Yaw Asare
Let’s Talk Tradition
This week’s issue of NEWisco Weekend features a look at traditions. We’ll cover food traditions in Wisconsin, Tasty traditions from other countries being shared (Yaw Asare and Gold Coast Candy) The Appleton Fire Department continues a tradition around safety. The Oshkosh School District starts what they hope will become a tradition with its Schools Academy. Holiday scamming is a tradition. We have that story. And a new medical study is being conducted here in Wisco. We’ll look at Wisconsin’s biggest music tradition, and, of course, Pete Schwaba has the classic cinema pick of the week and Amanda Nimmer expounds on “different” traditions. Join Lisa Hale and Teri Barr for this issue of NEWisco Weekend.
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Popcorn Pick of the Week W/ Gold Coast Candy(Hour 1)
Pete opens the show by asking what Guinness book of World Record you could break. Pete shares that he doesn't want to be a Freebie Fanatic at Jimmy Johns. Then from Gold Coast Candy, Yaw Asare joins the show for the Popcorn pick of the week. Yaw shares the story behind Gold Coast Candy, what kind of candy Yaw makes, and Yaw makes the popcorn pick of the week!
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Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba tackles the tough questions like, "What should I binge watch?" and "Where are the most haunted hotels in the state?" Leave the stress of the day behind with entertainment news, comedy and quirky Wisconsin. Pete is a show biz veteran writer, actor, and comedian who will take you from Wisconsin to Hollywood and still have you back in time for bed.
Trucker & Tasty Thursday
It is a Trucker Thursday, and we celebrate with an excellent trucker playlist! Then, the guys welcome Yaw Asare, who owns Gold Coast Candy. His family is from Ghana, he was born in Germany, moved back to Ghana and then moved to Appleton to go to Lawrence University. After working in various industries, he ended up in banking but always had the entrepreneurial bug. He brought his love for a special kinda of Ghana peanut brittle and found a market here. His story is so incredible we keep him around for the next hour.
Maino and the Mayor is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-9 am on WGBW in Green Bay and on WISS in Appleton/Oshkosh. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Maino and the Mayor!
