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Friday on Lake Effect: Medical Humanities, Bubbler Talk, Nick Petrie, 'Yen Ching' Documentary

Friday on Lake Effect:

We learn what lead to a breakthrough moment for a writer-turned-emergency room physician. Then Bubbler Talk tells the surprisingly complex history of how Milwaukee’s aldermanic districts were formed. Milwaukee novelist Nick Petrie talks about the fourth novel in his Peter Ash series, due out next week, and a recent documentary chronicles the intriguing family dynamics at work in a Milwaukee Chinese restaurant.

Guests:

  • Jay Baruch, emergency room physician and director of the Medical Humanities and Bioethics Scholarly Concentration at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School
  • Bubbler Talk (series)
  • Nick Petrie, author, Tear It Down
  • Yujin Wang, producer, Yen Ching