Duck Town

Drive carefully and don't forget to fasten your podcast.  Alex, Becky, and John dive deeper into 1991 with a discussion of Sleeping With the Enemy and Father of the Bride. 

I need your clothes, your boots, and your podcast.  Alex, Becky, and John kick off their series on the movies of 1991 with a discussion of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. 

We're doing good, we're on a new podcast. Been saying yes instead of no. Alex, John, and guest Emma VanderKooi make playlists out of Taylor's Swift's two albums from 2020: Folklore and Evermore . 

Never have we been a blue, calm sea. We have always been a podcast.  Alex and John discuss Fleetwood Mac's 1979 double album Tusk. 

Why don't we do a music podcast in the road? Alex and John discuss their history of listening to the Beatles and talk about their own playlisted versions of the White Album. 

"It's people! The Duck Town podcast is made of people!" Alex, Becky, and John talk about Soylent Green (1973) and Flash Gordon (1980) and discuss the essay "Notes on' Camp'" by Susan Sontag.

"This podcast means something. This is important." Alex, John, and Becky discuss two movies about human encounters with aliens. John's article "A Close Encounter of the Steam-Powered Kind" can be found here: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wmh/id/52054.

Alex, Becky, and John give their choices for the 1990 Ducky Awards and pick the movies of 1991 that they will watch and discuss next. 

"Yes, podcasts and podcasters, major league butt kicking is back in town!" Alex, Becky, and John discuss the 1990 film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They also decide the next year they're going to watch and discuss.

"Never let anyone tell you you're handicapped. You're...a podcaster."  Alex, Becky, and John discuss Edward Scissorhands and are joined by Jodi to discuss The Hunt for Red October.  01:09 discussion of Edward Scissorhands 34:52 discussion of The Hunt for Red October

“My father says that almost the whole world is a podcast. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are listening and they live in a state of constant total amazement.” Alex, Becky, and John discuss the comedy adventure film Joe Versus the Volcano. 

"Philosophy failed. Religion failed. Not it's up to podcasting." Alex, Becky, and John discuss two movies about the afterlife: Flatliners and Ghost.  (0:49) Discussion of Flatliners (29:50) Discussion of Ghost

"Broke into the wrong podcast studio, didn't you, you bastards?!" Alex, Becky, and John discuss two movies about underground danger: Tremors and Pump Up the Volume. 

Alex LeClair, Becky Collyard, and John Zimm talk about their memorable moviegoing experiences before drafting 8 movies from 1990 to watch and discuss on later shows. 

"Plastic is a huge problem in our environment and world right now. We use so much of it every single day, knowing full well it isn't necessarily a good thing. But could it be?" Hanna Heider breaks down plastic, examining what makes it so bad for the environment and what we're doing to fix it. 

Kristi McMorris is the Executive Director of the Lodi & Lake Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. We talk about how the Chamber supports the area businesses, the various events in Lodi, and how the pandemic has affected the community. 

In late May 2020, Becky Collyard talked to Kayla Scott and Pastor Jacob Scott about life during the pandemic, both personally and profesionally. Kayla is an ICU nurse in Madison and Jacob is a pastor in a local church. 

Meg Turville-Heitz is the grant program director and the "Beyond the Headlines" project manager for the Wisconsin Humanities Council. We talk to her to about managing the CARES grant program, what makes a good grant, and the different personalities of the different parts of the state of Wisconsin. In the last 25 minutes we open the discussion to talk about the "Beyond the Headlines&...

"When an adolescent encounters a series of trauma that they later attempt to repress this can cause the brain to function in many different ways." Kristin tells the story of Shirley Mason, Flora Rheta Schreiber, and Associative Identity Disorder. 

"Did you know that in 2017, 38.4% of murders went unsolved?" Samantha Mori tells the story of the DNA Doe Project, its founding and mission. 

Louise Endres Moore talks about her book Alfred: The Quiet History of a World War II Infantryman. She shares stories of her father and the research process. She also reads an original essay for Father's Day.  Find more information about Louise's book at alfredthebook.com.

"Our early ancestors were hunters and gatherers. Finding the source of food meant their survival. But our earliest ancestors wielded nothing more than their will to live and their dependence on each other." Brandon Grover tells the story of the runner's high, the mysterious sense of well-being that some runner's feel from the repetitive movement of running. 

Alex talks to Brandon, Sam, and Julia about their memories of growing up in Lodi, their experiences during the lockdown, and what it's been like to plan for college in a such a strange time. 

John Zimm talked to Cheryl in early May about the mannequins in her yard, living in Lodi, and her experiences with the lockdown. 

“The vaccine created during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak took 20 months to develop. This is even short compared to the 10-ish years for a normal vaccine.” Melissa Burmeister tells the story of COVID-19 in its early days, describing what a coronavirus is, the symptoms of COVID-19, preventive measures that people can take, and more.