Lake Effect: Full Show

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Lake Effect, WUWM’s locally-produced magazine program, covers a lot of ground, focusing on your neighbors and your issues. Join the Lake Effect team as they open a window onto life in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.

  • 51 minutes 19 seconds
    Thursday 1/30/25: Executive orders and the environment, prison calls, millennial nostalgia
    How executive orders on the environment could impact projects and efforts in Wisconsin. An effort to make calls to state jails and prison free. Some millennial nostalgia with author Ira Madison III.
    30 January 2025, 5:12 pm
  • 51 minutes 29 seconds
    Wednesday 1/29/25: Milwaukee mayor 1999 retrospective, desegregation, Lady Like
    Milwaukee's mayor gives a retrospective on issues facing the city in 1999 and today. A Wisconsin judge discusses attending schools during desegregation in the south. A RuPaul’s Drag Race queen and feature of “Lady Like.”
    29 January 2025, 5:13 pm
  • 51 minutes 21 seconds
    Tuesday 1/28/25: Statewide ballot petitioning, Willem Dafoe, Live at Lake Effect
    Why citizens can't petition for statewide ballot initiatives and referendums in Wisconsin. Actor Willem Dafoe remembers his time as a student at UWM. Live at Lake Effect features The Wild Feathers.
    28 January 2025, 5:33 pm
  • 51 minutes 20 seconds
    Monday 1/27/25: Milwaukee Mayor speaks on immigration enforcement
    Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson on immigration enforcement in the city. The Milwaukee Badgers: one of the Green Bay Packers biggest, former rivals. How Milwaukee became known as the Cream City.
    27 January 2025, 5:46 pm
  • 51 minutes 10 seconds
    Thursday 1/23/25: Wisconsin Republican hopes for 2025, disposing Christmas trees, caring for birds
    A Republican state rep shares her hopes for a new session. How to properly dispose of your Christmas tree. How to care for birds this winter.
    23 January 2025, 6:46 pm
  • 51 minutes 16 seconds
    Wednesday 1/22/25: Illness update, civic education, staying social this winter
    What illnesses are in the air in Milwaukee County, and how to stay safe. How museums can increase civic education. Staying active and social during the cold winter months.
    22 January 2025, 5:22 pm
  • 51 minutes 29 seconds
    Tuesday 1/21/25: Remembering Bob Uecker, NIL and college sports, Midwest climate change
    Remembering Bob Uecker. How changes to rules on paying college athletes have impacted college sports for players and spectators. A Wisconsin author discusses his novel about climate change in the Midwest.
    21 January 2025, 6:21 pm
  • 51 minutes 22 seconds
    Thursday 1/16/25: The Domes reimagined, eco-friendly surfboards, pull tabs
    The Domes Reimagined Project and what updates are coming to the horticultural hub. A Milwaukeean who created a surfboard made entirely of eco-friendly materials. How pull tabs ended up in so many Wisconsin bars.
    16 January 2025, 5:25 pm
  • 51 minutes 30 seconds
    Wednesday 1/15/25: Preserving natural farmland, homesteading gone wrong, Angels of Dirt
    A conservation group working to preserve and protect natural farmland. A homesteading experience gone horribly wrong. Wisconsin’s motorcycle racing scene and why a film about it took 17 years to complete.
    15 January 2025, 5:31 pm
  • 51 minutes 18 seconds
    Tuesday 1/14/25: Mapping landlords, silent book club, 2024's astronomy events
    A tool that empowers Milwaukee renters. How Milwaukee’s Silent Book Club brings readers together. Reflections on 2024 events at the Manfred Olson Planetarium – including the solar eclipse.
    14 January 2025, 5:41 pm
  • 51 minutes 18 seconds
    Monday 1/13/25: Bipartisanship hopes, top research of 2024, 'The Last Repair Shop'
    Conversation with the state Democratic Assembly Minority Leader on her hope for more bipartisanship. The Wisconsin Policy Forum’s top findings from 2024. A Wisconsin producer of the Oscar-winning documentary short film “The Last Repair Shop.”
    13 January 2025, 5:21 pm
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