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Lake Effect: Full Show Podcast

Milwaukee PR

Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more about Lake Effect here.

Location:

Milwaukee, WI

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Milwaukee PR

Description:

Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more about Lake Effect here.

Language:

English


Episodes

Thursday 3/28/24: Voter roundtable, help with genealogical research, Kodachrome Milwaukee

3/28/2024
A voter roundtable discussing the upcoming presidential election. Resources to help you research your family history. Kodachrome Milwaukee: a book of mid-1900s Milwaukee images

Duration:00:50:44

Wednesday 3/27/24: Wisconsin Latinos and faith, science and the arts, Chirp Chat, Art Car

3/27/2024
History of Wisconsin’s Latino communities' connection to faith. The connection between science and the arts. Why the American Ornithological Society’s renamed some birds. How the city is combatting reckless driving through mobile art.

Duration:00:51:20

Tuesday 3/26/24: Great Lakes drinking water, The Last Repair Shop, influential women artists

3/26/2024
Tribal schools across the Great Lakes region test for safe drinking water. The Oscar-winning documentary short film “The Last Repair Shop.” Female artists who have influenced the women of WUWM.

Duration:00:50:56

Monday 3/25/24: Capitol Notes, local environmental policy, millennials and healthcare, Food Journeys

3/25/2024
What can be done with environmental policy on a local level. How millennials are impacting the healthcare system. “Food Journeys" explores how Milwaukeeans relate to the food system.

Duration:00:51:20

Thursday 3/21/24: Solar eclipse, Utama, Milwaukee's youth poet laureate

3/21/2024
The upcoming solar eclipse: what to know and how to see it. “Utama" explores the impact of climate change for a couple in the Bolivian highlands. Milwaukee’s first-ever youth poet laureate.

Duration:00:51:22

Wednesday 3/20/24: MPS referendum, Aquatics Ambassadors, public museum packup, laser shows

3/20/2024
Information on the Milwaukee Public Schools funding referendum. Water safety in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Museum packs up more than 4 million items. Planetarium laser shows.

Duration:00:51:17

Tuesday 3/19/24: Ballot measure explainer, music teaching fellowship, best restaurants, Live at Lake Effect

3/19/2024
What two statewide ballot measures for the spring election mean. The inaugural fellows at The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music’s Fellowship in Teaching Artistry. Milwaukee Magazine's new list of Milwaukee’s best restaurants. Live at Lake Effect, featuring "The Lemon Twigs."

Duration:00:51:12

Monday 3/18/24: Milwaukee City Attorney race, American Birkebiner adjustments, Ice Age Trail

3/18/2024
What a city attorney does and hear from both candidates. Big adjustments made at this year’s American Birkebiner due to lack of snow. Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.

Duration:00:51:21

Thursday 3/14/24: Thin Ice, Tamarack Waldorf School, Fair Housing Marches commemorated

3/14/2024
Warming Wisconsin winters affect on leisure activities. Tamarack Waldorf School's efforts to get kids outside – rain, snow or shine. A fair housing marcher about the new markers commemorating the protests in Milwaukee.

Duration:00:51:30

Wednesday 3/13/24: Remembering the Fair Housing Marches, Thin Ice, winter-themed fashion show

3/13/2024
A Fair Housing marcher speaks about new city landmarks commemorating those protests. How warming winters are impacting the wildlife in Lake Michigan. An outdoor fashion show to send off the winter season.

Duration:00:51:20

Tuesday 3/12/24: Waupan prison conditions, Commando remembers Fair Housing Marches, Thin Ice

3/12/2024
Update on conditions at Waupun Correctional Institution. One of the Commandos from the Fair Housing Marches speaks about historical markers finally commemorating the events. The impact warming winters may have on crane and tick populations.

Duration:00:51:23

Monday 3/11/24: Registration for April 2 election, fake electors scheme, Thin Ice, daylight savings time

3/11/2024
How new Wisconsin voters can register for the April 2 election. Capitol Notes looks at a settlement over the fake electors scheme. The battle over daylight saving time.

Duration:00:51:12

Thursday 3/7/24: what does a comptroller do?, Thin Ice: Wisconsin's Warming Winters, CEO of United Community Center

3/7/2024
We learn what the City Comptroller does. We learn about WUWM's upcoming series, Thin Ice: Wisconsin's Warming Winters. We speak with Laura Gutiérrez, the CEO of the United Community Center in Milwaukee.

Duration:00:35:55

Wednesday 3/6/24: Park infrastructure maintenance, how birding changes you, South Carolina political reporting

3/6/2024
How community partnerships could help Milwaukee County Parks maintain its infrastructure. How birding changes how your environment. WUWM’s Maayan Silver speaks with South Carolina political reporter Maayan Schechter.

Duration:00:51:31

Tuesday 3/5/24: Heart disease warnings, Milwaukee's architectural geology, cheese factory

3/5/2024
A recent heart attack survivor speaks on heart disease presenting differently in women. A new book on Milwaukee’s geological architecture. Milwaukee’s first cheese factory after Clock Shadow Creamery closed.

Duration:00:51:15

Monday 3/4/24: History of female Jewish comedians, Bad River Band sovereignty, Golda Meir's Milwaukee, Dreamers Gala

3/4/2024
Female, Jewish comedians who paved the way for women in comedy. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s battles the Line 5 pipeline. Golda Meir and her Milwaukee influences. Marquette’s annual Dreamers Gala.

Duration:00:51:15

Thursday 2/29/24: Leap Day milestones, Great Circus Parade, Milwaukee Music Roundup

2/29/2024
Milwaukeeans with Leap Day birthdays and anniversaries. Milwaukee’s Great Circus Parade and a new documentary that looks at its history. New local music in the Milwaukee Music Roundup.

Duration:00:51:17

Wednesday 2/28/29: Traffic speed reduction, maple sugaring, Chirp Chat, heritage gardens

2/28/2024
How Milwaukee’s traffic calming efforts have affected speeding. How a mild winter is impacting Wisconsin’s maple sugaring season. Tips on how to start birding in Milwaukee. Advice on how to start your own African American heritage garden.

Duration:00:51:17

Tuesday 2/27/24: Petition against current abortion law, AI, Unity Awards, Underground Railroad

2/27/2024
An effort to get the Wisconsin Supreme Court to recognize the right to an abortion as part of the state constitution. The impact of generative AI. Felice Green honored for her work to revitalize Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood. Wandering Wisconsin helps you plan a trip to a former stagecage inn that was part of the Underground Railroad.

Duration:00:51:23

Monday 2/26/24: Impact of college DEI cuts, Capitol Notes, rare disease awareness, victory gardens

2/26/2024
How students at UW-Milwaukee are being impacted by the cuts to DEI. Capitol Notes explains the Trump leadership PAC’s campaign finance scheme. We visit Component Brewing to learn about raising awareness about rare diseases. The Victory Garden Initiative garden blitz is back

Duration:00:51:21