31. Podcasting and Politics

A conversation with Will Koebel. Will is a fellow podcaster and UWM student. He runs the Milwaukee DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) podcast, called Cream City Social, and is in his last semester toward getting his master’s degree in electrical engineering. He also spends his time volunteering at the central library for Milwaukee narrating audiobooks. One of his goals is to be the public service commissioner of Wisconsin. Sorry for the shakiness on Will’s microphone, it might be distracting. I didn’t notice it while recording and couldn’t fix it in editing. (I left the first few minutes in because I figured this episode is a bit meta, so perhaps the pre-show rundown enhances the “podcast about podcasting” thing) We discuss the survival guide to the Midwest, podcast guest instructions, my audience statistics, noise absorption, Will’s background, our need to have a creative outlet, and not finishing projects, narrating audiobooks and creating videos on youtube, Will’s podcast, podcasting with multiple guests, Ryan Clancy and Darrin Madison, DSA and politics, WE energies and city-run utilities, Tom Nelson (who has now dropped out of the senate race), how large portions of society can’t seem to learn the lesson, ranked choice voting and state elections, socialism, problems with our government, publicly funded campaigns, rehabilitation and nature vs. nurture, and how Milwaukee came to be. *At 4:40 I say the most popular episode is episode 20. This is no longer true. Episode 30 eclipsed it basically immediately after airing. I recorded this podcast before releasing episode 30. Cream City Social: https://creamcitysocial.libsyn.com/ Books to read: The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris A Colorful History of Milwaukee (I couldn't find the book, so I don't know the author. Check the library I guess?) Monkeys spinning monkeys by Kevin Macleod