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 23 seconds
    Thursday 11/21/24: Road updates, Chirp Chat, Bubbler Talk
    A new type of road interchange in the Milwaukee area. How to care for birds this winter. Simplifying the reentry process from prison. Bubbler Talk delves into the history of two Milwaukee neighborhoods.
    21 November 2024, 5:32 pm
  • 49 minutes 46 seconds
    Wednesday 11/20/24: Remembering Jonathan Brostoff, food as tradition and creative outlet
    We hear from friends and colleagues of the late Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff, who died by suicide earlier this month. Local therapists on coping with sudden loss. Ho-Chunk chef Elena Terry talks food and Thanksgiving.
    20 November 2024, 5:30 pm
  • 51 minutes 22 seconds
    Tuesday 11/19/24: Federal funding impacts, 'A Night in Greece'
    Youth shelters and federal funding. The Inflation Reduction Act incentivizes energy upgrades to Milwaukee-area homes. Venice Williams goes viral. “A Night in Greece,” inspired by visits to Athens.
    19 November 2024, 5:25 pm
  • 51 minutes 20 seconds
    Monday 11/18/24: Mental health in an era of silence, Ojibwe journey to Madeline Island
    A family’s journey through mental illness in an era of silence. History of the Bay View Massacre. The Ojibwe journey to Madeline Island.
    18 November 2024, 5:20 pm
  • 51 minutes 19 seconds
    Thursday 11/14/24: New DA, midcentury organizing, are we all haters?
    Milwaukee County’s new district attorney. Two Milwaukee-area election clerks speak about election day. How urban renewal projects ignited community organizing in 1950s. Is Milwaukee a community of haters?
    14 November 2024, 6:39 pm
  • 51 minutes 24 seconds
    Wednesday 11/13/24: Climate change, Milwaukee walks, nature's inevitability
    How to tackle climate change in a time of political divisiveness. Two sisters create a guidebook for accessible walks around Milwaukee. Milwaukee historian John Gurda's losing battle against nature.
    13 November 2024, 5:40 pm
  • 51 minutes 15 seconds
    Tuesday 11/12/24: Milwaukee music and dance - pipe organs, African dance, dancing seniors
    The restored Wurlitzer Pipe Organ at the Oriental Theater. An African dance company celebrating 55 years in Milwaukee. Two senior dance groups who find health and community through dance.
    12 November 2024, 5:30 pm
  • 51 minutes 20 seconds
    Monday 11/11/24: Ghost armies, Capitol Notes, war dogs
    The story of the 'ghost army.' The history of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. A unique World War II-era program that put family pets on the frontlines.
    11 November 2024, 5:09 pm
  • 51 minutes 29 seconds
    Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty Award
    How presidential rhetoric can impact how we view the office as an institution – or as an individual. What a mass deportation means for food economics. Mariana Rodriguez receives Betty Award for supporting victims of domestic violence.
    7 November 2024, 5:38 pm
  • 51 minutes 28 seconds
    Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local races
    How the election unfolded here in Wisconsin, including the presidency and down-ballot races. Voters speak about what brought them to Milwaukee-area polls yesterday.
    6 November 2024, 5:57 pm
  • 51 minutes 29 seconds
    Tuesday 11/5/24: election day, preserving 'Samson' the gorilla, 'Hundreds of Beavers'
    What to know before you head to the polls. Meet the world-champion taxidermist who preserved a beloved Milwaukee gorilla. A modern silent, oddball slapstick comedy, “Hundreds of Beavers.”
    5 November 2024, 5:56 pm
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