adversity to become an award winning non-profit leader. In this episode, Michael chro…

Jon Arias joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his path to play by play broadcasting for Wisconsin Women's Volleyball and Wisconsin Women's Basketball. Jon spent over 20 years in sports radio and now runs a podcast called Joncast Podcast (linked below). In this episode we talk about: Growing up a huge sports fan Getting into sports radio Moving to LaCr…

Jeff Ditzenberger joins Wisco Legacy on Tuesday, April 5th to talk about his non-profit, TUGS: Talking, Understanding, Growing, Supporting. We talk about:- Growing up on a dairy farm- His time in the United States Navy- His passion for agriculture- Challenging times in his life (divorce, suicide attempt, and more)- What he learned from those challe…

Host, Cory Kundert, chronicles his life growing up in Monroe, a small town in southern Wisconsin. From growing up on a gravel road to playing sports for the local high school, to eventually moving back to Monroe after college, Cory describes the incredible impact Monroe had on his life. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW: https://youtu.be/ciDEi7WxYfU WEBSITE: ww…

Host, Cory Kundert, provides an update on the direction of Wisco Legacy. He also has an opportunity to be a part of an upcoming project called My Hometown Story. This project will highlight Cory's hometown of Monroe, WI. If you would like to be a part of the project, click the link below and send a voice message to Cory answering the following ques…

Visual artist, Ross Harried, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the journey that led him to creating his side passion, Second Crop Creative! Ross grew up on a dairy farm in Edgerton, WI and eventually settled in Monroe, WI. Ross is a multi-talented photographer, videographer, and visual artist. Tune in to hear about his journey. YouTube: https://www.…

Life and success coach, Josh Pierce, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his life journey and how Wisconsin had a big impact on his life. We talk about: ✅ Growing up in small town Wisconsin ✅ Losing his brother, Tyler, to suicide ✅ His path to becoming a life and success coach ✅ Donating a kidney to his father and more! SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW: https://y…

Wrestling commentator, Shane Sparks, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the journey that led him to The Big Ten Network, ESPN +, the NCAA Wrestling tournament, and more. Shane's path had some twists and turns, but he is living out his childhood dream. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW: https://youtu.be/ciDEi7WxYfU WEBSITE: www.wiscolegacy.com FACEBOOK: www.facebo…

Military members and families, you do not want to miss this episode of Wisco Legacy. I spoke to Larry Jackson from the Ben Jackson Foundation (www.benjacksonfoundation.org). The foundation helps newly enlisted military members come home to see their families. The foundation was created after they lost their son, Ben. Ben served in the United States…

Wrestling fans, you don't want to miss this one! Associate Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Wisconsin, Jon Reader, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the journey that led him to Madison. We talk about getting into wrestling, going to Iowa State, winning an NCAA title, the transition into coaching, coming to Madison, the 2021 - 2022 Wisconsin…

Megan Schilt and Emily Murray of Avenues Counseling, LLC join Wisco Legacy to talk about mental health, the journey that led them to Avenues Counseling, and their new initiative Be The Change Green County! Be The Change Green County is working to provide a community based preventative, proactive, and protective system of care fpr mental health in G…

Abby Green is the co-host of the HERSelf Podcast and Pursuing Her Purpose. HERSelf Podcast has over 1.5 Million downloads since 2019! Abby joins Wisco Legacy on to talk about entrepreneurship, her podcasts, women’s empowerment, motherhood, family, and more. #entrepreneurship #podcast #womenempoweringwomen #womenentrepreneurs #motherhood #workingmom…

Suicide. It's a hard topic to discuss. In 2012, Monroe, Wisconsin natives Kurt and Teri Ellefson lost their young son, Jacob, to suicide. One year after losing Jacob, they knew they needed to turn this tragedy into something greater. So, they created Jacob's SWAG, a non-profit focused on suicide prevention, education, and awareness. They also creat…

Dusty Weis is the Founder and President of Podcamp Media and the host of the Lead Balloon Podcast, a show based on public relations disaster stories. Dusty joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the journey that led him to Podcamp Media. To read more about Dusty, read the article here: https://www.wiscolegacy.com/post/tales-of-monroe-the-miami-zombie-mor…

Former Wisconsin Badger Wide Receiver, Jonathan Orr, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his time as a Badger football player, his time in the NFL, the challenging transition out of football, and his current role as Founder and Executive Director of Athlete Transition Services. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW: https://youtu.be/ciDEi7WxYfU WEBSITE: www.wiscolegac…

The Best of Wisco Legacy 2021 chronicles clips from each episode of our inaugural season of the podcast. There are also clips from the first two episodes of 2022 with Jonathan Orr and Dusty Weis. Website: www.wiscolegacy.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnKsKdSZiifRN5_W0NOREtQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68T1GpoT7sBWGPYIDGZb…

Desie Breadon joins Wisco Legacy for the second part of his podcast. On this episode, Desie talks about his athletic career as a football player, wrestler, track and field athlete, and swimmer. We also talked about his coaching career, his life as a gym owner, and finally, becoming a teacher. Part 1 titled For Gavin can be found here: https://youtu…

October 4, 2002 changed Desie Breadon's life forever. On that day, his older brother Gavin, just 29 years old, passed away from a heart attack. This is the story of how Gavin has impacted Desie's life. This is part one of a two part podcast on Desie Breadon. Part two drops on Wednesday, December 15th. Part two focuses on Desie's high school, colleg…

Patrick Bodell joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the journey that led him to starting Synqronus Communications, a marketing agency in Monroe, WI that focuses on brand development, media production, and web design. Patrick dropped out of high school, toured in a band, started a recording studio, and eventually found his passion for marketing. On this…

Ryan Ziltner, Jeff Maliszewski, and Lexie D. Harris join Wisco Legacy to talk about their new business venture - Exit Professional Real Estate. We talk about the journey that led them all to real estate, the housing market, and, of course, Exit Professional Real Estate. These three are taking over the real estate market in the Green County and surr…

Jeriamy Jackson joins Wisco Legacy to talk about the importance of school psychology, competing and coaching in wrestling, working in school administration, and being a family man. He is the current interim Prinicpal for Monroe High School. Jeriamy was my wrestling coach in high school and made a significant impact on my life. Glad to have him join…

Scott Timm joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his journey to agricultural entrepreneurship, the importance of the family farm, the importance of agriculture in Wisconsin, and more. To read more about Scott's journey, check out the article on my website: https://www.wiscolegacy.com/post/talkin-agriculture-with-scott-timm-green-co-farms-and-gc-seeds-se…

Leah Linscheid joins Wisco Legacy to talk about growing up in Highland, WI, attending UW-Madison, working in local media, the importance of local media, her family, and more. Leah is the epitome of Wisconsin. To hear more about Leah's life, read the following article: https://www.wiscolegacy.com/post/leah-linscheid-morning-anchor-for-news-3-now-wis…

My brother, Chad Kundert, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about growing up in Wisconsin, playing football for the Monroe football dynasty in the early 1990's, wrestling, and growing his residential construction company, Kundert Construction. It was an honor to talk to my brother about living his dream. To read about Chad's journey, check out the article…

Ricky DeNure's life changed on October 5th, 2020. That was the day that he found out he had COVID-19. What started as a headache, quickly turned into a medflight trip ten days later. Prior to being medflighted, Ricky was induced into a coma. He didn't wake up for six weeks. In total, Ricky spent 96 days in the hospital battling COVID-19. If you wan…

Kirstie Kraus is living her childhood dream. At six years old, she dreamed of moving to Nashville and pursing her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Four years ago, she took that leap of faith. The Wisconsin native discusses her Wisconsin roots and talks about her journey to Nashville on Episode 5 of Wisco Legacy. To read more about Kirstie, re…

Mike Graham has accomplished something very few people have. He literally lost half of his body weight! At his highest, he was 380 pounds. He now weights around 190 pounds. Mike has struggled with his weight for a long time. Two years ago, the avid outdoorsman and former football player made the leap of faith. He started eating healthier, exercisin…

Cody Endres epitomizes the small town dream. At sixteen, he set his sights on becoming a teacher and coach. Most kids don't know what they want to eat for lunch at sixteen, let alone have their life planned out. Cody had a vision for his future that he never let go. A vision that drove him to succeed in athletics and academics in both high school a…

Wisconsin Badger Head Wrestling Coach, Chris Bono, joins Wisco Legacy to talk about his wrestling career, his time away from wrestling, South Dakota State, his family, UW-Madison, recruiting, and life lessons he learned through running the Badger Trail Run, 100 Mile Race. You can read more about Coach Bono on https://www.wiscolegacy.com/post/episod…

Episode one details our founder, Cory Kundert. Cory talks about his life and his 100 pound weight loss.By Cory Kundert

Wisconsin is full of interesting, inspiring, and successful people. On Wisco Legacy, I will be talking to current and former coaches and athletes, business owners, leaders, actors, musicians, and more. I want to hear about the ups and downs, the struggles, and triumphs they've had throughout their careers. I also want to hear how Wisconsin has made…