Wow! We just finished off two of the most action packed days of the summer. Tonight on the pod we have CIT's Ryder Spector, Max Kirsch and Drew Benjamin on to recap a full day of Green and White, then Camper/Counselor Switch Day. Enjoy!
Jul 29, 2021•33 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Hi Everybody!! We had a very exciting day at camp yesterday as we inducted 21 new members to our 5-year club. We had a special ceremony for them at night that all the boys got to see and experience. I am solo on the pod today as last night was a very late night, but I wanted to make sure you all heard from us I recorded this episode early the next morning to give you the scoop. Hope you enjoy!
Jul 27, 2021•12 min•Season 4Ep. 27
That's right folks, we started our favorite intracamp competition of the year....GREEN AND WHITE!!! Tonight on the pod we have four of our Senior Cabin members to break down our last couple days at camp including song and cheer night, the Green and White surprise start and the first three Green and White events. Enjoy!
Jul 26, 2021•22 min•Season 4Ep. 26
On this quarantine free episode of the podcast we have Cabin 10 members Sammy Sosnow and Alexis D'harcourt. That's right everybody...we cleared our last round of testing this evening and are now done with the pods! Today is a great day. Enjoy the show.
Jul 24, 2021•16 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Good evening everybody! Tonight on the pod we are invaded by the California connection. Cabin 10 residents JJ Barber and Ethan Schwartz join us to recap a lovely day at camp and talk rumors and the upcoming Green and White Showdown.
Jul 23, 2021•15 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Another great day in the books! Today on the pod we have junior campers Spencer Ackerman and Reid Parks to help us recap another perfect day at the friendly confines. Enjoy!
Jul 22, 2021•16 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Today on the pod I'm joined by Junior campers Isaiah Chappell and Max Schuman. We recap an awesome day at camp including the start of one of our favorite summer long programs: Twilight League!! Enjoy.
Jul 21, 2021•16 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Great evening everybody! We just finished our first full day of activities for this session! Tonight on the pod we have 2nd year campers, and cabin 9 residents) Russell Rosenthal, Evan Abrams and Evan Lieberman join us to recap an awesome day at camp. Enjoy!
Jul 20, 2021•20 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Welcome back to camp! And welcome to camp! Whoever you are and however you found us...welcome! This is the CampCast, our daily (ish) podcast where our owner/director Jason (me) is joined by a couple campers to recap what was surely a fantastic day at Menominee. Hope you enjoy this one with Senior Cabin members Ryan Martin, Cooper Spector and Ethan Mann, and we hope you enjoy all the other episodes this year.
Jul 19, 2021•20 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Tonight on the pod we have Cabin 12 resident's Carter Klein and Jackson Merchant come to help us recap the 2nd to last full day of first session. Wow does time fly! Enjoy!
Jul 15, 2021•17 min•Season 4Ep. 19
On this episode we do something you are never supposed to do at canteen...we double dip! For the first part of the episode we bring in Cade Heller and Evan Rosenthal to talk about a great couple days at camp. Then, their buddies Jake Auslander and Max Rosen crash the party to give their insights and join us for a bit. If that's not enough, we did some live interviews during our action packed in-camp Town Day on Sunday July 11th and just had to share them with you. So the second half of the show ...
Jul 14, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 18
What a Sunday we had at camp!! We had our first ever in camp Town Day...and it was phenominee! We'll be back Monday night with some highlights and interviews from Town Day, but tonight we decided to record our Sunday night tradition "Ask the Director". This is when the Senior Cabin comes down to the office and grills me for a while about ways to make camp better...or things I'm doing wrong! It's always so much fun. Hope you enjoy more than I do!
Jul 12, 2021•22 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Today on the pod Jacob Kasdin comes in firing on all cylinders! Did he want to do the pod with another camper? Nope! He's go this covered as he schools Jason, Josh and Jeremy on Marvel facts and helps us recap the day. Enjoy!
Jul 11, 2021•17 min•Season 4Ep. 16
We are back together! After a few days of trips, camping, excursions and the like, we are all back together again at the Friendly Confines. Tonight on the podcast I am joined by 13 year old campers Sid Vadnerkar and Lexx Malkin to recap an awesome few days at camp!
Jul 10, 2021•20 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Well folks...it finally rained...but it didn't stop us from having an awesome day at camp! Today I am joined by weather experts Max Rothbart and Alec Schwartz. The boys help me remember all the things we did today including one of our favorite skit nights: Movie Night! Enjoy.
Jul 07, 2021•19 min•Season 4Ep. 14
On this episode of the pod we have 14-year-old veteran campers Sam Rosen and Matthew Harfield on to talk about our spectacular 4th of July, recap the British and American competition, try a new segment called "rumors at camp" (spoiler alert: it didn't go well) and get into much, much more. Enjoy!
Jul 06, 2021•21 min•Season 4Ep. 13
We have the best news ever: WOODY AND JOSH ARE BACK AT CAMP!!! To celebrate their arrival and talk British and American, we have on first year camper Joe Sampson, Senior Cabin member Nate Beermann and the man himself (well, one of the men) Josh Ingram. Enjoy!
Jul 04, 2021•17 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Happy 100 (ish) episodes of the podcast!!! To celebrate this milestone we have 3 veteran CM counselors, Benjie Soren, Zeke and Jonah Gagerman. We get into the last 2 days at camp, go way off the rails with camp conspiracy theories, talk about what we are looking forward most the rest of the year, pick way too early MVPs for King of the Camp and much, much, much more. Buckle up and enjoy!
Jul 03, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 11
The Menominee Spirit is alive and well!! After they rocked the house at Song and Cheer night, we asked some members of the Senior Cabin to come on the pod and recap their amazing night and our perfect day at camp.
Jul 01, 2021•17 min•Season 4Ep. 10
What a great Tuesday camp!! The ONLY people to help me talk through it are Cabin 4 residents (and first year campers) Jake Levin and Owen Mills. Enjoy!!
Jun 30, 2021•13 min•Season 4Ep. 9
On this double episode of the podcast we have Bennett Rue, Mason Seiffer and Josh Schreier on to help me recap TWO amazing days at camp. We get into our first Lazy Day Sunday, the first ceremony at The Way, our opening of Sun and Wind and, of course, celebrate our camp wide negative results to our final round of COVID testing for the session! Enjoy.
Jun 29, 2021•26 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Grrrreeeeaaaattt evening everybody! This was a LATE night podcast since we had such a long and eventful day. So unfortunately we do not have any campers joining us on the pod this evening. I did bring in the big guns, waterfront director Jeremy Kohlenbrener and Media Director Ross Festenstein to help me close out week 1 of camp. We give some shout outs, some kudos and recap a really special day at camp that ended with Casino Night! This episode is (kind of) sponsored by the Phoenix Suns...you'll...
Jun 27, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Another episode with first year campers from Denver?!?!? Yep!! On this episode we recap an amazing day at camp including a new segment called "3 best things I got in a package today". Enjoy!
Jun 26, 2021•18 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this mile high city extra special episode of the podcast, I am joined by first year campers Carter Parks and Connor Laycob. These best friends mix it up with me and help recap an incredible day at camp!
Jun 25, 2021•22 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this extra super awesome episode of the podcast, most of cabin 6 forces Jason into a pod that we'll never forget! We recap an incredible day at camp including the start to Twilight League and discuss the 4 greatest jr. TLL team names of all time!
Jun 24, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 4
On this episode of the pod, fan favorite Cooper Borstein (Cabin 14) joins me to recap our first full day of camp! We dive into Big Ten instructional activities, King of the Camp start (with Jerseys!), the first night of canteen, our new cabin cleanup scoring system and much more!
Jun 23, 2021•27 min•Season 4Ep. 3
We are back at camp!!!! On this episode of the Camp Cast I have CITs Ryder Spector and Jack Myerthall to recap our first day of camp. We hope you enjoy these daily episodes throughout the summer. Welcome back to Camp Menominee!
Jun 22, 2021•18 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Today on the Season 4 premier of the Camp Cast we have camp parent and media mogul Melissa Plaskoff take over hosting duties. She grills Jason on camp's COVID 19 plans for the summer. They get into pre-summer quarantine, travel, testing, cohosting, masks, communication….ALL of it. Some of you may remember Melissa from one of our most popular episodes where she helped first year families get to know me and camp a bit. We were thrilled to have her back! Oh! And if you’d prefer you can watch the fu...
Apr 28, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 1
While Camp Menominee has been around since 1928, we have only been on our grounds on County D since 1947. Before that, our land was famously used as the Comiskey Family Far. Today on this very special episode of the Podcast, Jason is joined by life long Northwoods resident Maxine Drager. Maxine’s parents were the caretakers of the Comiskey Farm before it was purchased by Nate Wasserman and turned into the site we know today as camp! Maxine tours camp with Jason, Jeff, Woody, Jeremy and others, a...
Sep 04, 2020•39 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On this VERY special episode of the Camp Cast, Jason, along with co-hosts and pod favorites Jeremy Kohlenbrener and Jeff Toombs, is joined by CM Alum and members of the 2000 Senior Cabin Matt Schwartz, Jon Sider and Loren Rue, They dive deep into the 2000 cancelled competition with Camp Kawaga, and all of the ripple effects that occurred as a result. This episode deals with many things that our current campers are going through right now: learning how to handle disappointment, building resilienc...
Jul 25, 2020•56 min•Season 3Ep. 10