Jeff Sherman was joined on the phone by Ben & Brittany Essig, the newest owners of Knight’s Gourmet Popcorn & Candies on Milwaukee’s south side as well as Rescued Roasters. Jeff asked them how they got their start with coffee and acquiring their popcorn business. He also asked them about the uniqueness of their popcorn.

Jeff then asked Ben and Brittany about how their business had been affected by the road construction in front of their store on Forest Home Avenue and the future of expansion of their business.

WTMJ host Jeff Sherman gave words to the wise on scam calls and texts.

TWO UP:

1. Downtown Milwaukee's Gaslight building was facing foreclosure and was to be auctioned off.

2. Aldi and Trader Joe’s have been getting more foot traffic, potentially due to rising grocery prices.

This day was April Fools Day and Jeff shared some April Fools stories.

TikTok was facing pressure again for ByteDance to sell it or face a ban in the United States of America and Substack was adding video to capitalize on this.

Apple Music had playlists for Major League Baseball team and their players’ walk-up music

A new retractable roof was coming to downtown Milwaukee at Cafe Benelux

With this day also being Election Day in Wisconsin, Jeff SHerman was joined on the phone by Pat Sobkowski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, to talk about the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race and the record amount of spending going into it as well as races going on in Florida.

-Jeff asked Professor Sobkowski about the statewide ballot referenda in Wisconsin regarding Voter ID and why requiring it could hinder some voters. Jeff also asked him about the business side of elections.

Jeff Sherman gave a warm welcome to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's new chancellor Tim Gibson and gave him a suggestion.

Jeff gave final reminders on polling locations, times and valid identification.

With this day also being Election Day in Wisconsin, Jeff Sherman was joined on the phone by Pat Sobkowski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, to talk about the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race and the record amount of spending going into it as well as races going on in Florida.

Jeff asked Professor Sobkowski about the statewide ballot referenda in Wisconsin regarding Voter ID and why requiring it could hinder some voters. Jeff also asked him about the business side of elections.

This Thursday, Jeff and Martin start out by discussing Generative AI at Amazon and how it could be used to help shoppers. Plus, they discuss social media age gating, and Executive Producer of the Thanalysis Podcast, Tony Cartagena, joins the show to give a preview of Saturday's live event!

Executive Producer of the Thanalysis Podcast, Tony Cartagena, joins the show to give a preview of Saturday's live event!

TWO UP:

1. What grade would you give your local utilities? A city report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers did not rate Milwaukee favorably.

2. O&H Bakery released their Brew Crew Kringle in the spirit of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Opening Day

Under Armor is back in the NFL game with sponsored players. Rounding Third, a bar on 63rd Street and Bluemound Road was on sale for $1.1 million.

WTMJ host Jeff Sherman was joined in-studio by Imagine MKE Executive Director, Christine Hojnacki, Create Wisconsin Executive Director, Anne Katz and Vice President of Research, Americans for the Arts, Randy Cohen; they discussed the importance of supporting the arts for a city like Milwaukee and asked Randy how collaboration helps promote them.

-Jeff continued and asked Anne about the recent event held in Madison where Tony Evers and other leaders at the capitol talked about promoting the arts and the businesses that facilitate them. Jeff also asked about the wants and needs for urban communities versus rural ones.

-Jeff asked Christine about the arts in Milwaukee and how listeners could get involved.

-Jeff lastly asked all three about the why of the arts.

WTMJ host Jeff Sherman was joined in-studio by Imagine MKE Executive Director, Christine Hojnacki, Create Wisconsin Executive Director, Anne Katz and Vice President of Research, Americans for the Arts, Randy Cohen; they discussed the importance of supporting the arts for a city like Milwaukee and asked Randy how collaboration helps promote them.

Jeff continued and asked Anne about the recent event held in Madison where Tony Evers and other leaders at the capitol talked about promoting the arts and the businesses that facilitate them. Jeff also asked about the wants and needs for urban communities versus rural ones.

Jeff asked Christine about the arts in Milwaukee and how listeners could get involved.

Jeff lastly asked all three about the why of the arts.

WTMJ host Jeff Sherman encouraged listeners to read The Atlantic article detailing White House officials using the messaging app Signal and details the app’s history and the article.

TWO UP

1. StubHub had filed for an IEO

2. Hyundai made a big investment in U.S. manufacturing

What is the future of Sesame Street? Sesame Street Workshop was on the way of losing its partnership with HBO; Jeff gave his take on who their next partner should be.

COFFEE INDEX: Starbucks right now was 2 cents cheaper than moswt local chains.

The Mobcraft Beer space in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood was purchased by former employees who planned on re-opening it.

Musk v Cuban:

-Mark Cuban expressed a corporate reset for cryptocurrency

-Elon Musk’s mind has been drifting towards Mars

Jeff Sherman was joined in-studio by Matt Sabljak from the Milwaukee film company SRH which was ranked #10 by Fast Company’s most innovative film companies.

-Jeff asked Matt about the story behind their hit movie Hundreds of Beavers

-Jeff asked Matt how he works and what’s next for SRH

Jeff Sherman was joined in-studio by Matt Sabljak from the Milwaukee film company SRH which was ranked #10 by Fast Company’s most innovative film companies.

Jeff asked Matt about the story behind their hit movie Hundreds of Beavers

Jeff asked Matt how he works and what’s next for SRH