Now pouring on
A coffee table that was not built for recording equipment, and absolutely no plan beyond "let's just talk."
There was no studio or even guests. We had no clue.
Thirty-eight episodes later, Unfiltered Brew has sat down with the people shaping Cleveland: the chefs, the founders, the comedians, the CEOs, the artists making things happen in a city that doesn't always get the credit.
Spring 2025.
We were two New friends, with two borrowed mics,
Runs a cocktail bar downtown, which means she's professionally good at getting strangers to open up and personally incapable of keeping her opinion to herself. Blonde, Balkan, loudest laugh in any room she's in. Treats every flight like a first date and every guest like someone she's been waiting to meet. If an episode goes somewhere unexpected, it's usually because Kat asked the question everyone else was thinking.
Kat & Noura
Meet the two people you'll be listening to at 7 a.m. on the Shoreway.
Kat
The Cleveland creator behind @nourishbynoura and the steady voice on the other side of the table. Editorial eye, calm delivery, zero tolerance for surface-level. Noura is the reason guests say things they didn't plan to say out loud, and the reason it never feels like an ambush. She's the friend who remembers what you told her three months ago and asks how it went.
Noura
two very different energies, one shared allergy to small talk.
Some weeks it's a chef who opened a restaurant at 24. Some weeks it's the CEO of the City Club asking whether we can still disagree like adults. Some weeks it's just the two of us, no guest, getting real about dating, friendship, burnout, and the specific chaos of building something with your best friend.
What We talk about
The range is the point.
Cleveland culture. Entrepreneurship. Relationships. Wellness. Entertainment. Whatever's actually happening in our lives that week.
If it's honest and it's interesting, it's on the table.
