Camp Cast

On this episode of the Camp Cast we do a full Green & White recap with only one event to go! We have on three of our Green & White Captains to dive deep into the sing, claim the castle, Bari's Biffs, Doc's Run, Town Day and more. Enjoy.

It's the annual cousin-cast! Tonight we have on the Rosenthal/Gordon family to recap a wild Camper/Counselor Switch Day, catch up on Green & White, revisit some competition stories, throw some hot takes out there, and much more. Enjoy!

On this Green & White extravaganza episode we bring on Cabin 12 studs Cooper Mazza and Avi Kirshenbaum. They talk to Jason about the four Green & White events in the last 24 hours, preview our upcoming camper/counselor switch day, and much more. Enjoy.

Hey GreenNation! We are back with a full detailed recap of our competition with Camp Kawaga. Unfortunately Menominee did not come out on top, losing 38-35. To recap the entire thing we bring on some of our best counselors and coaches Charlie Eisenberg, Daniel Shamah, and (later in the episode ) Chase Kaplan. At the end we also give a Green & White update, talk about the sing, and some other nonsense. Enjoy.

We are through 30 events in our competition with Camp Kawaga and the score is CM-15, CK-15. This is going to be a close one folks. Today we have three camp veterans from cabin 13 on the podcast to talk about all the action from an intense first day of competition. Hope you enjoy our conversation with Spencer Polovin, Zach Field, and Jake Auslander.

On this VERY special 2 part episode, we start in 2025 and recap the first 3 events of our big competition with Camp Kawaga, 11U, 13U, and 16U Tennis! We had three intense tennis meets today and to recap it all we bring on three studs, Carter Parks, Reid Parks, and Max Weiss. Then in Part 2, we travel ALL the way back to 2018, and revisit a conversation Jason had with CM veteran legends Justin Schoeneman, Taylor Beauseigneur, Jonah Weiss, and Andrew Blechman. This pod was recorded in Season 1 of the Camp Cast, but focuses on the significance of the competition itself. We talked about the all of the life lessons our boys take away from these intense days at camp, how important it is to compete as Team Menominee once each summer, what this event means to the Menominee Family each year, and share some personal competition stories. Hoping new families will enjoy this look at the competition from a different perspective, and returning families will enjoy the nostalgia in listening to some of our favorite guests. Go Menominee...Beat Kawaga!

On this pre-competition podcast I have on Cabin 7 all stars Liam Jaremchuk and Elton Doepke. We talk about the end of the Cross Camp Classic, dig a little more into Green and White, do a small preview of the big competition coming up, and much, much more. Enjoy.

On this episode of the podcast we keep it positive with best friends Abner Nasatir and Beau Coleman. The boys help recap a great day of camp, and give each other a ton of compliments on the way! They also turn the tables on Jason and end up asking him more questions than he asked them. Enjoy.

On this special BONUS episode of the podcast, Jason is joined in studio by Marc, Max, and Nate Beermann. They have decades of camp experience in pretty much all aspects of CM from Camper to program director, and they share all of their insights. We get into alumni favorites (hot takes, camp grudges/regrets, best stories) and have an amazing conversation about camp. Enjoy.

We are back with a vengeance on this episode of the podcast. Tonight we are joined by Cabin 2 (and newly inducted 5-year club members) Josh Schreier, Alec Schwartz, and Jack Friedman! We recap a controversial Vroom, discuss the Cross Camp Classic, look ahead to our color run with Chippewa, and get a little bit of a song night preview. Enjoy.

IT'S GREEN & WHITE!! On this episode of the podcast we are joined by 4 of our 8 Green & White Captains to discuss the reveal, the teams, look ahead to what is coming, and all things Green & White. We also recap Campus Clash and an epic 5-year night at camp. Enjoy!

It's Sunday which means it's time for Ask the Director! This is the weekly live radio show where the Senior Cabin pitch real and very not real ideas given by the campers to help "improve camp". It's a mess, but we love it. Sorry in advance for the audio...this one is not recorded in studio, but live in the front office broadcast over the PA system.

On this lazy day Sunday BONUS episode of the podcast Jason welcomes former camper, and current camp dad, Matt "Chico" Weiss. We record live in the pod studio at camp, as Chico was at the friendly confines to present a 5-year Jacket to one of our campers. We have an amazing conversation about life as a camper, life as a camp dad, and life/camp in general. Enjoy!

On todays podcast we have the California connection Rex Kohner and Axel Roth. The boys join us to give us a Campus Clash update, tell us about an ELECTRIC song and cheer night, and much more. Enjoy.

We have two action packed days of camp to cover, and so today we bring in the heavy hitters to break it all down. We have birthday boy Sonny Siegel and his brother Hank on the podcast to bring the energy and the stories from two fantastic days at camp. Enjoy!

On this episode of the Camp Cast we have first year campers Benji Mauer and Beckett Thomas. These friends from home talk about adjusting to camp life, their favorite activities, the chaos in their cabin, and give some great shout outs. Enjoy.

It's the first FULL day of second session, so we brought out the big guns and welcomed 3rd year campers Matthew Federman and Theo Jaremchuk. The boys talked to Jason about an amazing day of firsts, reveals, league games, and much more. Enjoy.

Welcome back or welcome to the Camp Cast. We are so excited to be back with you for Session II 2025. Tonight on the podcast we have our friend and jack of all trades at camp, Jeremy Wishne. We talk about a great first day at camp and look ahead to an amazing first session. Enjoy.

Wow...first session just FLEW by. We can't believe it's over, but we made a ton of memories, and gained dozens of new Menominee Family members. On this late late late night episode of the podcast we have on CM veterans and members of our 2025 Programing Team Daniel Shamah, Nate Beermann, Charlie Eisenberg, and Brady Kay to talk all things first session...and a lot of nonsense. Hope you enjoy.

It's time for King...of the Camp! We had a long day of KOTC championship today folks, and we capped it off with two thrilling basketball games under the lights. Today our podcast is a live recording of the 12 and Under then 13 and Over Basketball Finals. Enjoy!

Are you ready for some football?!?! That's right folks, for the first time EVER we play the King of the Camp flag football championships under the lights. We rented some fields in town, took the whole camp out there, had the music going, concessions flowing, and had an absolute blast. On this episode of the podcast we do a LIVE broadcast of the championship games for 12 and Under then 13 and over. Jason is joined by professional broadcaster Andrew Blechman on the call. They give you riveting play by play, coach, player and sideline interviews, cameos from the stands, and much more. Enjoy!

Today on the podcast we have the brothers Fishman! Isaac and Benny join us to talk about King of the Camp playoffs, preview the Twilight League championships, and much more! Enjoy.

On this episode of the podcast we have cabin 13 standouts Talyn Fornal and Aiden Rubin-Vayner! They discuss an amazing couple days at camp including B&A, Town Day, King of the Camp playoffs preview, Rock Band Night, and much more. ---Please take a moment to read below about the devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country, and how you can support in this difficult time. The American Camp Association (ACA) has collected various ways you can help the Texas Hill Country in the wake of the devastating floods. Our colleagues and friends need our collective care to recover and rebuild.Kerr County Flood Relief FundSalvation ArmyTexas Community RecoveryACA Disaster Assistance Scholarship FundThank you for supporting our Texas Hill Country camps. Camps across the country work tirelessly to provide safe, enriching experiences, and our focus remains on supporting those affected during this incredibly difficult time. This tragedy is a sobering reminder of the unpredictable forces of nature. Now, the strength of the camp community will rally in compassion and unity when it matters most.

Happy Birthday America, and what an amazing few days we have had at camp! To recap British and American, give us a King of the Camp update, talk a bit about our social and fireworks with Marimeta, and more, we have on second year standouts K'Vyon Stoner and Jaxon Heiskell. Before we get to the convo w/ the boys, Jason has his nieces Zoey and Summer on for a special introduction! Enjoy.

We are getting close to the 4th of July and that can only mean one thing...British and American!! On this amazing episode of the podcast we have Parker Subrin and Nick Poster on to tell us about the surprise B&A start, and our first few B&A events. We also touch on our counselor Volleyball game w/ Kawaga.

We are back from Trip Week! Today on the podcast we have groups from all of our trips to share amazing stories from their time out of camp. 1:38 - 11-year-old Canoe Trip16:22 - 13-year-old Dells Trip35:07 - 14-year-old Mackinac Island Trip45:28 - Senior Cabin White Water Rafting TripEnjoy!

We are still in the midst of trip week and so today on the podcast we are joined by conquerers of the 12 year old canoe trip Jude Hendershot and Mack McEvers. They talk all about their 2 day trip, give some other summer highlights, and we dive a little bit into Mack's love for West African drumming. Enjoy!

On this powerhouse of a podcast we are joined by 3rd year campers Parker Morris and Brody Kaplan. The guys recap their trip to the zoo, preview trip week, give some amazing shout outs, tell some great stories, discuss what animals they think they can beat up...and much more. We also have a Menominee first and take a live call from Jon and Courtney Sider mid-podcast. Enjoy1

It's Sunday and that can only mean one thing...the Camper Council! Every week the campers get together with the Senior Cabin and give their suggestions to improve camp or "improve camp". Tonight on the podcast we go live with the Senior Cabin, and broadcast it to the entire CM community over the PA system. Jason responds to each and every suggestion made by the campers. Enjoy.

Did Sun or Wind prevail in the final two events of this years competition? Was today the best day of camp that we have had yet? How much controversy was there in the final capture the flag game? Find out on this episode of the podcast with Brody Goldman, Isaac Bednyak, and Huxley Evangelist! Enjoy.

On this amazing episode of the podcast we have on 3 of the 4 intermediate Twilight League Captains Ellis Benjamin, Jack Boehnke, and Beau Hardy. We talk about an incredible Dance Night at CM, catch up on King of the Camp, TLL, the craziness in their cabins, and so much more. Enjoy.

On this incredible episode of the podcast, we have first year campers Teddy Elberts and Fin Laughton...though you may not believe they are first year campers! These two come on the podcast and sound like veterans. They bring the stories, share their impressions of their first summer, talk favorite food and events, and recap an amazing day at camp including our first Menominee Way values ceremony! Enjoy.

It's Horse Racing night at Camp Menominee, and that can only mean one thing...a LIVE podcast. On tonights episode we broadcast from Menominee Downs (aka the Mess Hall) as Cabins 3, 4, and 18 host one of our favorite campfires of the year. Jason is joined by professional sports broadcaster Andrew Blechman to call all 6 races, interview the winning horses and jockeys, and just have a grand ole time at the track. Enjoy.

On this very special episode of the podcast we go late night post-social with Sidney Schwulst, Eli Bulmer, and Josiah Prince! We talk about a great day of camp that ended in a social at Chippewa Ranch Camp! Enjoy.

It's the hottest day of the summer...but that didn't stop us from having an amazing day at camp. Today the podcast is taken over by Cabin 4, as Jason is joined by Graham Wolf, Levi Ettleman, and Stanley Sider. They talk all about our morning clinics, our King of the Camp swim and track meets, give us a Twilight League update, and preview the 2025 Spelling Bee. Enjoy!

On this episode of the podcast we have Cabin 9 camp stalwarts Noah Yashar, Noah Rothbart, and Ronin Feldman. We talk all about a great day at camp including some hilarious nighttime routines in Cabin 9, preview our first traditional skit night of the summer, discuss camp sites for hot dog cookouts, give a robust Twilight League update, and try to get NoRo and Ronin to let Noah Yashar get a word in! Enjoy.

This podcast comes on the heels of an AMAZING song and cheer night at camp...capping off a perfect Northwoods day. The Senior Cabin leads song and cheer night so, naturally, we had three standouts from the evening on to recap it and the entire day at CM. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode with Carter Parks, Anthony Kruswicki, and Sammy Sosnow.

It cannot be a camp season without a Cole Stein/Beau Davidson podcast! Today we bring out the heavy hitters as these 3 year camp veterans come on to talk about all the great things we did at camp today, give some theories on canteen numbers, and much more. Enjoy!

On this very special episode of the camp cast we have intermediate all-stars Bennett Rue and Dayne Schneider, and newly appointed Jr. TLL captain Jake Gangel join us to talk about a day of Menominee Firsts! We started Big Ten instructional activities, we got into our first King of the Camp Games, and we of course started Twilight League! This was such a fun episode, we hope you enjoy.

Welcome to first session 2025!!!! The first actual night of camp is here. We have a packed house at camp and we are so excited the boys are back with us at the friendly confines. We are even more excited to get back to the traditional podcast format where Jason talks to campers every night! As is tradition, he is joined by the CITs on the first night. They recap an awesome first day of camp, preview the summer, shout people out, call Jason out on some things (naturally), and much, much more. Enjoy!

This is a VERY special episode of the Camp Cast because we have a Menominee First!! It's our first ever Father/Son edition of the pod. We have on Father/Son decade club members Harley Rosenthal and Mike Lieberman to talk all things Father/Son Camp, share their stories and thoughts about the program, and look ahead to their boys' upcoming summer at camp.

On this pre-camp episode of the Camp Cast we have legendary Camp alumni Andrew Blechman and Benjie Soren on to talk about Fantasy Camp, their impressions of the 2025 Staff after observing and helping during training week, a look ahead to Father/Son 2025, and a nice discussion about the best pitcher at Menominee that for sure won't rattle any cages...enjoy!

We are back with Season 8 of the Camp Cast! Welcome everyone to the Camp Menominee Camp Cast. On this podcast throughout the year you will hear interviews with campers 5-7 times a week during the summer, and in-depth camp discussions with Alumni, Staff, and everyone passionate enough to sit down with us and talk about camp. We are so excited to be here for another season of camp, and this podcast!Today on the show we have former Camper, Counselor, Director, and Owner of Camp Menominee, Glenn Klein! We talk about everything from Glenn's first summer as a camper in 1969 to his last as the owner in 1997. For those of you that know Glenn, you know he can tell very detailed and elaborate stories...and he does not disappoint here. We covered as much as we could...but there will surely have to be at least a part 2. For our regular listeners you may be used Jason hosting these episodes on his own. However, on this episode we wanted to make sure we had someone who has known Glenn since the earlier days of his ownership at Camp, so we asked our Assistant Director Woody to join us. We hope you enjoy the premier episode of Season 8!

Good Evening Everybody! Today was the last full day of camp, and we had an incredible day and evening. Tonight Jason is joined by Brett Weiss and Jeremy Kohlenbrener. They recap an awesome last day of the summer, go through EVERY award given out tonight to shout out the recipients, and break down our values awards, stick awards, and the Nate Wasserman Award. At the end of this recording, we post the speeches given and live reactions to our six values awards, the stick award, and the Nate Wasserman Award. We love you all. We love this camp. Thanks for being on this journey with us in the summer of 2024.

On this mid-day BONUS episode of the podcast we are joined by first year camper Grayson Bogan and third year camper Will Yudelovitch. We catch up on our Twilight League Championship playoffs, look back at the summer, and offer some advice for first year campers. Enjoy! Check back later tonight for our traditional end of summer podcast.

We have another two part extravaganza tonight on the podcast. We just finished the two most important events in Green & White: The Sing and The Relay. In part one we bring on Cabin 12 superstars Krasny, Polovin, Rosen, & Meyers to break down the sing, talk about the results of the Sing and do a full preview of every event in the upcoming Relay. In part 2, we are joined by 5-year all star Evan Lieberman and Rookie of the Year favorite Rex Kohner to talk about one of the closest relays we have ever seen. Everything in Green & White came down to the relay today, and we broke down how it went, who stood out, what happened during the balloon toss, and reveal which team won Green & White. Enjoy!

We are into our last week of camp and that means the cream of the crop for Green & White games and for podcasts guests. Tonight Jason is joined by veteran campers Jake Auslander and Zach Field to break down Doc's Run, Town Day, Claim the Castle, the Hatchet Hunt, and much, more.

Today's podcast is all Denver as we are joined by Jacob Stinar, Easton White, Reid Parks, and Max Weiss. We dive into all of our Green & White events this week and much, more. Enjoy!

On this action packed episode of the podcast, we have on the cousins Rosenthal (and Gordon). The boys came on to talk all things camp, but we ended up just doing a full competition day 2 recap! We dive into all the games, close calls, highs and lows of an amazing 2024 Menominee vs. Kawaga competition. Enjoy!

What a day! We just finished Day 1 of our 2-day competition with Camp Kawaga. To recap the 28 event day we first have on 11 and Under starts Judah Nitzkin, Eli Thompson, and Jack Boehnke. They break down a lot of 11U events today including 5 Newcomb games, 5 softball games and a hockey game. Then we bring on 12 year camper/counselor and podcast favorite Andrew Blechman who is visiting this week. We dive deeper into the day, and then bring on Brady Weiss to tell us all about what happened with the 13 and unders at Kawaga today. Then we finish the podcast with a bunch of nonsense. Enjoy!

On this amazing episode of the podcast we have on 2nd year camper Simon Zusin and 5th year camper Max Schuman. We recap the final day of the Green & White Cross Camp Classic, our competition jersey reveal, our first day of practices, and much more!