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Lake Effect

Audrey Nowakowski, Joy Powers

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

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51:22

Wednesday 9/10/25: Local suicide prevention, Best of...

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2025/09/10

What's being done to prevent local suicide deaths. We learn about the victims of the 1886 Bay View Massacre. Highlights from Milwaukee Magazine’s Best of Milwaukee issue. Photographing the Great Lakes.

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51:18

Tuesday 9/9/25: Bike safety and accessibility,...

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2025/09/09

How improving bike safety and accessibility locally can be big wins for biking statewide. The ongoing battle over Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin. What the National Weather Service provides for people in Wisconsin.

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51:14

Monday 9/8/25: Raising the minimum wage, waiting for...

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2025/09/08

A new effort to raise Wisconsin’s minimum wage to twenty dollars an hour. The waiting game around the presidential disaster declaration after flooding in Milwaukee. A former Wisconsin governor shares his journey caring for his wife as she developed Alzheimer’s.

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51:19

Thursday 9/4/25: People missing after last month's...

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2025/09/04

The search for two unhoused men who went missing after last month’s historic floods. Milwaukee's Mayor explains how the city will take in people coming to the Midwest due to climate change. The new executive director of Circus World speaks about her plans for the future.

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51:14

Wednesday 9/3/25: New invasive plant, Milwaukee Short...

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2025/09/03

An invasive plant newly identified in Wisconsin called Japanese Stiltgrass. A preview of this year’s Milwaukee Short Film Festival, which is showing 75 films in three days. A love letter to local paleteros.

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51:20

Tuesday 9/2/25: MPS flood and lead paint cleanup,...

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2025/09/02

MPS superintendent on how schools are recovering from flooding and lead paint cleanup progress. Advice for parents on how to talk to children about school shootings. How paying college athletes has impacted college sports.

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51:23

Thursday 8/28/25: Higher Ed check-in, CCAP helps and...

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2025/08/28

How Wisconsin's higher education institutions are doing amid challenges and changes. How CCAP is a useful and harmful tool. Why the Driftless region is one of the country's best places for fly fishing.

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51:19

Wednesday 8/27/25: Science and Surplus, environmental...

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2025/08/27

The owner of Milwaukee’s American Science & Surplus store talks about their efforts to stay afloat. A young Milwaukeean embarks on environmental work. What a Bird City is — and how your town can become one. A peek into the world of animal law.

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51:23

Tuesday 8/26/25: Why flood damage isn't covered by...

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2025/08/26

Why flood damage isn’t covered by most people’s home insurance. How racist policies have undermined Black homeownership. The story of a Hmong family that came to Wisconsin as refugees.

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51:17

Monday 8/25/25: Phones and youth mental health, Youth...

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2025/08/25

Kids, cell phones, social media, and mental health. Youth prayer event organized for young victims of violence. The DNR is looking for volunteers to help track the animals seen in your neighborhood.

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51:12

Thursday 8/21/25: Sanctuary in Milwaukee and...

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2025/08/21

The history of providing sanctuary in the United States and in Wisconsin. Two Milwaukee sisters share their experience of changing their immigrations status at the same time. The mind behind “The Queen of My Dreams" speaks about the genre-blending mother-daughter dramedy.

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51:13

Wednesday 8/20/25: Safety in the summer heat

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2025/08/20

Today's show is all about staying safe during extreme heat: the availability and history of cooling centers in the Milwaukee area. Heat as a concern for workers in Wisconsin. Tips on exercising outside safely during the heat.

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51:17

Tuesday 8/19/25: How Wisconsin cooperates with ICE,...

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2025/08/19

How different police agencies in the state cooperate with ICE and get paid for it. How facial recognition technology might be used by local law enforcement. We hunt for beach glass on Milwaukee’s freshwater shores.

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51:19

Monday 8/18/25: Help for flood damage, new census...

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2025/08/18

We learn what help is available for flood damage. The legal and practical challenges of conducting the new census that President Trump is calling for. The history of school choice in Wisconsin.

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51:19

8/14/25: Flood damage past and present, granny flats,...

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2025/08/14

The increase of flood damage in our area beyond last weekend’s historic floods. Creating more accessory housing in Milwaukee via “Granny Flats.” We chat with actor and comedian Rainn Wilson - “Dwight” from The Office.

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51:30

Wednesday 8/13/25: Historic flooding aftermath -...

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2025/08/13

More coverage of the historic flooding from this past weekend: how weather officials are reacting, how one resident is dealing with a flooded basement, and MMSD speaks about the pressure this storm put on our water systems.

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51:30

Tuesday 8/12/25: Flooding, measles in Wisconsin,...

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2025/08/12

Historic flooding this weekend, and how to prevent more future flooding. The risk of measles spreading in Wisconsin after cases have been confirmed here. Upgrades coming to some of Milwaukee County’s community centers.

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51:19

Monday 8/11/25: Apprenticeships and labor shortages,...

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2025/08/11

How apprenticeship programs are helping fill labor shortages. How best to observe the Perseid meteor shower during peak visibility. Today is National Hip Hop Day, we learn the origins of the genre.

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51:17

Thursday 7/24/25: Vacant lots as canvas, Great Lakes...

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2025/07/24

A conversation about leaving things better than you found them. We explore the Great Lakes. Bubbler Talk explores a plane crash on Milwaukee’s Jones Island in the 1950s and its connection to the Air and Water Show.

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51:22

Wednesday 7/23/25: Moms Mental Health Initiative,...

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2025/07/23

The Moms Mental Health Initiative connects new parents with help. Milwaukee County set to vote on a funding plan for Mitchell Park Domes improvements. A new album all about Wisconsin birds.

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