Lake Effect: Full Show Podcast
Milwaukee PR
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more about Lake Effect here.
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Networks:
Milwaukee PR
Description:
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more about Lake Effect here.
Twitter:
@wuwmlakeeffect
Language:
English
Email:
lakeeffect@uwm.edu
Episodes
Tuesday 3/11/25: Farmers and funding freezes, Medicaid, volcano research
3/11/2025
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 Knew podcast.
Duration:00:51:18
Monday 3/10/25: Climate Accountability Act, civic education, daylight saving
3/10/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:18
Thursday 3/6/25: Stable housing, healthy trees, skywalks
3/6/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:21
Wednesday 3/5/25: Lake Effect On-Site Celebrating 60 Years of WUWM
3/5/2025
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.
Duration:00:54:46
Tuesday 3/4/25: Brady lists, deportation in schools, tracking overdoses
3/4/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:19
Monday 3/3/25: Urban renewal, cosmic neighbors, history of a tile factory
3/3/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:17
Thursday 2/27/25: Comité Sin Fronteras, how we judge judges, Wisconsin Dells
2/27/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:24
Wednesday 2/26/25: Black literature and culinary history in Milwaukee, Chirp Chat
2/26/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:20
Tuesday 2/25/25: Black Birth Collection, Unity Awards, Live at Lake Effect
2/25/2025
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 features Milwaukee’s own Buffalo Nichols.
Duration:00:51:18
Monday 2/24/25: What the state superintendent does, stormwater capture, American Reckoning
2/24/2025
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 murder of a civil rights activist in Mississippi.
Duration:00:51:07
Thursday 2/20/25: Black homeownership, changing economy in a changing winter, construction
2/20/2025
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 construction trades.
Duration:00:51:29
Wednesday 2/19/25: Future of renewables, whitefish and warming winters, free throws
2/19/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:19
Tuesday 2/18/25: Gender-affirming care in Wisconsin, Thin Ice, MKE Rec's new director
2/18/2025
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 director.
Duration:00:51:16
Monday 2/17/25: White House history, Thin Ice, forks in roads
2/17/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:29
Thursday 2/13/25: Housing Authority financial woes, Thin Ice, love songs
2/13/2025
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 mixtape of love songs picked by WUWM staff.
Duration:00:51:23
Wednesday 2/12/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin part two, youth homelessness, bugs
2/12/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:22
Tuesday 2/11/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin, Black History Month movies, a local Bad Bunny collab
2/11/2025
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.
Duration:00:51:20
Monday 2/10/25: Capitol Notes, library kitchens, historic recipes
2/10/2025
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 Recipe Files.
Duration:00:51:20
Thursday 2/6/25: Survive and thrive this winter
2/6/2025
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 festival.
Duration:00:51:22
Wednesday 2/5/25: News literacy, refugees in Milwaukee, Latinos in Wisconsin
2/5/2025
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 hurts refugee resettlement. Latinos in Wisconsin, and the intersection of faith and belonging.
Duration:00:51:21