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 4/1/25: Meet the Johnsons from Wisconsin
Celebrate April Fools Day with a secret theme and no misinformation. Research on who doesn’t have the required photo ID needed to vote. How proposed cuts to education funding are already impacting Wi…
00:51:29 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Monday 3/31/25: Transgender rights in campaign ads, the fight against HIV, DIY in zines
Why transgender rights and issues appear in state supreme court campaign ads. How proposed federal cuts could impact the fight against HIV. Explore MPL's zine collection and celebrate D.I.Y. creativi…
00:51:29 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Thursday 3/27/25: Big money in elections, Wisconsin abortion providers, Black Feminist Symposium
Who is funding the candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court. A conversation between two abortion providers in Wisconsin. All about the recent Black Feminist Symposium event at UW-Milwaukee.
00:51:19 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Wednesday 3/26/25: Statewide voter ID referendum, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Learn about the statewide referendum question on your ballot this election. Chirp Chat explores the different kinds of bird nests in Wisconsin. New local music in this month’s Milwaukee Music Roundup…
00:51:21 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Tuesday 3/25/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate overview, SPED cuts, MKE Rec
We learn about the candidates running for state supreme court. Wisconsin special education training program faces cuts from the Trump Administration. What's in Milwaukee Recreation’s Spring activitie…
00:51:18 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Monday 3/24/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court nationalized, NFL Draft, animation journey
Capitol Notes looks at the national interests influencing the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. What’s happening at the NFL Draft in Green Bay next month. A local animator shares his Pixar and Dreamworks…
00:51:19 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Thursday 3/20/25: CCAP uses and harms, money and courts, sports gambling
How CCAP can be used as a useful, and harmful, tool. A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice speaks about the influence money has on the court. Sports gambling in Wisconsin and beyond.
00:51:16 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Wednesday 3/19/25: State Superintendent candidate interviews, best restaurants, weird museums
We hear from the two candidates for state superintendent. We learn about some of Milwaukee’s best restaurants. We explore some of Wisconsin’s weirdest museums.
00:51:15 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Tuesday 3/18/25: Persecution at home and abroad, Wisconsin Whey, Live at Lake Effect
What people in the U.S. can learn from other nations to meet the current political moment. "Wisconsin Whey: Cheesemaking in the Driftless." The latest Live at Lake Effect featuring Celtic ensemble "S…
00:51:29 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Monday 3/17/25: 3rd district Alderperson candidate interviews, Irish immigrant history
Milwaukee 3rd district Alderperson candidate interviews. How the Common Council works with residents. The history of Irish immigrants in Milwaukee.
00:51:21 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Thursday 3/13/25: Milwaukee School Board, Act 10, Birth to 3 Program, Local Altoid tin artist, Bubbler Talk
We learn what the Milwaukee School Board does. We hear some of the latest episode of Swing State of the Union. We tell you about the Milwaukee County Birth to 3 Program. Plus, in the newest Bubbler T…
00:51:20 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Wednesday 3/12/25: Statewide referenda, shipwrecks, spring cleaning
Why citizens can’t petition for statewide ballot initiatives and referendums in Wisconsin. We explore shipwrecks at MPL's Great Lakes Marine Collection. Spring cleaning tips.
00:51:14 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Tuesday 3/11/25: Farmers and funding freezes, Medicaid, volcano research
Wisconsin farmers and the impact of federal funding freezes. The effect of Medicaid cuts on Wisconsinites. A UW-Milwaukee professor shares her experience researching ocean volcanoes. The Wish You Kne…
00:51:18 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Monday 3/10/25: Climate Accountability Act, civic education, daylight saving
The Climate Accountability Act proposes cutting greenhouse gases in half in Wisconsin. A new book for young readers on how government works in Wisconsin. Daylight saving controversy.
00:51:18 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Thursday 3/6/25: Stable housing, healthy trees, skywalks
Connecting people leaving incarceration to stable housing. We join a city crew keeping our trees healthy amid climate change. Bubbler Talk strolls through downtown Milwaukee’s skywalk system.
00:51:21 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Wednesday 3/5/25: Lake Effect On-Site Celebrating 60 Years of WUWM
Today's show is a broadcast of our latest Lake Effect On-Site event at UW-Milwaukee where we celebrated WUWM's 60th Birthday by looking back on our history.
00:54:46 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Tuesday 3/4/25: Brady lists, deportation in schools, tracking overdoses
Investigating Brady lists, which track police officers accused of misconduct. An MPS teacher on helping families and comforting children afraid of deportations. A new tool that’s tracking overdoses.
00:51:19 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Monday 3/3/25: Urban renewal, cosmic neighbors, history of a tile factory
How urban renewal projects impacted cities like Milwaukee. Our cosmic neighborhood. A book that uncovers the history of a little-known tile factory in South Milwaukee.
00:51:17 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Thursday 2/27/25: Comité Sin Fronteras, how we judge judges, Wisconsin Dells
A conversation with young Latina women fighting for the rights of undocumented people. How we judge judges and our expectations of judicial candidates. We help you plan a trip to the Wisconsin Dells.
00:51:24 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Wednesday 2/26/25: Black literature and culinary history in Milwaukee, Chirp Chat
How Black literature is gaining notoriety in Milwaukee. African-American culinary history. A new episode of Chirp Chat about how to find community with other birders.
00:51:20 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
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