How it works: You ask, we investigate, and together we unveil the answers.
Ask away: What have you always wanted to know about the Milwaukee area's people, places, or culture that you want WUWM to explore?
Participate in the process and submit your question below.
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Dorothy Enderis was the second, and arguably most influential, leader of the Milwaukee Recreation Department. Learn about her and the neighborhood named in her honor.
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Meet a Milwaukee character you've likely seen hanging out at Bradford Beach.
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The sleek, striking, boxy home's contemporary style stands out in the sea of more traditional Milwaukee homes that surround it.
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Bubbler Talk question asker Dan Currier of Whitewater wants to know about a past iconic figure of Milwaukee: Where did the totem pole that stood in front of the old and the new Milwaukee Public Museum come from?
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A Bubbler Talk listener, history nerd and radio reporter walk into a Wisconsin bar.
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Club members tell WUWM about model trains and memories.
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In 1974, former Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn found the foghorns so distracting that he wrote a formal complaint to the Coast Guard about them. On this week's Bubbler Talk, we learn more about Schermerhorn and the nueroscience behind why the foghorns were so distracting to him.
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For about 20 years, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra performed at the Grand Avenue Mall. Where did the animatronic bears go?
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Have you ever wanted to learn more about a historic home or building in Milwaukee? This Bubbler Talk explores how to do the research and gives you the tools to do it yourself.
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Bubbler Talk question asker Conor Byrne was curious about the history of comic shops in Milwaukee. We spoke with local store owners and discovered the origin story behind the city's early comic scene.
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A Bubbler Talk listener asks how Lake Michigan often has several shades of blue at once.
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Amtrak's Hiawatha and Empire Builder will soon be joined by the TCMC and maybe, eventually, others in Milwaukee.