Lake Effect

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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.


Episode Date
Thursday 8/28/25: Higher Ed check-in, CCAP helps and harms, Driftless fly fishing
Aug 28, 2025
Wednesday 8/27/25: Science and Surplus, environmental work and youth, Chirp Chat
Aug 27, 2025
Tuesday 8/26/25: Why flood damage isn't covered by insurance, racism and Black homeownership, a refugee's story
Aug 26, 2025
Monday 8/25/25: Phones and youth mental health, Youth Pray Over Youth, track animals for the DNR
Aug 25, 2025
Thursday 8/21/25: Sanctuary in Milwaukee and nationwide, The Queen of My Dreams
Aug 21, 2025
Wednesday 8/20/25: Safety in the summer heat
Aug 20, 2025
Tuesday 8/19/25: How Wisconsin cooperates with ICE, facial recognition technology, hunting for beach glass
Aug 19, 2025
Monday 8/18/25: Help for flood damage, new census challenges, history of school choice
Aug 18, 2025
Thursday 8/14/25: Flood damage past and present, granny flats, we chat with Dwight
Aug 14, 2025
Wednesday 8/13/25: Historic flooding aftermath - basements, sewerage, neighborhood action
Aug 13, 2025
Tuesday 8/12/25: Flooding, measles in Wisconsin, community center upgrades
Aug 12, 2025
Monday 8/11/25: Apprenticeships and labor shortages, Perseid meteor shower, National Hip Hop Day
Aug 11, 2025
Thursday 7/24/25: Vacant lots as canvas, Great Lakes treasures, Bubbler Talk
Jul 24, 2025
Wednesday 7/23/25: Moms Mental Health Initiative, Domes improvements, Chirp Chat
Jul 23, 2025
Tuesday 7/22/25: Meet Miss Wisconsin, small business and tariffs, Books and Beyond
Jul 22, 2025
Monday 7/21/25: Northwoods lumberjack history, Experimental Aircraft Association, Dungeons and Dragons roots
Jul 21, 2025
Thursday 7/17/25: MCTS budget deficit, monarch butterfly decline, Bubbler Talk
Jul 17, 2025
Wednesday 7/16/25: Brewery closures, Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, remembering Andrea Gibson
Jul 16, 2025
Tuesday 7/15/25: RNC economic impact, Cycle, Summer of Soul, Jewel's Catch One
Jul 15, 2025
Monday 7/14/25: Wisconsin's new state budget, Brady Street history, Judy Garland
Jul 14, 2025
Thursday 7/10/25: Immigration lawyer check in, disaster mitigation and meteorology, famous moons
Jul 10, 2025
Wednesday 7/9/25: Democratic Socialism in 2025, Ko-Thi Dance recovery, Cinematic Sisterhood
Jul 09, 2025
Tuesday 7/8/25: Kidney donation, Milwaukee Ham radio, zoo death investigations
Jul 08, 2025
Monday 7/7/25: A look at ways people are working to protect the environment
Jul 07, 2025
Thursday 7/3/25: Choosing Love, Group Chat, Lake to Plate
Jul 03, 2025
Wednesday 7/2/25: ICE identification training, singing and heart health, Summer of Soul
Jul 02, 2025
Tuesday 7/1/25: Mental health, Cargill Community Kitchen, the original Barbie
Jul 01, 2025
Monday 6/30/25: 'Choosing Love', Capitol Notes, Milwaukee Rec Director, pull tabs
Jun 30, 2025
Thursday 6/26/25: Humboldt Park history, Bay View Massacre victims, 'Marcella' documentary, Altoid tin art
Jun 26, 2025
Wednesday 6/25/25: Outgoing UWM Chancellor, Buc-ee's in Oak Creek, dunes
Jun 25, 2025
Tuesday 6/24/25: Queer self defense class, JustUs and Books, Vel Phillips legacy, Live at Lake Effect
Jun 24, 2025
Monday 6/23/25: Director of Office of African American Affairs, Clean Boats, Clean Waters origins, Milwaukee Rec summer programs
Jun 23, 2025
Thursday 6/19/25: Milwaukee's Juneteenth history, Chirp Chat, summer solstice science
Jun 19, 2025
Wednesday 6/18/25: Anodyne union vote challenged, Indian Boarding School survivors, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Jun 18, 2025
Tuesday 6/17/25: Lower international student enrollment, This Is It history, love in space
Jun 17, 2025
Monday 6/16/25: Trauma healing, GOP state budget, Wisconsin Pride
Jun 16, 2025
Thursday 6/12/25: Abortion and Wisconsin Supreme Court, energy efficient homes, reading mascots
Jun 12, 2025
Wednesday 6/11/25: Reproductive healthcare restrictions, climate change haven, Sixteenth Street layoffs
Jun 11, 2025
Tuesday 6/10/25: SEWI LGBTQ Center closure, flood risks, animal attorney
Jun 10, 2025
Monday 6/9/25: Pardoning fake electors, My Two Elaines, eco-friendly surfboards
Jun 09, 2025
Thursday 6/5/25: PrideFest progress, Next Narrative, bridge to nowhere
Jun 05, 2025
Wednesday 6/4/25: Sturgeon Protectors, summer community, Summer CAMP!
Jun 04, 2025
Tuesday 6/3/25: Local deportation resistance, reality TV dating, local restaurant news
Jun 02, 2025
Monday 6/2/25: Capitol Notes, MCTS apprenticeships, Ojibwe Star Wars
Jun 02, 2025
Thursday 5/29/25: youth justice in Milwaukee County, powwow etiquette, live improv
May 29, 2025
Wednesday 5/28/25: Federal funding and job seeking, Books and Beyond, Chirp Chat
May 28, 2025
Tuesday 5/27/25: birthright citizenship check-in, civics 101, Wisconsin State Parks, Live at Lake Effect
May 27, 2025
Thursday 5/22/25: mental health care history, What Milwaukee Is Made Of, HAM radio community, 'Big Lake Troubles'
May 22, 2025
Wednesday 5/21/25: racist fliers, the Milwaukee Does, Bay View massacre, Wisconsin River trips
May 21, 2025
Tuesday 5/20/25: singing & heart health, Tavern Tuesdays, tick checks, 'Pure Innocent Fun'
May 20, 2025
Monday 5/19/25: Anodyne unionization, Capitol Notes, stamp club
May 19, 2025
Thursday 5/15/25: Evolution of citizenship, MPS exit interviews, Milwaukee Music Roundup
May 15, 2025
Wednesday 5/14/25: Hmong immigration, arts funding tension, science fiction standouts
May 14, 2025
Tuesday 5/13/25: Ending atmospheric science, history of sanctuary, Tavern Tuesday
May 13, 2025
Monday 5/12/25: Immigration in Milwaukee, incarceration of youth, coffee and tariffs
May 12, 2025
Thursday 5/8/25: Black maternal and infant outcomes, green initiatives and tariff navigation, Milwaukee and immigration
May 08, 2025
Wednesday 5/7/25: Black mental health initiatives, "Speak.", Apostle Islands
May 07, 2025
Tuesday 5/6/25: Public Allies in Milwaukee, The Dells documentary, Black Point Estate
May 06, 2025
Monday 5/5/25: Latino immigration reality and perception, undocumented rights, 'unseen'
May 05, 2025
Thursday 5/1/25: Cinco de Mayo on Cesar Chavez Drive, Film Fest documentaries, Zine Fest
May 01, 2025
Wednesday 4/30/25: Protest safety, Sharon Dixon, Ice Age Trail highlights
Apr 30, 2025
Tuesday 4/29/25: Protests against judicial arrests, one-year UWM encampment retrospective, Live at Lake Effect
Apr 29, 2025
Monday 4/28/25: ABLE, film fest shorts, historic recipes
Apr 28, 2025
Thursday 4/24/25: Earth Day and garden prep, Bubbler Talk, the power of film festivals
Apr 24, 2025
Wednesday 4/23/25: BlueGreen Alliance, Chirp Chat, should cats be outdoors?
Apr 23, 2025
Tuesday 4/22/25: Love and outer space, tribal schools and water, UWM and underwater volcanoes
Apr 22, 2025
Monday 4/21/24: City contracts, Capitol Notes, 'Wisconsin Idols', 'Fiddler On The Roof' Jazz Album
Apr 21, 2025
Thursday 4/17/25: Milwaukee foster care, refugee resettlement, food waste reduction
Apr 17, 2025
Wednesday 4/16/25: Federal funding and food assistance, UWM-Waukesha closure, rehabilitation and poverty
Apr 16, 2025
Tuesday 4/15/25: Measles risk in Wisconsin, ICE arrests, Tax Day
Apr 15, 2025
Monday 4/14/25: Lessons for MPS, murals and logos, Midwest Sad
Apr 14, 2025
Thursday 4/10/25: State funding for the arts, White House history, fish from water to table
Apr 10, 2025
Wednesday 4/9/25: Sickle Cell Disease, medical research diversity, Dear Black Girl: I See You
Apr 09, 2025
Tuesday 4/8/25: A building built of fossils, tropical stargazing, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Apr 08, 2025
Monday 4/7/25: Capitol Notes, Musician Ani DiFranco, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 'Hundreds of Beavers'
Apr 07, 2025
Thursday 4/3/25: New MPS superintendent speaks, wine game show, MPM rooster origins
Apr 03, 2025
Wednesday 4/2/25: Election results, civics 101, spring cleaning
Apr 02, 2025
Tuesday 4/1/25: Meet the Johnsons from Wisconsin
Apr 01, 2025
Monday 3/31/25: Transgender rights in campaign ads, the fight against HIV, DIY in zines
Mar 31, 2025
Thursday 3/27/25: Big money in elections, Wisconsin abortion providers, Black Feminist Symposium
Mar 27, 2025
Wednesday 3/26/25: Statewide voter ID referendum, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Mar 26, 2025
Tuesday 3/25/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate overview, SPED cuts, MKE Rec
Mar 25, 2025
Monday 3/24/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court nationalized, NFL Draft, animation journey
Mar 24, 2025
Thursday 3/20/25: CCAP uses and harms, money and courts, sports gambling
Mar 20, 2025
Wednesday 3/19/25: State Superintendent candidate interviews, best restaurants, weird museums
Mar 19, 2025
Tuesday 3/18/25: Persecution at home and abroad, Wisconsin Whey, Live at Lake Effect
Mar 18, 2025
Monday 3/17/25: 3rd district Alderperson candidate interviews, Irish immigrant history
Mar 17, 2025
Thursday 3/13/25: Milwaukee School Board, Act 10, Birth to 3 Program, Local Altoid tin artist, Bubbler Talk
Mar 13, 2025
Wednesday 3/12/25: Statewide referenda, shipwrecks, spring cleaning
Mar 12, 2025
Tuesday 3/11/25: Farmers and funding freezes, Medicaid, volcano research
Mar 11, 2025
Monday 3/10/25: Climate Accountability Act, civic education, daylight saving
Mar 10, 2025
Thursday 3/6/25: Stable housing, healthy trees, skywalks
Mar 06, 2025
Wednesday 3/5/25: Lake Effect On-Site Celebrating 60 Years of WUWM
Mar 05, 2025
Tuesday 3/4/25: Brady lists, deportation in schools, tracking overdoses
Mar 04, 2025
Monday 3/3/25: Urban renewal, cosmic neighbors, history of a tile factory
Mar 03, 2025
Thursday 2/27/25: Comité Sin Fronteras, how we judge judges, Wisconsin Dells
Feb 27, 2025
Wednesday 2/26/25: Black literature and culinary history in Milwaukee, Chirp Chat
Feb 26, 2025
Tuesday 2/25/25: Black Birth Collection, Unity Awards, Live at Lake Effect
Feb 25, 2025
Monday 2/24/25: What the state superintendent does, stormwater capture, American Reckoning
Feb 24, 2025
Thursday 2/20/25: Black homeownership, changing economy in a changing winter, construction
Feb 20, 2025
Wednesday 2/19/25: Future of renewables, whitefish and warming winters, free throws
Feb 19, 2025
Tuesday 2/18/25: Gender-affirming care in Wisconsin, Thin Ice, MKE Rec's new director
Feb 18, 2025
Monday 2/17/25: White House history, Thin Ice, forks in roads
Feb 17, 2025
Thursday 2/13/25: Housing Authority financial woes, Thin Ice, love songs
Feb 13, 2025
Wednesday 2/12/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin part two, youth homelessness, bugs
Feb 12, 2025
Tuesday 2/11/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin, Black History Month movies, a local Bad Bunny collab
Feb 11, 2025
Monday 2/10/25: Capitol Notes, library kitchens, historic recipes
Feb 10, 2025
Thursday 2/6/25: Survive and thrive this winter
Feb 06, 2025
Wednesday 2/5/25: News literacy, refugees in Milwaukee, Latinos in Wisconsin
Feb 05, 2025
Tuesday 2/4/25: Correcting corrections, Pearls Who Cook, dive bars
Feb 04, 2025
Monday 2/3/25: MPD pursuit policy, oft-forgotten Black history, Jones Island
Feb 03, 2025
Thursday 1/30/25: Executive orders and the environment, prison calls, millennial nostalgia
Jan 30, 2025
Wednesday 1/29/25: Milwaukee mayor 1999 retrospective, desegregation, Lady Like
Jan 29, 2025
Tuesday 1/28/25: Statewide ballot petitioning, Willem Dafoe, Live at Lake Effect
Jan 28, 2025
Monday 1/27/25: Milwaukee Mayor speaks on immigration enforcement
Jan 27, 2025
Thursday 1/23/25: Wisconsin Republican hopes for 2025, disposing Christmas trees, caring for birds
Jan 23, 2025
Wednesday 1/22/25: Illness update, civic education, staying social this winter
Jan 22, 2025
Tuesday 1/21/25: Remembering Bob Uecker, NIL and college sports, Midwest climate change
Jan 21, 2025
Thursday 1/16/25: The Domes reimagined, eco-friendly surfboards, pull tabs
Jan 16, 2025
Wednesday 1/15/25: Preserving natural farmland, homesteading gone wrong, Angels of Dirt
Jan 15, 2025
Tuesday 1/14/25: Mapping landlords, silent book club, 2024's astronomy events
Jan 14, 2025
Monday 1/13/25: Bipartisanship hopes, top research of 2024, 'The Last Repair Shop'
Jan 13, 2025
Thursday 1/9/25: Niche Milwaukee history in museums, mental health facilities and the Gas Building
Jan 09, 2025
Wednesday 1/8/25: New year new state politics? Milwaukee's youth poet laureate
Jan 08, 2025
Tuesday 1/7/25: New years resolutions, winter weather, safety on ice
Jan 07, 2025
Best-Of 2024: Thursday 1/2/25: Greentree apartments, taxidermist, Oriental organ, senior dance groups
Jan 02, 2025
Best-Of 2024 Wednesday 1/1/25: MKE Outdoor Indoor Exchange, periodical cicadas, MPM geology collection
Jan 01, 2025
Best-Of 'Live at Lake Effect': A special New Year's Eve Day show
Dec 31, 2024
Best-Of 2024: Monday 12/30/24: Othering Latinos, Ari Shaprio, Food Journeys, youth bird banding
Dec 30, 2024
Best-Of 2024 Thursday 12/26/24: What deportation looks like, Jewish female comedians, haunted fire house
Dec 26, 2024
Best-Of 2024 Wednesday 12/25/24: Milwaukee Roots, 'HBCU Made', Guerrilla Gay Bar, Les Petit BonBons
Dec 25, 2024
Best-Of 2024 Tuesday 12/24/24: Ald. Murphy retirement, immigrants & dairy industry, UW DEI funding, A Tribute to Survival
Dec 24, 2024
Best-Of 2024 Monday 12/23/24: 'Strangers No Longer', Asian identity, La Finca Coffee House, Ko-Thi Dance Company
Dec 23, 2024
Thursday 12/19/24: Books to gift, winter solstice, best local music of 2024
Dec 19, 2024
Wednesday 12/18/24: School shootings, NYE, astrology
Dec 18, 2024
Tuesday 12/17/24: Act 10 legal battle, Games to Gift, Latkes Con Salsa
Dec 17, 2024
Monday 12/16/24: Abortion access litigation, monarch butterfly, City Hall geology
Dec 16, 2024
Thursday 12/12/24: MKE Rec outgoing director, desserts savory and sweet
Dec 12, 2024
Wednesday 12/11/24: Wisconsin Dem goes national, Advent, Altoid art
Dec 11, 2024
Tuesday 12/10/24: accidental shooting charges, Veterans Treatment Court, 'Food, We Need to Talk', Dungeons & Dragons origins
Dec 10, 2024
Monday 12/9/24: Capitol Notes, clinical trial diversity, Milwaukee King Center, Landmark Lanes
Dec 09, 2024
Thursday 12/5/24: Act 10 and unions, 'Metropolitan', Santa Claus
Dec 05, 2024
Wednesday 12/4/24: LGBTQ Wisconsinites and the holiday season, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Community Orchestra
Dec 04, 2024
Tuesday 12/3/24: What's next for Heal the Hood MKE, Wisconsinites bike the continental divide
Dec 03, 2024
Monday 12/2/24: American poverty, winter preparedness, holiday stress
Dec 02, 2024
Wednesday 11/27/24: Sink holes, Greentree, La Finca
Dec 02, 2024
Tuesday 11/26/24: Vel Phillips, Blackity Black Holiday Market, Live at Lake Effect
Nov 26, 2024
Monday 11/25/24: Lead poisoning in deer, Bob Reitman reflects
Nov 25, 2024
Thursday 11/21/24: Road updates, Chirp Chat, Bubbler Talk
Nov 21, 2024
Wednesday 11/20/24: Remembering Jonathan Brostoff, food as tradition and creative outlet
Nov 20, 2024
Tuesday 11/19/24: Federal funding impacts, 'A Night in Greece'
Nov 19, 2024
Monday 11/18/24: Mental health in an era of silence, Ojibwe journey to Madeline Island
Nov 18, 2024
Thursday 11/14/24: New DA, midcentury organizing, are we all haters?
Nov 14, 2024
Wednesday 11/13/24: Climate change, Milwaukee walks, nature's inevitability
Nov 13, 2024
Tuesday 11/12/24: Milwaukee music and dance - pipe organs, African dance, dancing seniors
Nov 12, 2024
Monday 11/11/24: Ghost armies, Capitol Notes, war dogs
Nov 11, 2024
Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty Award
Nov 07, 2024
Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local races
Nov 06, 2024
Tuesday 11/5/24: election day, preserving 'Samson' the gorilla, 'Hundreds of Beavers'
Nov 05, 2024
Monday 11/4/24: Election day eve - state and local races, amendments, GOTV
Nov 04, 2024
Thursday 10/31/24: Books and Beyond, Rhinelander Hodag, local Halloween tunes
Oct 31, 2024
Lake Effect Immigration Special: Fear is the point
Oct 30, 2024
Tuesday 10/29/24: Evolution of MPM, Chirp Chat, Live at Lake Effect
Oct 29, 2024
Monday 10/28/24: Wisconsin breaks early voting records, what voters should know, Sway Wild
Oct 28, 2024
Thursday 10/24/24: How to vote 101, Milwaukee County budget, cicada magic
Oct 24, 2024
Wednesday 10/23/24: Preventing invasive species, La Finca, 'What Milwaukee is Made Of'
Oct 23, 2024
Tuesday 10/22/24: Young voter roundtable, why insects matter
Oct 22, 2024
Monday 10/21/24: Infrastructure report card, Capitol Notes, Henry Winkler, Black Cross Nurses
Oct 21, 2024
Thursday 10/17/24: Wisconsin prisons restrict book access, neighborhood combats climate change, 'The Moth Project'
Oct 17, 2024
Wednesday 10/16/24: Milwaukee City Attorney, why leaves change, Muslim Film Festival
Oct 16, 2024
Tuesday 10/15/24: District Attorney retrospective, Taliesin restoration, 'Spirits of the Silent City'
Oct 15, 2024
Monday 10/14/24: Act 31, Ojibwe-dubbed Star Wars, 'Our Precious Corn'
Oct 14, 2024
Thursday 10/10/24: Latinx LGBTQ activism, treating pancreatic cancer, upcoming Halloween events
Oct 10, 2024
Wednesday 10/9/24: Milwaukee's 2025 budget proposal, Latinx LGBTQ activism, dive bars
Oct 09, 2024
Tuesday 10/8/2024: Undecided voters, three generations of Latina organizers, Milwaukee Badgers
Oct 08, 2024
Monday 10/7/24: Election clerks combatting misinformation, 'Alice in Dairyland'
Oct 07, 2024
Thursday 10/3/24: North Avenue past and present, Milwaukee County budget
Oct 03, 2024
Wednesday 10/2/24: FAFSA delays, population changes, Milwaukee Comedy Festival
Oct 02, 2024
Tuesday 10/1/24: Interviews with Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde
Oct 01, 2024
Monday 9/30/24: Ari Shapiro, North Avenue, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Oct 01, 2024
Thursday 9/26/24: Rising ATV and UTV deaths, shipwrecks, Horicon Marsh
Sep 26, 2024
Wednesday 9/25/24: updated COVID-19 vaccine, political artifact preservation, wild wetlands
Sep 25, 2024
Tuesday 9/24/24: Economic conditions, unions and voting, 'We Are Big Time'
Sep 24, 2024