<![CDATA[Around the Lake - a Prairie Crossing Podcast]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake Around the Lake is a podcast about the community and environment of Prairie Crossing - a conservation community in Grayslake, IL.

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:30:39 GMT en cd5cb600-e1a2-5c80-af51-a7223a7c6800 https://media.rss.com/aroundthelake/20240823_080800_8a3c7809ddd40e3f2808999cdad1d905.png Around the Lake - a Prairie Crossing Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake yes Daniel Bader 2024 Daniel Bader Daniel Bader false episodic podcast <![CDATA[Prairie Crossing's New Look]]> In this live-to-tape episode, we take over the back room of the Farm Store during Night of Lights. We meet Chris Cunningham the logo design contest winner and Maryanne Natarajan, a member of the PCHOA 30th Anniversary Committee about the plans for the year and how the logo will be used.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1802192 b8eb7527-1cd3-464b-b7ee-02a049d02ac9 1932 full 1 1 6 6 false Sun, 15 Dec 2024 02:06:35 GMT <![CDATA[John Wasik]]> John Wasik has secret knowledge of where some Rusty Patch Bumblebees live. (Spoiler alert - he's not telling).

He's also authored a book on Abraham Lincoln's non-war-related contributions to our nation, He is an actively working journalist, County Board member, Forest Preserve commissioner, and a fascinating person.

This far-ranging conversation recalls construction vehicles rumbling on what is now our walking trails, to how he found out about the bees, to what it means to retire.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1760968 316e5576-73f7-4824-968e-f59850b75d30 2602 full 1 1 5 5 false Tue, 19 Nov 2024 04:54:11 GMT <![CDATA[Jim O'Conner & Caring for our Prairie]]> For years Jim has organized burns and helped steward our prairie. In this episode we hear about his life before Prairie Crossing and what our prairie looked like when he arrived.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1707287 92f14a6e-b2ff-491b-81bb-d79d75a5d769 2134 full 1 1 4 4 false Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:57:35 GMT <![CDATA[FRIGHTFEST!]]> In this episode we hear about all the work that it takes to put Frightfest - a spooky night of entertainment -- together for the residents of Prairie Crossing.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1678027 8ac24bad-116c-48b4-b417-c59307fa1a61 1960 full 1 1 3 3 false Mon, 30 Sep 2024 03:05:30 GMT <![CDATA[Wally and Ellen]]> In this episode, we meet Wally Winter and Ellen Ewing, my neighbors and two of the original owners in Prairie Crossing.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1653537 4886bc3a-b415-4bb3-98ee-b987b5240b38 2728 full 1 1 2 2 false Thu, 12 Sep 2024 03:58:49 GMT <![CDATA[Lake Aldo Leopold]]> In this inaugural episode, I talk to John Schuster about Lake Aldo Leopold and what he and his committee have learned about it and what the long term plans are for our little lake.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/aroundthelake/1628619 96741a49-4629-4273-8f16-213152faef5c 1645 full 1 1 1 1 false Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:19:28 GMT <![CDATA[Disaster! ]]> Wildfires scorching Los Angeles, fires in the Hudson Valley, floods in the mountains of North Carolina. Severe weather exacerbated by Climate Change is causing disasters in areas where it was never expected to be, or where it was not very likely to happen. What does that mean for Prairie Crossing? What are we the most in danger of suffering? What can we do to mitigate the damage?

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