This week on “BETA, “It’s our final episode, so we’re gonna celebrate the great Badger state. We’ll chat with the one and only Charlie Berens and find out what’s so funny about bein’ from Wisconsin.
Then we’ll chat with Green Bay’s own Patrick Somerville about his work on the HBO series Station 11.
And we’ll talk with Eau Claire native Phil Cook about how he and birds make music together on his album Appalachia Borealis.
Thanks for listening to our show over the last eight years. Say hi to your folks for us.
Geez Louise! Charlie Berens tells us how to survive in the Midwest
Showrunner Patrick Somerville on the poetic pandemic saga, ‘Station Eleven’
Phil Cook finds a path forward with the piano meditations of ‘Appalachia Borealis’
Episode Credits
- Doug Gordon Host
- Brad Kolberg Executive Producer
- Steve Gotcher Technical Director
- Charlie Berens Guest
- Patrick Somerville Guest
- Phil Cook Guest
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