Alex Ezell

The Culinary Edition

March 15, 2025

Wisco, at the end of the day, what is this program? That's right, all together now: A COOKING SHOW! In honor of Joel's favorite dish, food, today's episode features culinary artists Ellie Lawton-Smoller, Megan Salazar, and Alex Ezell, with Mike Kretschmer along for commentary. Still, we begin with some Weekly Wiscos- highlights (or, er, lowlights in one case) of life in Wisconsin. And then, it's into the food. Ellie, Alex, and Megan- and sure let's add Kretsch for the cheese- prepared an absolute culinary delight of four courses. To entice and induce the ultimate jealousy, they share excruciating, delicious details of each one. The crowning culinary jewels of a triple Wisconsin meat bolognese and masterful apple pie will leave you drooling.

When they're not creating astounding works of edible art, Alex and Megan lead First Hunt Foundation's Wisconsin chapter. This organization prepares first-time hunters for their introductions to safety and community in hunting.

Born in Wisconsin and making their adventuresome lives here, Joel Kleefisch and Danielle Fairman are Raised in Wisco, connecting you to the incredible natural resources of our state. Whether you’re looking to find new ways to take food from field to table or for new outdoor hobbies, we’ve got you covered! For information on all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows.

Keeping Up with the Wiscos

December 21, 2024

Wisconsin, we've got another packed house for you for this episode! We've got First Hunt Wisconsin's state director Alex Ezell and deputy state director Megan Salazar. Also along for the ride is friend of the show, Gator Gal, and First Hunt Wisconsin's Share the HERitage representative Ellie Lawton-Smoller. From the shadows, friend of the show Rob Brennecke. All together, it's a recipe for laughs AND safety! Remember friends, you are NEVER too cool to brush up on safety!

This week's recipe will leave you pheasantly surprised and wishing you could grab a pie through a podcast!

From all of us at Raised in Wisco, we wish you very happy holidays, we'll catch up with you in the new year!

First Hunt Wisconsin- This Time It’s Personal (for Producer Jess)

August 24, 2024

Hey hey hey, it's another Women's Zone episode! First Hunt Wisconsin's state director Alex Ezell and deputy state director Megan Salazar join solo-host Danielle Fairman and Producer Jess. A few weeks ago, Joel encouraged Jess to buy a leftover turkey tag AND offered to take her on her first hunting trip. Well, we're following through on that. Jess is going to go hunting for the first time, which means she needs First Hunt experts. Megan and Alex walk us through the steps any first-time hunter will need for a fantastic first experience.

As usual, we take some time to highlight our favorite Wisco happenings this week. And stay tuned for our weekly recipe, it's ducking great!

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