These are the conversations listeners return to most — the ones people find, finish, and pass along. If you're starting anywhere, start here.
Education & School Leadership
Ep 109: Sam Coleman, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent of Instruction for the Oshkosh Area School District. How schools actually improve — and what good leadership looks like from inside a district office.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LcIgNvFInkAn5lR4ZpMZl
Ep 97: Anthony Miller Jr.
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Oshkosh Area School District, on doing equity work where it meets real classrooms and real budgets.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qNRpzv8dzg7IHsudPaCZ0
Belonging, Equity & Hard Conversations
Ep 59: Angie Lee
A straight conversation about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — what it is, what it isn't, and why it matters in a community like ours.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7MYMSZNYz6ZeolnYJIhEUh
Ep 123: Alondra & Salma Sanchez
The sisters behind Cultura Counseling on culturally grounded mental-health care — and what it takes to build a practice our community trusts.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5d5Ju8QnwNwxetdd2u7Aip
Ep 68: Aaron Sherer
"White People Talking About Race, Racism, and Racial Equity" — an honest, good-faith conversation about having the conversations.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vzeNbhFGTG6JA1UmSQjiG
Mind, Health & Wellbeing
Ep 49: LaKeisha Haase
Juvenile mental health, up close: what's happening with young people, and what actually helps.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ucB3Fe5ECAdLYZIxtGZHo
Ep 86: Barb Nelson
Williams Syndrome Awareness Month: a parent's-eye view of advocacy, community, and raising awareness that changes how people see your kid.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KxR7vDU0CEzhkjtEZQXwh
Building Community & Local Enterprise
Ep 127: Kevin Abernathy
Developing small towns across Wisconsin — what it takes to bring investment and life back to main streets.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/46dtFeVNfHNEJac8NZR4Ti
Ep 118: Kris Larson
A restaurateur and Oshkosh City Council candidate on building places people gather — and running for the office that shapes them.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VP5QUp7WB0yjD6BDMOlhU
Ep 107: Ian Wenger
Co-founder of Fifth Ward Brewing Company on building a brewery that behaves like a community institution.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ITb4ZWmYIypt6Ag3uCTvc
The Listener Pick & What's New
Ep 171: Dr. Chu May Paing — the guest our listener survey named first
She came from Myanmar and now leads the Winnebago Area Literacy Council, serving refugees and immigrants with English and citizenship classes. Literacy as liberation.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10ti9kIuXno2zcoR222Yb8
Ep 191: Darin Rice — the newest conversation everyone's talking about
A Winnebago County Sheriff candidate on accountability, a tornado response, and community-first leadership.
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4m3ocfFeXq34vPSBzZpay9
Tell us what you want more of
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It shapes what we record next.
— Timber Smith, host, THE KOSH