Well, where else is the Hour? When there are tense
times and big things happening on the world
stage? That's why you're here watching tonight.
That's why we're here in the studio, inviting you to
support PBS Wisconsin and the PBS NewsHour. The
NewsHour is driven by independence and integrity
and is powered by you. It's your donations, your
membership support that makes the NewsHour possible.
And when things get tense on the world stage and when
big things are coming at us, it's important to know what
the facts are. And it's important to have them
presented in depth and with context, so you can make
sense of what you're seeing and hearing and what's
going on around the world. And there's no better way
to do that than by watching the NewsHour here on PBS.
Wisconsin NewsHour is here for you. This is your
chance to be here for the NewsHour with your
membership support. So please call the number on
your screen and become a member right now.
>> Hello, I'm Diane Agans, and welcome to the PBS
Wisconsin Spring Membership Drive and your opportunity
to make a gift of support that will keep this
wonderful service going and going. Your call really is
important. And when you do call in right now, we would
like to thank you with the following thank you gifts
at this time, call and make a monthly donation of $15 a
month, and we will send you this PBS Crossbody Tote bag.
It's a cute little guy. He's about 13 by eight by
five. Little pocket in front, zipper on the top,
little gusseted bottom. Cute little bag to carry
around. Also has a wonderful little cross
strap too that can come off and on. Now that's what the
gift of $15 a month. Also, with a gift of $15 a month,
you could choose to have this really sweet PBS
Wisconsin Insulated Camp mug. This is just so sweet.
It's a yellow mug, but it has PBS Wisconsin on one
side, and on the other side, you have these Wisconsin
wildflowers that are incorporated into the
design of a bumblebee that is really sweet, wonderful
insulated mug, 15oz. And that, again, is also our
way of thanking you with a $15 a month gift, or make a
gift of $25 a month and you won't have to choose. You
can send both. We'll give you both a tote bag as well
as the insulated mug is our way of saying thank you for
supporting us here today. Give us a call. We've got
live human beings. 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I'm director of friends of
PBS Wisconsin. We are grateful for the support of
Sustainers who make monthly ongoing gifts to PBS
Wisconsin. This steady, ongoing source of revenue
for us is really important. It's very stable, and those
sustainers know that their membership is always
current. They know that they're doing their part to
keep the news coming to themselves, to their
families, to their whole communities. Good news is
you can become our newest sustainer with your call
today. You can go online and become a sustainer.
Being a sustainer simply means that you're making a
monthly ongoing payment. You choose the amount and
that is automatically deducted from your checking
account or your credit card. You know that your
membership is always current. You get that
feeling of knowing you're doing your part. To keep
PBS NewsHour right here. It's so easy. Go online.
You can use that QR code that's on your screen, or
you can give us a call right now at (800) 236-3636.
>> The NewsHour is irreplaceable and it's
indispensable. And you know what? You are irreplaceable
and indispensable, too. We're here for you every
day. And the NewsHour is here for you five nights a
week. And it's here because of you. And so your support
is irreplaceable and indispensable. This is a
great symbiotic relationship. The NewsHour
presents presents the news with no interest in mind
but yours. Serving your interest is what the
NewsHour is all about. It is absolutely impeccable in
the way it goes about it. And you know that by
watching, by getting the information, by hearing the
way it's presented, by the depth and breadth that you
just don't get anywhere else. And of course, the
neutrality. So you get to make up your own mind about
the issues of the day, but you get them informed by
the great team at the NewsHour, and you're part
of that team when you make your membership gift. So
why don't you make it right now, please?
>> You are building the future of public television
in Wisconsin. When you make that gift today. And again,
when you do make that gift at this time, we would like
to thank you with these following items here. Now
make a membership gift of $15 a month and we will
send you this wonderful PBS Wisconsin tote bag. It's a
cute little 13 by eight by five inch PBS Wisconsin
tote. It's got PBS Wisconsin logo on the front
and a little pocket on the front, two zipper on the
top, and a little gusseted thing and a crossover strap
too. But now you could also for $15 a month, if you
prefer to have this wonderful PBS Wisconsin
Insulated Camp mug. This is a wonderful little 15 ounce
camp mug. Warm or cold drinks, and it has these
wonderful little Wisconsin wildflower designs that are
in the shape of a bumblebee. It's just really sweet now.
Or if you wish to make a $25 a month gift, that
would be awesome. If you could do that, we will send
you both a tote bag and and the mug as well too. But
the important thing is to step forward right now,
because what you're doing is like creating that
future, investing in that future of something that we
all come to depend on. So give us a call right now.
1-800-236-3636. >> Please do make that
investment in the future. Let's keep PBS Wisconsin
strong together. It takes all of us to provide this
vital service to the people of Wisconsin. We have so
many great ways to say thank you when you call or
you go online to make that gift today, whether you're
making a brand new gift, becoming our next member,
our next sustainer, or whether you're adding to
your gift, let us say thank you with any one of the
gifts that Diane mentioned, let us say thank you. With
that feeling of knowing you're doing your part,
you're a stakeholder in this vital service. But at
all those levels that Diane mentioned, you'll also get
our airwaves magazine, our monthly program guide. It
lets you know what programs are on and lets you plan
your viewing schedule, but it also gives you an inside
look at what's on Passport, what kinds of events we
have around the state. Maybe in your part of the
state we'll be there, but passports, another great
opportunity, a chance for a deeper catalog of news,
drama, whatever you choose, very deep catalog. It all
starts with your call to one (800) 236-3636. Thank
you.
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Hi, I'm Malcolm Brett at Wisconsin. We're taking a
short break in Bottoms Up to invite you to become a
part of PBS Wisconsin through your membership
support. Loving this show about the taverns and bars
of Wisconsin. Get to see some places around the
state that have so much history, so much atmosphere,
so much culture, so much design. We're looking at
the architecture and history and some of the
social aspects of the bars and taverns in Wisconsin.
It's a great way to get to understand Wisconsin, and
really, it's just kind of a fun way to enjoy some time,
maybe at home, but reminding you of what maybe
you like in your favorite tavern, your favorite bar,
your favorite supper club. That's what we love about
PBS, PBS Wisconsin. It takes you to places that
are familiar, but maybe show them in a slightly
different light. Certainly, that's what this show does.
That's why we're glad that you're here to join us, and
we hope you will join us as a member of PBS Wisconsin
by calling the number on your screen.
>> Hello, I'm Diane Agans, and welcome to the PBS
Wisconsin membership spring spring membership drive, I
should say, your opportunity to give a call
to one of our wonderful volunteers here and show
your support, build that future for public
television here in Wisconsin. Your call really
makes a difference. And when you do call in during
this break, we have some very special ways of
thanking you. When you make that pledge of support. I'm
going to let you know what those are right now. Make a
gift of $12 a month and we would love to send you this
Bottoms Up book. Now this is a 270 page book. It's a
toast to Wisconsin's historic bars and breweries.
There's about 70 breweries and bars that are covered
in the book. Again, that's with a gift of $12 a month.
Now, if you want to step up to a gift of $15 a month,
we'll send you not one, but two of these really
wonderful PBS logo pint glasses. And this is for
this is to celebrate. Bottoms up. What we're
watching. But these pint glasses, they're 16oz each.
They have the PBS retro tricolor logo on them. Now
if you can't decide which you want, then go ahead and
make a gift of $20 a month and we will thank you with
the Bottoms Up book, as well as both of the PBS
logo pint glasses as our way of saying thank you for
supporting Wisconsin Public Television. Go ahead, give
us a call 1-800-236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling.
I'm director of Friends of PBS Wisconsin. Taverns in
Wisconsin are so much more than watering holes. We saw
how they are places for gathering, places for
playing cards, places for seeing friends. They're
like community living rooms. We are committed to telling
these stories of Wisconsin, sharing what's important
about Wisconsin, and you can be a part of that.
Please join us by becoming our newest sustainer. Being
a sustainer means you're making that membership gift
of support, but it's ongoing. It's a monthly
automatic deduction. You set the amount that's right
for you. You can set it at one of these levels that
Diane was talking about, so that we can say thank you
in a special bottoms up kind of way with the book,
with the pint glasses, or with a combination thereof.
But at all of those levels, you can be a sustainer.
That means, you know, your membership is always
current, and we can know that your membership is
always current because your gift is ongoing and allows
us to plan ahead to bring you more iconic Wisconsin
stories, use that QR code on your screen, go online
or give us a call right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Wisconsin has all the ingredients to be a great
state for drinking beer, a lot of agricultural land,
great great agriculture, great heritage and history
of the people who moved here, who were beer makers.
But bars and taverns in Wisconsin have their own
lore and their own role in our society. I remember my
friend David from Green Bay. David just turned 90, and
he talks about when he was seven, eight, nine, ten
years old, going to the tavern with his grandpa to
listen to the Packers game at the tavern. Then they
would go home for their dinner. Afterwards, grandpa
would go back to the tavern. David would stay home. This
is how family culture has grown up in bars and
taverns in Wisconsin. A very wholesome approach to
to family living in small town Wisconsin. It's a
great way to recognize our culture and our history.
Another great way to do that is with your
membership pledge at 1-800-236-3636.
>> And when you call and make that gift right now,
we would like to thank you with the following items.
Go ahead and make a pledge of $12 a month, and we will
send you the 270 page book. This is Bottoms Up a toast
to Wisconsin's historic bars and breweries
wonderful 272 page guide full of all kinds of
information, wonderful pictures of over 70
breweries and bars here in Wisconsin. Now make a gift
of $15 a month. And actually we will send you
two mugs here. These are PBS logo pint glasses.
They're each about 16oz and they have the PBS retro
tricolor logo on on them. And that's what the gift of
$15. Now with a gift of $20 a month, we'll send you
both. Okay. We will send you both the Bottoms Up
book, as well as both of the pint glasses, is our
way of saying thank you for calling us right now at
1-800-236-3636. >> Just like Malcolm was
talking about, there are so many great memories that
are formed in taverns in Wisconsin,
multi-generational memories. They're multi-generational
gathering places. They're such an important part of
of rural and urban life in Wisconsin. If you know, you
know, and if you don't know, you can learn on PBS
Wisconsin. Give us a call right now. Let us say thank
you in one of these special ways. Let us say thank you
with that feeling you get of knowing that you're
supporting storytelling that is by, for and about
Wisconsin. We're so committed to that. We can
also say thank you in a couple of different ways.
All the levels that Diane talked about, we can we can
send you our monthly program guide, "Airwaves",
so you can find out more about special Wisconsin
programs, the special programs that are coming to
you from Masterpiece, from from all the national shows
that you love and look for and also Passport and all
of these giving levels. You're eligible for the
member benefit of Passport, which gives you a deep
catalog of not only PBS Wisconsin shows, but lots
of your favorite dramas and so much more. It starts
with your call to 1-800-236-3636.
>> At PBS Wisconsin. We're all about the programs that
we create for you, and we don't talk much about
behind the scenes, but I do want to take just a minute
to remember the producer of this show, David Hestad
David, passed on in 2024 and we miss him. David was
a terrific producer. He had that inquisitiveness and
that wry ability to tell a story that made for great
television. You might have seen his one of his other
quirky shows about Wisconsin gas stations
called Filler Up. You might be familiar with his World
War Two stories, Hometown Stories, here on PBS
Wisconsin. We miss David. He was a great producer and
a better person. We thank him for all the gifts he's
given us. We ask you to support PBS Wisconsin and
programs like this one, and producers who come in
David's wake who are creating the shows you'll
see tomorrow and next year. Won't you support us right
now? >> Wonderful programs like
this that David produce live on because of member
support such as ours. And we truly are making a gift
for the future when we're sharing programs like this.
As Eric was saying, the community living rooms were
what these heart they they are and this is what we
have here in public television. It's like in a
sense, we are all part of this community living room.
You make it happen. We want to thank you. When you call
and support that, make a gift of $12 a month, we
will send you the Bottoms Up. A toast to Wisconsin
Historic Bars and Breweries Book, which has over 70
bars and breweries featured in the book or make a gift
of $15 a month and we will send you two PBS retro
tricolor logo pint glasses. They're 16. Well, you get
two 16 ounce pint glasses now that's with a gift of
$15 a month. Now, if you're able to make a gift of $20
a month, we hope that you'll do that. And we
would like to thank you with both of the pint
glasses as well as the bottoms up book. Again,
your support makes all the difference in the world.
You can do it. Give us a phone call. Right now we
have wonderful volunteers in the studio at
1-800-236-3636. We'd love to hear from you plenty of
time, but sit back and enjoy the show or go online
pbswisconsin.org.
Well, thank you, John, for that tour through Bryant
Park cocktail lounge, part time capsule, right. Hi.
I'm Malcolm Brett volunteer at PBS Wisconsin asking you
to support this program and programs just like it.
Brought to you every day by PBS Wisconsin. Your
financial support is so important. You know, we're
looking at the inside of a cultural institution
cocktail bars, taverns, restaurants, pubs in
Wisconsin. Well, PBS Wisconsin is another social
institution that comes into your living room and really
reflects and helps create a sense of culture that we've
enjoyed for now, 60 years. It's been incredible, the
support we've gotten from the community, the ability
to bring you show after show after show after show
after show, just like this one. And it all starts with
your membership gift. So won't you please call the
number on your screen and join Wisconsin PBS? This is
a challenge break. Your gift will be matched dollar
for dollar. >> Hello, I'm Diane Agans,
a volunteer here at Wisconsin Public Television.
Thank you so much for joining us for our spring
membership drive. Your gift today makes just such a big
difference, and we'd love to hear from you. And we'd
like to thank you as some of these wonderful thank
you gifts associated with Bottoms Up. What a fun show.
Now, if you call and make a gift of $12 a month or
above, we will send you the Wisconsin Bottoms Up book.
It's a 272 page book. It's a toast to. Wisconsin's
historic bars and breweries cover about 70 breweries
and bars in that book. Now, you could also make a gift
of $15 a month and we will send you these PBS retro
tri color mugs. Now these are like, you know, pint
glasses. They're 16 ounce pint glasses. Again, a gift
of $15 a month. We'd like to thank you with that. Now,
if you can't decide which, then please go ahead and
make a gift of $25 a month. We will send both the PBS
logo pint mugs as well as the book to bottoms up. Our
way of saying thank you for giving us a call to talk to
one of our great volunteers during this very special
member Challenge break. Your gift is going to be
matched when you give us a call at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I'm director of Friends of
PBS Wisconsin. It is a challenge break. That means
it's a great time for you to call, because if you're
a new member, your gift will go twice as far. So
the phones are just starting to ring, but it's
a great time to call 1-800-236-3636. You can go
online to pbswisconsin.org. You can use that QR code
that's on your screen. The important thing is that you
get in touch with us and say you want to be a new
member. This kind of programing matters to me
and I want to be a new member. I want to do my
part to bring this programing to the state of
Wisconsin, its member support that makes this
kind of programing possible. It takes months, often
years of planning to bring you a show like this. Like
Malcolm said, we do it over and over again. So make
your dollar go twice as far. Please get in touch with us
right now during this Member Challenge break so
that your dollar goes twice as far. 1-800-236-3636.
>> We thank the members who made a special gift to PBS
Wisconsin to challenge you and to match your gift.
We're looking for 40 calls this break. You can double
the impact of your gift by calling during this break.
Because of that challenge, we're looking for 40 folks
to new members to call and and make this challenge
break successful. First $2,000 pledged will be
matched. Your pledge can be the next one to be matched.
You know, we make programs by, for and about Wisconsin
and we deliver them all over Wisconsin. And this
program has become a fan favorite over the years.
But you know what? Since we put it up on our YouTube
channel, we've gotten responses from Boston, from
the East Coast, from Germany, from the UK and
from Florida. And that's really exciting because we
are exporting Wisconsin's culture all around the
country. We will always, first and foremost be here
for you. But when we get it right, it's great to hear
that people all over the world are discovering what
you already know that your membership support of PBS
Wisconsin creates great programs for all of us.
Make that call right now. >> That's right. Your
stories. You know, we tell Wisconsin stories. The only
way we know how PBS Wisconsin does so uniquely
because of member support such as ours. We love our
stories. We love to share them. You make that
possible when you call and make that membership. Gift
of support. We do have some thank you gifts that we'd
like to thank you with, and tonight's show is just a
wonderful way of remembering a couple of
things here. Go ahead and make a gift of $12 a month
and we will send you the Bottoms Up book. Now, this
is a wonderful 272 page book. What I kind of like
to show is that there's a wonderful map inside that
shows all of the 70 breweries and bars that are
covered in the book. Wonderful road map if you
love me. I love maps too. So here you go. Now, with
the gift of $15 a month, we have the the two pint mugs
with the PBS logo on it, or with a gift of $25 a month.
We'll send you both of the pint mugs as well as the
Bottoms Up book. It's our way of saying thank you for
reaching out to us right now. Keeping that gift of
support going. Become a new member. Accept that member.
Challenge 1-800-236-3636. >> If you're already a
member. If you're already a sustainer of PBS Wisconsin,
thank you. Please consider reaching out to your text,
your friends. Text your family right now and say,
hey, it's a challenge break. It's a great time to make a
call. We've got eight calls already. We've got more
calls coming in. But reach out to your friends family
and let them know it's a great time to become a
member of PBS Wisconsin. If they're watching Bottoms Up
tonight, their dollar will go twice as far and help us
continue to bring this kind of programing. Consider a
gift membership for someone, so give us a call. If
you're already a sustainer, you can give a gift,
membership and somebody else's name. Help them be a
member too, because you know you get lots of great
benefits. In addition to the benefits that Diane
named. Tonight. "Airwaves" magazine, our monthly
program guide Passport our deep catalog of additional
videos you can watch, like Malcolm was talking about.
We're on YouTube. We try to be everywhere where you
consume video content, so help us keep that coming.
Join us as a new member right now. Join us as a new
sustainer. That just means you're making monthly
ongoing payments, knowing you're doing your part and
helping us create this kind of programing. It starts
with your visit to pbswisconsin.org, using
that QR code on your screen, or calling us right now at
1-800-236-3636. >> Wisconsin history and
culture are rich with great stories about people, about
movements, about cultures, and about the people who
came to the state and built this state. And you know
what? People are making history every day. And PBS
Wisconsin will tell the history that's been will
tell the history that's being made today, and we'll
tell the history that's being made tomorrow. These
are rich stories, really well told by our terrific
staff here at PBS Wisconsin. And it's all possible
because of your membership support during this
challenge break, you can double the impact of your
support. That means double the great stories coming
your way on PBS Wisconsin next week, next month, next
year. It all starts with you. We will go out and
find the stories. We will find the people to tell the
stories, and we will get them to you wherever you
are however you want to see them. But the important
thing is you support that storytelling with your gift
right now during this challenge break. Thank you.
Okay. >> Let's run through some
of those thank you gifts again. Right now. Again,
become a sustainer at the $12 a month level. And we
would love to thank you with the Bottoms Up book.
It's a toast to Wisconsin's historic bars and breweries,
a wonderful 272 page book covering over 70 of the
brewers and bars here in Wisconsin, and wonderful
historic photos, great behind the scenes
information, great map. How to get to all those places.
Again, a real celebration of that. Now if you want to
have some fun, go ahead and make a gift of $15 a month
because you can have these two, not one, but two PBS
retro logo pint mugs. And these are 16 ounce mugs.
We'll send you the pair of them, or make a gift of $25
a month. And we'll send you both of the mugs as well,
sorry, the pints as well as the book. And again, that's
our way of saying thank you, knowing that you are making
possible into the future important programs like
this that celebrate all of us. Go ahead and give us a
call 1-800-236-3636. Rise to the Challenge Fund.
>> Our volunteers are busy on the phones. If you're
calling in, it's taking a little bit longer to get
through. Please be patient because this is the best
time to call. It's a challenge break. That means
if you're a new member, your gift is going to go
twice as far. Thank you for that call right there.
1-800-236-3636 is the number to call and support
documentary film here on PBS Wisconsin. PBS
Wisconsin is the place to be for documentary film.
Whether it's the Wisconsin films that Malcolm was
telling you about, whether the the kind of
lighthearted programs like this one like Bucky or more
serious national international documentary,
it's the place to Be. And you can follow our
broadcast schedule, or you can use the PBS app on your
smart TV. Any piece of equipment that you can use
to stream anything, watch anything, type PBS into
that search bar, get in there. And when you're a
member at any of the levels that Diane has told you
about, you'll have Passport as well, which is an even
deeper library beyond the free documentaries that are
available to you. So please join us. It's the
membership challenge drive. We're up to 18 calls
already. Go online. Use that QR code. Call us at
1-800-236-3636. >> Yes, this is a challenge
break and so your gift will be doubled. You know, there
are other challenges as well as this break PBS
Wisconsin's funding has been challenged in the last
year and the public has stepped up. And we're
looking ahead to how we are going to continue to
deliver against those challenges and to deliver
for you with your support. That's why it's more
important than ever before. It's a terrific setup that
we have with so many people supporting us, so many
people that we serve. As those numbers add up, the
most important number is the number one that stands
for you. When you decide to make a call, you are
ensuring our present and our future, and we will get
through these challenging times. And we will be
strong and our programs will continue to engage and
enlighten and delight you all because you made that
that call. Again, this is a challenge. Break double the
impact of your call by doing it right now.
>> You're hoping to hear from 40 folks. Before we go
back to the program. We've heard from 29 so far. We're
getting there. And if you're having trouble
getting through on the phones, why don't you just
get on pbswisconsin.org, get on the website totally
safe and secure way of making that gift and also
walking away with some of these wonderful thank you
gifts that we'd like to offer you right now. Again,
just a reminder, at the $12 a month level, we will send
you the Bottoms Up book. And then at the $15 a month
level, we also have these two pints of PBS retro logo
mugs here. And then at the $25 a month level, we'll
send you both of the pints as well as the book is our
way of thanking you for supporting us during this
member challenge break 1-800-236-3636.
>> Please give us a call. We're going back to the
program in just another minute here, but it is the
best time to call during this challenge break.
You're here because you're enjoying Bottoms Up. Great
documentary about Wisconsin. You're familiar with our
programing and our broadcast, but there's so
much work here at PBS Wisconsin that goes beyond
the broadcast. We have our education work. We work
directly with students, with kids, with families,
with their caregivers, with teachers to bring the power
of public media into the classroom, into the home,
all of that instruction. So your gift goes so much
farther beyond the broadcast. It's really,
really important. And it goes twice as far when you
call now one (800) 236-3636. [MUSIC]
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Bottoms up! What a great story about so many great
places in Wisconsin. And you know what? So many
great people. I loved this episode about the joint and
all the tremendous musicians that came through
that little bar in Eau Claire, and this
realization that they're not making a profit on
these shows. You know, that's how PBS Wisconsin
works. We don't make a profit on these shows. In
fact, we only make the shows and we can only break
even if you make your membership gift. So taking
maybe a little clue from the joint Eau Claire call,
help us fill the hole that we create every time we
make a show, because that's how we create the money to
make the next show. And you play a big part. You play a
big part by watching and by becoming a member and
supporting your public television station, PBS
Wisconsin. It's really easy to do. You do it by calling
1-800-236-3636. Why don't you do it right now and
let's celebrate. Bottoms up. >> Hello, I'm Diane Agans.
Welcome to the PBS Wisconsin Spring membership
Drive. Just watch this wonderful program and we
have some wonderful thank you gifts that we'd like to
thank you with to remind you of the great hour that
we've just spent together here. Make a membership
gift right now at the $12 a month level, and we will
send you this really fun book. It truly is called
Bottoms Up! It truly is a catalog of the history of
historic bars and breweries here in Wisconsin. Again,
that is our way of saying thank you for stepping up
with a membership gift of $12 a month. Now, with a
gift of $15 a month, we would like to thank you.
With two of these, they're sort of like PBS logo, the
retro PBS logo, the Public Broadcasting service. These
are two wonderful pints, you know, 16 ounce pints.
Great for beer or I think iced tea is what we really
look nice in here. Now, with the gift of $25 a
month, you don't have to make any choices because we
would like to thank you with both the the pint
glasses as well as the Bottoms Up book. It's our
way of saying thank you for calling 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling, I'm director of Friends of
PBS Wisconsin, and I'd like to thank the now over
80,000 families who are members of PBS Wisconsin,
bringing us that support that Malcolm told you about,
the support that's vital to bringing you all of these
programs, whether it's the Wisconsin programs like
you're watching right now or the national programing
for that matter. That's where we are now. We need
your support to be able to do that. Let's keep PBS
Wisconsin strong together when you join us as a
member, the best way to join is as a sustainer.
That means you're signing up to make a monthly
ongoing payment. It's a deduction from your credit
card or your checking account. You know that your
membership is always secure. You know that you're
continuing forward supporting PBS Wisconsin on
a monthly basis. It's safe. It's secure, it's easy,
it's solid. And that helps us, bring us, bring you
programs like this. Very easy to do. You can go
online with that QR code that's on your screen. You
can visit us at pbswisconsin.org. Or you
can call right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> We were so happy to bring you a reprise
performance of Bottoms Up. Great program supported by
people like you when we first made it, and we
continue to tell the stories of Wisconsin. As
long as you continue to support PBS Wisconsin's
ability to tell these stories. We recently did a
story about one Buckingham Badger more lovingly known
as Bucky. These are the stories that really help
understand who we are as Wisconsinites. Coming soon.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories. The Madison edition will be
coming your way in just about a year and coming
your way soon. Wisconsin Scenic Treasures Wild
Waters these are programs we make with viewer support.
That means your support. We thank you for it. We
appreciate it. We really need you to make that call.
Do so right now, won't you, please?
>> And when you call in right now, we do have these
great thank you gifts still from the Bottoms Up program
that we just watched. This has been particularly
popular tonight with the gift of $12 a month, the
Bottoms Up book, and this is a 272 page volume full
of all kinds of treasured stories, historic photos,
all kinds of information, as well as locations of
where you can find all of this all over Wisconsin.
Now, with a gift of $15 a month, we'll send you a
couple of these pint mugs here. These are pint
glasses from the Bottom Up series. They have the old
PBS Wisconsin Retro logo on those now with a gift of
I'm sorry, with $20 a month with a gift of $20 a month,
we'll send you both the the mugs as well as the book.
It's our way of saying thank you for giving us a
call here right now. >> 1-800-236-3636 and when
you do make that call, one of the best feelings is
feeling like you're doing your part. But another
benefit is Passport a deep catalog. Let's have a look
at Passport. >> You're watching PBS
Wisconsin because you love what you find here. From
dramas and documentaries to travel and journalism, what
could be better? How about even more shows you love
when you want to watch them? Wherever you stream TV,
look for PBS. You'll find us anywhere. You select
your streaming services, and we have free on demand
shows for you to enjoy anytime. Plus, when you
support PBS Wisconsin, your member benefits can open up
even more to explore with PBS Passport. It includes
more than 1200 titles with new favorites from PBS and
beyond, even dramas from around the world.
>> You ain't seen nothing yet.
>> Your investment makes PBS Wisconsin possible for
you, your family, and your community, so join with a
gift at any of the levels we're suggesting, and then
join an even more adventures with PBS
Passport. >> Telling PBS Wisconsin
stories is what we're all about. Bottoms up is a
great story about the history of taverns in
Wisconsin. It's really a story about people, isn't
it? Because every one of those taverns was created
through the vision and the tenacity and the drive and
the commitment of people, and of course, the people
who go there were telling stories of people and
telling Wisconsin's people stories is what we're all
about. Here at PBS Wisconsin, we may go to a
tavern to celebrate. We may go to commiserate, but
mostly we go to enjoy a time with people in a
social environment. And when you come to PBS
Wisconsin, you're enjoying a time, a social time,
learning about our state, experiencing our state,
celebrating our state. Why don't you celebrate by
making a gift to PBS Wisconsin? We can all
celebrate together when you do that. Thank you.
>> Members have created a place where we can trust.
Here at PBS Wisconsin, you make that possible with
your membership support. And gosh, we couldn't be
more grateful. And that's why we'd like to thank you
with some of these gifts that help us remember the
wonderful hour we've just spent together. These gifts
have to do with bottoms up. Go ahead and make a pledge
of $12 a month. We'll send you the Bottoms Up book,
which is the the wonderful photography behind the
scenes information from the 70 breweries and bars of
Wisconsin throughout the state. Now, with a gift of
$15 a month, we have the duo pint mugs here with the
old PBS Wisconsin PBS logo on it. And then with a gift
of $20 a month, we'll send you both of the pints as
well as the Bottoms Up book. Again, as a way of just
kind of reminding you of your importance in building
this wonderful service that we have here. Go ahead and
give us a call or go online, but give us a call here at
1-800-236-3636. >> This is a program about
legacy. And I want to take a minute to talk with you a
little bit about legacy. Legacy of PBS, PBS
Wisconsin here. Rich legacy of innovation. Public media
was invented here in Wisconsin. We want to
continue that tradition. With your help, we can. We
want PBS Wisconsin to continue for generations,
more and more generations of PBS kids. I want to
thank the members of our heritage society, those
donors who've made a gift to us in their estate plans,
who, through careful endowment and stewardship
of those funds, we can continue that tradition.
Every gift that you make matters. Become a member.
Now. Increase your membership you're
sustaining, and please consider becoming a member
of the Heritage Society. See that this continues for
generations to come. >> 1-800-236-3636 whether
Big Jim's or the DMZ, bunker or wall skis in
Milwaukee or pimples in New Glarus, one of my favorite
taverns that I've ever been to here in Wisconsin, we've
been celebrating the taverns of Wisconsin, which
means we've been celebrating the people of
Wisconsin. And we want to celebrate with you, and we
want you to celebrate all those people, all those
stories, all the stories yet to be told by us at PBS
Wisconsin. It's really easy to make the future happen.
You do it by making your membership gift, because
it's your dollars which allow us to introduce you
to these people and these places, and the next show
is going to be possible with your gift. So please
give us a call at 1-800-236-3636. Show your
appreciation and build the future of PBS Wisconsin and
your viewing as a member of PBS Wisconsin.
>> Thank you.
Hi, I'm Malcolm Brett, a volunteer at PBS Wisconsin.
We're taking a short break in this beautiful,
beautiful film about the remarkable homes of
Wisconsin to invite you to become a member here at PBS
Wisconsin to help support programs just like this one.
We first aired this show back in 2015. We brought it
out of the archives because it is a family favorite.
You know, it's not the Wisconsin, the remarkable
houses of Wisconsin. It's remarkable Homes of
Wisconsin because these are the stories not just of the
buildings, but the people who built them, the people
who lived there. And isn't that what makes a house a
home? And isn't telling the stories of Wisconsin? What
makes a state a home? PBS Wisconsin's been doing that
for many, many, many years. One of the first public
broadcasters ever. And we're still here. Thanks to
your support. We're still able to tell you tell you
stories like the Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin because
of your support. Please make a membership gift to
PBS Wisconsin right now and keep great programs like
this one coming your way long into the future.
>> Hello, I'm Diane Agans with some wonderful thank
you gifts that we'd like to offer you when you call in
during this very brief break that we're having in
this incredible program, Remarkable Homes of
Wisconsin. First of all, if you call and become a
member at the $10 a month sustainer level, we would
love to thank you with this. I love PBS a little. It's a
tote is what it is, but I heart PBS tote bag. This is
100% cotton and a wonderful 22 inch straps. Real
favorite around here. Now if you want to pledge and
make a gift of $15, then we have a truly remarkable
book to go along with the truly remarkable homes that
we're watching here in Wisconsin. The book is
called Wisconsin Zone, and it features 20 residential
treasures from all over the state. These are homes that
were built between 1854 and 1939, beautifully
photographed, wonderfully explained. Wonderful volume
here. Now, if you can't decide which gift, we'd
love to send you both when you send us a gift of 20,
or when you make a gift, a sustainer gift $20 a month,
we'll send you both the tote and Wisconsin's own
book as our way of saying, boy, thanks for making this
all happen here at Wisconsin Public Television.
So go online or give us a call right now. Talk to a
real human at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I'm director of friends of
PBS Wisconsin. It is member support that makes programs
like this possible. So if you're enjoying this
program, if you've been enjoying PBS Wisconsin for
a long time and you're ready to say yes, I'm ready
to become a member, I'm ready to help support these
programs, bring them to myself, my family, my
community, people all across the state. Then
now's a great time to make that call. 1-800-236-3636
and help make programs like this possible. Becoming a
sustainer is a great way to do that for you. It's easy,
simple, automatic, secure, ongoing monthly payments.
Easy on your budget. For us, it's reliable. So we know
that your gift is coming in on a monthly basis. It will
continue and we can make plans for more programs
like this one. Remarkable homes, your remarkable.
Please give us a call and show your support. Become
our newest sustainer. You can go online. You can
visit that QR code that's on your screen. Or you can
give us a call right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> You know, there's been a lot been said about funding
challenges in public media and in other parts of our
society as well. When you make a membership gift,
it's not about filling a gap. It's about building
the organization of the future. It's about helping
us create the programs that are accountable and
responsive and stimulating and inspiring to the
greater community. That's what we do, and the way we
do it is with your membership support. So
build the best future possible for you and your
family, and for PBS Wisconsin by calling
1-800-236-3636. Make your gift today. Make our
financial and programing future as bright as it can
be. Thank you. >> That's right. And when
you call in right now, we do have some thank you
gifts we'd love to offer you with a gift of $10 a
month. We'd love to send you this. I love PBS tote.
Wonderful little canvas tote here, 22 inch straps.
Really a lot of fun. Just a popular popular gift here
at the $10 a month level. Now at the 20 at the $15 a
month level. I just can't say enough about this
remarkable book. We're watching Remarkable Homes,
but this book, Wisconsin's Own, is a 320 page
hardcover book of some of 20 of Wisconsin's most
iconic homes. These are homes that were built
between 1854 and 1939. It's remarkable volume. Go ahead
and give us a call on that. Or if you can't decide
which, make a gift of $20, we'll send you both the
book and the tote. Go ahead and make that gift right
now. >> 1-800-236-3636 okay,
Wisconsin is a special place. There are so many
jewels in Wisconsin through this program. Tonight we're
visiting many of those jewels. You know, another
jewel is the Wisconsin Historical Society. What an
amazing institution that is. We are delighted that we
partnered with this with them on this program, and
we've partnered with them on so many programs. If you
think PBS Wisconsin is also special, please become that
new member. Please become that sustainer today. Use
the QR code that's on your screen. Visit us at
pbswisconsin.org. Give us a call at the phone number
that's on your screen, and we'll say thank you. All
the ways that Diane mentioned at those various
gift levels and at all of those gift levels, we also
say thank you to you with some useful things.
"Airwaves" magazine, our monthly program guide, and
Passport, a deep catalog of lots and lots of video
contact content. It starts with your call at
1-800-236-3636, and. >> PBS Wisconsin is built
on the support of so many families around the state,
nearly 80,000. That's a big number, but the most
important number is the number one. That's your
number. Because you make a gift to PBS Wisconsin. You
are creating our future. You are creating the next
program that we can produce to bring to you. Even
though there are many, many, many families and many
businesses supporting us, we don't take them for
granted, but we don't take for granted that we will
continue to get every gift we've ever gotten. We
continue to ask you to play your role and support PBS
Wisconsin so we can be the best public media we can be
in the future, just as we have been for generation
after generation. Just as member gifts, including
yours, have made us successful up to now and
going forward. Please make your gift today.
>> Your donation. That's right, your gift builds the
future and we just couldn't be more grateful. But let's
take a look back into the past, because our thank you
gifts also want to remind you of the importance of
our collective of humanity here together. Now, with a
gift of $10, I'll mention that I love PBS tote.
Really just a fun little tote that folks have just
loved over the years. I love PBS Wisconsin Little
Tote here for $10 a month at the $15 level. This
remarkable volume, it's called Wisconsin's Own
Incredible Photographs by Zane Williams, the 320 page
hardcover book is a gift that you can have when you
make that $15 a month gift to Wisconsin Public
Television, or if you wish. And if you're able to make
a $20 a month sustainer gift to PBS Wisconsin. And
we'll send you both the book as well as the tote.
Again, your gift really matters. It makes a big
difference. You're building something into the future.
We're taking the past into the future. We do it all
together. Make that call 1-800-236-3636.
>> So tonight we'll take you to Wingspread. We'll
take you to the island of Happy Days. We'll take you
so many places on PBS Wisconsin. We can take you
to places you'd like to go, places you might never get
to go weather. Whatever the reason, we can take you
there through our programs. And that's really, really
valuable. Some places are not accessible. Sometimes
it's just the best way you can get to this place. So
help make this possible. Help everyone go on this
journey. It starts with your call. Please make that
call now and show your support. Thank you so much.
[MUSIC]
Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin. Remarkable show
brought to you by. Well,
people just like you. Hi, I'm Malcolm Brett. We're in
the studios of PBS Wisconsin, asking you to
support the shows that are so meaningful to you on PBS
Wisconsin. This is a great time for you to make a gift
to PBS Wisconsin because this is a challenge. Break
the first 20, the first $2,000 that is pledged by
new members will be matched dollar to dollar, thanks to
a gift from Susan Robinson and Steve Nussbaum of
Madison. They made a gift to create a fund to match
your your gift during this break. So the first 20
callers new members will be matched dollar for dollar
till we hit $2,000. Please make a call. Make that
challenge work. Double the impact of your gift by
calling us right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Thank you for leveraging that additional gift of
support. Hello, I'm Diane Agans here. Volunteer here
at PBS Wisconsin. Just wanted to let you know we
have some wonderful ways to thank you when you step
forward right now and accept that member
challenge. If you make a gift of $10 a month, we
will send you the I love PBS tote bag. This is a
wonderful canvas tote. Nice big large straps here. And
that's our way of saying thanks for being that
sustainer gift of $10 a month. Now become a
sustainer member at $15 a month, we will send you
this incredible volume that we have that complements
the remarkable show that we're watching tonight. But
Wisconsin's Own is a 320 page hardcover bound
edition highlighting 20 of the residential treasures
that we have here around the state. And the stories
behind those treasures is a really a wonderful
complement to the incredible show that we're
watching right now. Now, if you choose to go ahead and
make a gift of $20 a month, we will send you both the
book as well as the tote bag. It's our way of saying
thank you for stepping forward during this member
challenge. Give us a call at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I'm the director of friends
of PBS Wisconsin. It is a challenge break, and that
means it's the best time to become our newest sustainer.
Becoming a sustainer is great for us because we can
count on your support month after month. And it's great
for you because you're in control. You can choose the
amount. You can choose one of the gifts that gift
levels that Diane just told you about. Choose a way for
us to say thank you to you. You can choose whether that
gift of sustaining comes from your checking account,
or from your bank account, or from your credit card,
and you can continue it. So choose the amount that's
right for you. Know that you're doing your part to
bring programs like this. Know that as a new
sustainer, your gift is going to go twice as far
because this is a challenge break. Thanks to the
generous support of those donors, your gift is going
to go twice as far and know that your membership is
always current, so you're doing your part to continue
these programs and you don't need to wonder, is my
membership expired? Is it time to renew? Maybe it's
time to increase your sustaining gift. It's a
great time to do that as well. Use the QR code on
your screen. Visit us at pbswisconsin.org or give us
a call right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> And when you do make that call during this break,
your gift will be matched dollar for dollar because
it's a challenge break. I'm joined right now by Holly
De Ruyter. Welcome, Holly. Hi. Good to be here. Holly
is the producer of an exciting new program coming
to PBS Wisconsin in just about a year. Hometown
stories. Madison. Holly, you've worked on a number
of these hometown stories from around the state. Now
coming to Madison, how do you approach making a
program like this? >> You know, these programs,
when we start working on, I'm going to go into
communities. It is really overwhelming, really
getting to know all the history and the people and
events that shaped a community into what it is
today. But we really rely on the communities and the
people to come out and help us understand their story
and what's important to them in their community,
and what they feel best represents who they are as
a community. >> And they bring materials
for to use in the programs very often. Right?
>> That's correct. We have story sharing sessions
where people can bring stories and ideas for the
program. And then we also have archive collecting
events where people bring family photos. Or maybe
they're a big collector of items and they have great
items, you know, artifacts and postcards that they
share with us. And that really helps us find
materials to put in the program.
>> So two hours seems like a long time, but with a
rich history like Madison, there's a lot of stuff
that's just not going to make it to the screen. How
do you decide what to keep and what to cut?
>> That's a great question. It's really when we look at
the story as a whole, we really want to see what
stories really speak and help tell Madison's whole
story. Of all the variety of different communities we
have here in this great city of ours, and we rely a
lot on feedback we get from historians and community
members. >> Great. We'll be back
with Holly in just a couple of minutes. But first, back
over to Diane with a little bit more.
>> Yes. You know what? When you become a member of
public television at the sustainer level or above,
you have access to something that is very
unique. It's like sort of like a library under your
fingertips, but it's something that we call PBS
Passport. So take a second look at what this is,
become a member and become sustainer and it's all
yours. You got it. >> You're watching PBS
Wisconsin because you love what you find here. From
dramas and documentaries to travel and journalism. What
could be better? How about even more shows you love
when you want to watch them? Wherever you stream TV,
look for PBS. You'll find us anywhere. You select
your streaming services, and we have free on demand
shows for you to enjoy anytime.
[MUSIC] Plus, when you support PBS
Wisconsin, your member benefits can open up even
more to explore with PBS Passport. It includes more
than 1200 titles with new favorites from PBS and
beyond, even dramas from around the world.
>> You ain't seen nothing yet.
>> Your investment makes PBS Wisconsin possible for
you, your family, and your community, so join with a
gift at any of the levels we're suggesting, and then
join an even more adventures with PBS
Passport. >> Holly, I imagine when
you're doing a history of a community, there are always
surprises. There are always things that maybe tickle
you. And I know as a producer you need to love
everything. But are there any, any stories or any
items that really stood out to you about the history of
Madison? >> You know, with Madison,
a history that really stood out to me. It kind of
surprised me because I grew up in northeast Wisconsin.
We didn't have ice boating up there. And here in
Madison, it's really the center in the whole world.
It's a really big known center for ice boating. So
it's been really interesting to hear about
that history. And it's not just a recent history. It
goes back over 100 years and just learn about how
that has played a part throughout Madison's
history and continues to do so to this day.
>> And I imagine a lot of people just don't know that
about Madison's history. Yep. Well, we'll be looking
forward to the show. We'll be looking forward to
talking with you again in just a couple of minutes.
Now we're going to go back to Diane.
>> A lot of stories here in Wisconsin, right? A lot of
stories that we're enjoying in Remarkable Homes, the
show that we're taking a quick break from to have a
quick member challenge here. Again, your support. Become
a new member of public television. Your gift will
be matched by some very generous donors that have
pledged their support. Again, we do have these
great thank you gifts when you call and pledge to
become a sustainer at the $10 a month level, we'll
send you the I love PBS tote bag. Big wonderful
canvas tote bag. Become a member at the $15 a month
level, and we will send you the Wisconsin's own book.
And this is a wonderful hardbound book of 20 of the
most unique, I was going to say residential treasures,
but I think the people that were building them were
just as fascinating. All of that is just wonderfully
presented in the book. But become a member at the $20
level. We will send you both the book as well as
the as the I love PBS bag again, is our way of saying
thank you for making this happen. Here in in
Wisconsin, you're an important part of the
station. Give us a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> Which one are you? >> A number of years ago,
we made an emphasis. We put a priority on telling
stories of Wisconsin by people from Wisconsin and
stories for Wisconsin. And you are a vital part of
that. Together we can keep PBS Wisconsin strong.
Together we can do it together. We can keep
bringing you content like this, and we can make
future investments in more stories like this. So this
program, Remarkable Homes, is a few years old. Just
just a little while ago, we made the documentary about
Bucky, our beloved mascot here in Wisconsin. And we
have a few projects coming up, like you're hearing
about Hometown Stories, Madison, a new installment
in that story series, Wisconsin Hometown Stories.
We're going all across the state stitching together a
history of the state of Wisconsin, one community at
a time. Another program we're working on is Scenic
Treasures, a new installment of Scenic
Treasures focusing on waters, rivers, and
coastlines. You are a vital component in making all of
that happen. It starts during this challenge break
because your gift can go twice as far. Please make
the call. Show your support. Say this kind of programing
matters. The call 1-800-236-3636.
>> Holly PBS Wisconsin has been doing these hometown
stories for more than a decade, maybe decade,
decade and a half. There's got to be some impact on
those communities where you've been and told their
stories. >> For sure. This is
Madison will be my fourth Wisconsin Hometown Stories
episode, and it's just great to see the community
hear stories about people discovering their
communities, coming to visit, visiting their
historical sites, and wanting to learn more about
the community. Just because you learn a little bit, but
you're hungry for more after the show, so it's
great to hear that people start to get engaged and
visit these communities. >> And just like PBS
Wisconsin, these programs live on and on and on, and
they do it because of your financial support. It's
really important, especially during this
challenge break, that you make a call. Sometimes PBS
Wisconsin dips into the donations of individuals,
but you also do a lot of fundraising around the
state, get grants and foundation support for the
programs. >> For sure. And Wisconsin
Hometown Stories is one of those where we do go into
communities and they show up and support us with some
of the funding that we need for the program. But then
the show is also receives funding from the general
PBS Wisconsin money pool, too.
>> Okay. Well, you can build that pool of
programing. You can support great programs like
Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin. You can support
the upcoming Hometown Stories. Madison. The
important thing is that you go to your phone or go to
your console and make your gift. This is a challenge
break. The value of your gift will be doubled
because of the money set aside as a challenge. Grant.
Make your gift. Make the impact of your gift. Go
twice as far. Build the programing budget of the
future and maybe the next hometown stories after
Madison. Through your financial support, we
appreciate every gift that you make. Now is the time
to go to your phone. Make that call. Call us at
1-800-236-3636. You'll be glad you did.
>> I love what Holly said about watching public
television makes you hungry for more. That is so true.
I mean, you're learning something. You're finding
out something that in your curiosity is just so piqued
and you just keep exploring further. Lots of ways you
can do that, of course, certainly through our PBS
Passport when you become a sustainer member. PBS
Passport is like a museum or a library, kind of all
at once here. But before I go on to if you're hungry
for more, we have some thank you gifts that are
going to help you enjoy what we've been watching
here. Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin, an incredible
show. We're going back to just a quick minute again
with a gift of $10 a month, we will send you the I Love
Wisconsin or I love PBS tote bag, but at the $15 a
month level, we will send you Wisconsin Zone Book.
Now, this is a more in depth look at some of the
remarkable homes around Wisconsin. Give us a call
for that. At the $20 a month, we will send you
both the book as well as the tote bag to. Again,
your support has never been more important. You're
building the future Wisconsin. Thank you. Thank
you for doing that. Thanks for taking the time to do
that. Go online at pbswisconsin.org and do it.
Or talk to one of our great volunteers. Give us a call
1-800-236-3636 and enjoy more remarkable homes of
Wisconsin that you made possible. Thank you.
Well, we learned a little bit more about beautiful
homes here in Wisconsin and
the people who made them happen. The people who
lived there and some of the stories behind the homes.
This is the rich tapestry, the fabric of Wisconsin
that PBS Wisconsin brings you each and every day. We
do so many local programs, more than almost any other
public broadcaster around the country. And you know
how we're able to do it through the financial
support of people like you. Your gifts to PBS Wisconsin
helps us build the budget that allows us to go out
and shoot and edit and put the team together to do the
research and do the sound recording and make a
program of such quality and such interest that we come
back to this one again and again and again. This show
is ten years old and it's still brings audiences and
it's still intrigues us, and it still inspires us
about all the wonderful things that it means to
live here in Wisconsin. You can do a wonderful thing
while living here in Wisconsin. You can support
PBS Wisconsin by calling 1-800-236-3636 and making
your gift. >> Yeah. Hello, I'm Diane
Agans and yeah, show your love for for PBS Wisconsin
by making a gift right now. And I just have to say, I
love this little I love PBS tote bag. Now, this is a
thank you gift that we would love to send you when
you make a sustainer gift of $10 a month. But I heart
PBS for sure. Don't we all? Now, with a gift of $15 a
month, we'll send you a book that's so beautifully
complements the wonderful show that we just watched.
The book's title is Wisconsin's Own. It is the
20 Remarkable Homes here in Wisconsin, and the
backstories behind them, beautifully photographed by
Jane Williams and wonderfully researched. Now,
again, that's a gift of $15. If you wish, make a gift of
$20. Thank you very much. If you're able to do that,
we'll send you both the book as well as the tote
bag. Just sort of our way of saying thanks for
keeping it going here. Give us a call at 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling. I'm director of friends of
PBS Wisconsin. Member support is now more
important than ever. Your support is more important
than ever. Public media has been facing some funding
challenges, and we are rising to that challenge.
We're going to meet that challenge and we're going
to continue into the future. And that's because of your
support. If you join us as a member, if you join us as
a sustainer today, join over 80,000 families in
Wisconsin in supporting public media, in bringing
great programs like this. Malcolm gave you a sense of
what we pour into these kinds of programs, but it
goes far beyond programs like this. It's all of the
national schedule. It's the children's programing, it's
educational and engagement work that happens off
broadcast. It's all made possible because of your
support, your sustaining support. Become a new
member, become a new sustainer, an ongoing
monthly contributor today, use the QR code. Visit us
online at pbswisconsin.org. Or better still, call us
right now at 1-800-236-3636. >> Well, with your help,
PBS Wisconsin sets the bar on authentic, engaging
storyteller storytelling. And back with us. Holly,
the writer producer of the soon well, 1012 months soon
hometown stories. Madison. Now you're the producer,
but you don't do all the work yourself.
>> No, no, there's another producer on the program.
And then we also have a lead videographer and
editor who's the same person, and we've been
working really tightly as a team to come together to
craft the look of the program, to scout locations
and find really engaging places to invite all these
amazing people that we found to talk about Madison
history. So not only do we have amazing interview
subjects, but we have amazing backgrounds that
really speak to the subjects and the history
that they're sharing about. >> People know how engaging
our shows are by watching them, but they don't really
know so much about the authenticity, the high
standards that we bring. How do you bring that
authenticity, and how do you live up to those
standards that people come to expect?
>> Yeah, for sure. It is a really high bar that we've
met for ourselves or set for ourselves, but we
really enjoy getting to work with a lot of experts
locally that help us meet those high standards, that
help us understand this history, so we can make
sure that we're telling a story that's true and
authentic to the community, and will entertain people,
too. That's a big thing, too. We don't want people
just to hear facts. We want people to be entertained
and engaged. So it's a lot of hard work and a lot of
collaboration with our team of people.
>> I love the way you put that authentic and engaging
and of course, inspiring and entertaining, and it's
all because of your membership gifts to PBS
Wisconsin. So if you've made your gift, thank you.
You're building our future. If you haven't made your
gift, there's still time to do it. And with some of the
ways we say thank you, let's go back over to Diane.
>> That's right. Or if it's been a while since you've
made a gift, come on back again. We have some thank
you gifts that we'd like to offer you. When you do come
back again, a gift of $10 a month, we will send you the
I love PBS tote bag and this is just way too much
fun. 22 inch straps and handles here, but this is
100% cotton duck material, so very heavy canvas.
Anyway, make a gift of $15 a month and we'll send you
the remarkable book from the remarkable homes that
we've just watched here. But this is a book called
Wisconsin's Own. It's a 320 page hardcover volume of 20
of the most remarkable homes in Wisconsin, and the
stories behind them make a gift of $10 a month, and
we'll send you both the book as well as the tote
bag. Again, thanks for making a part of being a
part of what really makes it happen here at Public
Television. Give us a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> And remember, there's another benefit to all the
levels that Diane just told you about. We'd love to say
thank you to you at any one of those levels with a gift
from this program. But Passport Deep Vault as a
member benefit of additional video content.
It's everything from more local content to Walter
Presents, so you could discover your new favorite
international mystery by becoming a member now, by
becoming a sustainer now and getting access to PBS
Passport this deep vault of additional content you can
dig into and enjoy. So not only can you control when
you're watching something, but you can find more and
more and more things to discover on PBS, which is
the best place to keep discovering things anyway?
We'd also like to say thank you with "Airwaves", our
monthly program guide. Also, lots of things to discover
in here, our monthly schedule, and previews of
events and other shows coming up. It starts with
your gift, which you can make by calling
1-800-236-3636. >> As you probably know,
PBS Wisconsin and all public media have been
working through some financial challenges over
the last year. And the great news is the public,
our supporters, our viewers, our audiences have stepped
up and really made a difference. And things are
looking really good and we thank you for that. If
you've been part of it and from year to year each year
your gift helps build the budget for the next year. I
hope you'll also think about something else. And
that's our Heritage Society. When you and your family
are considering your estate planning, think about a
legacy gift to PBS Wisconsin. My wife, Penny,
and I have made our legacy gift, and I can't tell you
how satisfying it is to know that when our state
plans pay out, PBS Wisconsin will be supported
now and into the future, and you can do the same. So
we encourage you to think about the Heritage Society.
Find out more about it by going online at
pbswisconsin.org. But right now, make your gift to PBS
Wisconsin by calling the number on your screen.
Diane. >> Love to hear from you
before we turn out the lights for the night, if
you would still time to go ahead, you can go online to
pbswisconsin.org and receive some of the same
gifts. Or you can talk to one of our wonderful
volunteers that are here in the studio by giving us a
call and asking about these thank you gifts again at
the $10 a month level, we'd love to send you the I love
PBS Wisconsin Canvas bag at the $15 a month level, we
have the hardcover book Wisconsin's Own, which
highlights 20 of the most remarkable residences in
Wisconsin. And then, with a gift of $20, we will send
you both the book as well as the PBS tote bag. The
important thing is to go ahead and give us a call
here right now at 1-800-236-3636.
>> It is the best time to call. Please do give us a
call. I want to tell you a little bit about public
broadcasting here in Wisconsin. Wisconsin's
always been a leader in public broadcasting. We
invented public broadcasting, Wisconsin
Public Radio and then TV, which became PBS Wisconsin,
have been leaders in educational programing from
the very beginning. Our roots are founded in
service and innovation and serving in particular, the
people of Wisconsin. That's you. And one of our
strengths in doing that is, in fact, you. We're all
doing this together. Let's keep public broadcasting in
Wisconsin strong together. We do this for you. We do
this about you. We celebrate this wonderful
state that we're in, and we want this to continue for
generations to come. Please be a part of that. Give at
the levels we talked about, give at whatever level is
right for you. If you can give a little bit more,
please do so. Make a call one (800) 236-3636. Thank
you very much.