Camp Cast

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!

On this incredible episode of the podcast we have Cabin 11 best friends Sean Rechitsky, Noah Elkind, and Noah Radosky on to discuss the first day of the Green & White Cross Camp Classic, their favorites and least favorites of the summer, preview their song night song, and much more. Enjoy!

Tradition is tradition at Camp, and when we play a night time game against other camps, Jeremy and Brett have to come on and recap it. We also dive into two great days at camp and get you all up to date on Green & White. Enjoy!

We had a crazy action packed few days at camp, so we needed a two part pod to sort it all out! In part one we have junior campers Tucker Kaufman and Tobin Cynoski on to discuss our first Lazy Day Sunday, our first values campfire at The Way, how their first summer at camp has been, and much more! Then in part two we bring on 14 year old campers and podcast legends Oliver Schwartz and Eli Mutnick. They dive deeper into the Green & White reveal and the Way, discuss our first few Green & White events (including fan favorite Vroom), talk about the golden flag ending to Vroom, go into depth about how the 14 year old age group is bonding, and much more. Enjoy!

We have another two part extravaganza podcast! In Part 1 Jason is joined by CITs Chase Kaplan, Max Agins & Tyler Field. They recap an awesome couple days at camp including Jeremy's surprise 20th Year celebration, Mid-Summer Madness, an AMAZING Max Agins trip week story, and we hear the guys do impressions of Jason. Then in Part 2, you'll hear a late night recording from Thursday night with Jeremy Kohlenbrener and Brett Weiss. This record is an honest, heartfelt, and candid conversation about our experience at another camp that evening where our kids endured two 16 and under basketball games and a softball game, but more so how we were treated during those games. Let's just say, we are so proud to wear Green & White, and have the Menominee Way values that we hold dear. Enjoy!

It's our third live episode of the summer! Tonight, Jeremy Kohlenbrener once again joins Jason to record a live podcast during a fun special event at camp. We hosted the local Rhinelander 15U Hodags baseball team for a friendly game against the boys in Green (actually white tonight). During the broadcast we were joined by a lot of people for play by play, color commentary, a recap of an amazing day at camp, and much, much more. Guests include: Melanie Rein, Cooper Provus (play by play), Avi Kirshenbaum, Morrison Gold, Chase Kaplan, Eli Flaum, Jackson Flaum, Oliver Schwartz, Ethan Schwartz, Hank Siegel, Hetty Simenacz, Grace Smart, Grace Brownridge, and Chad the Dad. Enjoy!

Today was about as great of a "normal" day at camp that we can have! To help recap it, we have Matthew Feinberg and Irving Dowling on the pod. We talk about Big Ten, Mid Summer Madness, some Menominee Firsts of the Day, our first Big/Little Brother event, and much more. Enjoy!

Welcome to Session II everybody. We are back with regular episodes of the Camp Cast. Tonight on the podcast we have Cabin 7 standouts Cole Stein and Jonah Lazarus. We talk about our first 2 days of camp, the reveals of Mid Summer Madness and Twilight League, how the food has been, and much, much more. Enjoy!

Session I just FLEW by. We can't believe it is over, and while we still have a lot of camping left to do, we need to spend some time looking back at a great first session of 2024. On this episode of the Camp Cast Jason is joined by counselors and 10 year club members Brady Weiss, Cooper Spector, Jack Kaplan, and Harrison Hoffman to talk all things Session I, dive into their legacies at camp, talk a little stick, and much more. Enjoy.

Oh boy do we have a treat for you on this episode of the camp cast. You will hear for the first time ever on this podcast a King of the Camp Champion getting crowned. We get not one, but two live broadcasts of the 12 and under and 13 and over basketball finals. The first game features Knights vs. Dragons in the 12U final. These teams put their ALL out there and you are not going to want to miss one of the more epic comebacks in the history of the game. If you don't know the names Dylan Gangel and Nick Poster...you will by the end of this episode. Then you get a classic rivalry battle between the 13O Knights, and Phoenix. All the Knights need is one of those two wins to earn their first ever King of the Camp Championship...does it happen??? Find out and enjoy!

On this episode of the Camp Cast we have 3 days of camp to cover, so we made this a 2 parter! We cover town day, our social with Agawak, go deep into our King of the Camp playoffs update, and much more! Part 1: Nels Johnson, Jack de Luito, Michael Hazan Part 2: Bennett Rue, Huntley Citron, Dayne Schneider

We had an incredible day at camp today, and so we needed a two part podcast to recap it all. On todays episode, Jason is first joined by one of our favorite guests Jeremy Kohlenbrener for the "intro". We dive into our first counselor game of the summer against Camp Kawaga...a counselor volleyball win for Menominee. Then brothers Carter and Reid Parks come on to talk about the rest of our camp day including the conclusion of B&A, our intense camper/counselor tennis tournament, and much more. Enjoy.

We have had a WILD two days at camp, and on today's podcast we have on Cabin 9 superstars Derek Zivin and Nick Poster. We cover one of our favorite KOC all camp games (Relic Recon), the surprise two-camp start to our British & American competition, captains duels, land/water events, and much, more. Enjoy.

On this action packed episode of the podcast we bring 4 segments of prime CM pod content. First, Jon Wool joins Jason during the intro segment to discuss Doc's Run 2024, raising money for charity, and how we will now be taking sponsors for Doc's Run! You can find all the information on how to run and support our runners on our website or the official Doc's Run Registration page. Next we are graced with the precense of by Malakhi Deboise and Jayden Parkin, who came on to help us break down their trip to the Wisconsin Dells. Then the Senior Cabin got involved and sent Lincoln Dowling and Joey Hazan into the pod studio to chat about all things White Water Rafting...the unanimous best trip we offer at camp. Finally, Matthew Cobb and Eli Namordi were not to be outshined, so they came in firing to talk about their 14 year old trip to Mackinac Island. Enjoy!

Wow it is already July...and it's Trip Week! On this episode we have Junior stalwarts Marshall Freeman and Brody Kaplan on to talk about their day at the Zoo, Mini Golfing, a Junior-only color war, their upcoming trip to Copper Falls and much more! Enjoy.

It's lazy day Sunday at camp and that can only mean one thing...it's time for Ask the Director. In our second installment of the year, the Senior Cabin grills Jason with the hard hitting questions, suggestions, and complaints. As always we recorded live in the lodge over the PA system for all to hear. Enjoy.

On this episode of the Camp Cast Jason is joined by Cabin 9 residents Eli Bulmer and Talyn Fornal. They talk about the last three events of Sun & Wind, how camp is going so far, what they are looking forward to most the rest of the summer, and much more. Enjoy!