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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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51:17

Thursday 10/2/25: food security in Milwaukee,...

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2025/10/02

We look at the state of food security in Milwaukee. We speak with three local leaders about the work they do to create space for the Hispanic and Latine culture in Milwaukee. We speak with the street artist behind the Milwaukee koi fish art. Plus, we investigate what happened to a burial mound marker in Lake Park.

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51:17

Tuesday 9/30/25: online extremism, MPL's Educational...

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2025/09/30

An online extremism expert explores the rise in young men carrying out violent acts. We tag along with the Milwaukee Public Library Educational Outreach Services team. We learn the history of teaching Spiritualism in Whitewater. Plus, tell you about a local art show, "Birds and Blooms."

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51:30

Wednesday 10/1/25: Milwaukeeans in Gaza, Sheboygan...

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2025/09/29

Three Milwaukee-natives who have visited the Israeli-occupied West Bank share their experiences. We learn about the very first film festival happening in Sheboygan. We help you plan a trip to Wisconsin's oldest state park. Plus, we visit Alice's Garden to learn about the fall growing season.

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51:21

Thursday 9/25/25: Trauma Quality Life Clinic, Doors...

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2025/09/25

We learn about the work being done at the Trauma Quality Life Clinic. We look ahead to this weekend’s Doors Open Milwaukee. We learn why leaves change color in fall. Plus, learn how the Wisconsin-Illinois border was formed.

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51:18

Wednesday 9/24/25: 'The Lost Class', 'New Wave',...

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2025/09/24

We speak with reporters from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about their report, "The Lost Class." We speak with the director of the documentary "New Wave." Plus, we'll learn about hazelnut farming in Wisconsin.

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51:23

Tuesday 9/23/25: State of Working Wisconsin report,...

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2025/09/23

We explore the State of Working Wisconsin report. We learn about Buc-ee's and plans to build on in Oak Creek. We tell you about a construction project that will help remove contaminated sediment from local waterways. Plus, meet a local sign painter.

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51:30

Monday 9/22/25: Capitol Notes, Hmong refugees in...

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2025/09/22

Capital Notes discusses how Wisconsin's approach to COVID vaccines differs from the federal government. The history of Hmong refugees settling in Wisconsin. The art of cheesemaking. A new Milwaukee Music Roundup.

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Thursday 9/18/25: how to apply for FEMA assistance,...

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2025/09/18

On a short version of Lake Effect, we learn how to apply for FEMA assistance for flood-damage, how the Milwaukee County Zoo keeps animals safe during severe weather, and journey to Guatemala's night sky.

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51:30

Wednesday 9/17/25: Latino America in 2025, watermelon...

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2025/09/17

What it means to be a Latino-American in 2025. A traveling artists visits Milwaukee farms with a hand-made watermelon couch. A documentary on a collegiate Acapella group competing to win a national title.

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51:00

Tuesday 9/16/25: MKE Roots, Sources and Methods,...

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2025/09/16

Federal cuts to a program that helped Milwaukee-area teachers incorporate local history. A new NPR podcast called “Sources and Methods.” Milwaukee band Chapped Lips joins us for an in-studio performance.

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51:16

Monday 9/15/25: Check in on flood damage and...

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2025/09/15

We check in with a homeowner who suffered damage during last month's flooding. A project in Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor aimed at reducing future flooding. Senator Tammy Baldwin discusses her “Go Pack Go Act."

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51:30

Thursday 9/11/25: A Photographic Memory, bird...

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2025/09/11

A documentary about a daughter’s journey to learn about a mother she never got to know. Chimney Swifts and the fall migration of birds. An in-studio performance by local singer-songwriter Hillary Reynolds.

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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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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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