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title: "WPR features Birkie Author Jerome Poling"
date: 2025-10-28
featured_image: "https://www.birkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WPRe.png"
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# WPR features Birkie Author Jerome Poling

Author[ Jerome “Jerry” Poling](https://www.birkie.com/2025/08/book-launch-event-at-mt-telemark-village/) was recently featured on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss his latest book: *American Birkebeiner- The Nation’s Greatest Ski Marathon*. “When you’ve done it once, you just want to come back and keep doing it as long as you possibly can,” Poling said on WPR’s “[Wisconsin Today](https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2).”

[![American birkebeiner jerry poling](https://www.birkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/American-Birkebeiner_Jerry-Poling-700x598.webp)](https://www.birkie.com/2025/08/book-launch-event-at-mt-telemark-village/)

Listen to the story:

[Read the full story on wpr.org ](https://www.wpr.org/news/behind-the-birkebeiner-wisconsin-destination-cross-country-skiing)

[Join us for Jerry’s book signing event on November 29, 2025 at Turkey Birkie! ](https://www.birkie.com/2025/08/book-launch-event-at-mt-telemark-village/)