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
Tuesday 2/25/25: Black Birth Collection, Unity Awards, Live at Lake Effect
We hear from people who support pregnant people of color and learn why support is necessary. Milwaukeeans honored with Unity Awards. What sitting all day does to our bodies. Live at Lake Effect featu…
00:51:18 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Monday 2/24/25: What the state superintendent does, stormwater capture, American Reckoning
What Wisconsin’s state superintendent does and why it matters. A strategy Milwaukee is using to capture stormwater and prevent flooding. The documentary "American Reckoning" investigates the unsolved…
00:51:07 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Thursday 2/20/25: Black homeownership, changing economy in a changing winter, construction
The historical and modern policies undermining Black homeownership. How the economy in Wisconsin’s Northwoods is being impacted by changing winters. Training marginalized Milwaukeeans in the construc…
00:51:29 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Wednesday 2/19/25: Future of renewables, whitefish and warming winters, free throws
The future of renewable energy growth in Wisconsin. Our Thin Ice series explores how whitefish have been affected by Wisconsin’s warming winters. What contributes to a successful free throw.
00:51:19 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Tuesday 2/18/25: Gender-affirming care in Wisconsin, Thin Ice, MKE Rec's new director
How gender-affirming care faces an uncertain future under Trump administration. Our Thin Ice series explores how snowshoe hares are affected by warming winters. We meet Milwaukee Recreation’s new dir…
00:51:17 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Monday 2/17/25: White House history, Thin Ice, forks in roads
Preserving White House history. How this winter compares to last year's record warmth. An essay from a Veterans Affairs employee sharing the ‘Fork in the Road’ email's impact.
00:51:30 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Thursday 2/13/25: Housing Authority financial woes, Thin Ice, love songs
Financial issues the Housing Authority and what’s being done to address them. A preview of the upcoming series, “Thin Ice 2025 – Our Warming Winters.” A new executive director of Milwaukee Film. A mi…
00:51:23 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Wednesday 2/12/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin part two, youth homelessness, bugs
A Wisconsinite impacted by the Trump Administration’s USAID freeze. New efforts to support young people experiencing homelessness. An entomologist changes hearts and minds on insect importance.
00:51:22 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Tuesday 2/11/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin, Black History Month movies, a local Bad Bunny collab
The Wisconsin impact of the Trump Administration’s USAID freeze. Historical to horror: movies to watch in honor of Black History Month. A UW professor teams up with rapper Bad Bunny.
00:51:20 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Monday 2/10/25: Capitol Notes, library kitchens, historic recipes
How Wisconsin politicians are reacting to the Trump administration’s actions. Books and Beyond goes from the stacks to the stove at the Cargill Community Kitchen. Milwaukee Public Library’s Historic …
00:51:20 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Thursday 2/6/25: Survive and thrive this winter
Today's show is all about winter: how to stay safe outdoors and be prepared for emergencies; how to keep your pets healthy; help avoid putting extra stress on your car in the cold; a free winter fest…
00:51:22 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Wednesday 2/5/25: News literacy, refugees in Milwaukee, Latinos in Wisconsin
News literacy: what it means, and how it helps understand a rapidly changing news environment. The story of two brothers from Afghanistan now living in Milwaukee, and a federal funding pause that hur…
00:51:21 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Tuesday 2/4/25: Correcting corrections, Pearls Who Cook, dive bars
Superintendent of Milwaukee County's correctional facility speaks about her approach to rehabilitation. A local man incarcerated as a teenager on post-release challenges. What makes dive bars a stapl…
00:51:21 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Monday 2/3/25: MPD pursuit policy, oft-forgotten Black history, Jones Island
MPD's pursuit policy and how it’s being enforced and monitored. An upcoming lecture about Black history that is often never taught. A documentary that explores the history of Jones Island.
00:51:18 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
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.
00:51:19 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
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 fe…
00:51:29 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
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.
00:51:21 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
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.
00:51:20 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
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.
00:51:10 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
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.
00:51:16 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
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