Alley Faith: MKE Kiss-FM Legend on Radio, Celebrity Interviews, Rescue Dogs & Best Bars of all time in

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And I went, and all of a sudden everybody wanted to adopt him, and I was like, that's my dog, and you better get out of my way. Definitely the one where a woman called and said that her baby daddy had a whole nother family in the same apartment complex. I was just, we were all starstruck. We couldn't stop staring at her. There was just something, I don't know if it was the charisma, I don't know if it's just the history of the Jackson family, but that one, amazing.

SPEAKER_01
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Milwaukee on Co. We've got a Milwaukee Entertainment legend and dog mom in today. We've got Ali Faith from 1037 Kiss FM. You probably know her. And she brought Doug, her adorable new tripod pup that she recently rescued from Winston's Wishes, an organization that does some amazing things. So she was in here. We talked about her adoption of Doug, how she got into radio. She's got a really interesting backstory. Milwaukee in the 2000s, when she came here, we also went over best bars, dead or alive. We we reminisced on Milwaukee in the 2000s, 2010s. And she's also had a chance to interview Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, many more. So it was it was awesome talking to her about all of that. Before diving in, I want to thank our partners who make Milwaukee on Cup possible. We'll kick it off with Nicolay Law, the Midwest law firm injured. Get Nicolay and Russ, and the team will take great care of you. Drink Wisconsin Ablee Beverage Company, Best Vodka, Brandy, and Canned Cocktails in the game, available at bars and liquor stores across the state, and also available at Ampham Field. Make sure to check out their corner bar over in Wright Field. And last but not least, our good friends over at Annex Wealth Management. If you're looking to get your finances together and have a goal that deals with your money, your earnings, your investments, go talk to the experts at Annex. They have an amazing team ready to listen and help you with your personal goals. That is Annex Wealth Management. Know the difference. All right, let's dive in with Ali Faith. Hey everyone, welcome back to Milwaukee on Coat. We've got an iconic Milwaukee media personality in the building, Ali Faith and Dougie, her tripod rescue dog from Winston's wishes, who spent a stint at Maddox. We love supporting Maddox. So very happy to have them both in. We'll we'll talk about Doug. We'll get to know Ali because you you've got a lot of stories in Milwaukee. I mean, you've you've been here for two decades. Yeah, over 20 years. So really excited to have you in. You're down 150 pounds.

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And I've kept it off for eight years. Yeah. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01
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That that is amazing. And as we said, we got Dougie in in the building. Um should we should we start with him?

SPEAKER_00
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I would love to.

SPEAKER_01
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How did you get the guy? What made you adopt him?

SPEAKER_00
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Well, I had lost my black lab, Bella, which I got at the Wisconsin Humane Society. She was 14 in 2023. I had always had dogs growing up, and I went three years without a dog because I went, oh, you know, finally my kids are older. I have no dog. I'm dating. And then it was like the void never got filled.

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And so I said The Milwaukee dating scene did not fill that void.

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There was this was the man for me the whole time. Who knew? So I told them I was interested in um getting a dog. And they said, we have this dog we've been thinking about who is great for you. His name is Doug. And I knew they only had about six dogs. So I had been looking at their website and I had seen him and I knew he was a tripod and I knew he was perfect. But nobody had reached out and said, Hey, we think this dog is great for you. And I went, Oh, it's a sign. So they said, if you want to come meet him, he's gonna be at Oat Brewery on Saturday at a, you know, St. Patrick's Day event. And I went, and all of a sudden, everybody wanted to adopt him. And I was like, that's my dog. And you better get out of my way. So he was the best. Um, he was in a couple fosters, and then he was supposed to come hang out with me. And it turned into me saying, No, I'm gonna pay the adoption fee today. He's mine, leave him. And he never left, and that was March 13th. Right, right at Ope. Yeah. Well, no, at Ope is where I met him. Okay. And then a week later, they brought I put in my application, obviously. And then they brought him over a week later and said, Okay, you know, your application's been approved. I'm like, Of course you know me. But they approved it and they brought him over and said he can stay for a little bit or forever. So when they dropped him off, I said, he's staying forever.

SPEAKER_01
4:38

Yeah. And you got your other dog from the Humane Society a little while ago. Um, why do you think it's important to adopt dogs here here in Milwaukee?

SPEAKER_00
4:48

Well, I think we all know how many dogs come in every day to the shelters. And when I learned those numbers, it's hundreds. It's unbelievable how many dogs come in needing a home. And the thing is, Doug is amazing. He was a Lockkey dog, meaning he came in, he was potty trained, he was crate trained, he was sweet, he didn't bark, he was just a lover. And I thought, I'm never gonna get that with a puppy. Bella was a puppy and I loved her, but that's hard. That's like having another kid. And so he just kind of came into our lives and brought me and my kids closer together and was just perfect. So I there's all these dogs that need homes, you know. Why would why wouldn't I give back and adopt one to me? And now I'm convincing people to adopt too, I hope.

SPEAKER_01
5:36

So yes, yeah, there's so many good dogs that um cycle in and out of there that come from not very good situations in in the city. So yeah, I'd I'd encourage anyone to do the same. And those places are always looking for more volunteers, too. We've been uh involved with Matic probably about two years now, maybe a little longer. And it's just good. I just walk dogs. It's good to go out and give give them a break for from their kennels. A lot are in there. They're lucky to be in there 23 and a half hours a day.

SPEAKER_00
6:05

Like it's it's it's uh sad life.

SPEAKER_01
6:08

They're cooped up, but yeah, that's nice that you do that. Good to give them a breather, and you can take them on field trips too. Volunteers can, so you can like go over there, grab one, take them out for the day, get them exposed to the community. Uh people a few hours. They should.

SPEAKER_00
6:22

How fun.

SPEAKER_01
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It's tough bringing them back, but you need to realize they were better going going on that and meeting people and getting some fresh air and decompressing for a little while.

SPEAKER_00
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So yeah, I bet it's harder to give them back. I didn't even think about that when you're just following the city. It's the difficult part.

SPEAKER_01
6:36

I mean, it's hard enough when you walk them around the block for 15 minutes. It is a little more difficult when you're with them for for three or four or five hours out there. Um, so anyway, what where did you grow up? Where are you from?

SPEAKER_00
6:48

How'd you end up in Milwaukee? Great question. Um, I grew up in Southern Illinois, Carbondale, um, because my dad worked at the university. So that's how we ended up there. But when I was in high school, I found out there was a radio job opening. So I went in. I left school early and I went down to the local radio station. They said, we want to put you on the air on the weekends. And I went, um, I'm sorry. I just, what? Were you in high school? I was 17. I was a senior in high school. Yeah, I couldn't believe they were gonna like put me on the radio. I'm like, are you kidding me? Everybody thought I was so cool, of course. And when I went back to school and told them. Um, but it was great. And I started working there. I did Friday and Saturday overnights, like through college. And then I got kind of jealous because my college boyfriend moved to LA and I was mad that he was going to do things and be ambitious. It kind of motivated me. So I just started sending out my tape. It was a tape. It was not even a CD yet, I don't think.

SPEAKER_01
7:48

And I did bring up you've been in Milwaukee for two decades. So I think I think people can do the math. So yeah, they do not look it.

SPEAKER_00
7:56

You can tell me it's fine if I look it. No. Um, but then I ended up in Wausau. I got a job in Wausau, Wisconsin. Had never been there, went for the interview, moved up, and that's how I kind of got connected with everybody in Milwaukee, was just networking with radio people, you know, during that time. Wassau's a beautiful town. Yeah, it is. It is. It's just so small. After a while, it was I got bored. So I went to Albuquerque and did mornings on a station. I went to Vegas, and then they called me back and said, Hey, we have a morning show opening in Milwaukee. Do you want to come? And I said, Okay.

SPEAKER_01
8:30

Was it the same network that owned all the stations, or were these just different places? No, they were all different.

SPEAKER_00
8:35

One was iHeart. Yeah. One Milwaukee was a totally different company. Yeah. I just knew the man running it who had kicked it off, and he said, I want you to come do mornings. I was like, All right.

SPEAKER_01
8:47

Yeah. So I did. How'd you what was that transition like? And how did you enjoy Milwaukee in the in the 2000s?

SPEAKER_00
8:54

That's a great question. Milwaukee has always been one of my favorites, and I think that's why I stayed because there it's like one of the best kept secrets. This city, you come here, it's not that hard to get anywhere. I can drive downtown or to the suburbs in less than 15 minutes if I really want to. I loved the lake, living downtown, and it's just turned out to be one of the best place and a great place to, you know, have a dog and a family.

SPEAKER_01
9:22

Absolutely. Um, I do want to get into your your career. You've uh I was stalking your Instagram earlier doing some homework. I saw one of the carousels you posted. You had pictures with Justin Timberlake, Pink, the Pussycat dolls, Mary J. Black. You had a great picture with Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt that's a good one. Was that during like the Laguna Beach days?

SPEAKER_00
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Oh, no, no, no. It was before. This is this is the best story ever. I'm so glad you asked me about that. I saw that that photo is amazing. It's insane because I don't think anybody even knew who Spencer was yet.

SPEAKER_01
9:58

He looks like he's 12. They're babies.

SPEAKER_00
10:00

Yeah. I had gotten sent out the first year I was in Milwaukee, that was 2005. They sent me to LA to broadcast live from American Idol, which was huge. It was the Carrie Underwood Bo Bice year. She won that year. So they flew me out. I did the radio junket all week. And then at night, because the show was on Fox, Fox would put us in a bus and drive us places to promote their shows. And coming out at the time was The Princess of Malibu with David Foster, Brody Jenner, and Spencer, because he was Brodie Jenner's stepdad. So I got taken to their $74 million mansion in Malibu, driven on a bus with about 20 other radio friends. And we spent the night drinking and having hors d'oeuvres, going into David Foster's studio where Whitney Houston, I mean, the icons have recorded in this guy's studio. And we were supposed to ask Brody and Spencer questions. And I didn't know. I was like, I don't even know who these guys are. But I'd had a few drinks, I was liquored up, I was about 23. And the next thing you know, we're on the couch taking pictures, and they were just really sweet and fun. And then when you know the hills and everything blew up, people were like, You've met them. I'm like, yeah, nobody knew who they were. I've been in their house. It was crazy.

SPEAKER_01
11:20

So yeah, it was that's a really fun like memory of mine. That's like peak American Idol, too.

SPEAKER_00
11:26

Peak, peak, and we got to go to the finale. I got to go see Carrie Underwood win. It was insane. It was really cool. Yeah, that was when everyone watched it. And you watched it live.

SPEAKER_01
11:38

Yes. I I remember that. I remember that. It is crazy to think about that now. Yeah. It just like couldn't be replicated. Yeah. I don't think. No. Um what obviously you weren't starstruck in that moment because you had no clue who they were. No clue. When when's what's the most starstruck you have been? You've interviewed a lot of amazing people.

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12:00

You know who really threw me for a loop was Janet Jackson.

SPEAKER_01
12:05

That's a good one.

SPEAKER_00
12:06

Yes, that was probably one of the most famous people I'll ever interview in my life, obviously. But we got invited to a hotel in Chicago. She was promoting probably an album in the early 2000s when she was still doing a lot. And we I walk into this room, and Jermaine Dupree is just hanging out, spinning. I'm like, what is going on? How is this my life?

SPEAKER_01
12:29

Were you just towering over him?

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Yes.

SPEAKER_00
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Yes, absolutely, absolutely. He was there and they took us up to this hotel room where we were going to interview Janet. And it was me and the two guys I worked with at the time back in the day, Wes and Ronnie. I'll say their names, fine. The very first show I was ever on.

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12:45

Your heart just pounding in the elevator up?

SPEAKER_00
12:47

I mean, not yet. No. Okay. I we got up there, we walked in, she was sitting in a chair, and we kind of just stood there and stared at her. And she looked up at us and she goes, Hi. She was so I was just, we were all starstruck. We couldn't stop, we couldn't stop staring at her the whole time. We were just like, and I was like, snap out of it. Ask her a question, something, but there was just something. I don't know if it was the charisma. I don't know if it was just the history of the Jackson family, but that one, amazing. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01
13:20

Then any any other just moments where you think I can't believe this.

SPEAKER_00
13:26

Well, I think that I loved meeting Mary J. Blige at Summerfest. That was a big one for me, and baby Justin Bieber.

SPEAKER_01
13:34

How old was he? As old as Spencer Pratt when you met him.

SPEAKER_00
13:38

Probably 15. Yeah, he was probably 15 at Summerfest. Did you interview him or just briefly? No, I was on maternity leave when we interviewed him, so I missed it, if you can believe that. But I will tell you this one's cool. I didn't meet her in person, but we interviewed her on interviewed her on the phone, Taylor Swift. And this is what's crazy about the Taylor Swift interview. We had that planned so she could promote whatever she was doing at the time. It was the Monday after the VMAs when Kanye took the mic out of her hand. So I have chills thinking about it. So we had an interview with her that Monday morning, and they called us and they said, have fun, talk about anything you want but what happened this weekend. Isn't that how it goes though? I was so sad. So I've always had regrets about that because I love Taylor, and it would have been probably rude to bring up her trauma from the weekend, but man, I feel like we dropped the ball on that by agreeing to that. But that's the business, you know.

SPEAKER_01
14:40

You probably wouldn't have been able to interview her every though.

SPEAKER_00
14:43

No. Or ever again.

SPEAKER_01
14:44

Yeah. Yeah, I guess you could have just threw it out there when she was on the line.

SPEAKER_00
14:48

You don't want to burn those bridges.

SPEAKER_01
14:49

Oh no. No. You don't. Um any any favorite interview you've ever done.

SPEAKER_00
14:56

My favorite interview? That's a really good interview.

SPEAKER_01
14:58

The one that surprised you.

SPEAKER_00
15:00

Hmm. Do you know who Enrique Iglesias is? Oh yeah. He came right up to me and started talking to me and was like, Have I met you before? And I was like, uh, yeah. Why? And that was really cool. So I got to interview him backstage somewhere. Um, I'm trying to think who I've interviewed that it's so hard when because you interview so many people, and after a while you get desensitized, which is good and bad because it's good because you can ask them real questions and talk to them, but it's also bad because you want to ask the fan questions because that's what people, you know, that's what anybody, let's say you love, I don't know, Taylor Swift, you know, you want to know those things. So I don't I can't think of who's been the absolute best, honestly. If you want me to be honest, I can't. I wish I could name somebody.

SPEAKER_01
15:50

Do you have any um any favorite concerts you've been to?

SPEAKER_00
15:53

Ah, so many. Where do I start? Okay, Bruno Mars at Summerfest, phenomenal. Um, Lady Gaga at Summerfest, which I saw her topless because she takes off her shirt. I just happened to be so far up when she turned. I was like, I'm looking at Lady Gaga's boobs. Like everybody in Milwaukee's looking at Lady Gaga's boobs. So that those were really great shows. Um, I loved Post Malone at Alpine, which I've seen him at Pfizer, Summerfest, Alpine. That was just a vibe. Did you go to him this year? Yeah, I just I went, yeah, and I went to Ed Sheeran too. They were both Ed Sheeran was good. Yeah, but Post was better, in my opinion. So yeah, they were awesome.

SPEAKER_01
16:34

Any uh you get you get a bunch of callins. By the way, am I rolling my eyes? We actually love them. And they're live. They're always live. They're always live. Didn't used to be. Oh, really? When did that change?

SPEAKER_00
16:49

Uh probably a- Were they just tape delayed? Always tape delayed and always taped, and we'd play a lot of music in order to tape them. And I always hated taping everything. I want to, I feel like it's more authentic if we're on the air to take these people live. Nobody knows you're playing back something recorded, right? But it changed when podcasting started getting big and people were listening more for their favorite personalities. And so we started talking more and more, and then we didn't have time to record anything anymore. And so we just started randomly taking people live, and we're like, this is crazy, but we're gonna do it. So we do it all the time, and we've gotten this crew of regulars, and they're really funny, and they call in and listeners know them, and they're like, Oh, I love Saucy Sandra, and you know, it's just they're just characters in this city, and they're all funny, you know.

SPEAKER_01
17:42

Any, any, um, any unbelievable phone calls stand out and just caught you off guard or any big eye rollers.

SPEAKER_00
17:50

This morning I had someone scream the F-word on the air.

SPEAKER_01
17:54

What context was that in?

SPEAKER_00
17:56

She was just worked up about the advice segment. We were doing what would DZ do, and she got riled up about somebody who was letting their 20-year-old live at home and didn't know how to get them out of the house. And she just said the F-bomb, and because they get so comfortable they forget they're on the air. So, luckily, we have a dump button and it drops eight seconds of audio. So you don't hear it on the radio. Okay, but I have a small panic attack. Because if you do, we could get fined like $10,000. Yeah, something crazy like that. Oh, yeah. The fine for saying a naughty word during the day is pretty bad. I had no idea. If the FCC, and this is actually a great question because this speaking, we talked about Janet Jackson. So you remember when they did the Super Bowl, and at the time the FCC went after Janet Jackson. Now, they would not have done that if there hadn't been people reporting it. So if somebody cusses on the radio or on wherever, where they're not supposed to, according to the FCC rules, if somebody reports it and they investigate it, then you can get fined. So I'm sure people have cussed and nobody's reported it, thank goodness. But when they didn't have a delay button or a dump, but they'll find you if somebody so it's the reporting. Yeah. You know, it's all those old people that were like Janet Jackson showed her bob, you know, and had a heart attack. And so they they tried to make an example of her. Uh-huh. Which sucked. Yeah.

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19:27

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SPEAKER_00
20:11

Definitely the one where a woman called and said that her um baby daddy had a whole nother family in the same apartment complex. True story. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01
20:23

Had a what?

SPEAKER_00
20:24

A whole nother family. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01
20:26

In the same apartment complex.

SPEAKER_00
20:28

In the same apartment company.

SPEAKER_01
20:29

He didn't even go to a different zip code or anything.

SPEAKER_00
20:31

Nope. One day the girl came up and said, Hey, these are his kids, and she had no idea.

SPEAKER_01
20:38

So he must have pissed her off, and then she just walked the family right over.

SPEAKER_00
20:42

Mm-hmm. Exactly. Exactly. Wow. Isn't that crazy?

SPEAKER_01
20:46

How was she doing?

SPEAKER_00
20:47

Um she was okay. I mean, she was well spirited. She was telling the story. Yeah. So yeah, we get stuff like that, which is why.

SPEAKER_01
20:56

Any others, or does that take the cake? That's one of the best ones. Have you had any on-air bloopers or things you did or said that you were just like I wish I could take that back. Do any standards?

SPEAKER_00
21:08

All the time. No, because I blocked them out out of embarrassment. But are you really are you really good at that?

SPEAKER_01
21:14

Just like not dwelling moving forward. And were you always that way, or was it something you had to adjust to?

SPEAKER_00
21:20

I think it's a great question. I don't know where I'd say my thick skin came from, but early years in radio doing mornings, I remember my boss saying, like, any other female in your position would cry. And I was like, forget these dudes, you know, like you needed somebody to wrangle them a little. But um, I also think some of my ADHD helps because I just keep it moving if I'm being completely honest. But yeah, I just, you have to just dust it off because otherwise you sit in it, you obsess about it, and you your affects your confidence and your self esteem, and that affects your product on the air. So I obviously get embarrassed, but I have to act like I'm not.

SPEAKER_01
22:00

No incident you can bounce back from. I'm guessing you're harder on yourself than other people are too.

SPEAKER_00
22:05

It's usually misinformation. Maybe I said something wrong about a celebrity, and then later I'm like, oh man, you know, you suck at your job. And I'm like, no, you don't. You're okay. You know, everybody makes it's human error though, you know? It's humans running stuff.

SPEAKER_01
22:19

So yeah. I I wanted to uh I wanted to get your favorite Milwaukee spots, dead dead or alive. Like if you had any back in back when you moved here. And I I came to Milwaukee in 2008, so I was kind of similar era. Yeah. When you when you came, when did you come here to I came here 04? Okay, so yeah, 2000s.

SPEAKER_00
22:40

Lived downtown. I lived on the east side until I basically had kids with my ex-husband and then moved, you know, out in the burbs in 2013. But I just want to be in Milwaukee.

SPEAKER_01
22:50

I was on the east side for like seven years, probably.

SPEAKER_00
22:52

Okay, we might have been neighbors. Potentially. So favorite Milwaukee spots back in the day. Do you remember Louisa's? Yes. Cathedral Square.

SPEAKER_01
23:01

I was gonna bring that up. Obsessed. Their bread was so good.

SPEAKER_00
23:05

So good, and the sauce you dipped it in. And then I would go there when I used to eat carbs, and I'd get the Popper Dell or Paperdelli, however you say it. That dish when Louisa's was gone, I was so upset. I loved that dish. I loved Louisa's. That was one of my spots for sure in Cathedral Square. Mm-hmm. Um, Bryant's, which I've seen people mention on your podcast before. Bryant's is one of those places I feel like you have to take everybody. It's just a cool vibe. It's different. You get different drinks there. Um, JoeCats, I spent a ton of time. Everybody go, Alley. You know, I love my Joe Cats. I would go back now. I don't care how old I am. I don't care if they think I'm an old head. I'm going in Joe Cats.

SPEAKER_01
23:45

Really, the second floor has changed a lot. Really? What's different? I haven't been up there in a good couple years. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00
23:52

Um, I don't know how if I ever got past the bar.

SPEAKER_01
23:55

Because it was always jam-packed. I did that on what, maybe five or six years ago. Okay. Okay. Yeah. No, when I was living off Brady, too, it was just the one floor mostly.

SPEAKER_00
24:05

Yeah. Brady Street has always been fun. Same thing with water. I mean, I remember going to McGillicuddy's and Bar Louie, like in 07. It was right on Water Street in the huge patio.

SPEAKER_01
24:17

What about were you at Sullivan's at all?

SPEAKER_00
24:20

Of course. I was everywhere. Richie, I've been out everywhere in this city. I have been everywhere.

SPEAKER_01
24:26

Did you ever go to the corner, which was in the bomber's spot before Bombers?

SPEAKER_00
24:33

Definitely been to Bombers. Surely I was at the corner.

SPEAKER_01
24:37

It was a college bar, probably about 2007. So I'm sure. I mean, it was they had all you can drink, you fill it Wednesdays. So one time my roommate and I brought a drawer from our dorm. They filled it with beer for three dollars. The whole drawer? The whole drawer. Three three dollars Wednesday at the corner. And then my black friend got in with one of our white friends' IDs, and um they didn't stay around. You're joking. Yeah, but my buddy Tiger got in with um That's a real story. Yes. Might have been P Bear's ID, but yeah, yeah, he got he got he got he marched right on through with that thing. So the corner was just absolutely electric.

SPEAKER_00
25:18

That was where you went. Yeah. We love that place. I'm Dukes, you know, been to Dukes a thousand times. Yep, Dukes is still around. Um I love to eat. Dan Dan, you know, I remember going there after the Christmas tree lighting and the third war.

SPEAKER_01
25:33

Dan Dan, very comparable to Dukes right there. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00
25:36

It just shows you I'm well rounded. Okay.

SPEAKER_01
25:38

Very versatile.

SPEAKER_00
25:40

Yeah, I mean, I there's so many good ones. Louise's.

SPEAKER_01
25:43

Um I gotta give a shout out to um the old Milwaukee Brewing Company Tour that was in this area. Yeah. It was five dollars. It wasn't really a tour, it was just like a warehouse where you could go walk next to one of the tanks. Or you could just stay at the bar and you got to drink craft beer for an entire hour for five bucks. Dude, isn't that funny that like all of our memories deal in the history of Milwaukee, to be honest with you? I don't know what would top that.

SPEAKER_00
26:11

Do you know this is so Milwaukee that we're talking about the best deals in the city? Like Milwaukee, I heard one time is the biggest couponing city in the country. Is it really? Supposedly. So if that's true, we are very Milwaukee right now because I'm with you. You know, we want to know where the deals are, the cheapest beer. I remember the dollar pints at Dukes, they still do that.

SPEAKER_01
26:30

I don't know. I haven't. Oh, you know what we did. You know what on Fridays? You could ride the rail, which I think you could have like 20 pints of beers. I think you got a I don't know. I think you had to do it in a specific amount of time, but not all in one night. Um and then I think you got a free beer or a t-shirt or something.

SPEAKER_00
26:47

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_01
26:47

I don't know if they're still doing it. My buddy The Handler was uh the handler. The handler. He was oh he was great at that.

SPEAKER_00
26:53

I know where I spent many a nights. My very first bar ever in Milwaukee was at 7 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day. Was remember um oh, I just uh the ha Have a Night Stay Cafe?

SPEAKER_01
27:03

Remember how that was right before my time, I think.

SPEAKER_00
27:07

Was that is that where the fishbowls they had the fishbowls now it's 90s uh 2K, 90s by 2K, and they've changed it a couple of times. Yeah, yeah. My friend Jake has owned it. That was because he's a great guy. I love Jake. He's amazing. They're awesome. They're amazing. Yeah, I love Jake. So yeah. I um, but yeah, I definitely love that.

SPEAKER_01
27:33

What a nice walk down memory lane.

SPEAKER_00
27:34

I'm trying to think if I can I'm sad that you didn't remember having Ice Day Cafe.

SPEAKER_01
27:38

I never, I never got to go there.

SPEAKER_00
27:40

That's some real old school-ish right there. We also used to go to Taylor's. I mean, I can tell you the bars. Taylor's is still there. Taylor's still there. We lived on Milwaukee Street. You had uh what was it? Um Oh my gosh. Wait, oh Kennedy's. Do you remember Kennedy's at all?

SPEAKER_01
27:57

No, I never made it to Kennedy's. Is that where um Lucid Night Lucid Lounge was?

SPEAKER_00
28:03

Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe. Oh, I just thought of another great Milwaukee story for you. So guess who I had dinner with at Carnivore one time? Lance Bass from InSync. No shit. You had dinner with Lance? How'd you pull that off? Uh great question. I don't know to this day. No, we were hosting the AIDS walk that year, and he had come in to be, you know, the honorary chair. And so he flew in. And at the time, Dan, who was running the AIDS walk, called me and my partner on the air and said, Hey, you know, Lance is coming. Do you guys want to come to dinner with us at Carnivore? And I was like, excuse me. So we go to Carnivore. It's only me, Riggs, the guy I was on the air with at the time, Dan from, you know, the AIDS walk, his wife, and then Lance Bass and his husband. And I was sitting across from Lance Bass and his husband, and it was wild for the entire dinner. And I was asking him, I was like, I can't believe I'm sitting across from somebody in InSync, and I'm like having dinner with you. This is crazy. And his husband is right next to him, and he goes, How do you think I feel? And I thought that was the cutest line ever. Yeah, his husband was like, How do you think I'm married to a guy in InSync? Like, you think I'm not freaking out over here? That's funny. Isn't that a great story? He was so good. So sweet. Yeah, such a sweetheart. Yeah. And I got to ask him a ton of questions about Vanderpump rules at the time. Yeah. Because it was at its height and he's good friends with Lisa Vanderpump. So those were like the two conversations I remember from the dinner. But he was great.

SPEAKER_01
29:38

Any um and any closing thoughts or favorite places you left out?

SPEAKER_00
29:43

I got to interview Lizzo at the Roof of the Journeyman, and nobody else was allowed to come. It was like 10 people.

SPEAKER_01
29:51

How long ago? A few years ago. She was definitely somewhat recent.

SPEAKER_00
29:55

So she was brand new coming to play the side stage at Summerfest in 2019. Truth hurts had just come out. She was rising quickly. And Summerfest was one of her first, I think, big shows.

SPEAKER_01
30:09

It was probably like I was at Wiz Khalifa Summerfest. It was probably a decade less ago, but like they booked them on a side stage, and I forget what hit. It might have been say yeah, or one of his big hits. Yep. Um came out in the meantime, and that was just absolutely mayhem.

SPEAKER_00
30:24

That was the way Lizzo was. She was so famous by the time Summerfest rolled around that that show, I'll never forget being at that stage at Summerfest and being past the food. I mean, you couldn't even, you couldn't even walk because the crowd was so big, you know. So that was really cool. Um, so I got to interview her. She was a little standoffish though, because she was brand new, a little green, I think, as far as interviews with radio. And um, yeah, and then I interviewed her again years later, and she was super cool, like on Zoom during COVID, you know, when that was all they would do. So yeah, so that was a cool experience. Um, I got to interview Backstreet Boys up at like the roof of the Hyatt. This is a wild story.

SPEAKER_01
31:04

What year was that?

SPEAKER_00
31:06

2006, maybe?

SPEAKER_01
31:08

The rotating roof of the Hyatt?

SPEAKER_00
31:10

No, it was actually well, that is the right building, but we were in their hotel room. Again, I don't know why I've been in so many random hotel rooms, but no kidding. I guess they do them, they hold interviews there a lot of times because it's private and they can just bring us in. So we went up and we went up in the elevator and sat down with all the guys in Backstreet Boys. I can't even remember what they were playing. They might have been doing the Bradley Center, they might have been doing Summerfest. I don't remember now, but they were doing a show and we got to talk about it.

SPEAKER_01
31:35

Is that surreal for you? Because I'm um were you a big Backstreet Boys fan growing up in the 90s?

SPEAKER_00
31:39

Yeah, I graduated from high school in '97. Backstreet Boys was everything, you know? Them Stoop and Dre and you know, in sync, pop and rap. So yeah, it was chronic. It was on repeat, still this day. Such a great one. Um, yeah, no, those moments I don't even think still to this day have I've processed probably because it would just blow my mind.

SPEAKER_01
32:04

You were more starstruck for Janet Jackson than going up to the entire Backstreet Boys. That is kind of funny.

SPEAKER_00
32:09

It is funny, but I think it had something to do with her charisma. I really think sometimes you meet these celebrities and you're just shocked. You know, you just you're like, I didn't get it till I met you. There's something about you, they have it, you know. She just had, I don't know, just couldn't stop staring at her.

SPEAKER_01
32:24

Oh, Allie, the one uh the one thing I want I was gonna ask you about that we just blew over was I mean, the fact you lost 150 pounds. That's extremely inspirational. Like, you how did that come about? And do you have advice for for people who are looking to do the same?

SPEAKER_00
32:40

Sure. Um, uh, you know, it's still that's surreal to me still that I lost 150 pounds because I kind of yo-yo'd throughout my life with my weight, and I had been, you know, thinner in high school and college, gained a little, then I had kids, gained a little. And I was probably my biggest in 2018. And somebody came to me and said, Would you are you interested in doing keto? And at the time, keto was super big in pop culture. But Jersey Short, everything.

SPEAKER_01
33:06

I tried doing some keto.

SPEAKER_00
33:07

Everybody did, everybody lost weight and then gained it back.

SPEAKER_01
33:10

Yeah, I thought I could eat like five burger patties and no bread and be fine. That is not how keto works. So if anyone was wondering, it technically is keto, but that that strategy is not effective.

SPEAKER_00
33:19

Um yeah, and I just ended up eating, you know, cutting out carbs, and after a year, I had lost 150 pounds, and then it just stuck. Like it just became my lifestyle. And I was so everyone's like, Do you ever change? How fast did you lose a year? No shit. July of 2018 to July of 2019. One year. Yeah. Yeah, isn't that crazy? Yeah, yeah. And so, yeah, and then I it was done. Yeah. Why your face? That's a lot in one in one year. Yeah, but that's see, that's why I had skin removal, which is another part of my story. Like, I never thought when I lost that weight, it was like a foreign thought. And when it became possible when I actually went for a consult, I was like, oh my gosh, like I could do this. This is like stuff people do on TV. You know, that's surreal for me. You know, that was crazy. So yeah, and it just kept and then I thought, well, if I'm gonna do skin removal, you don't want to gain it back, you know. So I waited about three years and did my arms and my tummy and all that. And then yeah, it's been quite a journey. So now it's been eight years.

SPEAKER_01
34:28

It's wild.

SPEAKER_00
34:29

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_01
34:30

And it's just um are you still on keto?

SPEAKER_00
34:32

Yeah, and my yeah, for the most part, and my I mean here and now I'll play a little, but my honest advice is I always tell people, I'm like, if you do whatever's for you. GLP ones, I support. They're great, they're doing a lot for people. You wanna cut carbs, even better. Sugar's awful. Do whatever. You want to do weight wash? I don't care. You know, you want to count calories, workout, do whatever works for you, you know, like no judgment whatsoever. And I just think keto just you really have to stick to it, you know, or it doesn't work. If you start cheating, it throws everything off. And, you know, and once I learned how much better I felt without the sugar, it was like night and day. Because I've never been like this health nut. I was active and stuff, but now I just feel like knowledge of food and sugar has helped a lot.

SPEAKER_01
35:15

It's a good point though, because there are so many different methods and diets that that can be effective or even activities to stay active.

SPEAKER_00
35:23

Yeah, just exercising.

SPEAKER_01
35:24

Something you like, yeah. Move around. Um yeah, I think the problem is if you just kind of like go all in on something maybe too fast and then you burn out. It's hard to stick to a little bit.

SPEAKER_00
35:36

Yes, because I had done other stuff in the past that just either were too was too strict, a lot of it was too strict. I felt, I think I learned this time that you can make all these foods, you know, and their meals with key, you just have to get creative and they're easy recipes, you know.

SPEAKER_01
35:50

Well, then thank you and Doug for coming in today. It was so good meeting you and I appreciate all you do and yeah, those are.

SPEAKER_00
35:57

Yeah, likewise, thank you so much for having me. Oh no, see, now he wants to go to sleep.

SPEAKER_01
36:01

Now, Doug Dougie, this is what we were looking for right when the show ends.

SPEAKER_00
36:05

You were supposed to do this the whole time.

SPEAKER_01
36:08

Big thank you to Allie and Doug for coming in today. And before signing off, just want to thank our partners for making Milwaukee on Cup possible. Annex Wealth Management know the difference. Nicolay Law, the Midwest Law Firm, and Drink Wisconsin Able Beverage Company.