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Jason, Camp Menominee's Owner & Director, talks with experts parents, campers, and CM staff about topics they care about... like what will make your summer amazing, camper growth and development, and much more!
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S3E11 - Inside Look at the Comiskey Farm (aka Camp Menominee) w/ former Caretaker Maxine Drager
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While Camp Menominee has been around since 1928, we have only been on our grounds on County D since 1947. Before that, our land was famously used as the Comiskey Family Far. Today on this very special episode of the Podcast, Jason is joined by life long Northwoods resident Maxine Drager. Maxine’s parents were the caretakers of the Comiskey Farm bef…
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S3E10 - The Recampables: The 2000 Cancelled Competition w/ Matt Schwartz, Jon Sider, Loren Rue, Jeremy Kohlenbrener and Jeff Toombs
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On this VERY special episode of the Camp Cast, Jason, along with co-hosts and pod favorites Jeremy Kohlenbrener and Jeff Toombs, is joined by CM Alum and members of the 2000 Senior Cabin Matt Schwartz, Jon Sider and Loren Rue, They dive deep into the 2000 cancelled competition with Camp Kawaga, and all of the ripple effects that occurred as a resul…
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S3E9 - The Redemption Podcast w/ Nate Beermann, Miles Provus, Cooper Spector, Ethan Mann, Jacob Schneider and Ryan Martin
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After a brief hiatus the Camp Cast is back and as good as ever! We are going to release regular episodes of the podcast for the rest of the summer, and to kick it off, we are putting out a gem. A couple months ago Jason recorded a quarantine pod with Jacob Schneider, Nate Beermann, Miles Provus, Ethan Mann, Cooper Spector and Ryan Martin. Well that…
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S3E8 - Vroom Origin Story w/ THE Matthew Vrooman and Bracket Breakdown w/ Jeremy Kohlenbrener
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On this VERY special episode of the podcast Jason is joined by one of our favorite guests Jeremy Kohlenbrener! They do a DEEP dive into the "Best Camp Competition Game" bracket and break down the best matchups, greatest upsets of the tournament and celebrate the overall champion: Vroom (2:15). Then Jason is joined by the creator of Vroom, Matthew V…
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S3E7 - COVID-19 and the ReCAMPables: 2019 16A Soccer with Josh Ingram
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Today on the podcast, Jason starts by briefly addressing COVID-19 and what camps are doing to prepare. Then he welcomes back one of our favorite guests all the way from England...Josh Ingram! They dive in to an all new ReCAMPables about the 2019 16A Soccer game which Josh describes as "my Super Bowl". Spoiler alert: Josh was so nervous before the m…
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S3E6 - ReCAMPables: The Zak Ellman Pin with Zak Ellman, Brian Bulgatz and Jeremy Kohlenbrener
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S3E5 - The ReCAMPables: The 2016 Green & White Relay with Jake Goodman, Josh Goodman, Sam Miller and Benjie Soren
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S3E4 - 2020 Staff Update & More with Jeff Toombs and Jeremy Kohlenbrener
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On this VERY special episode of the podcast we have on two of our favorite guests: Menominee Assistant Director Jeff Toombs and Waterfront Director Jeremy Kohlenbrener. They join Jason to give you a full update of returning and new staff for the summer of 2020. They even might have some special guests in studio live to make the announcement themsel…
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S3E3 - Single Gender vs. Co-Ed Camps with Sari Hirsch and Cliff Lissner (Chippewa Ranch Camp)
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On this VERY special episode of the pod Jason is joined by two-thirds of the Directorship of Chippewa Ranch Camp for Girls. As camp directors, one of the most popular topics we get asked about is single gender vs. co-ed camps. Why should I send my son/daughter to a single gender camp? What are the major differences between this and co-ed camping? H…
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S3E2 - Philanthropy and the Gift of Camp with Steve Ehrlich and Peter Ehrlich
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On this VERY special episode of the Camp Cast we focus on a a value that we hold near and dear to our hearts at camp: the importance of giving back to your community. Jason is joined by Steve Ehrlich (59 year camp veteran and founding member of the Nate Wasserman Camp Fund) and Peter Ehrlich (long time board member of the Fund and lifelong member o…
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S3E1 - Get to Know the Owner/Director and First Year Insider Tips with Melissa Plaskoff
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We are back with Season 3 of the Camp Cast! We have a great one for you to start this season. On today’s pod I am joined by camp mom and media extraordinaire Melissa Plaskoff. We recorded in studio Melissa's company On-Air Media in Dallas, TX. For the first half of the episode Melissa takes the wheel and interviews Jason to help new families get to…
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August 7 - I LOVE THIS CAMP!!! with Jason Feldgreber
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Tonight on the pod I am joined by....well, myself. I'm solo tonight folks. We finished our final awards of the night just before midnight, so I am going to give the rest of the staff and campers a break from the pod and I will handle this one. Let me start by saying this: I LOVE this camp, I LOVE this group of counselors and I LOVE each and every c…
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August 6, 2019 - To the Whites! with Jack Forman, Jack Kaplan and Dylan Schwartz
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On this Green & White relay edition of the podcast I am joined by victorious White captains Jack Forman, Jack Kaplan and Dylan Schwartz. We break down the entire all-camp relay, as well as look back at a great Green & White competition which was won by the White team 2000-1750.
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August 5, 2019 - To Menominee We SING with Josh Ingram and Jeremy Kohlenbrener
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On this late-night episode of the pod I am joined by Admin members (and podcast favorites) Josh Ingram and Jeremy Kohlenbrener. While the kids are in bed and prepare for the Green & White relay tomorrow, we recap a great Field Day at camp, break down The Sing and look behind the curtain of the Green & White scoreboard. Enjoy!…
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August 3-4, 2019 - The Last Weekend of Camp w/ Charlie Eisenberg and Asher Diamond
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On this last weekend of camp edition of the podcast I am joined by Cabin 14 members Charlie Eisenberg and Asher Diamond. We break down an action packed Saturday of Green & White and League Championships. Then we dive into the unique experience that is the last Sunday of camp including Doc's Run, the Menominee Masters, the final Way ceremony and the…
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August 1-2, 2019 - Gentlemen, It's Egg Time! with Jonah Gagerman
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Tonight on the podcast I am joined by the creator of the new hit Green & White game "Egg Time" Jonah Gagerman. We talk about the success of his creation, all of the other G&W events from the last 2 days, league championships and our 10 year celebration ceremony. Enjoy!
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July 31, 2019 - Catch of the Day with Zach Meyers and Jake Topel
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On this very special episode of the podcast, I am joined by Cabin 19 residents Zach Meyers and Jake Topel to recap a full day of Green & White activities including a major White Team comeback with wins in the Counselor Hunt, Creatively Acquire the Energy Source and Mannequin Madness. We also discuss how Woody was found for the first time in 29 year…
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July 30 2019 - Two Times Tuesday w/ Jory Weiss, Andrew Morris and Benny Goldberg
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On the pod tonight we are doing double duty! On our first segment I am joined by Jory Weiss from Camp Marimeta for Girls. During tonight's social we take a break to talk about all the great things going on at Marimeta and Menominee this summer. I also get some much needed support from Jory's brother and cousin Isaac and Brett Weiss, and CM counselo…
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July 29, 2019 - IT'S GREEN AND WHITE AND A BIRTHDAY!!
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We love our camp family, specifically our Waterfront Director Jeremy. So when it's Jeremy's birthday we have to celebrate with a SPECTACULAR day at camp....and that we did my friends. The bday boy himself joins me on the pod to discuss League playoffs, new tournaments (paddle ball, chess and volleyball), new clinics (wrestling and rugby), Twilight …
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July 27-28 - Ask the Director #5 and Camper/Counselor Switch Day
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We have a great pod today for you all! I am joined by Senior Cabin members Max Beermann and Micah Gagerman for our weekly "Ask the Director" segment where the boys from camp offer suggestions about how to improve Menominee. This week's topic: Food! The three of us area also joined by podcast favorite Josh Ingram for color commentary. Then we recap …
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July 25-26, 2019 - A Weily Mega Competition Podcast
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Wow it has been an incredible couple days of camp and with the help of the Weil brothers (Jackson and Ryan) we dive deep into all of it! We cover the entire second day of the Kawaga competition, and discuss the wins/losses, ups/downs and everything we could possibly think of that happened at Menominee and Kawaga. We also talk about this Lazy Day Fr…
On this episode of the pod Jason recaps an intense Day 1 of competition and looks ahead to Day 2. Beat Kawaga!
Tomorrow we will begin our 2-day 71 event competition with Camp Kawaga, so we need to bring in the A team to help us sort it all out. So tonight on the podcast I have our Head of Competition Brett Weiss and camp veteran Jonah Weiss (who happen's to be Brett's older brother). We talk about the significance of the competition, all the events to look …
On this spectacular episode of the Word I sit down with Jackson Flaum for a solo pod. We talk about our first round of beat Kawaga team practices, Menominee firsts, highs and lows from this summer and all other things camp. Enjoy!
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July 20-21, 2019 - 5 Year Night, 16A Victory and 'Ask the Director, LIVE!"
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On this DOUBLE episode of the podcast, I am first joined by Senior Cabin members Jake Reinhardt and Jonah Friedman (along with their counselor Jackson Weil). The boys break down an awesome day at camp yesterday that included a 16A win on the BBSD against Ojibwa followed by our 5-year night ceremony where we inducted 19 NEW MEMBERS! Then we dive int…
We have an extra special episode of the podcast today! Usually we have 2 campers on the podcast, but tonight we had one camper up for double the podcast workload. Eli Fisch joins me tonight to break down our first intercamp competition with Camp Timberlane, his camp highlights, Menominee firsts, and SO much more. I think Eli might take over hosting…
On this very special episode, the pod studio is overrun by Rosenthals! First year campers (and cousins) Evan and Russell Rosenthal join me to talk about today's instructional activities, MCAA League action, Twilight League, and one of our favorite camp fire skit nights....Song Night 2019!! The boys were hilarious and fantastic guests for todays epi…
What a day at camp! A day like today needs twice the star power for an appropriate recap, so I call upon not one, but TWO Shefrens to help me. Cooper and Brody come on the pod to talk about Big Ten Instructional activities, MCAA league action and our first social of the summer: a massive Carnival with Camp Agawak!…
On this very special episode of the podcast we are keeping it in the family! My cousin Max Kirsch and his cabinmate Charlie Dumo join me to recap a spectacular day at camp including: picture day, our first Big Brother/Little Brother event, some MCAA League action, Twilight League, a Senior Tennis game we call Davis Cup and a camp favorite campfire …
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July 15 2019 - What Time Is It? Green Nation Time!
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On this very special episode of the podcast I am joined by my longtime friend and CM's incredible Waterfront Director Jeremy Kohlenbrener. We had another long and packed day at camp so Jeremy does us a favor and gives the campers a break from the podcast so they could get some rest! We cover our first day of Big Ten instructional activities, MCAA L…
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July 14, 2019 - Meet Your Group Leaders and Directors
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Happy second session everybody, and or those of you new to camp, welcome to the podcast! Each night I (Jason) sit down with a few campers to hear about their day and talk about everything going on at camp. Tonight, all the boys are settling in with their counselors and their new friends in the cabin, so we are taking this opportunity to introduce y…
Tonight on this bitter sweet episode of the podcast, we celebrate the end of an incredible session at camp. As is tradition, the CIT's join me tonight on their last night as a cabin group to recap first session, talk about their highlights and shout out amazing moments they have seen this summer. We also talk about the things they are excited about…
Good evening everybody! On this special episode of the podcast we have Brayden Subrin and Fin Doran join us to recap an action packed day at camp. As is tradition (for the last 3 years) the last Wednesday of first session is dedicated to our King of the Camp Championships. We had hundreds of points on the board today and Fin and Brayden help me bre…
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Woody's Word (7/9/19) - The Playoffs Begin
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On this very. special episode of the pod I am joined by CITs Kase Ratzlaff and Jack Behar. We cover the beginning of the King of the Camp playoffs, what they are looking forward to come the twilight league playoff, and dive in a little to the counselor softball game that CM played in this week.
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July 7, 2019 - Ask the Director LIVE #3 and Town Day!
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On this late night episode of the pod I am joined by the Jacks (Kaplan and Forman) who hosted the Camper Council this week. They bring suggestions from the campers for new campfires, skit nights and evening programs. Then we spend a little time at the end talking about Town Day. Hope you enjoy!
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June 6, 2019 - 'Camp Cast'/'Happy Camping and Love' Crossover Event!
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On this EXCLUSIVE episode of the camp cast we are, once again, making history. Today, as the boys from CM socialized with the lovely ladies over at Chippewa Ranch Camp, Sari Hirsch (Assoc. Director CRC) and I hosted a live podcast event. We set up a booth at the social and opened up the mic to everyone and anyone that wanted to join. We had SO MUCH…
On this super special extra fantastic 4th and 5th of July episode I am joined by Simon Mann and Neo Schneider! We discuss the historic start to British & American that took place at Camp Marimeta during our social (the first time we have EVER done it off CM grounds), as well as our first day of B&A and our first intercamp competition of the summer …
On this mini-mega edition of the Camp Cast I am thrilled to be joined by counselors Jake Hoodack (Nate 2019) and Zach "Zeke" Quen. They just got back from their 11-year old canoe trip and Copper Falls camping trip, respectively, and are eager to share ALL of the stories from those trips. We go deep into each trip, major highlights, upgrades from 20…
Oh boy you are all in for a treat tonight! We are lucky enough to have our outstanding photographer Imelda and our incredible CNA Allie on to discuss another spectacular day at camp. We cover activities, Menominee firsts for some of our boys (and for Imelda and Allie) and they share their impressions of camp after two weeks at the friendly confines…
As is tradition I am joined by the SENIOR CABIN in the pod studio for this special episode of the Camp Cast. This week they held a meeting with representatives from every cabin in camp to talk about ways we can "spice up camp". On the pod today they share all of the camper suggestions and provide me with verbal lashing about things that can be impr…
You are in for a treat tonight! On this double ep of the pod I am joined by Senior Cabin members Xander Schiller and Max Beermann. We discuss the Sun & Wind finale, our first beach party of 2019 and debut (and probably conclude) a new segment "Deals with Xander". Enjoy!
After 2 very late nights at camp and no podcast to show for it, we had a ton to catch up on...and there was only one man for the job: Cooper Borstein! Today Cooper and I recap 3 days of camp activities including Sun and Wind events, our weekly ceremony "The Way" and other important camp news. Cooper also reveals some journalistic untruths that he u…
What a day at Camp Menominee! We had such an action packed day that we went late today so my guest on the pod is not a camper this evening, but our Head Counselor and podcast guest favorite Josh Ingram! We talk about the start to our intracamp competition 'Sun & Wind', more king of the camp league action and a hilarious 'Commercial Night' skit nigh…
On this very special Sunday edition of the Camp Cast Jason is joined by the ENTIRE Senior Cabin live in studio. The boys from 18 help Jason bring one of our favorite camp traditions to the podcast: Ask the Director. Each week the Senior Cabin hosts a "camper's only" council where boys from each cabin come give their suggestions on ways to improve c…
On this extra special episode of the Camp Cast Jason is lucky enough to have the second set of brothers in the studio this summer....The Namordis! Third year camper Josh (Ice Man) and his brother Eli (here for his first year) sit down to talk activities, the value of breakfast and one of Woody's favorite camp fires 'Dear Sir'. This is not one that …
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June 21, 2019 - End of the Week (or is it?)
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On this VERY special episode of the Podcast Jason is lucky to be joined by not one, but TWO Feldmans! Brother's Jonah and Finn join Jason in pod center today to recap another great day at camp. Enjoy!
On this very special episode of the podcast Jason is thrilled to welcome Cabin 17 residents Aaron Pelts and Jack Berger. They recap another outstanding day at Camp Menominee which also happened to be Jack's birthday! Enjoy!
On this very special episode of The Word, Jason is joined by Cabin 14 members Jack Myerthall and Aiden Solomon to recap a beautiful day at Camp Menominee. We cover Big Ten, King of the Camp, cabin pictures and our first "Camp Fire"/Skit night of the summer.
On this very high energy episode of The Word, Jason sits down with some of the boys in Cabin 16 to recap a phenomenal day at CM. We introduce Twilight League, King of the Camp and share our Big Ten instructional activity highlights. Then Jason takes a verbal beating for getting rid of the soda at camp...…
On this first episode of the 2019 summer, Jason is joined by Assistant/Youth Development Directors Pamela Adler and Jeff Toombs. We recap the first day of what is sure to be a special summer at camp. We also talk about the youth work Pamela and Jeff will be doing with our rookie families, cabins and staff. Such a great first episode to kick off the…
