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Lake Effect
WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
226 episodes
2 days ago
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
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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.
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Lake Effect
Monday 11/17/25: Racial convenants, data center impact and implications
A project that’s mapping racially restrictive covenants in Milwaukee County. How people across the political spectrum are feeling about data centers. How the data centers coming to our area could impact the Great Lakes.
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2 days ago
51 minutes 16 seconds

Lake Effect
Thursday 11/13/25: Debating civilly on college campuses, sea lamprey, Kwik Trip
A course at Marquette that's teaching young people how to disagree and debate civilly. How sea lamprey nearly wiped out commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. Kwik Trip's enduring pull.
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6 days ago
51 minutes 22 seconds

Lake Effect
Wednesday 11/12/25: Status Pending, how The Hop is funded, severe weather and the zoo
The first story from 'Status Pending', WUWM’s new series about immigration pathways. How The Hop is funded. What happens when severe weather strikes at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
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1 week ago
51 minutes 19 seconds

Lake Effect
Tuesday 11/11/25: We visit UWM's food pantry, the business of sustainability, Veteran's Treatment Court
We visit UW-Milwaukee's food pantry, which has been feeding even more students during the government shutdown. Support for Wisconsin businesses working to be environmentally sustainable. We learn about Milwaukee County’s Veterans Treatment Court.
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1 week ago
51 minutes 20 seconds

Lake Effect
11/10/25: Edmund Fitzgerald, Status Pending, Milwaukee Based
We recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. WUWM's new podcast on the immigration system 'Status Pending' premieres. We meet a Columbian-born female conga drummer in Milwaukee. We close with the first episode of 'Milwaukee Based.' 
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1 week ago
51 minutes 29 seconds

Lake Effect
Thursday 11/6/25: Food pantries amid SNAP cuts, news literacy, celery farms
We visit Milwaukee’s largest food pantry and learn what's changed after delays in food assistance. We explore the importance of news literacy and what that means. We uncover the history of Milwaukee’s celery farms in a new Bubbler Talk.
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1 week ago
51 minutes 24 seconds

Lake Effect
Wednesday 11/5/25: MKE Roots and federal funding, testing our drinking water, ghost armies trick the Nazis
We look at the future of MKE Roots, a program that helps teachers make social studies relevant to students. How tribal schools across the Great Lakes region test for safe drinking water. Plus, we look at the history of the ghost army – a unit of soldiers in World War II who used fake weapons and other deception to trick the Nazis.
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2 weeks ago
51 minutes 20 seconds

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Tuesday 11/4/25: Democratic Socialists in Wisconsin, Dia de los Muertos in Milwaukee, astrophotography
We learn about the Democratic Socialist Party’s resurgence in Wisconsin. We visit a Milwaukee Dia de los Muertos event, filled with dancing and ofrendas. We speak with astrophotographer who captures the universe. 
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2 weeks ago
51 minutes 18 seconds

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Monday 11/3/25: Head Start, Capitol Notes, Landlord Mapper, trash cinema
We look at how the federal government shutdown is impacting children in Wisconsin and learn how lawmakers in Wisconsin are responding to the shutdown. We tell you about a tool that helps Milwaukee renters learn about their landlords. Plus, explore the cultural significance of a bad film. 
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2 weeks ago
51 minutes 17 seconds

Lake Effect
Thursday 10/30/25: Milwaukee Community Land Trust, urban farming, how farmers view climate change
We learn about the Milwaukee Community Land Trust and its role in solving housing unaffordability in Milwaukee. The importance of urban farming and growing our own food. How Wisconsin farmers view climate change and that impacts their farming practices.
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2 weeks ago
51 minutes 19 seconds

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Wednesday 10/29/25: Participatory budgeting, Changing the Narrative, Chirp Chat
You can have a direct impact on how some of the city’s annual budget will be spent. An event focused on changing attitudes around incarceration. A tracking system that’s helping us better understand bird behavior.
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 18 seconds

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Tuesday 10/28/25: Inherited Inequality, Wandering Wisconsin, haunted fire house
We speak with a Milwaukee-native author of a book that examines inequalities in two-parent households. We help you plan a trip to the Stevens Point Sculpture Park. A local fire engine house is rumored to be haunted.
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 23 seconds

Lake Effect
Monday 10/27/25: US citizens detained by immigration enforcement, Growing Power, West Allis Farmers Market
What we know about U.S. citizens who have been detained during immigration crackdowns. Meet one of the legends of urban farming in Milwaukee. We visit the West Allis Farmers Market.
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 17 seconds

Lake Effect
Thursday 10/23/25: Educator misconduct allegations, urban agriculture, The Invisible Mammal
Investigations into more than 200 educators in Wisconsin suspected of sexual misconduct with students. Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano chats about her upcoming series about Milwaukee’s urban agriculture scene. A new bat documentary, “The Invisible Mammal.”
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 24 seconds

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Wednesday 10/22/25: Art museum gets a new leader, Milwaukee Does, Great Lakes photography
We chat with the new leader of the Milwaukee Art Museum, who formerly led the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. We learn about Milwaukee’s first professional women’s basketball team. A photography book featuring the Great Lakes.
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4 weeks ago
51 minutes 20 seconds

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Tuesday 10/21/25: Milwaukee County budget, Herbie Hancock, Live at Lake Effect
We look at the proposed Milwaukee County budget, and learn how major improvement projects could impact property taxes. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joins talks about how he continues to improvise. Live at Lake Effect featuring classical guitarist René Izquierdo.
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4 weeks ago
51 minutes 12 seconds

Lake Effect
Monday 10/20/25: How heart disease presents in women, combatting memory loss, why leaves change color
We learn how heart disease presents in women. How the United Community Center in Milwaukee is helping Spanish-speakers with memory loss. Why leaves change color in fall.
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1 month ago
51 minutes 16 seconds

Lake Effect
Thursday 10/16/25: Pumpkin sales and economic feelings, Books and Beyond, Bubbler Talk
How pumpkin sales might reflect feelings about the current economy. Books and Beyond explores some materials on Milwaukee mysteries. Bubbler Talk looks into the history of the building that is now the Milwaukee Fire and Police training facility.
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1 month ago
51 minutes 30 seconds

Lake Effect
Wednesday 10/15/25: Five Points Art Gallery, gravitational waves at UWM, Yemeni Coffee part 3
The 5 Points Art Gallery in Milwaukee is at risk of closing, due to financial challenges. We celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves and UW-Milwaukee's connection. The life and legacy of politician and civil rights activist Vel Phillips.
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1 month ago
51 minutes 22 seconds

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Tuesday 10/14/25: Healthcare costs, vaccine season, Yemeni coffee shops part two
What could happen to healthcare costs for Wisconsinites amid the federal government shutdown. How to prepare for the upcoming flu season. We visit one of several local Yemini coffee shops that have opened in the past year.
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1 month ago
51 minutes 18 seconds

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