OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie
Former morning news co-anchors Dan Presser and Carrie Cokins reunite behind the microphone after 20+ years! Join Dan & Carrie as they catch up with old newsroom friends and explore new topics. What's old is new again!
**Podcast photo and Zoom background images courtesy of photographer, Gregg Schieve of Schieve Photo.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 45
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Sarah Carlson: From Epileptic Seizures Live on TV...to Helping others with Epilepsy
A video clip of Sarah Carlson anchoring the news while having an epileptic seizure went viral in the early 2000s. It was just the start of her long, difficult journey with epilepsy. N…
Children's Book Author Erin Berge Takes to the Podcast
Editor & Digital strategist by day for the Discover Magazine website, Erin Berge used free time to take her idea for a children's book to print. A few years later, Olive Takes to the Se…
Kim Dawson-Brooks: Storytelling through TV News, PR & Marketing, Photography, Perfume, & Wine!
There's a common thread running through the reporters we've interviewed on OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie...an intense love for storytelling. Kim Dawson-Brooks takes storytelling to the ne…
Margo Losey Mikkelson: From behind the scenes in TV News to in the scenes on stage.
It was a couple years of living in Australia that sent this Kansas based stage performer on a detour through the TV News business. But, it didn't take long for Margo Losey Mikkelson to …
Professor Kathleen (Katy) Culver: Head of the UW-Madison Journalism School on Social Media, Drones, AI, and MORE!
Today's episode of OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie is for anyone who consumes news, works in news, or has heard of news! We're getting higher level education from the head of the Journalism …
Paul Pitas: Anchoring News and Culver's Communications
A young Paul Pitas thought he was going to be an Aeronautical Engineer. A few Physics and Chemistry classes later he realized Business and Marketing degrees were a better route for him…
Ken Syke: TV Sportscaster, Play-by-play Announcer, and Using those Skills in other Fields!
If you watched sports in Wisconsin (and several other states!) "back in the day," you'll probably recognize this man's voice. In this podcast episode of OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie, Ken …
Jill Genter and Steve Donovan: A Couple of TV Creatives
Local TV has been a launchpad for many careers, including a couple of our favorite creatives: Jill Genter and Steve Donovan. In Jill's case it was also a tumbling pad and a great landi…
Samara Sodos: Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Teaching at the College Level, UW-Madison Humorology, and Bon Jovi!
(Previously recorded April 17th)
Join our conversation with Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Samara Sodos! Sam realized her elementary school reporting dreams with a career that's taken her…
Sandy Kowal: Telling Stories with Video, Drums and a Mic
Shannon Payette Seip: TV News, Bean Sprouts Cafe, and Bucket List Theater
Shannon Payette Seip's career path is like none other! From early days working in TV news, to creating the healthy, kid- focused restaurant chain, Bean Sprouts, to taking her musical th…
Gregg Schieve: Splicing together a photographer's career in Madison
What did it take to put together a newscast back when Fleetwood Mac topped the charts? Photographer Gregg Schieve learned pretty quickly when he started in the film room at WKOW-TV in M…
KETV'S Andy Kendeigh: Sportscaster of the Year, Dance Dad, and Punt, Pass & Kick Champion!
KETV Sports Director Andy Kendeigh joins us to talk about his 30+ year career in sports broadcasting. Find out what he learned from being fired as an intern and what he tells college s…
Zak Spector: Producing in the Windy City
From very small news markets to one of the largest, WBBM-TV Segment Producer Zak Spector has written and produced news stories about some of the biggest events of our time. This Chicago…
Kit Kendeigh Beyer: From Covering News to Making News
Kit Kendeigh Beyer went from covering politics to working in politics. It wasn't easy leaving broadcasting...especially while working with her brother, Sports Anchor/Reporter Andy Kend…
Scott Klug: Lost in the Middle
Our guest this episode is former U.S. Congressman and award-winning TV reporter, Scott Klug. His podcast Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans explores how the U.S. got into …
Jay Wilson: The Dean of Madison Sports
Sports broadcaster Jay Wilson is a familiar face to TV viewers in Wisconsin. For nearly 40 years he covered the rise of the Badgers, Packers, Brewers and Bucks! You might know him from…
Jamie Glinberg: WITI Sports Marketing Specialist
You may recognize our OLD NEWS guest from old TV shows like Saved by the Bell, Murder She Wrote, and My Two Dads! Or perhaps you recognize him from his days as our morning reporter on …
Agile Video's Todd Vaske: TV News to TV Food and Beyond
Our guest this time started producing TV News and found his way to cable TV programs. Todd Vaske of Agile Video used to put the morning newscast together back when we were on air at WKO…
Minnesota Bound's Bill Sherck
In this episode, meet "Man of the Woods" Bill Sherck...our former newsroom colleague at WKOW-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. Being forced out of the news biz in Minneapolis ultimately led to…