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The Cold Oatmeal Podcast

Welcome to Cold Oatmeal, a production of Resch Strategies, concocted from the creative think tank that is 230 N. Washington Square, Suite 200. With topics ranging from the latest news headlines and fu... Read more

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Episode 2: The Story of "Pure Michigan"

Episode 2: The Story of "Pure Michigan"

Cue the cozy piano and string music, and get Tim Allen on the horn. The “Pure Michigan” campaign is more than a decade o... Read more

9 Nov 2017

30mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 34: Zoe Clark

Episode 34: Zoe Clark

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: running the Cold Oatmeal podcast is just like running the programi... Read more

11 Apr 2019

49mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 21: Next Question!

Episode 21: Next Question!

Anna Heaton just left arguably the highest-profile spokesperson job in the State of Michigan. For the last few years, s... Read more

11 Oct 2018

39mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 40: LeDuff

Episode 40: LeDuff

Your long summer of silence is over.  The Cold Oatmeal podcast is back!  It’s season three, and we start it with Charlie... Read more

19 Sep 2019

56mins

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Episode 10: How you measure a swordfish, and the true meaning of journalism.

Episode 10: How you measure a swordfish, and the true meaning of journalism.

Did you know that if you catch a swordfish and go to measure it so you can brag to your friends, the fish’s sword nose i... Read more

1 Mar 2018

44mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 9: Cancer, MSU, Al Horford and Turtles... cause why not.

Episode 9: Cancer, MSU, Al Horford and Turtles... cause why not.

So what do the Michigan State University response to the Larry Nassar tragedy and cancer have in common?  Well, first, t... Read more

15 Feb 2018

37mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 27: The Intervention

Episode 27: The Intervention

Well, we set out to stage a Burger King/Jimmy Johns intervention for our good friend, Nick, but ended up having a fascin... Read more

3 Jan 2019

50mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 33: Opening Day

Episode 33: Opening Day

Play ball!  The national pastime is back, and so is the Cold Oatmeal podcast.Today we talk a little baseball with a guy ... Read more

28 Mar 2019

47mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 31: A Weatherman, a Skunk and James Madison Walk into a Bar

Episode 31: A Weatherman, a Skunk and James Madison Walk into a Bar

Today, we tackle a topic ignored by the masses for just too long… the weather.  That’s right.  It’s time we shine the li... Read more

28 Feb 2019

58mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 4: Hey, Let's Start a Sports Team

Episode 4: Hey, Let's Start a Sports Team

Despite what some on this podcast may think, there is more to owning and operating a soccer club than “kicking and stuff... Read more

7 Dec 2017

35mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 17: The Michigan Department of Social Media

Episode 17: The Michigan Department of Social Media

About a month and a couple episodes after Nikki joined us at Resch Strategies she asked the logical question, “So what’s... Read more

7 Jun 2018

41mins

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Episode 19: Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE!!

Episode 19: Let's Get Ready to RUMBLE!!

Faithful listeners, you’ve waited long enough. Our summer siesta is over and season two of the Cold Oatmeal podcast is ... Read more

13 Sep 2018

50mins

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Episode 24: Friendsgiving

Episode 24: Friendsgiving

Hey, it’s the Friendsgiving episode of the Cold Oatmeal podcast! Well, not really.  Because Friendsgiving isn’t a real t... Read more

21 Nov 2018

53mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 26: Interview with a Beard

Episode 26: Interview with a Beard

Just when you thought this podcast couldn’t get bigger.  Today?  The Beard.No, not Santa’s.  It’s Brian Calley’s beard.T... Read more

20 Dec 2018

Ranked #15

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Episode 32: Michigan's Oldest Restaurant

Episode 32: Michigan's Oldest Restaurant

Road trippin’ it!  Joe bought a plastic tub, and the team hit the road to visit Michigan’s oldest restaurant. The White ... Read more

14 Mar 2019

48mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 37: U of M's Social Media Guru

Episode 37: U of M's Social Media Guru

It’s the “Nikki Summit,” and on the agenda are social media strategies and tips, John Beilein, online pet peeves, brocco... Read more

23 May 2019

50mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 3: 27 Years on Michigan's Political Beat

Episode 3: 27 Years on Michigan's Political Beat

When we first started to map out plans for this podcast on public relations and the media, one of the very first names w... Read more

21 Nov 2017

40mins

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Episode 38: WXYZ'S Ann Marie LaFlamme

Episode 38: WXYZ'S Ann Marie LaFlamme

Cold Oatmeal made it on TV… no big deal.You know those times when you have to get up super early, and you toss and turn ... Read more

6 Jun 2019

38mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 25: The Lame Turkeys

Episode 25: The Lame Turkeys

Ok, for anyone not in Lansing, MI this week, our little town is in the throws of the Legislature’s Lame Duck session.  ... Read more

6 Dec 2018

43mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 12: A Podcast About Podcasts

Episode 12: A Podcast About Podcasts

Today, we do a podcast about podcasts.  Creative, huh? How do you start one?  What do you say?  Well, the hell if we kno... Read more

29 Mar 2018

42mins

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