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Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure around the state of Wisconsin county by county and learn about the weird and wonderful each one has to offer!

Owen Walcott & Monica Samsin

  • Sep 30, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 34m AVG DURATION
  • 37 EPISODES


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Episode 35: Waukesha County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 16:44


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 36 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers the first part of Waukesha County. Villages and cities covered are: Pewaukee, the Village of Pewaukee, Hartland, Chenequa, Merton, and Sussex.

Episode 35: Waukesha County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 39:54


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 35 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers the first part of Waukesha County. Villages and cities covered are: Lac La Belle, Oconomowoc, Oconomowoc Lake, Okauchee Lake, Nashotah, Delafield, and Waukesha.

Episode 34: Walworth County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 32:42


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 34 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers the second part of Walworth County. Villages and cities covered are: Lake Geneva, Bloomfield, Genoa City, Elkhorn, East Troy, and Whitewater.

Episode 33: Walworth County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 34:49


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 33 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers the first part of Walworth County. Villages and cities covered are: Delavan, Delavan Lake, Darien, Sharon, Walworth, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, and Williams Bay.

Episode 32: Lafayette County

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 33:37


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 32 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers Lafayette County. Villages and cities covered are: Blanchardville, Argyle, South Wayne, Gratiot, Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, and Belmont.

Episode 31: Marquette and Adams Counties

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 28:20


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 31 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode covers both Marquette and Adams Counties. Villages and cities covered are: Endeavor, Oxford, Montello, Neshkoro, Westfield, Friendship, and Adams.

Episode 30: Crawford County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 21:31


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 30 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second of two covering Crawford County. Villages and cities covered are: Eastman, Prairie du Chien, Wauzeka, Steuben, and Bell Center.

Episode 29: Crawford County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 25:16


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 29 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two covering Crawford County. Villages and cities covered are: Soldiers Grove, Gays Mills, Mount Sterling, Ferryville, and Lynxville.

Episode 28: Richland County

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 34:29


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 28 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first and only episode covering Richland County. Villages and cities covered are: Cazenovia, Yuba, Viola, Boaz, Richland Center, and Lone Rock.

Episode 27: Dodge County 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 26:42


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 27 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the third and final episode covering Dodge County. Villages and cities covered are: Reedsburg, Waupun, Beaver Dam, Fox Lake, and Randolph

Episode 26: Dodge County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 30:35


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 26 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second of three episodes covering Dodge County. Villages and cities covered are: Neosho, Iron Ridge, Mayville, Kekoskee, Theresa, and Lomira.

Episode 25: Dodge County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 39:37


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 25 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of three episodes covering Dodge County. Villages and cities covered are: Reeseville, Lowell, Clyman, Juneau, Horicon, and Hustisford.

Episode 24: Green County

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 46:26


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 24 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the one and only episode covering Green County. Villages and cities covered are: Albany, Brodhead, Monroe, Browntown, Monticello, and New Glarus.

Episode 23: Sauk County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 47:41


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 23 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two covering Sauk County. Villages and cities covered are: North Freedom, Rock Springs, Reedsburg, La Valle, Ironton, Lime Ridge, Loganville, Plain, and Spring Green.

Episode 22: Sauk County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 42:56


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 22 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two covering Sauk County. Villages and cities covered are: Merrimac, Prairie du Sac, Sauk City, Baraboo, and West Baraboo.

Episode 21: Jefferson County

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 64:41


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 21 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is only one covering Jefferson County. Villages and cities covered are: Lake Mills, Waterloo, Watertown, Johnson Creek, Sullivan, Palmyra, Fort Atkinson, and Jefferson.

Episode 20: Sheboygan County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 47:18


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 20 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second of two covering Monica's home-county of Sheboygan County. Villages and cities covered are: Waldo, Cascade, Adell, Random Lake, Cedar Grove, Oostburg, Sheboygan Falls, and Kohler.

Episode 19: Sheboygan County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 57:48


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 19 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two covering Monica's home-county of Sheboygan County. Villages and cities covered are: Sheboygan, Howard's Grove, Elkhart Lake, Glenbeulah, and Plymouth.

Episode 18: The Wisconsin Chain Game, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 31:15


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 18 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the tenth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode is the second of 2 featuring a guessing game revolving around Wisconsin's most established chain restaurants. Can you outguess Owen?

Episode 17: The Wisconsin Chain Game, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 30:06


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 17 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the ninth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode is the first of 2 featuring a guessing game revolving around Wisconsin's most established chain restaurants. Can you outguess Owen?

Episode 16: The Wisconsin Dells

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 26:07


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 16 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the eighth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode explores the history of the famous Wisconsin tourist attraction, the Wisconsin Dells.

Episode 15: The Wisconsin Union

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 22:42


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 15 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the seventh recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode explores the history of the University of Wisconsin student unions.

Episode 14: Exploring our Boundaries

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 25:57


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 14 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the sixth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode delves into the origin of Wisconsin's state boundaries and the strange politics and geography that went into its outline!

Episode 13: Madison Obscura 2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 35:24


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 13 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the fifth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This is the second episode that explores the obscure locales in the hosts' home city of Madison, and makes them realize how they can find the weird and wonderful surrounding them every day!

Episode 12: The University of Wandering Wisco

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 31:39


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 12 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the fourth recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode explores the University of Wisconsin system as well as the history of UW-Madison.

Episode 11: Madison Obscura

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 30:12


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 11 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the third recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode explores the obscure locales in the hosts' home city of Madison, and makes them realize how they can find the weird and wonderful surrounding them every day!

Episode 10: The Review Game!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 34:59


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 10 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the next in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode takes its hosts back through their travels so far by having to guess at 8 different locales based only on google reviews! Stay safe and enjoy!

Episode 9: Spooky Spotlight Special Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 28:24


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 9 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first recorded since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, and therefore is the first in several installments of non-travelling episodes to come. This episode covers Spooky Spotlight stories for the first episode in our Dane County Series that were published before the segment's conception. Enjoy!

Episode 8: Rock County

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 69:55


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 8 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first and only one covering Rock County. Villages and cities covered are: Evansville, Footville, Orfordville, Beloit, Clinton, Janesville, Milton, and Edgerton.

Episode 7: Columbia County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 23:12


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 7 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second and final episode of our Columbia County coverage. Villages and cities covered are: Rio, Doylestown, Cambria, Friesland, Fall River, and Columbus.

Episode 6: Columbia County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 37:55


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 6 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two of our Columbia County coverage. Villages and cities covered are: Lodi, Arlington, Poynette, Portage, Pardeeville, and Wyocena.

Episode 5: Iowa County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 36:06


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 5 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second and final part of our Iowa County coverage. Villages and cities covered are: Mineral Point, Rewey, Cobb, Highland, Avoca, and Arena.

Episode 4: Iowa County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 29:27


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 4 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of two parts which will cover Iowa County. Villages and cities covered are: Barneveld, Ridgeway, Hollandale, Dodgeville and Linden.

Episode 3: Dane County 3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 44:30


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 3 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the third and final part which will cover Dane County. Villages and cities covered are: Maple Bluff, Windsor, DeForest, Sun Prairie, Marshall, Cottage Grove, Stoughton, McFarland, and Monona.

Episode 2: Dane County 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 34:18


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 2 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the second of three which will cover Dane County. Villages and cities covered are: Verona, Belleville, Mt. Horeb, Blue Mounds, Mazomanie, Black Earth, Cross Plains, Waunakee, and Dane.

Episode 1: Dane County 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 37:51


Hello Wanderers! Welcome to Episode 1 of Wandering Wisco. Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they adventure county to county in Wisconsin and visit villages, cities, and landmarks and discuss their adventures. This episode is the first of three which will cover Dane County. Villages and cities covered are: Madison, Middleton, Fitchburg, Cambridge, Rockdale, Deerfield, Oregon, Brooklyn, and Shorewood Hills. Come wander with us!

Episode 0: Teaser Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 2:03


Hello Wanderers and Welcome to the Wandering Wisco Podcast! Join co-hosts Owen Walcott and Monica Samsin as they explore the weird and wonderful places of Wisconsin. This trailer gives a taste of what the show will be all about! Subscribe to this feed and automatically download the show each week.

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