>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling
,director of friends
of PBSWisconsin. Thank you for
watching the PBS NewsHour. Andthank you for
watching PBSWisconsin. We're
taking theshort break from the
news toemphasize the value
of NewsHourand emphasize the value
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investment in that independence, in that
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serveyou. Now is a great time to
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great time tobecome a member. It's a
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even a great time to add toyour
gift and show your supportfor this kind
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a callat
one (800) 236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Stephanie
Elkins, Iam the host of Morning Classics
on Wisconsin Public Radio. I'malso an
avid viewer of PBS news
and I'm so glad to
bevolunteering here this evening
.You rely on PBS Wisconsin
forthis kind of wonderfulprograming. And when
you giveyour gift of support, we've got
some great ways to say thankyou.
We have the PBS news mug.It's a
new logo if you've got
one of the old ones, and that's
available for your gift of
$10 amonth or more, and for your
giftof $15 a month or
more, we havea tote. The PBS news
Tote,sponsored by viewers like me.You can
show off your support ofPBS news
, and for $20 a month ormore
, we'll send you both themug and
the viewers tote, and
you can make that gift at
(800) 236-3636. It feelsterrific when you
make a gift to something that you
believe in.>> Hi, I'm
Linda Berman, avolunteer here with PBSWisconsin
, and it's a greatopportunity to use
this quickbreak to give us a call
andpledge your support. Pledge yoursupport
for viewer supportedprograms such
as NewsHour.Really incredible
, reallywonderful integrity for
journalism. But, you know, it'sviewer supported and
it's yoursupport that keeps this
going.It's easy to do if you become
asustainer, you can decide whatamount
you want to give eachmonth. It'll
come either fromyour credit card or your
bankaccount . But this way
you keepthe news going
and you know that you are a sponsor
of quality programing. So consider giving
that right now . Give us a
gift.Give us a call
1-800-236-3636.And it's very easy to do
.>> Just like Linda said, we
areviewer supported support fromviewers like
you is our single largest source of income.
Yes ,we receive support
from federaland state sources, but it's your
support for programs like this
that makes all the difference.Viewers like you
, we rely upon your support for this
exceptional and independent journalism
that we see on PBSNewsHour that we
get to
enjoy on Washington Week and on
our local programs like Here and
Now, andindependent documentarie s,
both from PBS and PBS
Wisconsin. Youknow by now that
PBS NewsHour isshort on sensationalism, but
it's not short on reporting. Wetake the
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And it'syour support that makes
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maybe you've beenwatching for a
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for a gift of $20 amonth, we'll
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it to your neighbor'sgift. We add
it to my gift, andall of a
sudden, we have areally important part
of thebudget for PBS Wisconsin. Andfor
this important news program.>> And
this news program isgreat because
you, in the comfort of your home,
will bekept up to date with
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arts. Jeffrey Brown's segments have really been incredible.
I've learned so much about
thearts in our country. I neverknew
and yet that's on NewsHour.And in addition
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One (800) 236-3636.
Hi, I'm Eric Greiling, director
of friends of PBS
Wisconsin.Thank you for joining us for
"Ken Burns: One Nation, ManyStories"
many stories. I think the title says a
lot. The titlesays a
lot about Ken Burns's
interest in uniting us, tellingstories that unite
us, notdivide us, and also creatingacross
a broad body of work,
arich tapestry of Americanhistory
. And thesedocumentaries, dozens and dozensof
documentaries have reallystood the test of time.
Onemedia reviewer said, with simplenarration and
still photographs,Ken Burns is able to evoke
joy,sorrow, laughter and tears.These sweeping documentari
es keep
coming to us, keep tellingus more
about our Americanexperience, and it's all made
possible by you, by yoursupport. And we'd
like to giveyou a chance to offer
yoursupport to
documentaries likethis right now. And we have
somegreat ways to say thank you when
you use that QR code on yourscreen.
When you go online,
oryou give us a call
at1-800-236-3636. I'm Stephanie
Elkins. Iam the host of Morning Classics
on Wisconsin Public Radio and a
viewer of PBS Wisconsin, and a
longtime viewer of Ken Burns
documentaries. Maybe you've been watching them for
decades now,and we have a
wonderful way tosay thank you. When you
support PBS Wisconsin during
this program, we have
for a gift of$15 or more,
a wonderful bookthat's been
beautifully curatedwith rich images of
America'shistory. They're strikin g,
they're meaningful , and that'sfor
your gift of $15
a month ormore for your gift of
$25 amonth, we'll send you
thiswonderful book. It's called OurAmerica
. Ken Burns edited thebook, and we'll
also send youone of his DVD
sets. If you're a music fan like me,
you mightchoose jazz
or maybe his country music program, which was
justfantastic. We have nine to
choose from, and you can talk to
one of our volunteers and
they'll help you choose whichone you'd like
or if you don't want to choose for
a gift of $100
a month, we'll send youboth the
book and all nine setsof
the Ken Burns DocumentaryDVDs. You can
find out more bycalling
(800) 236-3636.>> Hi, I'm Linda Berman, avolunteer
here at PBS Wisconsin ,and it really
is viewersupported. And your
support isvery essential to us. But
ourway of saying thank you is to
give you quality programs , aswell as
some very special thank you gifts. I want
to follow upon
what Stephanie said and alsowhat Eric said
is that Ken Burns shows us joy. He
makes us laugh.I just
want to let you know thatin this
book that he has edited,here is friendship
Wisconsin,2008. It's an older
home withthe American flag there. This is
the idea that we are all part of
America and he is
telling us thestories of America that show
ourstrength as Americans. And thisis an
opportunity for you to call in so you
can get thisfabulous thank you gift, but
also know that you are our
sustainer and the way to be avery
easy way to be a sustainer,as is.
Give us monthly amount,whether it's
from your credit card or your checking
account.Very easy to do
. Our volunteerswill let you know about
thatwhen you call at
one(800) 236-3636. you Linda, your
support, your sustaining ort,
becoming a member right now during this
break reallydoes make all of this possible.
Ken Burns has often said hiswork wouldn't
be possiblewithout PBS, without
the special relationship he has with
PBS.We're grateful to be able
toshow his body of work all of
hisupcoming films with you, andhe's
grateful that he has PBS tobe able
to do the work in theway that
he wants to do it, inthe way
that he really feels unveils the full history
of eachtopic he chooses.
He's got somegreat topics coming up in
thenext segment here. Ben Franklin,
Muhammad Ali, Ernest Hemingway,really interesting fig
ures, really
important parts ofAmerican history. And Ken
Burnsis able to unlock the
contradictions in those acters,
unlock the mythologythat they created
themselves,the mythology that was created
around them. And it's allpossible because of
your support. We're relying
upon you,and we'd like
you to make a callright now at
one (800) 236-3636.>> When you
support PBSWisconsin, you enable
this kindof wonderful programing for thewhole
state. And beyond. Itfeels great
to support somethingthat you believe in and
canshare with others. And we've gota
wonderful way to say thank youfor a
gift of $15 a month or
more. We'll send you the bookthat
Linda was showing you. It'scalled Our America
, and thesephotos are so powerful
,beautifully curated, really meaningful
. For a gift of
$25 amonth, we'll send you this
bookand the DVD set of your
choice.Maybe you're a baseball fan andyou
really enjoyed the baseballdocumentary, or
you're a warbuff and you'd like to
enjoy theVietnam War documentary
again,you choose the one that youwould
like. There are nine tochoose from.
If you have trouble choosing, you can
give us a gift of $100 a month
and we'll sendyou the book and all
nine ofthese sets of
DVDs. What an abundance of
riches of the work of Ken Burns. You
can find outmore.
Talk to one of ourvolunteers at
(800) 236-3636.>> I think what Ken
Burns wantsto emphasize is that we are
onenation with many stories. And inthis
book that he has selectedhis best photographs
that hewants to share. There's one that
I particularly like, the onefrom
Ann Arbor, Michigan, in1950. It shows
a drum major with the
kids following behind. I don't know if you
can see that now. And then there's
one ofIowa with all of the
rows of theplantings, and this is showing
America from kids to the farms
.This is what we're part of. And
we're asking you to become part
of us, part of PBS Wisconsin.Really easy
to do when you calland pledge your
support. Wehave. Wonderful. Thank you
giftssuch as the book or the DVDs.
But every pledge of support will
get our "Airwaves" magazine. So
you know what's happening on ourairwaves. You
can plan ahead.You can see
what's suggested. Weuse it so we know
are. So when'sthe next episode coming up
so wecan watch it. But this
is foryou. We also have Passport
soyou can catch the episodes youmay
miss, but most importantly,give us a
call and pledge yoursupport at
one (800) 236-3636.>> It's our
privilege to be ableto bring you
this. Look at Ken Burns most recent
documentaries,this look at behind the scenesof
how Ken and his colleagues
work and put all of this
together and some of theircommentary on it.
It's ourprivilege to bring
all of thisto you. But beyond
that, yoursupport will also help
us bringyou Wisconsin history, Wisconsin
culture. We produce here, Wisconsin hometown
Stories,Wisconsin Pride , Wisconsintribal histories.
Also ineducation, we have
Wisconsinbiographies and the look
backall important Wisconsin historythat you aren't
going to getanywhere else.
And your supportmakes all of this
possible. Andyour call is the next step
inshowing us that support.
One(800) 236-3636 and when you make
your gift to PBS Wisconsin,we'll send you
"Airwaves" aswell. This is a
wonderful guide toeverything that's
coming, but wehave a gift of the
book for $15a month or more
. And that'scalled Our America ReallyWonderful
Historical photos fora gift of $25 a
month or more .The book, plus
any one of theseDVD
sets. The country music program was
fantastic. And for a gift of
$100 a month or more,we'll send you
the book and allnine of these
DVD sets . Call
(800) 236-3636.
It is. I'm Eric
Greiling. I amdirector of friends of PBS
Wisconsin . Ken Burns and
hiscollaborators have produced an
amazing collection, an amazing tapestry
of films, ofdocumentaries, and they're still
telling new stories today. Mostrecently
Leonardo da Vinci and coming in time for
America's250th birthday. The AmericanRevolution, and all
of this ismade possible
by you viewerslike you viewers who support
this. So thank you for all of
you who are members, and let meencourage
you to become a membernow.
It's a great time to becomea member
. Why? Because this is achallenge. Break
donors like Laura Hagan have made
specificdonations to encourage donorslike you
to become a member now.So this
is a challenge break. That means up to
$2,000. Yournew gift will be
matched 1 to 1 during this break. Give
us acall right now or go online,
butyou can give us a call at
one (800) 236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Stephanie Elkins. I'mthe host
of morning classics onWisconsin
Public Radio . And whatEric
just said is really important. If you've been
watching for a while, especiallyif you've been
enjoying the KenBurns documentaries, but you'venever
become a member. This is a
great time. We have a matchingfund for
your gift. If you'rebecoming
a member, that just means you're
supporting PBSWisconsin financia lly
. We'd loveto hear from you at
(800) 236-3636. And for your gift of $15 a
month, we'll sendyou this
terrific book. It's called Our America
About 200Years of Images of the American
Experience. It's just wonderful, really powerful
. For a gift of
$25 a month, we'll send you thatbook.
Plus, you can choose
fromone of the DVD sets. If you're
amusician or love music like me,you
might choose jazz . If youdon't
want to choose or you'dlike them
all for a gift of $100a month,
we'll send you the bookand nine sets
of the Ken BurnsDVDs to
enjoy and share. What'simportant
is that you callduring this challenge
break,particularly if you've neverdone it
before. We'd love to hear from you at
(800) 236-3636.>> Hi, I'm Linda Berman, a
volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin,and I am
just so impressed with, of course, Ken
Burns's work andalso his eye for
selecting thesephotographs. This is an amazingbook.
This is one of our thankyou gifts.
If you want to pledgeat the $15
a month level, become a sustainer, which
is reallyeasy to do, just simply comes
out of your checking account oron your
credit card. Once a month. Real easy.
But one ofthese images,
or actually twoimages, one of them is
MarkTwain in Seattle, 1895. And thisis
the image we kind of have of
him, of the way he looks. Andthen
we have the Supreme Courtjustices
in 1894 fromWashington, D.C. These
are just some of these incredible
imagesthat we're sharing with you.Because,
you know, Ken Burns isa
storyteller, and this is partof the story.
And what we'resaying is
we encourage you to become our supporter
and sponsorby pledging your support rightnow
, very easy to do with somevery
fantastic thank you gifts, but it starts with
your call.
One (800) 236-3636. does start with your
call and this is a
great time tocall. Three reasons your support
really matters. Your support makes this all possible
.Secondly, it's a challengebreak. Your dollars
can go twiceas far. And
thirdly, we've gotsome great
ways to say thank you. The wonderful book
thatLinda was showing you and thewonderful
DVDs at the $100 amonth level,
the book and nineDVD sets
of some of Ken Burns's
most important, most loved documentaries. I'm
holding. Myfavorite Civil War
happens to bethe first one I saw,
not thefirst one he made. That was
Brooklyn Bridge, which he got anAcademy Award
nomination for.But what are my favorites? I
think it is Civil War. It
reallyhelped open my eyes to thecomplexity
of that and really helped my
understanding of notonly what happened
during theCivil War, but how it
continuesto shape us as a nation
, aspeople today. His most recent is
also usually one of my favoritesas well,
but it is a challengebreak. Be patient
on the phones.If they're busy, we will
get toyou. Give us a call one
(800) 236-3636. a challenge
break. Andthat means that if you have
never been a member, if you'venever contributed
to PBSWisconsin before , there is a
matching fund put up by
memberswho would like to encourage youto
become a member that justmeans that you're
contributingfinancially, and whe n
you do,we've got some terrific ways to
say thank you for a gift of
$15a month or more
, we'll send you the book, Our America.
It's got200 years of
amazing, powerful photos, and that's
availableagain for $15 a month or
more.For $25 a month, we'll send you
the book plus
one of the DVD sets,
the country music one isfantastic. Baseball is
great.It's hard to choose if you don't
wish to choose for $100 a
month.We'll send you the book
and allnine of these
DVD sets. You cantalk to
one of our volunteers and go through
those DVD sets.We would really love to
hearfrom you during this challengebreak,
particularly if you'venever given
(800) 236-3636 andevery film, every story
comesfrom America. Here
. This is a picture inthis incredibly
amazing book ofKitty Hawk
, 1902. That's one ofthe
Wright brothers. These are part of the
images you will see and share in this
incredible book as our way
to say thankyou. If you pledge at
$15 amonth as a
sustainer, or if youprefer, the $100
a month, andyou can
get the book and the DVDsets,
but also you will alwaysget our "Airwaves"
magazine,which tells you it has day
byday listing of what you'll
findon our airwaves. This isessential to
know what's comingup. What
are the next Ken Burns?What are the next mysterie
s?What's going to be now
on ourarts and our music? And this
is for you. But, you
know, itstarts with your pledge ofsupport
at 1-800-236-3636.>> Every gift
makes a difference. And gifts made
during this challenge. Break. Go
twice as far as you join as a
new member . Please give that
call right now. Go online. Usethe
QR code that's on yourscreen and make
that call right now.
If, if the phones are alittle bit
busy, don't worry.You make your call. Now you go
online, we'll get to you andyou'll be
eligible for thatchallenge break. Please do give
at whatever level is right foryou.
PBS Wisconsin is 70.5 yearsold by now
, and 70.5 is a magicnumber. If
you want to make agift
through your IRA. But ifyou're able to
give it a higher level, please consider
joiningat one of our Giving Circlelevels
the gift of $100 a month,which we
can thank you with the
book and the nine DVD sets of
Ken Burns documentaries, makes you eligible for our
Director'sCircle. It's another way of
recognizing the importance of your contribution. How
far yourcontribution is going towardsupporting
this work, towardsbringing you this rich
tapestryof programing. It's a challenge
break. Some of Ken Burnsprograms are
challenging innature, and we're challengingyou. You're
being challenged bya matching gift to make
a callright now. And become a member
by calling 1-800-236-3636.>> We
are in the middle of achallenge break.
That means your contribution
will be matcheddollar for dollar. If it's
brandnew, we'd love to
hear from you at
(800) 236-3636. You can also go online
to pbswisconsin.org PBS wisconsin.org. That's right.
And we'll make sure that you
geteligible for that challenge. Wehave
some wonderful ways of saying thank you. As
Eric mentioned at the
$15 level,we've got this
wonderful book.It's called Our America. Ken
Burns did the editing 200 Yearsof Images
of the AmericanExperience. Powerful, meaningful
images. At the $25 level. We'll
send you the book, plus any
oneof nine DVD sets. If you like
music. We have jazz. We havecountry music.
If you're abaseball fan, we'll
send you thebaseball documentary
. There arenine to choose from, and
if youwould like all
nine, we'll sendyou the book
plus all nine of these sets of DVDs
for your giftof $100 a month or
more. Wewould love to hear from you
nowduring this challenge break at
(800) 236-3636. want to recognize a
very special donor, Nora Hagen,who
has supported our challengefund. So
new members can joinin. She
is one of the manywho've stepped
up to meet this dollar for dollar match
. This isso important for all of
us here to continue quality programing
for programs
like Ken Burns'sthat we can count on
yoursupport so that we can purchasethese
programs. They don't come
free and they have to be
purchased. So your support really matters. So we're
encouraging you now to join usas a
sponsor like Nora Hagen and
join us right now. Give us a
call and pledge your support,especially
during this challengebreak. So you're up to
thechallenge . Give us a
call at one (800) 236-3636, because we know
we can meet that
goal .>> We're looking
at the past .We're also looking
ahead to thefuture. Your gift
supports theongoing programing that we'reable to
bring to you. We're looking ahead to
the 250thbirthday of these
United States.This history of
ours is rich.It's filled with
contradictions.It's sometimes difficult tounderstand, as
Ken Burns says,it's complicated
. And one thing that isn't complicated is
your gift of support. Becoming
amember right now, 1 to 1 match.
Very simple. Make that giftright
now. Give us a call. Goonline
1-800-236-3636 and yourgift will be
matched during thischallenge break. We're coming to
the end of the challenge break,so it's
a great time to call.Let us say
thank you with some wonderful gifts that will
inspire you, that will helpunlock more history
for you. Ken Burns feels like
he finally hasthe skills to tell the
story ofthe American Revolution. So
thatprogram is coming up and yourgift
now will help us
bring thatto you. Give us a
call1-800-236-3636. re
are some great reasonsto
become a member right now. If
you've never been one. First wehave the
challenge break. We'llmatch your gift if you've
nevergiven before. Second, it feelswonderful to
support what youbelieve in.
And third, we have some wonderful thank you
giftsfor you for a
gift of $15 a month, we'll send you
the bookcalled Our America. It's a book
of photographs spanning
200years of the Americanexperience. And for
a gift of$25 a
month, we'll send you the
book and your choice of ninedifferent DVD
sets you can pick whether you
want the Vietnam War or
jazz or baseball . You cantalk
to one of our volunteersand select the
one that you'dlike, or for
your gift of $100 amonth,
which, by the way, willget you into
our Director'scircle. We'll send you the book
and all nine (800) 236-3636.>>
And I apologize, Laura Hagenhas been our
wonderful contributor to be part
of thischallenge break , she iscontributing
to stepped up and stepped up and
stepped up. Andwe're encouraging you to join
her so that we have thismatching fund
to get new membersas our sponsors.
And we celebrate you just like
KenBurns is celebrating America, wecelebrate you
as our sponsors ,and a way
to encourage you to join is knowing that
we havethis very special app calledPassport,
in which you can viewthe programs you
may havemissed, or an episode, or get
ahead on some. But it all startswith
your call, which is soimportant at
one (800) 236-3636.And we thank you so much
.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director of friends
of PBSWisconsin. Thank you
forwatching. "Ken Burns: OneNation, Many Stories"
"KenBurns: One Nation, Many Stories"with us.
The impact of Ken Burnswork
on the collectiveunderstanding of the
past is just incalculable. Looking at
this list of the documentaries
he's created from 1981, Brooklyn
Bridge to the Civil War,
baseball . Just remembering all
of these documentaries that he'screated
and shared with us andthe impact they've
had on uswhen we've watched them
. Andthen they get added to Lewis
andClark. Mark Twain, jazz, theWar,
National Parks , Roosevelt'sVietnam War,
so many documentaries that have
eased our understanding. Andthere's
more to come. We haveLeonardo da Vinci
now and wehave the upcoming
AmericanRevolution . Understand it'sgoing
to be 12 hours long. I'mreally looking
forward to thistake on the American
Revolution.All of this is made
possiblewith your support. This great
catalog of documentary, this increased
understanding and thefuture of
ongoing work. Pleasegive us a call, show
yoursupport by becoming a member
bycalling 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Stephanie Elkins. Iam the
host of Morning Classics on Wisconsin Public
Radio.Volunteering here this evening.What
an amazing show that wejust finished up
. Just asmattering and a taste of
all ofKen Burns's work. And we're
asking for your support of thisprogram.
And we have some thankyou gifts
that will help deepen your understanding of his
work ,deepen your connection
to hiswork for your gift
of $15 amonth or more, we'll
send youthis book. It's called our
America and it spans 200 years.In
photographs, very powerfulimages , curated edited by
KenBurns for your gift of $25
amonth, we'll send you the
book,plus your
choice of one of nineDVD sets
, from baseball to theVietnam War to
jazz to countrymusic, you
choose which oneyou'd like and for your
gift of $100 a month or
more, you don'thave to choose. We'll
send youall nine of the DVD sets,
plusthe book. What's important is
that you call right now and make
a gift in support of
PBSWisconsin. The number is
(800) 236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Linda
Berman, avolunteer here at
PBS Wisconsin,and I feel actually
privilegedto be able to talk to you
tonight to say how importantyour support
really is . You'rethe ones
who keep us supported .You're sustaining us.
It's veryeasy to become a sustainer
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>> It was bang on that
.>> But but we don't need a
lotof it, okay.>> And
our .
>> Should I reintroduce them
orlet James do that
?
>> I can get it.
>> One more because you're notdoing
a full pitch .>> Yeah.
Like at the end of it. Youwant
to you can close on thatkind of
like a.
>> Wonderful .
>> Drop that. Okay .>> Good results.
Oh okay.>> So I'll
. Oh, geez .>> It's my
collar. Reasonable.>> Yeah . And then if
you havephones on, you ask you to
justpower off. Yeah. For now. Andthen
we're going to so we don'tget
any mine.>> I left mine in the
car byaccident. Perfect I don't know.There
you go. Power off. Yeah.>> Don't
do the one that saysemergency
call. No, that's nevergood
.>> I mean, you said, where would
you like them to stand? Where'sthe
where's the.>> I'm kind of like half
andhalf here. So I'm taller now.
I likethis taller . That never happens
.Yeah. I'll talk to Angela. Yeah
.Sure. this need to be
hard?Time limit? No, but, you know,
we werejust talking about that. We'resuper
lucky to somewhere
.
Yeah , that's a great
answer
. >> The heck happened
anyway?>> All right, so do you. I
mean,do you ? I know you
wanted tokind of talk through how you
would. How you would talk, justso.
>> So we know who who shouldanswer.
Begin to answer questionA who should
begin to answerquestion B just so we
don'tusually when Barb and I do
ourlighthouse talk about our book.You know,
we each have our part.We usually
look at each other atthe intro and
at the end it looks like my turn
to talk.That's the look during the Q&A.
Yeah. Like, you know, you'llsay, you know,
I take this one, you take that one.
Just, just sowe know that it.>>
Yeah, yeah.>> I mean, and you can
I meanhonestly like , you can, you
know, take it away, Barb. Justlike so
I mean, you've done those lectures, so it's
kind ofa similar, you know, if you
need,if you want to toss to
eachother a little bit, you know,you
probably have something to say about that. That's
totallyfine. This doesn't have to belike, super formal.
>> Do we? Mostly look at
Eric?We don't look at the cameras. We
don't look. mostly going to look
at Eric, okay. But you can ifyou're
comfortable.>> Hi, Eric. Yeah.>> Comfortable.
>> Somebody is lucky you. Yeah.It's okay
.>> Hey. It's nice. Just a little
bit. And kind of speak to the,you
know, speak to the folks athome as
well, you know, and butbut mostly you're
having aconversation with Eric, so. But
it's kind of that like
stagethree quarter, you know, kin d ofa little kind of.
>> Yeah. Okay. How will we know
which cameraare they both on only.>>
Well, you're on . Well no, we
will have both. We will have shots
of you.>> Well don't worry about the
camera on here. So you'll see the
red tallylight if we're on this camera
orthat camera. So I would say
ifyou see where the numbers are,that'll
turn red.
>> Yeah .>> All right.
Should we do one
and. .>> Why not?
Eric, how much time do you have? I'm
here all.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director of
friends of PBSWisconsin.
Ken and Barb , thanksfor coming
in to the PBS Wisconsin studios.
you .>> Eric, we've
been enjoyingyour book, Wisconsin LighthousesA Photograph
ic and Historical
Guide. So tell us what
inspiredyour interest in lighthouses?>> Oh my
goodness . Over 40 years
ago we visited Cana Island
Lighthouse in Door County and wewere hooked
on the place. Just amagical place
. We wanted to learn more about the
history andthe people, especially whotended the
light . So it all
started for from a request fromour friends,
go visit Cana Island. And we did.
And we'vebeen back dozens
and dozens oftimes since.
>> So it started with CanaIsland
. Do you know how manylighthouses you've
visited?>> Well, all of them in
Wisconsin. All 48. And how many times
?>> Some only once. And some
. Oh,multiple times. Multiple times
,yeah. how did it become
ashared project for both of
you?Was it just something you
arrived at together ?>> Yeah, it
kind of was by accident. Barb and I
neither oneof us are writers. We always
hada camera when we traveled aro undthe
state. Just mostly snapshot for
family type photos as we
visited a lighthouse or two, wetook some
pictures. Some friendsof ours said, hey, you
gotreally nice pictures here. Whydon't you
write a book? We knewno better. Again,
neither one ofus are experts in that.
But Barband I have
always been a team ona lot
of things that we do. Andit
just went went from there.>> Well
that's great. Was it very difficult to research
this book?
took a lot of time. We
were still working at the time when we
did all theresearch, so it would be
afterwork at night doing that. Andthe internet
isn't what it is now, which is fine.
We had moreluck
and more accurateinformation from
descendants,historical societies ,
librariesthat would furnish us withinformation.
>> Great, great. Well, we're
going to hear more from Barb andKen
throughout the program. And
right now we're going to go backand
please make a call and showyour
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say thank you with a gift ofWisconsin
lighthouses.
>> You know, some people areenjoying the
show. They'rereally going
to enjoy this bookand just want to
talk a littlebit and kind
of delve into the book itself just a
little bit.Talk about, you know, what
,what's in the book and what are
people going to learn about
. Andthe special highlights, geographical areas, LakeSuperior
, Lake Winnebago Bay
,Green Bay, Lake Michigan.>> That's how
it's laid out.>> Yeah.
Well, talk aboutthere's a color
photo or, youknow, and all the information
and , you know, directions
andhistory and archival photos aswell
as contemporary photos
.>> You . Yeah.>> And
or do you have particularhighlights or anything
thatyou'd want to call out or
likethat was one of your questions,
one of your questions. >> Yeah. There's
you and I had talked about it
, you know,there's certain certainlighthouses
that stand out in each area. If we're
if we startat the Apostles Lake Superior
sand Island, you always talk
about Sand Island with Ella.>> Raspberry is
like theirpremier lighthouse, too.>> But the
Lewis story is pretty good. It's Ella, by
the way. Notnot Emma.>> I've
called her both times. >> Georgia
Stebbins and Ken.>> Ken and Barb, Ella
and Emma.>> Emma and Ella.>> Ella
and Emma.>> Well, her name is Ella
wasElla. There was a ladylighthouse keeper
in Milwaukee,Georgia. Stebbins, we have totalk
about her. She's just. Itwas very rare
for a woman to bethe head
lighthouse keeper.>> And is that in the
show?>> I think that's
I, I wouldassume you've seen the final
show. Tomorrow. Tomorrow night.
>> Okay. the premiere, I like
tosay that we're going to thepremiere.
>> Well, let's throw thisquestion out there.
It's astupid, stupid Stebbins.>> Georgia
Stebbins. Jeff. Shehas to be.>> I
bet she is.>> She's got to be.
>> Well, they filmed at NorthPoint with
us, so.>> Yeah, Georgia
Stebbins andthe. Is she in the final
?>> Yes. He is. Okay, so you
cansay you're going to look, we'regoing
to hear more because thiswill be the
middle break okay.>> You're going to learn
moreabout her okay. Her stories inthis
book. You definitely want to you know what
other Mainestories Georgia comes after thisbreak
Georgia is at the endright? Sorr y,
Jeff .>> You want
to talk about the Louis Amateur
photographer SandIsland brownston e
. Gorgeous.>> Okay. We were just wondering
if it's coming up yet until her
story about, you know , 16, ten,16,
ten years became a nurse.>> Yeah
. It's not the
first one.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director
of friends of PBS
Wisconsin. We're back in the
studio with Ken and Barb. Your
book was really important to ourresearch to
make this documentary, Wisconsin
Lighthouses. And it really is acompanion to
the documentary .Can you give
us a bit of anoverview of your
book?>> It's broken downgeographically to
different sections of Wisconsin, Lake
Superior , Lake Winnebago. We
hadno idea there were
lighthouseson Lake Winnebago when we began
our research. And then all therest
of the lighthouses are onsome portion
of Lake Michigan. One one portion is
called theBay of Green Bay, and then
the rest of the
coastline all theway down to the state
line inLake Michigan .>> Are there
some highlights ofthe book you'd
like to call out? Any special features?
>> One of our favorite
storiesinvolves the Lueck family atSand Island Lighthouse.
Emmanuel Luke was the
keeper there, andhe brought his bride, Miss
Ella,at 16 years of age,
to live onthe island with
him. Well, lighthouse life was
difficult.She lasted about ten years andleft
Mr. Lueck , went out east,
remarried and became a registered nurse
. But don'tdespair, Mr. Luke found love
anddid remarry and have twochildren on
Sand Island .>> And that's
not the only story about a
woman being in a lighthouse or a lighthouse
keeper, is it? No, no it's not.
Barb and I grew up in Milwaukee.
There's a lighthouse in Lake Park,
Milwaukee, North Point Light.When we went
there to doresearch , we learned of
a ladyby the name of Georgia
Stebbins.Once we learned a little
bit ofher story. Fascinating woman
, ahead lighthouse keeper
for over30 years at Milwaukee NorthPoint. That
was very, very rare during that era
. Just afabulous, hard
working mother,wife and lighthouse keeper.>> And
we're going to hear moreabout Georgia Stebbins
in thisnext segment. So let's go back
to the program. We'll come backto Barb
and Ken later. And ifyou want to
have a copy of Wisconsin Lighthouses as your
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Hi, I'm Eric Greiling, directorof friends of
PBS Wisconsin.We're back with Barb and Ken
.Now, you two are probably
theexperts on Wisconsinlighthouses. For folks
who arejust inspired by the programthey
just watched. What kind oftips do you
have for visitinglighthouses around Wisconsin?>> Lighthouse
festivals are agreat time to go. The
ApostleIslands has one in the fallaround
labor Day, and Door County has one in
the spring andin the
fall. And there arelighthouses that are
often open,that are not open to the
public.During the rest of the year.It's
a good chance to go.>> And a
lot of thoselighthouses are not open to
thepublic, but some are. What kindof
guidance do you have?
>> Of the 48 lights in the
state, Eric, less than a thirdof them
are open to
the public,and only a portion of those
arein any kind of form of good
restoration where you'd want togo in
and really look at whatlife was like
back in the 1800s. For example, there's a
number oflighthouses that
have friends organizations involved with them
.Those are very, very helpful tocheck
their resources out as well.
resources inaddition to your
book, whatkinds of additional resources
would you recommend? Oh my goodness, we
were soblessed by so many people and
somany organizations helping withresearch, public
libraries ,historical societies. There's
anumber of lighthouse researchersthroughout the United
States. Acouple names come to mind
TerryPepper. Com and LighthouseFriends
.org are a wealth ofinformation
of lighthouses throughout the Great Lakes,
aswell as the entire country and
we should say you also have alecture
on our University Placeseries, which
folks can findonline. >> We do.
That's great. That's great. Well, thank
you so much forcoming into
the studio. Thankyou for watching
. I hope you've enjoyed Wisconsin lighthouses.
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No, this is the short. Short,
this first. Right. Is it
? Itmight be out of order. On
mysheet. I'm not sure which order
they have. If you have shortfirst or long
for first. >> It might say
in theteleprompter script . Do you have
long first? Is that . That'sfine.
Okay. Warm up .>> Let's eat
the frog . Can I go
through ?>> I'm sorry
.>> Why don't I just read through
it once and .>> Sure.
We're going to read throughit
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James physicalaccount, but
not another one. >> Having seen it,
I canprobably edit it with my mind,
but . We'll add that
or I'll justread whatever
appears in theprompter . Kick me, kick
me now .>> Turn it
a little bit .
>> I've been here for
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gift ? I mean,I
should have never said thatout loud
. You take an onion gift
5 p.m. Tonight. We might have to
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