OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie
Former morning news co-anchors Dan Presser and Carrie Cokins reunite behind the microphone after 20+ years! Join Dan & Carrie as they catch up with old newsroom friends and explore new topics. What's old is new again!
**Podcast photo and Zoom background images courtesy of photographer, Gregg Schieve of Schieve Photo.
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Episodes
39 episodes
Dr. Patty Loew: Discovering her Native American Roots and the Profound Impact on her Journalism Career
We are honored to have Dr. Patty Loew as our guest today! Dr. Loew was recently inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, and it’s easy to see why! She has truly done it all…radio broadcasting, local ...
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Steve Rohrer: A Rise Through the TV Ranks
Former TV General Manager Steve Rohrer started his broadcast career in the control room. From there, he went on to do it all...from promotions to sales...to management. Through it all, his humanity, work ethic and professionalism led to a succe...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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TMJ4's Steve Chamraz: Realizing His Dream/Changing Laws/Taylor Swift
Award winning journalist Steve Chamraz gives us the inside scoop on how he became a main news anchor in Milwaukee. Hear how he rose through the ranks and why you may have to step back in market size to move up in the industry. ...
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A Trip Down Under for "Come From Away"
Our old friend Shannon Payette Seip spent the start of the Holiday Season performing in the Western Australia Premiere of Come From Away. This episode she checks in with an update on her experience in the show and in Perth, Australia.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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Tami Kou: "The Mistress of Disaster" - How a Decade in News Prepped Her for Crisis Communications
Former TV News Reporter Tami Kou's perseverance is a lesson for us all. She set her sights on what she wanted and was relentless in her news and career pursuits. Kou's decade working in TV news gave her the skills to flip fro...
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58:47
Steve Sabatke: A Radio Journalist Delivers His Hometown News
Radio was his medium but the Golden Age of TV delivered one of former journalist, Steve Sabatke's favorite stories. Listen in as Steve tells us about his conversation with TV Dad, Fred MacMurray of the 60's sitcom My ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Prof. Emeritus James Hoyt - Part 2: The Push to get Bob Teague into the UW Athletic HOF/Political Ads & Coverage/Cameras in the Courtroom
In Part 2 of our conversation - Professor Emeritus James Hoyt's push to get Bob Teague into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame. Teague was a successful journalist, UW-Madison grad, and the first black starter on the UW-Madison foo...
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Prof. Emeritus James Hoyt - Part 1: The UW-Madison J-School Legend on Local News/College Athletics/Playing Tuba
Professor Emeritus James Hoyt was (and still is!) a legend on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. Not only did he teach 16,000+ students in the Journalism School, he has done everything in broadcasting from installing rooft...
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Bob Miller: Part 2 - The Emerald Isle and his Bucket List
How does a guy who grew up in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin get to be known as TV Boss Bob in Ireland? Find out as Bob Miller continues his conversation with Dan & Carrie on Old News. Plus, find out what's still on this former broadcast indust...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Bob Miller: Part 1 - A Broadcasting Innovator
These days, Bob Miller tells his stories from the coast of Ireland. But, it all started in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for this former broadcast manager and innovator. In part one of our interview with Bob, find out how his career impacted TV w...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Peg Cokins: From Stage IV Bladder Cancer to NED (No Evidence of Disease)
In 2004, Peg Cokins was diagnosed with bladder cancer. It was slow growing and treated as more of a nuisance than a life-threatening situation. Things took a turn when the cancer spread to a kidney, which was removed. In 2016, Peg receive...
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Justin Bomberg: It was Only Rock & Roll but He Liked It!
Stories have always been a big part of our guest's life. From childhood to a career in TV...to touring with one of the greatest Rock & Roll Bands of all time -- The Rolling Stones...Justin Bomberg has drawn plenty of Satisfaction from his l...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:24
And that's a (Season 1) Wrap! See you after a short break!
Dan & Carrie wrap up Season 1 before taking a short summer break! Have interview suggestions for Season 2? We'd love to hear from you! Please review our show (5-stars, please!) and Subscribe so you never miss an ep...
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The Used Book Club: Summer Reads and More!
Just in time for a short Summer Break, Old News introduces a new segment...The Used Book Club. Carrie's brother-in-law, Jeff Rood, joins the podcast and explains how his wife's book club has led to many great, and some not-so-great reads for hi...
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Sarah Carlson: From Epileptic Seizures Live on TV...to Helping others with Epilepsy
A video clip of Sarah Carlson anchoring the news while having an epileptic seizure went viral in the early 2000s. It was just the start of her long, difficult journey with epilepsy. Now a new medication has changed everything. ...
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52:05
Children's Book Author Erin Berge Takes to the Podcast
Editor & Digital strategist by day for the Discover Magazine website, Erin Berge used free time to take her idea for a children's book to print. A few years later, Olive Takes to the Sea was launched. In this episode, Erin tells Dan & C...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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48:57
Kim Dawson-Brooks: Storytelling through TV News, PR & Marketing, Photography, Perfume, & Wine!
There's a common thread running through the reporters we've interviewed on OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie...an intense love for storytelling. Kim Dawson-Brooks takes storytelling to the next level, whether it's reporting the news, sharing...
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55:34
Margo Losey Mikkelson: From behind the scenes in TV News to in the scenes on stage.
It was a couple years of living in Australia that sent this Kansas based stage performer on a detour through the TV News business. But, it didn't take long for Margo Losey Mikkelson to find her way back to music and the theatre. In this episode...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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57:21
Professor Kathleen (Katy) Culver: Head of the UW-Madison Journalism School on Social Media, Drones, AI, and MORE!
Today's episode of OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie is for anyone who consumes news, works in news, or has heard of news! We're getting higher level education from the head of the Journalism School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,...
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Paul Pitas: Anchoring News and Culver's Communications
A young Paul Pitas thought he was going to be an Aeronautical Engineer. A few Physics and Chemistry classes later he realized Business and Marketing degrees were a better route for him. First, though. he landed in TV news, starting his ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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51:58
Ken Syke: TV Sportscaster, Play-by-play Announcer, and Using those Skills in other Fields!
If you watched sports in Wisconsin (and several other states!) "back in the day," you'll probably recognize this man's voice. In this podcast episode of OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie, Ken Syke takes us into the world of broadcasting i...
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52:53
Jill Genter and Steve Donovan: A Couple of TV Creatives
Local TV has been a launchpad for many careers, including a couple of our favorite creatives: Jill Genter and Steve Donovan. In Jill's case it was also a tumbling pad and a great landing place for a decades-long career in Marketing and Cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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58:58
Samara Sodos: Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Teaching at the College Level, UW-Madison Humorology, and Bon Jovi!
(Previously recorded April 17th)Join our conversation with Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Samara Sodos! Sam realized her elementary school reporting dreams with a career that's taken her across the country and world! Today, Sa...
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34:57
Sandy Kowal: Telling Stories with Video, Drums and a Mic
Sandy Kowal of Simply Creative Production has done so much. Who knew? She started in TV News as a photographer, became the first Assistant News Director at WKOW-TV, and started her own production business. Plus, she's a heck of a musician and...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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48:47
Shannon Payette Seip: TV News, Bean Sprouts Cafe, and Bucket List Theater
Shannon Payette Seip's career path is like none other! From early days working in TV news, to creating the healthy, kid- focused restaurant chain, Bean Sprouts, to taking her musical theater dreams to the next level...hear what drives Sh...
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