53206 Cast
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -53206, located in the inner city of Milwaukee, is the poorest zip code in the state of Wisconsin. 99.2% of residents are non-white and the median household income is $24,000. Meg and Alex talk about what they have learned over the last 15 years from living in a place that is very different than the suburbs they grew up in. Each episode typically covers thoughts on education, social justice, and the normalization of inequities they see on a daily basis.
Join Meg & Alex as we rethink our inner cities together
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Episodes
Episode 7: Why Do You Live There?
August 23, 2020 15:49 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBOver spring break in 2006 Meg and Alex went on a trip with 30 of their closest friends to Mississippi to gut houses and learn about what life is like in the inner city of Jackson. Little did they know that would be the catalyst for their decision to move into the 53206 zip code in the inner city of Milwaukee.
Episode 6: How Are They Going To Learn?
August 19, 2020 13:08 - 37 minutes - 28.7 MBMeg and Alex give an update on how virtual school is going for their kids in Milwaukee Public Schools and talk about how/why some of the people from the neighborhood won't be able to engage with learning in at the same level as their own kids.
Episode 5: A Missed Opportunity
August 14, 2020 21:08 - 29 minutes - 21.3 MBAlex and Meg talk about a protest taking place over the highway and a potential missed opportunity for the protesters who, on the surface, seemed to be at odds with the two but really wanted a lot of the same things.
Episode 4: What If A Hurricane Hit Our Neighborhood
August 11, 2020 22:27 - 37 minutes - 27.9 MBMeg and Alex talk about what they remember from spending a week in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and discuss what would happen if a natural disaster of a similar scale hit their neighborhood. Plus the two talk about a couple of signs of change in the right direction.
Episode 3: Virtual Inequities
August 09, 2020 22:22 - 43 minutes - 79.6 MBMeg asks Alex, an experienced educator, about some things parents can do to ensure their child receives a high quality education during virtual learning and how virtual learning can inadvertently create further inequities in education. Plus the two share some signs of change - positive things from our inner city neighborhood.
Episode 2: Sleeping in Cars and an Update on Ms. Maggie
August 09, 2020 18:09 - 33 minutes - 61.8 MBMeg and Alex talk about a people sleeping in cars in their neighborhood and give an update on Ms. Maggie.
Episode 1: Ms. Maggie
August 02, 2020 00:20 - 35 minutes - 66.4 MBMeg and Alex talk about how the effects of predatory lending during the early 2000's are still being felt in Milwaukee's inner city neighborhoods.