Conversations
with Rotating Hosts
Thursdays at 9:00AM
Reviving the lost art of dialogue.
Dena Eakles has called the Driftless home for the past 20 years. Founder of Echo Valley Farm and Echo Valley Hope, they are an advocate for sustainable peace. Author of The Peace Warrior, Dena offers up a weekly commentary that can be found at https://letkindnesswin.wordpress.com or you can listen to Consider This every Thursday evening at 5:28 pm here on WDRT.
Ed Holahan was born and raised in New York City, spent his business years inventing toys and games in The Twin Cities and Chicago and moved to Market Farming in the Driftless in 2009. He and Mary Benson have been married for 42 years. They’re getting good at it.
Between “Life: On The Radio” and “Conversations” he has recorded interviews with more than 250 unique guests. He also reads “The View From Here” every Friday morning and hosts “Symphony Sunday” once a month. He lives in Viroqua between church bells and a nursing home.
Joe Orso lives with his wife and two kids in an old log house by a creek in a hollow where his mom also dwells. He grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and moved to the Driftless Region in 2006.
Michelle was born and raised in a small Wisconsin town. After a journey that took her to Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Belize, and back to Minnesota, she finally settled in Viroqua in 2018 with her husband, Chris, and their four children.
Michelle has a natural curiosity of people and their stories and is thrilled to be amongst so many fascinating people in the Driftless region. She is looking forward to Conversations and getting to know her neighbors who call this area home.
Dena Eakles has called the Driftless home for the past 20 years. Founder of Echo Valley Farm and Echo Valley Hope, they are an advocate for sustainable peace. Author of The Peace Warrior, Dena offers up a weekly commentary that can be found at https://letkindnesswin.wordpress.com or you can listen to Consider This every Thursday evening at 5:28 pm here on WDRT.
Ed Holahan was born and raised in New York City, spent his business years inventing toys and games in The Twin Cities and Chicago and moved to Market Farming in the Driftless in 2009. He and Mary Benson have been married for 42 years. They’re getting good at it.
Between “Life: On The Radio” and “Conversations” he has recorded interviews with more than 250 unique guests. He also reads “The View From Here” every Friday morning and hosts “Symphony Sunday” once a month. He lives in Viroqua between church bells and a nursing home.
Joe Orso lives with his wife and two kids in an old log house by a creek in a hollow where his mom also dwells. He grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and moved to the Driftless Region in 2006.
Michelle was born and raised in a small Wisconsin town. After a journey that took her to Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Belize, and back to Minnesota, she finally settled in Viroqua in 2018 with her husband, Chris, and their four children.
Michelle has a natural curiosity of people and their stories and is thrilled to be amongst so many fascinating people in the Driftless region. She is looking forward to Conversations and getting to know her neighbors who call this area home.