PodPaca: The Small Town Podcast explores how people positively impact their small communities!
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At the 32:00 point of the show, PodPaca host Joe Drake announced that PodPaca will be doing a PodPaca episode for the Waupaca Community Arts Board’s ARTICIPATION Week. On this episode there will be small town artists who will share their story and what they do. This episode will be released Tuesday August 13th and will be available on all podcast platforms and YouTube.
As you travel to the Iola Car Show this weekend, why not get a head start on the show before you arrive! Listen to our new episode in the car with Ali from Iola! Available on all podcast platforms and YouTube!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7D9cv0BQ6UjOQjnqNzwLGv?si=171b3aaeab2a42b0
New Episode with Ali from Iola! Learn more about the upcoming Iola Car Show and why it is in Iola, a town of only 1300 people! Watch now on YouTube or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform!
Ali From Iola is the marketing director of the Iola Car Show. Iola Car Show 2024 is from Thursday July 11th - Saturday July 13th. Ali tells us how a town of ...
PodPaca is back and it is better than ever! We have a new logo, new guests, and new episodes starting tomorrow!
We are very excited for our audience to see and hear all of the improvements that we have been working on all year that we will gradually be implementing throughout the summer and fall. We hope you will continue to enjoy PodPaca and be a part of this small town podcast community!
PodPaca Listeners: Join our free bracket challenge group on ESPN! (link below) See if you make a better bracket than Host Joe Drake and other previous PodPaca guests!
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NEW EPISODE with a very talented guest today. He is a student filmmaker from Japan who is currently attending Ithaca College. He is working on his senior thesis project and shares his journey from Tokyo to Ithaca.
From Tokyo, Japan to Ithaca, New York and everything big and small in between, today's guest has done it all in the past three years. Masaki Mitsuhashi grew ...
Join us in the New Year for Lunch and Learn! We'll have the host of PodPaca, Joe Drake!
Please register ahead if you are able! https://forms.gle/vz5gymGWVXgHvEUw9
Tomorrow PodPaca will have a very unique episode release. We talked to 3 different types of businesses that all work on Main Street in downtown Waupaca Wisconsin. How did recent road construction help or hurt small businesses, how do small businesses work together, and what makes Waupaca stand out from other small towns to these businesses? Find out tomorrow on PodPaca’s last episode before Christmas.
This Year PodPaca judged the Yuletide Trail Cookie Walk! The winners get $50 each in their name donated to the Waupaca Historical Society! We judged the cookies in a blind taste and appearance test. Thank you to all the businesses and non-profits that participated this year in the Cookie Walk! Here are the results!
Best Tasting Cookie
1. Java Jive Roasters
2. Northern Kitchen
3. Waupaca Danes Hall
4. Stange's
5. TIE The Revival and Studio 212 Hair Salon
Best Decorated Cookie
1. Waupaca Danes Hall
2. Three Angels Dessert Shop
3. Java Jive Roasters
4. Comma Cafe
5. Studio 212 Hair Salon
Congrats to Java Jive Roasters and Waupaca Danes Hall! $50 each ($100 total) in your names will be given to the Waupaca Historical Society who runs the Hutchinson House which was on the cover of this year's cookie tin!
It was great to be able to talk to Author Greg Biba about his new book based on real events from his family ancestry!
This is from Episode 21 of PodPaca showing the full interview of Greg Biba that was at the end of that episode. Greg Biba is a Wisconsin author and native wh...
This great Halloween event from last year is today from 4-6pm on Waupaca’s Main Street. Watch this video to see what happened last year.
Waupaca hosted it's Halloween on Main event and it went way better than expected! Also on this Halloween version of PodPaca Update, Joe and Tim talk Stranger...
NEW EPISODE!!! A much needed conversation about mental health in the workplace with Mike Jacquart from Iola, WI. Watch or listen now on all podcast platforms!
YouTube
https://youtu.be/6CEqWGxbXmE?si=MkQLEOd58JpYUsaf
Spotify
https://spotify.link/KYCTVYYkcEb
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000632591522
DISCLAIMER: Strong adult themes that may be disturbing for some listeners including self harm. Today Joe Drake talks to the author of Climbing Out of Darknes...
Had a great time talking to Waupaca Chamber of Commerce President Terri Schulz and Author Greg Biba! Watch or Listen now on all podcast platforms and YouTube!
YouTube
https://youtu.be/0-idOwaatrY
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000631673541
Terri Schultz has been the president of the Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce for over 30 years. She shares her journey and vast experience in the Chamber of ...
We’re back and we have 2 guests! Listen now! Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube!
Listen to this episode from PodPaca on Spotify. Terri Schulz has been the president of the Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce for over 30 years. She shares her journey and vast experience in the Chamber of Commerce world! After that we hear once again from Author Greg Biba whose new book Accused: The....
You may remember these 2 gentlemen were on PodPaca last year. Hear an update on them and the Waupaca area in this great interview!
(WFRV) – On this week’s Newsmaker Sunday, Tom Zalaski is joined by Waupaca Mayor Brian Smith and Waupaca City Administrator Aaron Jenson to talk about everything the City of Waupaca has to of…
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000621758012
Show PodPaca, Ep Bethany Home: Inside a Non-Profit, Lutheran, Retirement Community - Jul 20, 2023
NEW EPISODE where we learn about the Bethany Retirement Home who is having their 125th anniversary this week! Learn how truly special Bethany is to the Waupaca community by listening on any podcast platform or watching on YouTube! Links below.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/nSzKcxTDLmI
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fze0P6BELdqqeDPprHEg6?si=RQDjdzUiRfiYUUSPsLGXwA
The Bethany Home in Waupaca, Wisconsin is celebrating their 125th anniversary this summer! We talk to Sally LeComte (Director of Admissions and Marketing) an...
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No PodPaca this week. We want you all to enjoy 4th of July and the Iola Car Show. We will be back next week!
Great New Episode Out Now with the ultimate small town Wisconsin traveller Marissa Younger. Watch or listen now!
Marissa Younger is the Wisconsin Coddiwomple who has a travel vlog on Instagram that is one of the largest rising stars in Wisconsin travel blogs/vlogs in 20...
The Wisconsin Coddiwomple Marissa Younger stops by PodPaca this week! She has over 45K followers on her travel blog on Instagram. Learn how she’s built a community around traveling to small towns in Wisconsin! Available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube! Links below.
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000618555894
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/305AuSgApBNM0maKkB71Qm?si=5j1VPUZlSaGhoGPURLhm2A
YouTube
https://youtu.be/Ediqsqr1JhE
New Episode Tonight! Watch it anytime starting at 7pm!
You may remember PodPaca having a poll that helped give City Administrator Aaron Jenson great community feedback back in April. The City of Waupaca has made this new poll that will help them even more with your feedback. Fill it out to help Waupaca out and if you want to check out what we discussed previously before doing the poll, listen to the 2nd half of PodPaca Episode #16 with Aaron Jenson.
There will be no new episode this week. We will be back to a weekly schedule next week! We talked with 3 guests in the past 10 days and if you haven’t checked those out, make sure you do! We talked to Waupaca Area Public Library’s Sue Abrahamson, Waupaca Chain Skiers, and Award Winning Metallurgist Greg Miskinis!
Listen to PodPaca on Spotify. PodPaca focuses on why the people make small communities so great! Each guest brings something unique to the area and a new perspective on their small town life experiences. Hosted by a father-son duo with a guest each episode.
The Waupaca Chain Skiers first ski show is tomorrow at 3pm at the Wisconsin Veterans Home. Make sure to listen to our PodPaca episode with the Chain Skiers before seeing the show! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or any other podcast platform!
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000617025196
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6j0hwsSS4HRWAHcEhdTd0V?si=DO-zsADKSGO1q20Y74y51g
YouTube
https://youtu.be/pYR4_skZPVk
NEW EPISODE! 🚨🚨🚨 We talked to the Waupaca Chain Skiers! Watch or listen now! Available on all podcast platforms!
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000617025196
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6j0hwsSS4HRWAHcEhdTd0V?si=vsdJy21WQMuiJu6j8m1Xig
YouTube
https://youtu.be/pYR4_skZPVk
Water Skiers Cassandra Moloney, Mindy Vitucci, and Riley Werner are all part of the Waupaca Chain Skiers Waterski Team. We learn more about how you get start...
Sue Abrahamson from the Waupaca Area Public Library has been a public servant in the Waupaca community for over 25 years! It was great to be able to talk to her on PodPaca!
For over 25 years Librarian Sue Abrahamson has been running the Children's Department at the Waupaca Are Public Library in Waupaca, Wisconsin. The Waupaca Ar...
PodPaca is back with 2 amazing guests Back to Back! Watch or Listen Now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or anywhere else you get your podcasts
https://youtu.be/WkB8sdFWx0w
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YctwT8BG8dWMeGQfOrpvp?si=ZddK1Cc-QJSlIXPZ2eHxzw
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podpaca/id1639176498?i=1000616406503
PodPaca, the podcast that shines light on small town folks, makes its return with 2 guests back to back that impact their small community in very different w...
We are back tomorrow!!! New episode on all podcast platforms and YouTube will be released by tomorrow afternoon!
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