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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
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The second episode of WUWM’s new series about immigration pathways. How ABCD – After Breast Cancer Diagnosis – helps people with breast cancer. A business that’s moving structures to make way for data centers.
Why the rates of mental health challenges are so high among physicians. A UW professor collaborated with Bad Bunny on his award-winning album. A local artist who paints signs you’ll recognize from around Milwaukee.
A project that’s mapping racially restrictive covenants in Milwaukee County. How people across the political spectrum are feeling about data centers. How the data centers coming to our area could impact the Great Lakes.
A course at Marquette that's teaching young people how to disagree and debate civilly. How sea lamprey nearly wiped out commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. Kwik Trip's enduring pull.
The first story from 'Status Pending', WUWM’s new series about immigration pathways. How The Hop is funded. What happens when severe weather strikes at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
We visit UW-Milwaukee's food pantry, which has been feeding even more students during the government shutdown. Support for Wisconsin businesses working to be environmentally sustainable. We learn about Milwaukee County’s Veterans Treatment Court.
We recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. WUWM's new podcast on the immigration system 'Status Pending' premieres. We meet a Columbian-born female conga drummer in Milwaukee. We close with the first episode of 'Milwaukee Based.'
We visit Milwaukee’s largest food pantry and learn what's changed after delays in food assistance. We explore the importance of news literacy and what that means. We uncover the history of Milwaukee’s celery farms in a new Bubbler Talk.
We look at the future of MKE Roots, a program that helps teachers make social studies relevant to students. How tribal schools across the Great Lakes region test for safe drinking water. Plus, we look at the history of the ghost army – a unit of soldiers in World War II who used fake weapons and other deception to trick the Nazis.
We learn about the Democratic Socialist Party’s resurgence in Wisconsin. We visit a Milwaukee Dia de los Muertos event, filled with dancing and ofrendas. We speak with astrophotographer who captures the universe.
We look at how the federal government shutdown is impacting children in Wisconsin and learn how lawmakers in Wisconsin are responding to the shutdown. We tell you about a tool that helps Milwaukee renters learn about their landlords. Plus, explore the cultural significance of a bad film.
We learn about the Milwaukee Community Land Trust and its role in solving housing unaffordability in Milwaukee. The importance of urban farming and growing our own food. How Wisconsin farmers view climate change and that impacts their farming practices.
You can have a direct impact on how some of the city’s annual budget will be spent. An event focused on changing attitudes around incarceration. A tracking system that’s helping us better understand bird behavior.
We speak with a Milwaukee-native author of a book that examines inequalities in two-parent households. We help you plan a trip to the Stevens Point Sculpture Park. A local fire engine house is rumored to be haunted.
What we know about U.S. citizens who have been detained during immigration crackdowns. Meet one of the legends of urban farming in Milwaukee. We visit the West Allis Farmers Market.
Investigations into more than 200 educators in Wisconsin suspected of sexual misconduct with students. Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano chats about her upcoming series about Milwaukee’s urban agriculture scene. A new bat documentary, “The Invisible Mammal.”
We chat with the new leader of the Milwaukee Art Museum, who formerly led the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. We learn about Milwaukee’s first professional women’s basketball team. A photography book featuring the Great Lakes.
We look at the proposed Milwaukee County budget, and learn how major improvement projects could impact property taxes. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joins talks about how he continues to improvise. Live at Lake Effect featuring classical guitarist René Izquierdo.
We learn how heart disease presents in women. How the United Community Center in Milwaukee is helping Spanish-speakers with memory loss. Why leaves change color in fall.
How pumpkin sales might reflect feelings about the current economy. Books and Beyond explores some materials on Milwaukee mysteries. Bubbler Talk looks into the history of the building that is now the Milwaukee Fire and Police training facility.
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