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Hosted by Phil Surkis · comedy · EN
Host Phil Surkis experiences midwest culture shock, after (sight unseen) moving to Madison Wisconsin. All he knows are the coasts. He gets quiet if you say things like "Scratch offs" or "Cheese Curds". Every week, Phil will talk to a midwesterner and try to learn something about the these midwestern ways beyond the movie Fargo. It's hard to believe this podcast is even getting made, because Phil is somewhere out there, stuck in an eternal midwest goodbye.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHost Phil Surkis experiences midwest culture shock, after (sight unseen) moving to Madison Wisconsin. All he knows are the coasts. He gets quiet if you say things like "Scratch offs" or "Cheese Curds". Every week, Phil will talk to a midwesterner and try to learn something about the these midwestern ways beyond the movie Fargo.
Philly in the Middle is hosted by Phil Surkis. The show has published 9 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Turkeys and Trumpets: In the Middle with Colleen Hayes" (19 December 2025, 25 minutes), "Three C’s and a Fish Fry: In the Middle with Howard Hayes" (19 October 2025, 27 minutes), and "juj e. lepe: The Poetry of Place and Belonging" (11 September 2025, 28 minutes).
Philly in the Middle publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 9 episodes.
Booking probability for Philly in the Middle is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Philly in the Middle requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Philly in the Middle's contact route on record: verified email.
Phil Surkis hosts Philly in the Middle, a comedy podcast with 9 episodes published.
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Philly in the Middle
<p>Holiday vibes abound on Philly in the Middle, as Phil Surkis sits down with Colleen Hayes, the City of Madison’s Pedestrian & Bicycle Outreach Specialist and unofficial mayor of the east side.</p><p>Colleen takes us...
Philly in the Middle
<p>In this episode of Philly in the Middle, host Phil Surkis sits down with Howard Hayes, Assistant Director of Youth and Community Development at Madison’s Goodman Community Center.</p><p>Howard shares how a friend’s...
Philly in the Middle
<p>In this episode of Philly in the Middle, host Phil Surkis sits down with poet and educator juj e. lepe to talk about identity, adaptation, and how place seeps into poetry and daily life</p><p>juj shares stories of...
Philly in the Middle
<p>In this episode of Philly in the Middle, host Phil Surkis meets Cha Yang, Community Experience Manager at Madison’s Goodman Community Center.</p><p>Cha shares his incredible journey—from being born in a refugee camp...
Philly in the Middle
<p>In this episode of Philly in the Middle, I sit down with Rachael Lee, a Middleton-by-way-of-Houston local who’s called the Madison area home for over a decade—the longest she’s lived anywhere. We talk about her...
Philly in the Middle
<p>Phil chats with accordionist, high school language teacher, and lifelong Wisconsinite Aaron Jossart. From growing up among 35 cousins in Racine to leading alt-country bands and teaching French and Spanish at East...
Philly in the Middle
<p>Phil follows through and talks to Libby Tucci — A Madison eastsider, northside fan, and justice nerd — for a talk about Madison’s weirdness, the myth of its progressiveness, and why winter is actually a good thing...
Philly in the Middle
<p>Host Phil Surkis is joined by Bianca Martin, the host of the City Cast Madison podcast. Bianca shares about her Baraboo, Wisconsin roots, her Kiwi aspirations, and what it's like to stand out in the...
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Pedestrian & Bicycle Outreach Specialist, various global organizations including Lotus, IBM, ThermoFisher Scientific, Broadcom, Teradyne
Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
City Cast Madison
Madison’s Goodman Community Center
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