Steven Olikara, host of the new video podcast “Meeting in Middle America,” wants to put a national lens on Midwest discussions about innovation, politics and entrepreneurship.Olikara is a self-described “nontraditional political entrepreneur” who grew up in Brookfield. As founder and CEO of the Millennial Action Project, he’s been leading conversations with young lawmakers that reach across the political divide.
“The premise of this podcast is to take those conversations we’ve been having across the state of Wisconsin to the next level,” he told WisBusiness.com in a recent interview.
But he says the show will go beyond politics in many ways, highlighting startup leaders, drivers of innovation, and others willing to move past divisive rhetoric.
The new show is a joint production of UW-Milwaukee and WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com, produced at UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. A formal launch party is being held Thursday at the LEC, where guests will get a sneak peak of the first episode of “Meeting in Middle America.”
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