Mark Riechers

Minneapolis, United States

Digital Producer at To the Best of Our Knowledge

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

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Watch Mile of Music on PBS Wisconsin

1 week ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

Announcer: The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production. [guitar strumming][cheers and applause][upbeat guitar music][indistinct conversations]Abby Posner: This festival is so special. Adrian Enscoe: And the energy of everybody is so, like, off the charts. Lucy Clabby: Everybody makes us feel like rock stars when we’re here. Christopher Gold: It really does something to the atmosphere around town.
Watch Slices of Life from the Obit Beat on PBS Wisconsin

2 weeks ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

[gentle music]Jenny Pederson: Hello, everyone. Welcome to today’s History Sandwiched In. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. To the reason you are all here today. A quick note that opinions expressed today are those of the presenter, and are not necessarily those of the Wisconsin Historical Society or the society’s employees. It is a pleasure to welcome author and longtime reporter George Hesselberg, who is presenting Dead Lines: Slice of Life from the Obit Beat.
Watch Marinette draws in the Bigfoot believers on PBS Wisconsin

3 weeks ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

Kim Lonetree: There is a trail right next to a bunch of woods. I was with a couple other people and I heard footsteps in the woods following us. Rich Daniels: There’s something big moving in the woods. Avery Barsch: I would describe it around eight feet, really hairy. Rich: This thing was massive. [knocking]Barnaby Jones: Something very large came through the woods towards us. [snapping]Rich: And it caught my eye and I stared right at it. [animalistic howling]Kim: This was a Bigfoot encounter.
Watch How Fur Trade Fashions Shaped Great Lakes History on PBS Wisconsin

1 month ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

Paul Rogovich: Furs have always been a fashion item. They’ve always been used for trim and coats, but especially these days for hats. [upbeat music]Taylor Bailey: I’m so bored by my fashion choices lately. Kacie Lucchini Butcher: Well, why don’t you take a look at some of the stuff in my closet? I have been eyeing up that new handbag you got. Maybe we could do a trade. Taylor: Hmm, that’s a good idea. Kacie: It goes pretty deep. You’re gonna have to probably dig. Taylor: You’re not kidding.
Watch Osteria Tre Tassi on PBS Wisconsin

1 month ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Luke Zahm: This week on Wisconsin Foodie: – Robin Brown: So we are Osteria Tre Tassi. I am Robin Brown, chef and owner. Backyard-to-table, Mediterranean-inspired Italian cuisine. One of the reasons why I decided to move up to Door County was the connection with raw ingredients, and I can trace everything down to probably a 20-mile radius. Buffalo ricotta and burrata ravioli. – Luke Okay. – Robin: “La nonna pavara.”That’s how it’s called in Italian. – Luke: Which means?
Watch Beulah Family Homestead on PBS Wisconsin

2 months ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Luke Zahm: This week on Wisconsin Foodie: Marcus, where are we right now? – Marcus Landry: So we’re at the Beulah Family Homestead. – Luke: Come here. [goats bleating] Naaah![goose honking] Is that a donkey or a goose? – Marcus: A goose. – Luke: Sounds like a donkey. – Yeah, he does. Well, my first stop was the New York Knicks, so I played in the NBA for 3 years. Moved around the NBA quite a bit after that.
Watch Clario Farmstead Pasta, Louie’s Finer Meat on PBS Wisconsin

2 months ago | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Luke Zahm: This week on Wisconsin Foodie: – I’m Mario Micheli. – Claire Thompson: And I’m Claire, and we’re Clario Farmstead Pasta. – Mario: The smell of fresh pasta, it’s very comforting. We are making your favorite pasta, bucatini. – Luke: Bucatini, yeah!And I was the kid who ate Play-Doh. – Mario: That’s a early sign that you are a pasta person. – Luke: You ate Play-Doh, too? – Yeah. – Luke: Okay, and look at how we turned out. [laughing] – Right. – Luke: Yeah.
Watch Mental Health, Trauma and Black Communities on PBS Wisconsin

Mar 28, 2025 | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Racial trauma has historically been a constant within the Black community, but how have events such as the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, the shooting of Jacob Blake, among others, added to that trauma? What about the almost daily barrage of media coverage, YouTube clips and social media posts showing Black death? How does that impact Black mental health?
Watch Director's Cut Wisconsin Film Festival Edition 2025 on PBS Wisconsin

Mar 27, 2025 | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Announcer: The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production. [upbeat music] [“The Misanthrope” by Local H] Mere grist to feed the machinery [bright music] [cheers and applause] -Pete Schwaba: Welcome to Director’s Cut. This year, I was gonna change things up just to do something different. But then I realized, you’re probably not interested in watching me restore an old house and probably actually like movies.
Watch A History in Indigenous Voices on PBS Wisconsin

Mar 12, 2025 | pbswisconsin.org | Mark Riechers

– Welcome to “History Sandwiched In.”Before we get started and I hand the show over to Dr. Cornelius, I do have a few opening notes and remarks and some gentle reminders. To begin with, though, my name is Jenny Pederson, and I am the public programs manager with the Wisconsin Historical Society. We do have a little bit of a caution just in general.