Cream City Social

Cream City Social is the official podcast of Milwaukee's chapter of the DSA. We feature interviews with local leftists, chapter members, as well as segments diving into the rich socialist history of Milwaukee.

Palestinian Solidarity is a Local Issue 04/21/2025

Palestinian Solidarity is a Local Issue The two co-chairs of the Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine join us to talk about their work, the need for Palestinian solidarity movements in Wisconsin, and what we can do to shift U.S. foreign policy on Palestine. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/36242805

Understanding Act 12 03/19/2025

Understanding Act 12 District 3 Aldermanic candidate Alex Brower joins us for an in depth analysis of Governor Evers' Act 12 bill and its impact on Milwaukee. Learn more about Alex's campaign and get involved here: You can also meet Alex on Saturday March 22nd from 9 to 10 AM at his meet and greet at Stone Creek Coffee on Downer or at his fundraiser from 6 to 8 PM at Vintage. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/35774660

Power to the People: The Fight to Take on We Energies 02/04/2025

Power to the People: The Fight to Take on We Energies Alex Brower and Andy from the Power to the People campaign to replace We Energies with a municipally owned utility and what it could mean for people in Milwaukee. Learn more about the Power to the People campaign: Learn more about Alex Brower's campaign for Alderperson and find out how you can help us get a seat on the Common Council: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/35141910

DSA Runs for Common Council: A Conversation With Alex Brower 01/15/2025

DSA Runs for Common Council: A Conversation With Alex Brower We sit down with DSA's endorsed candidate for common council, Alex Brower, to talk about his transformative agenda and what it means to be running a movement-based campaign for city government. Learn more about Alex's campaign and get involved here: https://www.alexbrowerforcommoncouncil.org/ /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/34860250

The Problem With Growing MKE 09/23/2024

The Problem With Growing MKE Melody and Dynasty from Metcalfe Park join us to talk about the city's Growing MKE plan and why they're concerned that communities like theirs may get left behind. Information session on Growing MKE hosted by the Midtown Neighborhood Alliance: Metcalfe Park Communtiy Bridges social media: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/33163337

RNC Recap and the Murder Samuel Sharpe Jr. 08/20/2024

RNC Recap and the Murder Samuel Sharpe Jr. As the DNC kicks off in Chicago, we cannot forget what happened here in Milwaukee a month ago. In this episode, we sit down with a participant in the coalition to march on the RNC about the demonstration against the RNC and the ongoing fight to get justic for Samuel Sharpe Jr. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/32649162

An Unconventional Convention: RNC Recap and Analysis 07/24/2024

An Unconventional Convention: RNC Recap and Analysis Professor of criminology and expert on far right movements Stanislav Vysotsky joins us to discuss the Republican National Convention and the party's concerning drift to the right. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/32270042

Free Palestine Encampment: Interview with MKE 5 05/12/2024

Free Palestine Encampment: Interview with MKE 5 Interview with Audari Tamayo, one of the Milwaukee 5 arrested during the February 9th Chapman Hall sit in demanding a meeting with UW-Milwaukee Chancellor, Mark Mone over UW-M’s involvement with Israel. Interview covers the MKE 5 arrests, their demands, meeting with the UW-M Chancellor, family history, and more. Tough audio quality - Apologies. Helpful Links: : /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/31252457

Free Palestine Encampment: Day 12 05/11/2024

Free Palestine Encampment: Day 12 45 minutes at the UW-Milwaukee Free-Palastine Encampment on day 12. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/31246952

Alex Kostal for County Supervisor 03/28/2024

Alex Kostal for County Supervisor On Tuesday, people in Wisconsin will vote on their next circuit court judge, village trustees, and a whole host of other local offices. In this episode, Alex Kostal talks to us about a crucial but often overlooked local office: county supervisors. Learn more about Alex Kostal's campaign here: You can also email Alex at /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/30578698

State Reppin': January-February 02/23/2024

State Reppin': January-February Join Wisconsin State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as we recap their last two months at the Capital. We talk UWM student protests, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the new legislative maps, the nitty gritty of their prison reform bills/package, and something we should all probably be in... couples therapy. Email to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/30079523

State Reppin': November-December 01/06/2024

State Reppin': November-December Join Wisconsin State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they recap their last two months at the capitol. We talk housing prices in Milwaukee, conditions of confinement legislation (prison reform), what political power looks and feels like, weed, and everyone’s new favorite holiday... Goerge Bush’s Eve. Email to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/29367038

State Reppin': Wisconsin Old Fashioned 11/14/2023

State Reppin': Wisconsin Old Fashioned Listen in to state representative Ryan Clancy as we recap his fall (the season!) in the Wisconsin State Assembly. We hit Wisconsin's state drink, Israel and Palestine, and new legislation around housing and prison reform. Email to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/28635008

Cop City 10/13/2023

Cop City A concerned citizen from Georgia talks to us about the massive police training facility known as "Cop City" in Atlanta and the suprising implications it will have for people in Milwaukee. Donate: Upcoming action in November: Further reading: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/28305755

The Fall of Wisconsin 09/11/2023

The Fall of Wisconsin Wisconsin once led the nation in progressive policy and had the most successful socialist party in the country. So what happened? In this episode, we talk with journalist and author Dan Kaufman to dissect Wisconsin's political evolution and discuss what we can do moving forward. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/27996159

State Reppin': July 08/16/2023

State Reppin': July Listen in to state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy recap their 7th month in the Wisconsin State Assembly. We hit Milwuakee County & City's new sales tax, child bartenders, emails from a cop, plans for the future, and DC vs. Marvel. Email to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/27765048

State Reppin': June - State Budget 07/14/2023

State Reppin': June - State Budget Listen in to state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they talk through their 6th month in the Wisconsin State Assembly and what to do about the hotly debated state budget. Email to get your community questions answered next month! Show Links: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/27466503

State Reppin': May - WI Shared Revenue 06/02/2023

State Reppin': May - WI Shared Revenue Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as we talk through their fifth month in office. We do a read-along to the Recombobulation Area’s “The Wisconsin State Assembly just passed a bill reshaping the state’s shared revenue system. What’s in it?” and sus out what the shared revenue proposals going through the assembly mean for Wisconsin’s (and Milwaukee’s!) future. If you’d like your community questions answered in our next episode, please email us at and we’ll ask your state representatives! Show Links: Recombobulation Area’s Shared Revenue Article: Darrin Madison - Ryan Clancy - /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/27025554

State Reppin': April 05/27/2023

State Reppin': April We’re back! Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they talk through their fourth month in office. We hit the now not-so-recent April supreme court race, their visit to Copper Lake and Lincoln Hills child prisons, and of course your community questions. If you’d like your questions answered next episode please email us at . Tune in next week to learn all about the hotly debated shared revenue bill going through the legislature and what it means for Milwaukee Show Links: Darrin Madison - Ryan Clancy - /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26965050

Part 2: Fighting Times with Jon Melrod 04/14/2023

Part 2: Fighting Times with Jon Melrod Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, finishes his saga of organizing with the Black Panthers, encounters with the FBI, and in the end, winning a $4 million lawsuit against him and his fellow editors of the factory newsletter The Fighting Times. See Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. Links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below: Show Links: Jon’s FBI File: Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: Jon’s Book The Fighting Times: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26542182

Part 1: Fighting Times with Jon Melrod 04/07/2023

Part 1: Fighting Times with Jon Melrod Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, takes us back to a time when labor organizing brought with it the perils of the FBI, association with the Black Panthers, and ultimately a $4 million lawsuit. Come talk to Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. The links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below. Show Links: Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: Jon’s Book The Fighting Times: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26475423

State Reppin': Public Records & Constitutional Amendments 03/31/2023

State Reppin': Public Records & Constitutional Amendments Follow state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy in their third month at the state capital as we talk through the constitutional amendments on our April 4th ballots and the "burning" of public records. Reach out to us with your community questions and we'll get them answered next episode! Email us at Show Links: Constitutional Amendments Explained - Darrin Madison - Ryan Clancy - /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26402526

Does Cash Bail Make Us Safer? 03/24/2023

Does Cash Bail Make Us Safer? Nate Gilliam of MKE Freedom Fund invites us to ask a big question - does cash bail make us safer? Along the way, we learn the context behind the two constitutional amendments on Wisconsin’s April 4th ballots and how to decipher what your vote means. Show Notes: MKE Freedom Fund: New Jim Crow (resource): Beyond Courts (resource): /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26323035

State Reppin': A Legislative Aid's Perspective 03/17/2023

State Reppin': A Legislative Aid's Perspective Amelia Berendt, Ryan Clancy's Legislative Aid, takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of what her work at the State Capital looks and feels like. Show Notes: Email your questions for State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy to: Like & Subscribe: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26259561

A City for Humans 03/10/2023

A City for Humans Jeremy Fojut of Urban Spaceship invites us to imagine what Milwaukee could be like if we designed it as a place to live, not just a place to park. Show Links: Jeremy Fojut: I-94 Expansion Article: I-94 Expansion Governmental Study: Not Just Bikes (Urbansim): /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/26191536

Missy Zombor for MPS School Board 02/14/2023

Missy Zombor for MPS School Board We sit down with Missy Zombor, a city-wide candidate for the Milwaukee Public School Board, and talk through her vision for MPS. Find out why she is running and what she plans to do if elected. School board elections are on April 4th. Follow the links below to register to vote, find your polling location, and how to get involved with Missy's campaign. Show Links: Missy's Website - Register to vote - Find your polling location - /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/25925277

State Reppin': First Month on the Job 02/03/2023

State Reppin': First Month on the Job We sit down with State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy in our inaugural episode of State Reppin', the monthly radio show where we learn straight from the source what's happening at our state capitol. Ryan and Darrin take us through their first month as legislators and what its like to be a minority within a minority in the republican held house. If you have questions you want answered by your state representatives, please email , or DM us on our Instagram or Facebook page, and we'll get them answered in our community questions portion of the show. Show Notes: Darrin Madison - Ryan Clancy - Cream City Social FB - Cream City Social Insta - @creamcitysocialpod /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/25823352

Should Milwaukee Build a New Youth Prison? 01/27/2023

Should Milwaukee Build a New Youth Prison? This time we sit down with Ryeshia Farmer from the African-American Round Table and State Representative Darrin Madison to talk through the new $42 million youth prison slated to be built on Milwaukee's north side. We talk about what life is like in a youth prison, what youth prisons do to the children housed there, and how you the listener can make your voice heard. Check out the show notes below to get involved: Sign the Petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-youth-prison-petition/ Ryeshia Farmer: https://aartmke.org/ryeshia-farmer African-American Round Table: Darrin Madison: https://www.facebook.com/DarrinMadisonWI/ /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/25747443

Get to Know Sam Harshner 01/12/2023

Get to Know Sam Harshner This time we sit down with Sam Harshner, a DSA-endorsed candidate for Shorewood's Village Board of Trustees. We talk through what made him decide to run for the village board and what he hopes to do as a Trustee. If you like what you hear - check out the link below to find out how to help with his campaign. He could use all the help we can give. Show Notes: Sam Harshner's Shorewood Village Board Campaign: /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/25586130

Part III: Elections are an Industry with Eric Rorholm 01/05/2023

Part III: Elections are an Industry with Eric Rorholm Welcome back to the final installment of our 3-part series on how elections have become an industry in our country. Now that we know where the big money in politics came from (Citizen's United) and who is getting it (Super PACs) we talk through what we can do about it. Stay tuned till the end to learn how you can save your brain from the political ads that are melting them. /episode/index/show/creamcitysocial/id/25513614

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