Audrey Nowakowski
Lake Effect Host / ProducerAudrey is a host, producer and reporter for Lake Effect. She is involved with every aspect of the show — from conducting interviews, editing audio, posting web stories and mixing the show together. Audrey is also co-executive producer of Live at Lake Effect, a filmed music series from WUWM's Lake Effect.
Before becoming a full-time producer, Audrey interned for Lake Effect starting in 2014 and joined the team full-time in the spring of 2015.
Audrey is a graduate of Cardinal Stritch University where she majored in Communication Arts and minored in History and English.
Contact Audrey at: nowakows@uwm.edu
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You can catch "Creepy Cosmos" on Fridays in the month of October, starting Oct. 9. -
"Your Attention Please" is an urgent and hopeful documentary exploring how the modern attention economy and social media platforms are shaping relationships, mental health, childhood development and the future of human attention. -
In June of 2026, a Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin team completed the state's first robotic kidney transplant — a major advancement in minimally invasive transplant surgery. -
We discuss some of the factors that are making vinyl and other physical media so attractive today. -
WUWM is hosting a release party for Bob Reitman's new album,12th House, on Oct. 12 at the Pabst Theater. Check out this special episode of Lake Effect for a preview. -
As Bob Reitman’s new album 12th House showcases his spoken word poetry, WUWM wanted to connect him with different generations of poets to learn more about what the practice means to them and share some of their work. This poets roundtable features Reitman, Milwaukee poet and musician Bryon Cherry and Milwaukee's current Youth Poet Laureate Jodie Jasim. -
Bob Reitman’s first spoken word album The Eleventh House came out in the 70s. 54 years later, he’s releasing a follow-up album of his poetry called 12th House. Reitman and his album engineer and producer, Gary Tanin, share why they wanted to return to releasing poetry with WUWM's Lauri Jones. -
This month's Books and Beyond highlights MPL’s partnership with Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit that incorporates books into pediatric care to encourage families to read together. -
A UW-Madison entomologist answers your wasp-related questions. -
After 28 years, MSFF is the city’s longest running film festival honoring local filmmaking. This will “most likely” be its last year, the festival director says.
