Bubble Baths, Bears vs. Packers, and Unannounced Pop-ins (Hour 1)

Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Chwaba.

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now, a guy who thinks outside the box and hates cliches.

Pete Chwaba.

Welcome to Night Light, ladies and gentlemen.

It is the Christmas Eve of weeknights, folks.

You made it Thursday.

Tomorrow is a glorious day.

The first full Friday, the first, if we say full week, I guess, of the new year will be complete after tomorrow.

And we've got a really fun show planned tonight that will help carry you into your Friday and thusly into your weekend, where there is a lot going on.

There's some great movies opening this weekend.

Believe it or not, the week after the holiday,

Christmas is like one of the biggest times of the box office, but this weekend there's some really cool films opening up.

You've got playoff football.

You've got bowling leagues.

If you're Conrad, you like to play darts.

All kinds of stuff going on this weekend, but we're gonna have a lot of fun up until then.

So we'll do all this tonight.

We got a fun show, some great guests, a fun question, some interesting topics to talk about, and Conrad Krieger is on the other side of the glass.

Chillin'.

Just do

not under

any circumstances let that board fall into the tub because you could kill yourself You don't want that

Well, you know my hands a little wet when I'm reaching over to push some buttons.

Okay, so

I don't know, we'll see what happens.

I don't need to hear, like, you know, all the details of your bathing habits, but do you ever take a bath?

I mean, sometimes.

Yeah.

I mean, not at my old place, because the tub was... I couldn't fit any

grown person.

Just a stand-up shower?

That's a lot harder to

do.

Well, no, it was a bathtub, but like, it could not fit a grown human.

Oh, what's the point of that?

Yeah, right, it's a baby bathtub, pretty much.

Here's the thing like if I had a huge like hot tub size bathtub, I would probably take a bath

Oh, yeah, I mean if I had one like it has some jets in the back, too, you know,

well, yeah Oh, yeah brainer for sure Yeah, we've got one of our bathrooms at home has like the five foot long tub So you got to put like your feet up on the wall if you want to soak and I've done that when I've had the flu

Yeah,

like years ago when I was sick I would take a really hot bath, but the problem with a bath is unless it's a hot tub

The water gets cold so fast.

Yeah.

And then what do you do?

Then you

just keep refilling it, you know?

This is a lot of work.

I have, I have a, my downstairs shower is like, you could take down aircrafts with the water pressure from that thing.

And I got a, I got a nice seat in there.

It's, it's a standup shower, but it's good size.

And there's a seat and I, it's a lazy boy I put in there.

Uh, no, but you could just sit

there.

That's gotta be in bad shape now.

I'm half kidding.

But I sit there and it's just like.

It's about the next best thing you could do to a hot tub in the house, which I don't have, but, you know, one day.

But Happy National Bubble Bath Day.

What are the other days today, Con?

I mean, there's... Bubble bath is a big one.

All right, so here's a question for you about bubble baths.

Typewriter day.

That's the other one.

Here's a question for you about bubble baths.

Are you actually getting clean?

Because you're soaking in your own filth?

Yeah, I mean it's probably better than not doing anything.

Yeah, yeah,

I mean you

got soap in there Yeah, you got some bubbles

and to your point if you filter out like if you run the hot water again and let some of it go out you're probably that's probably helpful, but You know, but yeah, I don't know.

I think you you probably do get more clean.

I'll tell you the kind of bath you take when you do not get more clean is a Salt burn bath.

You don't want to take one of those and you don't

Well, you let the tub go down and then there's

yeah, that's always some residue.

That's absolutely disgusting So happy bubble day happy bubble bath day people.

I'm really struggling with the alliteration today

Did you talk to anyone today?

Not really a little bit my daughter's still home So we talked a little bit, but she was busy and I'm just it's just an alliteration thing like I was trying to say something freshly rated flicks earlier when I was doing them

the beats and I had to rewrite the whole line because I just couldn't do it.

I gotta say, you know, I was listening to one of your beats.

When is it two person on a podcast?

When you're going to the Paltrow?

Just saying we have problems in the bedroom on a podcast.

Oh, that one.

Yeah.

Someone else is like, do you really need to say that?

It's obviously like.

Some kind of clickbait, maybe they're trying to get you.

Oh, Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg are having issues in the bedroom.

It's nothing weird.

He snores.

That's not even, that's everybody does that, you know.

And they turns out that the reason he was snoring is because he was watching episodes of his own show, Blue Bloods.

Hiya!

Falling asleep.

So yeah, that was kind of fun.

And I thought you were talking about going to the Paltrow because she was- I

mean, that is too much.

And she always gives away too much

anyways.

She, uh-

Well, I bought some goop.

It's about time.

Yeah, I got it in a 30 pack.

If you get goop that smells like her private parts and a bar of Sydney Sweeney soap, you don't ever have to leave the house.

Yeah, exactly.

Your weekend is set.

Forget the bears in the backers.

Conrad's

spent a

little time with his two favorite girls.

Hey, great show tonight, folks.

Glad you're here.

Wherever you're joining us from across this wet, rainy state tonight, it's great to have you.

We've got weather here in northeast Wisconsin, too.

A much more comprehensive weather report is coming up at the bottom of the hour, much better than I could ever do.

Mace Michaels, I assume it will be Mace, given the weather update and the news.

That's at the bottom of the hour.

But we are having weather here in... And you want to know why we're having bad weather in northeast Wisconsin?

Why is that?

It's because my whole weekend plan...

hinges on good weather.

Yes.

So I've got this domino effect happening tonight that might mess me up.

I might end up staying in Green Bay tonight.

I hope I don't because I only live an hour away and I like my own bed.

But my car needs new tires.

Car is fine, but I rack up the miles and I put it off over a month.

So I got to get back to Marinette so my mechanic can do that tomorrow.

Shout out McLean's Auto Repair and Marinette.

Shout out.

And then

So if I can get the tires changed I can put up with wintry mix on Saturday to go to Chicago So it's all this whole thing if I can't get back to Marinette tonight.

I'm out of luck I'm gonna have to like get a flight from Green Bay to O'Hara, and I'm not doing

that Catch the Amtrak.

You know like you said.

Oh god, why does an Amtrak go to Green Bay?

And that'd be cool wouldn't it?

It's supposed to there's always these updates like it's going to happen

I would travel by train everywhere if I could.

First of all, I love trains.

Second of all, it's so convenient.

I don't particularly like to fly.

I'm not adverse to it.

But yeah, I like a train.

I like a nice train ride.

So there you go.

But we've got weather we're dealing with here in northeastern Wisconsin.

I know Madison, it's raining.

Milwaukee, you've got some rain.

And then we're going to get this really bad wind.

And did you see the flood warnings?

I did.

And I was confused about that.

Well, it's a flood.

No cuz

we what kind of pants to get some flood pants I

don't have any flood pants.

I need some

I don't have any either.

I those are

the ones that go to like your calves, right?

Yeah, that's kind of like the style right now for men's suits They wear floods and show off their fancy socks, but to me that just looks stupid.

I got hot dog socks

Girls if you're listening his name is Conrad Krieger.

He wears hot dog socks

What do you mean you have hot dog socks?

Like, you know, those fancy like socks.

Is that a

style?

No, like the fabric, I would say, of those socks, you know.

There's

like hot dog cases.

There's some

brands that carry like those types of socks.

Oh.

Or like dress socks, but like crazy like patterns or something like that.

Okay.

I think you're going to say they smell like hot dogs.

That means I haven't washed them in a few years.

Like the hot dog water that we encountered earlier this year.

Yeah, it's a

great product.

So you got weather, folks.

Be careful if you're out there driving.

It's just picking up here in Green Bay, and it's supposed to be.

You never know, because here's the problem when you're driving.

Even if it's not freezing, let's say it's 36 or even 38, the road can still get slick.

So

you don't

know, even if it's not sheer ice.

You just gotta be careful.

So take it easy if you're driving, pump the brakes, literally and figuratively, and just have yourself a nice ride home, folks, tonight.

So we've got a great show tonight.

You know what?

Let's do the question and then I'll tell everybody who is coming on tonight's...

Christmas Eve of weeknight version of nightlight.

But here's the question of the night.

Let's talk about the question.

Okay, question.

Question.

Question.

Pregunta.

Question.

Question.

Okay, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Question.

Questions.

Pregunta.

Love it.

Tonight's question.

If you could create a national day of the year, what would it be?

This is a great question because

When I'm thinking of the question of the night, the night before, I often consult the days of the year calendars, celebrity birthdays, the news, trends, whatever.

We've got a fair amount of questions from the national day of the year calendar.

So that's our question tonight.

And there is a national day of the year for almost everything.

But if you could create a national day of the year, what would it be?

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Have you given us any thought?

Yes, National Green Bay Packer

Day.

August 11th.

That's a thing?

No, it's not a thing.

It's not officially a thing, but I'm going to make it a thing.

August 11th, because that's the day the Packers were founded in 1919.

Nice.

All

right.

And also, Sydney Sweeney Day.

I can dig it.

In that order, I would flip-flop those two, personally, as much as a sports fan as I am.

Yeah, I don't know I thought about this.

I had a few but driving down here today.

I had this happen Okay, I'm on University Drive in Marinette and I'm going at a pretty good clip and this guy pulls out of the hospital parking lot and Just is driving like at a snail's pace Didn't gauge the flow of traffic or anything just completely clueless in his own world

So my day right now, I might change it throughout the course of the show, would be National Get Your Ass Out of the Left Lane Day.

I think that could catch on.

So

yeah, but let us know what you think, folks.

And again, I might change my answer.

That was kind of rude.

But I'll think of something else too, because there's a lot of things that bother me on a daily basis.

But let us know what your national day of the year would be.

Great guests tonight, folks.

Emerson layman will be here.

He is the WBAY action to news this morning co-host We always have fun when Emerson is here.

He will be here at 535 after the news and We have a packer quiz Conrad came up with one of his quizzes.

Yes, I have a feeling Emerson usually crushes our quizzes, but you never know this could be He might commit overconfident

and miss, you know, an easy one.

I don't know.

We'll see what happens.

But Emerson will be here after the news at 535.

It is Thursday, as I mentioned.

So that means we are making the popcorn pick of the week tonight.

And here to help us do it tonight is WGBW's own.

Laura McKenna she is on the network here or on the station here I should say from 9 to 2 p.m.. Every day you can hear Laura bringing the oldies to the people She does such a great job multi-talented.

She also marries people Conrad to keep that in mind if you know, yeah Yeah, if we get a caller or a texture that says I always have liked Conrad I had no idea he wore hot dog socks though

How can I get to know him a little better?

You might want to just keep Laura's contact information in your back pocket.

And then in the hour number three or act three, Lyle Sidney will be here from Fox Valley Comedy.

We'll talk a little comedy with Lyle.

There's your show, folks.

That's a fun night.

Add your texts in there and a dose of phone calls.

And you've got yourself a recipe for a Thursday night edition of Nightlight.

And when we come back, we're going to talk about 90s stuff that is no longer acceptable.

You excited, Con?

Super excited.

Me too.

We're coming right back.

It's Nightlight with Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Welcome back.

News, sports and weather coming up in just about eight minutes, folks.

We will keep you posted on what is going on out there with the weather.

It is a kind of a nasty day all over at least the eastern part of the state.

But stay tuned for that.

And then Emerson Layman will be here.

He is Emerson is the WBAY Action 2 News this morning co-host.

And he is always fun to have here in the studio.

He'll be by in just a few minutes.

So our question of the night is, what is your national day?

If you could create a national day of the year, what would it be?

I said national, get your ass out of the left lane day.

Conrad said national Packers Day.

It's a little predictable, Conrad.

Well, I

said national Sweeney Day too

as well.

Yeah.

And that's all right.

You redeemed yourself.

Dave on the stream says national day of the year where everyone's brain opens up, speaks freely with no filters.

Don't we kind of have that already?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, let's match that.

Let's match what Dave said to a text on the text line that said, how about National Kindness Day?

And by putting these two texts together, we can say, if you don't have anything nice to say, shut up.

Say nice things, right?

That's Terry from the 414 said National Kindness Day.

Love it.

Alice from Cutta Hate in the 414 says, National voted for the wrong guy day.

OK.

That's probably a day that could happen.

You never know.

Let us know what you think, folks, and we will read your text on the radio.

This is Pete Schwabba in Nightlight, and you've got the Civic Media Radio Network.

Conrad Krieger working the board.

I saw this con.

I thought it was interesting.

It was a Reddit list, and it was things that are socially acceptable in the 90s, but not anymore.

One of them was like showing up at someone's place unannounced.

Yeah.

The pop-in.

Like the Kramer on sign felt like, would you ever do that nowadays?

No.

No.

And I, I'm kind of mad.

Like I lived through the nineties and the eighties and I was part of that.

And it didn't bother me.

It was just the way things were.

But now if someone just showed up and unannounced and was like, Hey man, what's going on?

I would be like, my whole day would be an upheaval.

You'd just be mad.

I would just be like, what's your deal?

What's your story, pal?

I would be nice about it of course, but you know what I mean like that's like It's like someone leaving a voicemail and this could be a national day of the year to National leave the reason why you're calling day Just don't Don't just hang up and show me that you called or say hey, could you give me a call?

I got to ask you something No prep whatsoever people don't do that anymore.

That's kind of considered socially unacceptable now

I can't remember the last time I left a voicemail.

No, I me either

My parents still leave voicemails during the early 80s my wife will leave me a voicemail I mean I talked to her 18 times a day if she will leave me a voicemail that I will never play because I know I'm gonna talk to her in two minutes only 18 times We're in love.

What can I say?

But you know what I mean like I would I'm not gonna listen to that.

Why would I take the time?

And it's usually if I miss her call it's cuz I'm in the car or on the other phone or on the other line or whatever

Here are some other things that were socially acceptable in the 90s Showing up at someone's house unannounced being not being reachable at all times Kids now like they don't know what to do Like if my daughter doesn't get me right away I get three texts dad dad dad.

It's like what?

I'm in the middle.

Is there a fire like can you wait five minutes?

I Love my kids.

I'm just saying

You ever put your phone down?

It's down right now.

Well, it better be You know what I'm saying like I don't it's okay to be unreachable.

It's okay to not yeah, and I do I put my phone down and then But then you have the the issue where people like maybe it's a work thing or a good friend that you didn't get back to for an hour You're like do they think I'm blowing them off?

Or do they know I put my phone down?

It's kind of weird.

I Don't like it this way

I like being reachable, but not at all times.

So I'm kind of there.

I'm kind of still stuck in 90s mode there.

Here's another one, Con.

Leave your kids in the car while you went grocery shopping.

I would never do that.

I never did that in the 90s either, though.

I

mean, when I was younger, I would ask if I could stay in the car.

But why?

Because I didn't want to go in the store.

Yeah.

What would you do in the car?

You didn't have a cell phone or anything.

Just relax.

Put your feet up on the dashboard.

Here's another one.

This is obvious.

Smoking in a restaurant.

Okay, that's, yeah, Burger King had smoking sections

apparently.

I looked at the picture that is linked to this and it's like, I remember those now.

Where

they had like the full like windows, the window panes going all the way up.

Right.

Yeah, I remember those sections.

I think Dairy Queen had it too as well.

Really?

Well, you could, I mean...

And that was like kind of their concession.

It was like you couldn't smoke and then you can smoke here.

And then it was, and I remember comedy clubs, that was a big thing.

Cause like you would be on stage and just see nothing but smoke under the lights and everybody's breathing that in whether they're smoking or not.

I think it's a good rule.

Even though I have friends that smoke, they're like, that's ridiculous.

It's a bar.

Well, baby sitting at age 10, multiple kids at once and one of them was a newborn.

Oh my God.

We never did that we were a little overly protective with newborns certainly, but yet ten years old Yeah, acting them to be the go-to person.

I don't think I ever as I don't think I ever babysat someone.

I don't think

you never babysat.

No, I

don't think so.

Okay Not trustworthy enough.

Yeah, probably didn't pass a background check

We'll do a few more of those as the show goes on, folks.

Our question of the night is, what national day of the year would you like to see?

If you could create one, what would you do?

Fun show tonight.

Emerson Layman is coming up after the news, which is just around the corner here.

And then in hour number two, we're making the popcorn pick of the week.

And here to help us do it will be Laura McKenna.

She is the WGBW 9 to 2 PM host, playing the oldies here.

She will be by to make the popcorn pick.

And then Lyle Sidney from Fox Valley Comedy.

is here in hour number three.

So glad you're with me, folks, on this rainy, wet, awesome Thursday night.

It's Pete Schwabba in Nightlight.

We're coming back with Emerson Layman here in the studio after the news on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Welcome back.

All right, folks,

you got nightlight here on a Thursday.

Very wet, perfect night to call the family in, sit around the radio, get mom or slippers, get dad his smoking jacket, let the kids fire up a big doobie and listen to the radio, right, Con?

I mean, I've never heard that before, but I like it.

What happened to our bubble effects?

It is National Bubble Bath Day.

Do you have those with the ready?

Just in case we want to give the impression that we're all just kind of chilling out.

Excellent.

Okay, we get it.

I feel so

clean now.

That is the voice of our first guest of the night, folks.

He is one of our pals here.

He's the WBAY Action 2 News This Morning host, one of the co-hosts here in Green Bay.

If you're watching on the stream, you can see his handsome face there.

What's the hat?

Ball State.

Ball State Cardinals, baby.

I love it.

Represent Chirp Chirp.

David Letterman.

Yes, sir.

That's a big broadcasting school, right?

Huge broadcast.

That's why I went there.

That's right.

Yeah, and it's they've done well for you.

I mean that I like to think it worked out.

Yeah, so far.

You're like a rock star.

You're a rock star.

Let's let's talk about it.

Let's get this out of the way.

I love coming at night like because I always get

gassed up by Pete.

Well, I'm just being honest because I've

I'm kind of a jack of a few trades.

You are crushing.

You got a great gig on camera on the news here.

And I know you're loving it here because always tell me you are at WBAY here in downtown Green Bay.

You are like, if there is a pickleball ranking in the Midwest or Wisconsin, you have to be at the top, top 10 in Wisconsin, top five.

What are we looking at here?

That's a good question.

I don't think it's top

10 or top

five.

I don't think I'm that high, but I'm doing

Top 50, maybe.

Top 50?

I would probably confidently say that.

Okay.

You raced cars.

Yeah, that was a while back.

But I've been blessed with a lot of cool opportunities.

Yeah.

Thanks to two amazing parents who just kind of encouraged us to just go for it.

Yeah.

And, you know, I would recommend that to anyone if you

Have

something you

want to do if you have good parents just go for it and you know, it's Yeah, we

you know

you work for it.

You have a really good support system around you I have a great family amazing friends and it's Yeah, you just you just go for it and try and put your best foot forward every day and just try and I have a Curse where I if I'm gonna do something I want to try and be the best at it so

that makes you really work hard

at it and

try and put your best foot forward.

And I will not say that I'm the best at anything I've done, but I at least try and do it well.

And that that works out well for

me, I think.

Well, it's like, what else, you know, I mean, I guess if you want to dabble in something, that's fine.

But what, you know, you're right.

If you're obviously in work, you want to be the best, you know.

But we were talking about ball state and they prepared you for this job.

How did you like, where did pickleball?

You must be just self-taught because that sport sprang up out of nowhere, right?

Yeah, it did so I I remember we had a We had a class in gym class.

So same high school Conrad went to back

in

Kiewalskum I'm assuming he probably had the course at some point too, but we learned it there and I was a tennis player in high school I thought I was gonna play tennis in college.

I'm really glad that I didn't but we learned pickleball and I was a tennis guy, so I picked up on it

pretty well, you know, a paddle in your

hand, hitting a

wiffle ball, but I didn't really learn the intricacies of the sport until I was working up in Wausau for my first gig out of college.

And my buddy Brennan and I were noon basketball players during the week, but then COVID happened and we couldn't play noon basketball, but we saw some pickleball courts and they were letting people play

pickleball at the YMCA.

So we went and bought, you know, some paddles from Walmart and

showed up

in.

We were just hitting the ball around, and they must have been in their 60s.

Some nice ladies said, hey, do you want to actually learn how to play?

And we're like, yeah, sure, why not?

And they mopped us,

just mopped the

floor with us.

And

it

was a great lesson.

And we came back the next day, and the day after that.

And I worked the overnight shift through the mornings.

I was in the mornings there.

So I would get done in Walsat like nine o'clock in the morning and they were playing pickleball from nine to noon at the local park there in Walsat.

So I was every day as

soon as I get done with work,

go outdoor, play pickleball.

And I just kept playing, kept getting a little bit better, a little bit better.

And now we're playing almost every day.

So you've got.

Six seven years in I

think it's five.

I did the

math.

Yeah, it's about five years.

It was like it was middle toward the end of the pandemic So it was

I

think like early 2021 is when it happened or late 2020 something

like that.

So around five or six.

That's so great What what is going on in Green Bay that we need to know about are there any fun stories happening here current events?

We've got Packers Bears.

We'll talk a little bit about that I'm sure you guys are talking about that in the news as well.

But what else is happening?

Yeah Packers Bears, obviously

really the big

story

this week, right?

You just so much excitement going on the build up to that after two games already this year.

In the last month.

Here we go.

Yeah, we've got small towns airing at six o'clock tonight.

OK.

That's not Green Bay this week.

We were up in Porterfield, so you're neck of the woods.

Oh, right.

The Thomas-Sweetmeyer Sawmill is up there.

They've been there for, this is their 61st year, really cool.

Multi-generation family run sawmill up there and I had never you know, I you go to the you go to Menards

Yeah,

or your local hardware store.

No free ads here You go

you go check that

out and wherever you get here, you know your two by fours or your your nice boards and pieces of wood and I'm not a I'm not a handyman or a construction man, but I've seen my cousins do

you know

by wood or whatever and I'm always thinking You know, how did it get to that?

Tree log and we got to see that firsthand then there's big saws breaking these things down into the the different wood and whatnot Chippin things into mulch and just it was a For someone who hasn't done that type of work.

It was

very fascinating for me to go in and see all this heavy machinery and See it all carved up and it just such a wonderful family up there sharing their story with us.

So

Yeah, that'll be at about six, probably 10 tonight on action to news at six.

So that's why that's why I'm here at 535 so I can

be in and out.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Gotta gotta make sure here as well.

That's Emerson layman.

He is the one of the morning hosts of WBA wise action to news this morning.

He joins us here periodically in the studio, which is always fun.

I'm with you.

I love watching people who are

Who know what they really know what they're doing and have a skill set that I don't like I remember My neighbor was having a tree taken down and this guy gets there and he's surveying and he's he's got his equipment around the tree and he's measuring stuff and it's like

How long did it take them to get good at that?

Like, did trees fall where they should?

Like on a house before he figured?

And that, and this was kind of funny.

One of our other neighbors came over and said, oh yeah, that's Mark.

Yeah, he was, we were at the bar till 4am last night.

The woman taking the tree down like her house was in the bath and she's like, what?

But that fascinates me.

And especially like with a sawmill and.

I don't know it's just I love watching people do stuff that they're good at.

It's so cool, man And that's we've talked about it before but this series I'm a full year in now and

it's such a small the small

towns Yeah, and it's such a blessing to be able to Go to these communities and and see these people share their their professions or their hobbies next week We're going to Princeton for wood carving and it's just they're they're so passionate about what they're doing and

you see that light in their eyes as they're talking about it and then being able to, my photojournalist, Shane Fitzsimmons, he does such a great job of taking the script that I give him and turning it into something that's really special, not only for us to share with people, but for these families, these individuals who...

The internet lives forever right these stories are going online So they're

living

for the rest of their lives they can use them and and show their family and friends And it's there it's their 15 minutes of

yeah

fame right and it's it's so special to be able to bring that to

people That's great, and you've been on you've been hosting that you took over that show yeah all towns Yep, which isn't a side hustle, but another one of your duties at WBA why so it's on tonight?

And what else can people can they see it online if they can yeah, it'll air

online if you had a WBA why comm there's a small towns tab right at the top

Click that.

You can watch every story that we've done over the past year and we continue to do that.

It'll be up there 15, 20 minutes after the show air.

So it's there for people to check out on air online.

All the options.

You have no excuse not to watch.

Maybe

Emerson has been to your town.

So

definitely check it out.

It's a great show.

And if I haven't, send me a message on.

my Facebook

page

and we'll probably get there.

So yeah, cool.

Can they can they reach out to WBAY to to try to reach out WBAY reach

out to me and we'll they'll if you reach out to the station, they'll make sure it gets in the right hands.

Okay, fantastic.

Do you have a new resolution?

You know, not really.

Okay, I've been saying hand up accountability in 2026.

Okay.

And that maybe is turning into my resolution.

I didn't know I didn't

New Year's say that's what I'm gonna do this year, but it's just kind of that's been

you know what I'm hearing week so I'm hearing Pete I've pretty much got everything figured out that really nothing I need to work harder on or get better at Conrad I mean, it's it's kind of sounding like it.

I Need to stop drinking so much Arnold Palmer.

Oh,

but

that is what I would pick to have a national day So that doesn't really I was gonna ask you that too.

Yeah,

that's but dry January

You could you could

give that up you could give up the Arnold Palmer's I

do want to clearly state not the Arnold Palmer with alcohol in it

Oh,

okay, just the the big gallon jugs of Arizona

tea that you buy at

the store I

was thinking you polished off a few Arnold Palmer's before you hit the pickleball No, no, no.

Yeah, it is zone like when you're playing where you locked in

yeah No, it is the the G rated version

of okay

of Arnold Palmer's that I am enjoying all the time

That's what I tell people.

I've been in a drink in three years, and it sucks.

Not just because, and I don't mean that, like I like not drinking, but there are times when I just want the taste, and I could probably be, like I've had a couple sips of my son got an old-fashioned.

Sure.

Let me taste that.

I've never tasted.

And I had a shot of beer at my uncle's funeral.

He liked Miller Lite.

That was his beer, so we did that.

But I just, you know, if I put a whole one back, and I get in that zone where I'm feeling great.

Because I've stopped drinking like three times in the last, let's say, six years.

And COVID, I went back.

I'm like, oh, that poured me a drink.

We're locked up anyway.

We're locked down for a while.

I'm going to have a drink.

But yeah, you do miss the taste once in a while.

But I applaud people for doing Dry January.

Just a reset.

I did it last year.

It was

pretty, yeah.

And I don't.

Drink super often.

I

would say

I usually like I'm not the kind of person that's gonna go home after a day and have a beer with dinner or something I just don't do that, right?

I will on you know special occasions if I'm getting together with the buddies from college or weddings Yeah, I'm I gotta get out on the dance floor somehow so you need a little need a little encouragement there.

I

guess but yeah

That's fantastic.

Emerson is a skilled pickleball player.

He used to race cars.

He's a hot shot on the morning news here in Green Bay, and he is a really fun guest to have here at Nightlight.

We love having him in the studio.

We are going to, Conn, I think what we'll do, let's talk a little Bears Packers after the break.

Sounds like a plan.

Because I'm sure you guys have been covering it.

I would love to know what, when Conrad's out of the tub, we'll come back.

But we'll talk about that.

Do you take baths?

Do you ever take a bath?

Is that a personal question?

I've never asked another grown man if he takes a bath other than Conrad.

I'm a shower guy.

I'm a shower guy.

I remember the start of the show I said when does he get too personal?

What is it?

Yeah, like what do you wear into the tub?

Bermuda shorts and a sweater, of course.

Some saddles.

So we'll talk to Emerson.

We're going to talk about some Packers.

It is Thursday, folks.

That means it's the popcorn pick of the week tonight.

WGBW's own Laura McKenna will be here in studio to make that pick.

And Jack on the stream watching the show says, Emerson, you look great.

Jack is my pickleball partner in the upcoming Badger State game.

So shout out, Jack.

Thanks, buddy.

Appreciate you.

That

sounds official.

back to and then Stacy Sue says national by a houseplant day.

See, I always think people are going to be snarky and sarcastic, but that's nice.

Thank you, Stacy, for a nice normal text that it does wonders for my warped mind.

All right, we're coming back with Emerson layman.

We're going to talk a little bears packers and we'll get a TV host perspective on the big game that's coming up.

This is Pete Schwabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Welcome back.

This is Pete Schwabba in Nightlight.

Great to have you here tonight, folks, on a rainy Thursday night here in the state of Wisconsin.

Steady Eddie on the text line in the 608.

I'm a little worried, Conn, because Steady Eddie, much earlier than we're used to.

So I want to ask Steady Eddie if things are okay.

Maybe he's got a date.

Maybe he needs a bubble bath.

Maybe he, do you know where he could find one of those?

It's just such an easy, cheap plan.

I'm not above it.

Steady Eddie says, Pete, I feel like throwing my technology phone computer against the wall out of frustration day.

Yeah, you would not be alone there.

Do you ever, Emerson Layman is here, folks.

Emerson joins us periodically.

We love having him in the studio.

He is one of the hosts of the WBA Action 2 News This Morning show here in Green Bay and does such a great job.

Are you techno savvy, would you say?

I think people assume that I know more about technology than I really do okay because oh you're on TV you know about this you got a computer in front

of you

yeah I like don't get me wrong I know my way around a smartphone and I can edit some stuff and plug in some HDMI cords but I'm not a tech

savvy

person by any means I would say

here's what I

don't

get I think the programmers the tech people whatever they

Powers that be like lately.

I've been using I use a lot of voice and I'll say the other day is the word mark.

Well, it puts m a r c There are probably seven people in the world that spell mark like that.

Yeah, like really this is where my smartphone is going with this.

It's like when you're uh You're you end up sending someone the word duck because you

are

an auto corrects

to that and

it's

just like no one is

No one is saying the word duck in a text unless you're going you know to feed the ducks

or duck

hunting or something but 90% of people I'm not trying to say duck right now, but it that's kind of my point and like smartphones are cleaning up the language in the world

right and they know when when something comes up and I go to click on it and the screen adjusts and move so I click the ad yep that has to be

They're a they're getting plates and their program to do that because but it drives me bananas I just think it's insidious and evil like frustrating a little if you do 20 of those a day That can raise your blood pressure like little things like that and phones are supposed to be our friends, right?

You know, I play a wardle a lot, you know in the mornings and I was trying I logged in on my phone, you know, I was gonna play it clicked into wordle Yeah, and it gave me an ad for another game

like on their dirt.

Well, I didn't even type in a word yet and I tried to click a D and that's when the ad popped up.

That's what I'm saying.

They know.

And it

goes to the next game.

I'm like, no, I wasn't even done with the first.

It's like they can sense your finger heat going to the button and that's when they pop the ad up.

I guarantee you, like whatever.

All right.

Folks, Emerson Lehman is here.

We are gonna give, we have a great, we always have fun when Emerson is here.

He's taken several of our quizzes and I think you've crushed them.

We're gonna do that after the news.

I enjoy

quizzes.

Okay.

They're fun.

So we've got news, sports, and weather coming up in just a few minutes.

But beforehand, let's talk about this great rubber match coming up between the Bears and the Packers in just two days.

I'm thinking about, we're probably going to Chicago.

I haven't scored tickets yet.

We'll see.

I'm a Bears fan.

I don't know if you knew that.

I did know that.

Out in the open.

What is your take on the game because you guys obviously talk about the Packers a lot on TV?

What's the sense in the community about the game here in the home city of Green Bay?

Man, it's such a buzz, right?

And it's it's so fun I think to have the Bears being actually kind of good again.

Yeah, like that again there.

That's

nice because it just the first two that they played, you know, I think and the fact that they

Split the split the series

right here

to make this like you said the rubber match.

Yeah, it just adds to the hype of everything and man people are so So pumped.

Yeah, it's

gonna be so much fun to watch and just The atmosphere but just it makes it makes that rivalry mean something again,

right because

for a few years they're not trying to

Talk down on your team, but like

it was it was it

was pretty much two Guaranteed wins like here we

go and

it just when rivalries aren't as special when it's not Close and you're you really feel that you're fighting for it.

And yeah, no, it's it's gonna be really cool.

I mean the Bears have a pretty rocking team this year and Packers obviously dealing with some injuries, but you know

You can never count off the green and gold, right?

They're going to come

out, swing

into the lower seed, but they've, they've done that before and

it's just

going to be, uh, I'm really excited.

We're going to have a ton of, I'm not working, but we've got the whole line of coverage set up for right after the game's done, our cover two coverage where we're going to have, you know, the locker room, uh, interviews and just really extended coverage, talking with the fans out at some of the, the bars and green Bay getting their reaction, uh, whether they're.

They're happy or sad and just really- Either way, it's news.

It's news, right?

It's news.

So yeah, make sure if you watch the game and you're looking for some reaction afterwards, click on over to channel two and see what's going on.

Here's what I'll say.

You're right.

The Bears have been terrible for- With a few moments in there.

Shining moments, right?

Yeah.

0-6, they went to the Super Bowl, 18, they made the playoffs, but that's it.

They've been bad.

And you're loyal to stick with them.

That's

cool.

Yeah, it's tough because there have been so many occasions where, and especially with Rodgers, I think the Bears did better against Farve.

Lovey Smith had his wins against, a few wins against Packers, but if there's 30 seconds left in the clock, I know we're losing.

That's how traumatic it was.

So when the Bears won that last game in the fashion they did, I go, okay, that almost makes up for 20

years.

That's how exciting

and

improbable.

That feels really good right now, yeah.

But I know that love is gonna come out and pick the Bears.

They can't stop the run and they have no pass rush.

And maybe they could win a shootout.

I think it's gonna be a really close game.

I

really do.

I

think it's

gonna be close.

I

hope not.

I can't handle another one.

It's

gonna

be a test.

Last two came down to the last possession.

Overtime in the

one.

Yeah, I

think it's gonna be close.

I really do.

Even if we lose, we meaning if the Bears lose, I kind of hope it's just over right away because I don't want to

I'm so tired.

Either a blowout or

a... Yeah,

just want, no.

I feel that that's not going

to happen for you, my friend.

All right, we're going to test Emerson's knowledge of his beloved Green Bay Packers and Conrad's beloved Green Bay Packers.

We'll do that after the news, which is coming up next.

And it is the Popcorn Pick of the Week, folks.

Laura McKenna will be here at 6.35.

She is the WGBW host here daily from 9 to 2 p.m.

And then we're talking comedy and hour number three.

We are coming right back with Emerson Layman from W...

here in Green Bay.

It's Pete Schwabba and Nightlight.

I'm the Civic Media Radio Network.

Broadcasting live statewide from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Schwabba, your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now a guy who can still look intimidating and leg warmers, Pete Schwabba.

Alright, welcome back folks.

It is time for Act 2 of Nightlight with Peach Wabba.

Great to have you with me.

If you missed the first hour, we had a great talk about bubble baths.

We broke some hard-hitting news.

Thanks to Sound Effects.

We talked about some things that weren't, that you just wouldn't do now that you even did as recently as the 90s.

So that was fun and Emerson Layman joined us at

535 and we talked to Emerson about his show Small Towns and all the work he's doing over there at WBAY.

He's one of the co-hosts of the Action 2 News this morning and he is here in the studio right now and we will be back to Emerson in just a moment.

Coming up at the bottom of the hour after the news, Laura McKenna from WGBW right here where we're sitting.

Does she come in every day Conrad?

Do you ever see her here?

I'm not totally sure.

So maybe she works here, maybe she doesn't.

Yeah.

All right, we'll get to the bottom of that too, but she's gonna make the popcorn pick of the week in just about a half an hour, so that will be fun.

And we are talking comedy in hour number three with Lyle Sidney from Fox Valley Comedy.

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There is a flood warning, Emerson.

You're a news guy, so I can ask you about this.

Have you ever been in a flood?

Don't know that I've been in a flood.

I've reported on floods.

Okay.

Yeah down in Milwaukee I reported on a school bus that got stuck in floodwaters.

That was oh man It was a pretty big story.

Yeah, they were all they all got out.

Okay.

It was all good, but yeah, that that one stands out to me in my Severe weather reporting days.

What

do you do?

What do you do?

You got kids on a school bus?

You're reporting the story.

Do you chuck the mic and go help the kids?

So they weren't like yeah, that's a dilemma.

I mean that is a dilemma I would I mean I would like

Would jump if they're really, you know, you let the police and first responders do the

thing

But like if some crazy situation happens and they're like we need a set of hands like yeah, I'm dropping the mic and doing that like that

I'm a human being, right?

You gotta help out.

You

passed that test with flying collars, by

the way.

I'm glad.

I'm glad.

We talked about, Conrad and I were talking about flood pants before.

Yeah, I heard that.

Everybody

really owns a pair of flood pants anymore.

I mean, you were kind of talking bad about the suits that are shorter, and I am definitely a showing off the ankle kind of guy.

Are you?

You got

good

anks?

Yeah,

I

think

so.

That's it.

You got any cool socks like I do?

Count on those hot dog

socks.

I do have, I've got a pair of pickleball socks.

I've got some other fun design, just patterns and whatnot.