.% Hi, I'm Michael
Bridgeman, a% volunteer here
at
PBS Wisconsin,% and
I hope you've enjoyed
as I% have this
really interesting% journey
to the rich and
varied
history of Wisconsin , as seen through the
lens of what we
call America's socialist experime nt
out in Milwaukee. It's really an interesting story,
and really encourages us to
look deeper into these sorts of
things. It's also a good reason to call
and show your support for Wisconsin public. Excuse
me, PBS Wisconsin with the phone number
that's on your screen . You can also do
this online , or you can use
the QR code, which is right down here
in the corner of your screen. Whatever you
do, the important thing is to call and
show your support for PBS Wisconsin
because very realistically, we can't do it without
you . The history of Wisconsin,
like almost any .
Place, is a complex and rich history. You
have the socialist experiments of Milwaukee. You have
Joe McCarthy, you have the black history of
whiskey gin that we've told in a couple
of programs as well. And the gay history
in Wisconsin Pride, all of which
are part of the history of
Wisconsin and come together to give us
a rich idea of where we
were and who we are, call
now .
(800) 236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Linda Berman, a volunteer
here at PBS Wisconsin It is a wonderful
opportunity for me to encourage you
to join me and my family as
supporters of PBS Wisconsin .
We try to make it easy. You can
give us a call at
one (800) 236-3636. Talk to the volunteers. You
can go online PBS wisconsin.org. You
can use the QR code, but most
importantly we're encouraging you to call us
or donate online or just become
a sponsor. Right now we
have some great thank you gifts, especially
going with this program. At $10 a
month. We have the Nerd Mug, the
PBS Wisconsin mug is
a 12 ounce, a wonderful
glass mug made of green
lime green inside with a lime green
handle at $15 a month,
we have one of the two. Both books a
ctually by John Gurda
. One of them is more is
a hardback. Um, it's
the hardcover making of Milwaukee
, WI, which really has incredible pictures
linking the history with today's
present. The other book is the Cream City
Chronicles Stories of Milwaukee's Past, which
both of them have beautiful
photographs and a $20
a month you can get all three. The
mug where you can enjoy your favorite coffee
, tea, hot cocoa, especially the Swiss Miss, which
is a Wisconsin brand, and enjoy the
books . But right now it
is your opportunity to give us a
call and become our sponsor of
PBS Wisconsin at .
One (800) 236-3636. I'm
Eric Greiling. I'm director of Friends of
PBS Wisconsin. It takes a
lot of resources to tell a
story, a history as rich, as complicated
as detailed as
this one. What a wonderful
job these filmmakers did of conducting
interviews with Charlie Sykes, John Nichols John
Gurda , Bud Selig, Howard Fuller
, people from different points on the political spectrum,
people with different points
of view, all of whom with
a deep understanding and appreciation
for Milwaukee history, for Wisconsin history, you're
an important part of this equation.
We need your support to be able to
fund programs like this to
be able to bring them to you, please consider becoming a
sustainer. If you're a sustainer already, this would
be a great time to increase your sustaining
gift . A sustaining gift is
simply an ongoing monthly
transaction . It's automatic. Once you
set it up from
either your checking account or your credit card,
it continues until you increase it,
decrease it. Tell us you
need to take a pause from it, but one of the bene
fits is knowing that your
membership is always current. That you're always going
to get your airwaves monthly program guide, that
you're doing your part to bring rich programs
like this to all
of us . As the audience here
in Wisconsin , it starts with you
scanning that QR code, going online or
giving us a call at
one (800) 236-3636. particular
story that we've been watching comes to
us from Milwaukee, and we're glad to present
this story as part of
the history, the greater story of Wisconsin and
PBS Wisconsin is committed to telling
stories from border to border. And
I mean that almost literally
coming up in the not too distant future
is Wisconsin Scenic Treasures, Northwoods and
also coming up is Wisconsin hometown
Stories. Beloit. So that pretty much takes
us from border to border. And that's exactly the
kind of thing that PBS Wisconsin
is uniquely positioned and uniquely capable of doing
because of your support, members are
the most important part of the
whole mix that makes
PBS Wisconsin work and thrive
. So take this opportunity to call
and become a member. Now
at (800) 236-3636 and following
up on what Michael said,
PBS Wisconsin's trying to provide you
with stories such as this
about how and why things
are the way they are in Wisconsin
, and that's what we do best. >> We
try to educate, inform as well
as entertain you. So as part of our
information , we're saying your sponsorship
is important. That's why programs
like this continue . So we encourage you
to call us now and support us $10
a month. You get the Great Nerd mug,
$50 a month. You get one of
the you get both of the books
by John Gurda and $20 a month, you
get not only the mug, but the books by
John Gurda. What we're
saying to you is we care
about you. We want you to
continue your education and your information
, but most of all, feel like
you are our sponsor. So
take the opportunity now, go
to your phone
one (800) 236-3636 or go online at PBS Wisconsin
.org. And especially if your technology
Paoli able to, you can use
the QR code . >> Linda made some
great points feeling like you're
doing your part to continue
PBS Wisconsin to contribute to
all of this work that we think
really matters, that we think
you think really matters
to is one of the best ways we can say thank you,
in addition to all the gifts that that Linda just na
med. But your support goes far
beyond this one program.
Linda also talked about
education, education is so important to
us. It's central to
what we do here. Programs like
this. If you're a lifelong learn er
or just have a curious mind and
have tuned in for this whole program and
learn things like all of us here in the studio have toni
ght or
our education work for young people
. Let me tell you that in December
, uh, over broadcast for the Wild Kratts,
it was our number one kids program.
In December, 260,000, 3000 people tuned in
to Wild Kratts . But total when
you go online, stream all the
different ways we have to reach an audience
that total was
736,000 viewers. Was tune ins to the Wild
Kratts just our one
most popular program? In December, we
reached so many people through our education,
work help support
that .
One (800) 236-3636 at the end
of this program and at the end
of most programs, you'll see a list of
people who have supported the program.
we're very grateful for those
who supported this program. And who supported other particular pro
grams . But we're also grateful
for those of you who support PBS
Wisconsin more generally. And if
you can do that with a
significant gift of
$1,000 or more, or we
have a leadership circle , we have other levels
of higher levels of membership, that's
great. And we very much appreciate
that . But know that any
level of support is very much
appreciated . And we thank you
for your support. No
matter how great or how small it
may be, as long as it shows your
commitment to maintain quality television
in Wisconsin, do that right
now if you can. >> (800) 236-3636 is Michael,
said . We have various
levels, but these are suggested levels.
We would like you
to find a level that you are comfortable
with. That's what we all do
and hopefully you'll see that the
value of your support is
continuous. You get to turn on the programs
24, seven, three different channels and
realize is that PBS Wisconsin
is here for
you and is our way to maybe
entice you with some very
special gifts, gifts that we offer with this
program we have at the $10 a month.
The nerd Mug at
the $15 a month. We have both books
by John Gurda the, uh
Cream City Chronicles Stories of Milwaukee's
past, as well as the making of Milwaukee
. And then at the $20 a month, we
offer all three the mug
and the two books. Remember
at every level, at $30 and above,
you will get our "Airwaves" magazine so
you can find out
what's on our airwaves . So hopefully this will
encourage you to call
us right now at .
One (800) 236-3636. ys
magazine is one of the ways
we can say thank you to you.
It's a member benefit. You at all of these
levels that Linda described . And we'll send you
airwaves each and every month. It's a program
guide. It's really useful. But beyond that it
has interviews. It has behind the scenes.
It alerts you to upcoming programs
that you can watch on
PBS Wisconsin that you can make a
point of tuning into because they matter
in addition to that, you can find out
about our events, our
engagement activities , all the ways that
we want to interact with you and
provide opportunities
for you to educate yourself as an audience.
Let us also say thank
you through Passport. Tune in to a deep
catalog of more and more
programs like this one, which will be
available in Passport .
One (800) 236-3636.