Midwest Real
A podcast & blog with an unquenchable lust for rabbit holes, novelty and open-minded inquiry. Join us as we dig beyond the status quo! Hosted by Michael Phillip EST. 12/21/2012 in Milwaukee.

Host of the Higherside Chats, Greg Carlwood joined us to discuss conspiracies, his show, psychadelics and a whole lot more.  Greg is an extremely warm, transparent well-spoken individual.  What you hear on his show is definitely what you get both in this episode, and the off-air conversations we had leading up to the show.  Give Greg your warmest regards at his website, Thehighersidechats.com.    

Direct download: midwestreal019.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 10:48pm EDT

Midwest Real-018- Made in Milwaukee's Charles Watson and Jeff Redmon, Michael Nelson

This conversation is most certainly dedicated to you creatives out there. (We made room for some esoteric, woo woo-ness too).

Our guests this week spearhead Made in Milwaukee, an organization that has grown from a small DIY group of creatives fostering art, to a powerful one that gets love, recognition and support from businesses, governmental entities and the community at large.  The trick is, they've done it without compromising an ounce of their values or vision. 

As you’ll see, Charles also turned out to be well-versed in some of the more, shall we say, “out-there,” subjects that have been discussed on this show.

Check out madeinmilwaukee.com to see what they’re up to and be sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

As for us, please do the same! (tweet- @midwestreal) (Facebook.com/midwestreal) Of course you can grab this cast on Itunes or listen to it right here.  Speaking of Itunes, please take a minute to subscribe and review over there if you’ve got a spare minute.

Thank you for sticking around and keep fighting the good fight.

 

-Midwest Real

 

Direct download: midwestreal19.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 5:02pm EDT

Midwest Real -017- Filmmaker Amardeep Kaleka, Michael Nelson

Well hi there; it’s been a little while!

What I love about these interviews is that people often surprise me.  Amardeep Kaleka was no exception.  As the director of Sirius, a documentary about UFO disclosure, clean energy suppression and plenty of other fringe subjects, you might think his opinions and talking points would consistently come down on the side of a conspiratorial worldview.  Actually, Arm is in fact, an extremely well informed, open-minded, thoughtful, nuanced and experienced individual.  In fact, he even openly rejected some prevalent conspiracy theories outright.  This man has seen and endured things most of us never will; yet he maintains a friendly, welcoming and calm demeanor that quickly won me over.

The range of topics we covered is truly too long to list and I’m pretty sure we left no stone unturned.  We spoke for nearly two, hours in what ended up feeling like a talk between old friends by the time we wrapped things up.

Check out Arm’s website neverendinglight.com to see what he’s up to.

This is also the first time an episode of Midwest Real has been done as a one-on-one interview.  I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out and I think you’ll enjoy it as well.  As we move forward you’ll be hearing a plethora of voices new and old, and rest assured, we won’t be slowing down.

As always, you can keep the conversation going on Twitter and Facebook, and we always appreciate it if you can take a few seconds to subscribe and review on Itunes.

Until next time.

Direct download: MWR17.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 5:44pm EDT

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