Molly Dove
Molly Dove is an intern at the Eau Claire office of Wisconsin Public Radio. She loves Wisconsin for its delicious cheese curds and beautiful kayaking spots.
Araceli Esparza
Araceli Esparza is a poet, writer, and teacher based in Madison. She is an MFA graduate from Hamline University, with strong migrant farmer roots, and named 2015 Women to Watch by Brava Magazine.
Hope Kirwan
Hope Kirwan is a Wisconsin Public Radio reporter in La Crosse. She loves Wisconsin for its beautiful bluffs and excellent beers.
Chuck Pils
Chuck Pils is a retired 33-year Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologist (1966-99). He worked as a wildlife researcher, furbearer specialist, wildlife management administrator, and Bureau of Endangered Resources director.
Michele Good
Michele Good grew up in the Northwoods and spins many plates at WPR. She’s host and executive director of Chapter A Day, a technical director on Central Time, and a director/founder of 9XM Players and Old Time Radio Drama.
Ian Lewitz
Ian Lewitz is a recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His three favorite things about Wisconsin are its lakes, its cheese and its polka.
Paul Wiegel
Paul Wiegel has a “day job” as a teacher and lives in Berlin, Wisconsin. He’s also a writer who occasionally works as a street performer typing on-demand poems with Fox River Poetry Company at festivals and markets around Wisconsin.
Steve Doebel
Steve Doebel is Executive Producer for Cultural Affairs at PBS Wisconsin. He produces stories for the “Wisconsin Life” project and is always looking for another great Wisconsin story to tell.
Bill Lueders
Bill Lueders is editor of The Progressive, a national political magazine based in Madison.
Bruce Stewart
Bruce Stewart flies his kite in Baraboo where he teaches Middle school.
B.J. Hollars
B.J. Hollars is a writer and professor in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is the author of several books, most recently Year of Plenty. He also directs the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild.
Matt Geiger
Matt Geiger is a Midwest Book Award Winner, a national American Book Fest Finalist, and an international Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist. He is also the winner of numerous journalism awards.
Robert Kennedy
Robert Kennedy is a retired science teacher, writer, and sometime poet living in Oconomowoc. His work can be viewed on his website, Arc Of The Hawk.