The episode that brought out all of the emotions. From the laughing to the crying, this by far was the most emotional Listen Local episode yet. We caught up with our friend Emilee Mae Struss to discuss some very important topics. You may know Emilee as the Editor of the Lake Country Journal, and while we do touch on that - and the story she wrote about the podcast - the main reason we wanted her back on the show was to dive into dealing with loss and mental health overall during the holiday season. To say Emilee had an eventful summer would be the understatement of the century. After losing her brother TJ to suicide, and taking over his side of the company Outfit My Life, she knew her life's mission - at least for the forseable future - was to help raise awareness for mens mental health. To go along with all of this, Emilee talks about how the book she was about to publish, which is a story based around her life, took an unbelievable turn, and will now touch on so much more. We can't thank Emilee enough for coming on the show and telling her story, and we cannot wait for this book to be released in 2022!
Also, while it is hard to follow up possible the most meaningful segment in Listen Local history, we did have our main sponsor Tyler Gardner of Pequot & Gull Lake Sanitation on the show as well. Instead of the usual Trash Talk with him, we had him put his Pequot Lakes Mayor hat on for this one to talk about the incident that happened a the Pequot Lakes High School last week that involved a student and the Principle. Tyler tell us all about the discussions that went down between the city and the schoolboard during that day they cancelled shool.
Once again, thank you so much to Emilee and Tyler for being on the show!
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