A podcast celebrating Milwaukee women who are not afraid to dream BIG. Or maybe they are, but they dive in anyway. Women who are following their instincts, making mistakes and trying again, and honoring their resilience. Ultimately these are women making Milwaukee a better place for everyone through their leadership, their hard work and their radical generosity. In this podcast, you'll hear what it takes to live into a dream with answers to questions like: Should I start before I'm ready? Wh ...
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Based on the incredible true story of Harry Dolowich, who grew up poor in New York City during the Great Depression and got rich hatching a scheme to take over the one industry that wasn't already controlled by the Mob -- the chocolate syrup industry. Harry's ambition, charm and gift of gab can only take him so far when it turns out being a syrup racketeer ain't as sweet as it sounds. With a killer cast, including Justin Bartha, Lewis Black, Ari Graynor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bobby Cannavale, M ...
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On creating good, being useful and making a difference with small steps : Marissa Jablonski
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) Hooooboy! Starting off Season Six with a familiar voice. And if you loved her the first time on the pod back in Season…
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Cream City Digest on noticing ordinary people doing cool things
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On finding inspiration to DO SOMETHING : Season Six Trailer with Meagan Schultz
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) In this season I am talking with and celebrating women in Milwaukee who DO SOMETHING. Inspired by the one and only Mic…
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Cream City Digest with Meagan and the cast of Season 5 on what to do with a dream
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) On this very last Cream City Digest of Season 5, I've created a smorgasbord of advice from our Season 5 guests on what…
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Season Finale with your host, Meagan Schultz
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) No guest today, dreamers, just your host talking about the podcast, reflecting on the incredible women I've had the ch…
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Cream City Digest with Kate Duffy on what to say if you're knocking on doors this election season!
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) This week on the pod meet Kate Duffy, Founder of Motherhood for Good, previously known as Moms for Mandela. Though she…
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Cream City Digest with Erin Winkler with a REAL example of talking about race
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) On this week's Cream City Digest, I ask Erin a very specific question: what do I say to my kids who notice very real a…
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Erin Winkler, Associate Professor at UW-Milwaukee
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) How do we talk to our kids about race and racism? How do we talk to each other about it? How do we move from our segre…
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Cream City Digest with DeShanda Williams-Clark on what the youth REALLY want
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) This week I talk with DeShanda Williams-Clark, Senior Vice President of Programs & Services at Pathfinders about how t…
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Cream City Digest with Michael Anderson on how to be a better trans ally
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) As we wrap up Pride Month, pull up a chair for this intimate conversation between me and a very dear friend of mine. T…
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Cream City Digest with Calie Herbst on just hitting publish (with a generous spirit!)
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! (If you send a text, be sure to leave your name in the message, otherwise it'll be anonymous!) Another short and sweet Digest with Calie Herbst of MKE with Kids where she gives some SOLID advice on what it means t…
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! School’s OUT for the summer … do you know what you’re doing with the kids? Even if you don’t have kids, this week’s guest, Calie Herbst, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of MKE With Kids, has some GREAT ideas for ways …
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Cream City Digest with Amanda and Jen on the BEST things about the Urban Ecology Center
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Jen Hense and Amanda Panciera of the Urban Ecology Center
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Cream City Digest with Courage MKE on how to be a better ally to LGBTQ+ youth
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! BE KIND. It really is this simple, folks. But this simple kindness could very well be life-saving. Literally suicide prevention. A lesson from Brenna Creamer at Courage MKE for us all on how we can be better allie…
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Happy Pride Month! This week, I talk with Brenna Creamer of Courage MKE, a Milwaukee-based organization that provides services, support, resources and housing to LGBTQ+ youth across the state of Wisconsi…
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Cream City Digest with Dalvery Blackwell on the Importance of Funding
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! As we wrap up Mental Health Awareness Month, a short episode on the importance of paying attention to and FUNDING organization that work with mental health. Remember that keeping organizations like the African Ame…
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Dalvery Blackwell of the African American Breastfeeding Network and WeRISE Doula Program
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! We want to imagine having a baby is all snuggles and cuddles and sweetness. But for many in our city, it is not. Nationally, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than non-Hi…
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Cream City Digest with Jasmin Deacon on Looking in the Mirror
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! When you’re in the business of building relationships with teen girls, it’s easy to find hope in the youth of today’s Milwaukee. Today’s guest, Jasmine Deacon, Director of Program Services at Pearls for Teen Girls…
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Cream City Digest with Dr. Michelle Pickett on Talking to Your Teens about Sex
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Dr. Michelle Pickett of Children's Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Yep, we’re doing it, we’re talking about sex today! Specifically, I’m talking about adolescent sexual health with Dr. Michelle Pickett, Emergency Department Physician at Children’s Wisconsin, and associate profess…
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Cream City Digest on What to Say to a Grieving Mother with Sarah Ornst Bloomquist
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! If you've ever wondered what to say to a mother who may be experiencing grief, overwhelm or any of the serious perinatal mood disorders that accompany 1 in 5 women into motherhood, you will want to listen to this …
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Sarah Ornst Bloomquist of Moms Mental Health Initiative
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! One in five women will experience some kind of perinatal anxiety or mood disorder - and that is a statistic based on women who self-report. Thank goodness for organizations like Moms Mental Health Initiative, co-f…
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Cream City Digest on Women Building Their OWN Table with Stephanie Melnick
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Stephanie Melnick talks about Women's Entrepreneurship Week 2024
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Happy MONDAY! Yes, this is coming out two days early. But I wanted to share this episode with as much time as possible since we are talking about an event that happens NEXT WEEK. (May 6-10, 2024). This week’s gues…
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Cream City Digest on Being in the Spotlight with Harmonie Baker
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Harmonie Baker of The Milwaukee Youth Theatre
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! People often describe Milwaukee as a small city with big city amenities … and they are often talking about our theater and arts scene. And this includes the incredible opportunities children have in the theater as…
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Cream City Digest on Why We Need Museums with Dr. Ellen Censky
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Dr. Ellen Censky, CEO of the Milwaukee Public Museum
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Cream City Digest on Fears, What Ifs, and NBDs
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Are you breaking up with me? Shelly & Meagan say goodbye.
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Anne Basting of TimeSlips and and Director of UWM's Center for 21st Century Studies
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Julia Taylor, Artist and Change Maker and Visionary
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Look up mover, shaker, connector, change agent in the dictionary and you are SURE to find this week’s guest, Julia Taylor. Past President of both the Greater Milwaukee Committee as well as the YWCA of Greater Milw…
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! You’ve probably noticed if you’ve been following us for some time, that we have a slight bias for women who are working hard to make Milwaukee a better place for EVERYONE. We love a good DIY story, and this week’s…
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As Harry's associates, friends and enemies atone and/or try to blame everything on him, an unexpected visitor makes an appearance. And Harry faces his ultimate trial, in the form of... a trial, in the very place where it all began for him, and also remained, for much of the middle: Brownsville, New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Harry tries to resolve matters peacefully with Mrs. Kaplan, but his associates have other ideas... one of which involves a certain kind of wagon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Justin Bartha, Emil Stern, and Sigmund Stern
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Happy New Year to all the Cream City Dreamers out there! We’re kicking off 2024 with a delicious episode featuring the owner and founder of The Real Good Life, Maggie Joos. What can you take off your plate so that…
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Amid the wild success of his syrup ring, Harry encounters an unexpected, lone threat in the form of the widow Mrs. Kaplan. Is she simply uncomprehending of the ring's benefits? And Harry's clout? Or is there more going on than Harry thinks? It's the latter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Short and sweet this week, we wanted to hop on the airwaves to wish you the happiest of New Years! We hope this year is full of DREAMS of all shapes and sizes for you. And we’d love to hear what you’ve got in stor…
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Drawing inspiration from an unlikely source, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Harry doesn't want to be in a room with them, and they don't want to be in a room with each other, but Harry nonetheless summons the titans of the New York flavored syrup industry for a fateful meeting... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic…
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In an attempt to escape the law... help Charlotte's syrup magnate father, Mr. Lefkowitz (John Rothman)... and also just get away from his best friend Morris (Michael Stuhlbarg), whose success just rubs him the wrong way... Harry heads to the deep South, on a mission to broaden the horizons of the syrup world... which might also be the end of him. L…
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Makda Fessahaye, Associate Vice Chancellor at UW Milwaukee
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Harry resorts to the Brownsville supernatural in an effort to push his run of bad luck onto his rival, Jonny Flintzman (Alex Karpovsky) — but Harry's poor choices, and a wonder-Rabbi's curse, will have terrible consequences for his true love Charlotte. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Christie Melby-Gibbons of Tricklebee Café
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CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! You are going to want to pull up a seat at the table for this conversation with Christie Melby-Gibbons, Founder and Executive Director of Tricklebee Café on North Avenue. This is NOT just your average café, in fac…
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