Lake Effect
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Thursday 9/4/25: People missing after last month's floods, climate change migration, Circus World
The search for two unhoused men who went missing after last month’s historic floods. Milwaukee's Mayor explains how the city will take in people coming to the Midwest due to climate change. The new e…
00:51:19 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Wednesday 9/3/25: New invasive plant, Milwaukee Short Film Festival, a love letter to paleteros
An invasive plant newly identified in Wisconsin called Japanese Stiltgrass. A preview of this year’s Milwaukee Short Film Festival, which is showing 75 films in three days. A love letter to local pal…
00:51:14 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Tuesday 9/2/25: MPS flood and lead paint cleanup, discussing school shootings, NIL and college sports
MPS superintendent on how schools are recovering from flooding and lead paint cleanup progress. Advice for parents on how to talk to children about school shootings. How paying college athletes has i…
00:51:20 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Thursday 8/28/25: Higher Ed check-in, CCAP helps and harms, Driftless fly fishing
How Wisconsin's higher education institutions are doing amid challenges and changes. How CCAP is a useful and harmful tool. Why the Driftless region is one of the country's best places for fly fishin…
00:51:23 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Wednesday 8/27/25: Science and Surplus, environmental work and youth, Chirp Chat
The owner of Milwaukee’s American Science & Surplus store talks about their efforts to stay afloat. A young Milwaukeean embarks on environmental work. What a Bird City is — and how your town can beco…
00:51:19 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Tuesday 8/26/25: Why flood damage isn't covered by insurance, racism and Black homeownership, a refugee's story
Why flood damage isn’t covered by most people’s home insurance. How racist policies have undermined Black homeownership. The story of a Hmong family that came to Wisconsin as refugees.
00:51:23 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Monday 8/25/25: Phones and youth mental health, Youth Pray Over Youth, track animals for the DNR
Kids, cell phones, social media, and mental health. Youth prayer event organized for young victims of violence. The DNR is looking for volunteers to help track the animals seen in your neighborhood.
00:51:17 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Thursday 8/21/25: Sanctuary in Milwaukee and nationwide, The Queen of My Dreams
The history of providing sanctuary in the United States and in Wisconsin. Two Milwaukee sisters share their experience of changing their immigrations status at the same time. The mind behind “The Que…
00:51:12 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Wednesday 8/20/25: Safety in the summer heat
Today's show is all about staying safe during extreme heat: the availability and history of cooling centers in the Milwaukee area. Heat as a concern for workers in Wisconsin. Tips on exercising outsi…
00:51:13 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Tuesday 8/19/25: How Wisconsin cooperates with ICE, facial recognition technology, hunting for beach glass
How different police agencies in the state cooperate with ICE and get paid for it. How facial recognition technology might be used by local law enforcement. We hunt for beach glass on Milwaukee’s fre…
00:51:16 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Monday 8/18/25: Help for flood damage, new census challenges, history of school choice
We learn what help is available for flood damage. The legal and practical challenges of conducting the new census that President Trump is calling for. The history of school choice in Wisconsin.
00:51:19 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Thursday 8/14/25: Flood damage past and present, granny flats, we chat with Dwight
The increase of flood damage in our area beyond last weekend’s historic floods. Creating more accessory housing in Milwaukee via “Granny Flats.” We chat with actor and comedian Rainn Wilson - “Dwight…
00:51:18 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Wednesday 8/13/25: Historic flooding aftermath - basements, sewerage, neighborhood action
More coverage of the historic flooding from this past weekend: how weather officials are reacting, how one resident is dealing with a flooded basement, and MMSD speaks about the pressure this storm p…
00:51:30 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Tuesday 8/12/25: Flooding, measles in Wisconsin, community center upgrades
Historic flooding this weekend, and how to prevent more future flooding. The risk of measles spreading in Wisconsin after cases have been confirmed here. Upgrades coming to some of Milwaukee County’s…
00:51:30 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Monday 8/11/25: Apprenticeships and labor shortages, Perseid meteor shower, National Hip Hop Day
How apprenticeship programs are helping fill labor shortages. How best to observe the Perseid meteor shower during peak visibility. Today is National Hip Hop Day, we learn the origins of the genre.
00:51:19 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Thursday 7/24/25: Vacant lots as canvas, Great Lakes treasures, Bubbler Talk
A conversation about leaving things better than you found them. We explore the Great Lakes. Bubbler Talk explores a plane crash on Milwaukee’s Jones Island in the 1950s and its connection to the Air …
00:51:17 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Wednesday 7/23/25: Moms Mental Health Initiative, Domes improvements, Chirp Chat
The Moms Mental Health Initiative connects new parents with help. Milwaukee County set to vote on a funding plan for Mitchell Park Domes improvements. A new album all about Wisconsin birds.
00:51:22 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Tuesday 7/22/25: Meet Miss Wisconsin, small business and tariffs, Books and Beyond
We meet this year’s Miss Wisconsin. How a local small business owner is managing the changing tariff landscape. Books and Beyond explores the Wisconsin Concert Poster Collection.
00:51:21 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Monday 7/21/25: Northwoods lumberjack history, Experimental Aircraft Association, Dungeons and Dragons roots
The long history of lumberjacking in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. We learn about the Experimental Aircraft Association. The Wisconsin origins of Dungeons & Dragons.
00:51:17 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Thursday 7/17/25: MCTS budget deficit, monarch butterfly decline, Bubbler Talk
MCTS faces a budget deficit, and what's to come. Declining monarch butterfly population and what can be done. A new Bubbler Talk explores one of Milwaukee’s most notable murals.
00:51:18 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
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