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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The Mitchell Street Library branch in the heart of the city’s south side is the largest of Milwaukee Public Library’s branch libraries. This Books & Beyond segment explores what you can find at Mitchell Street that’s not available at other Milwaukee libraries. -
Dr. Mandana Kamgar, assistant professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin & medical oncologist, shares some important advancements in pancreatic cancer treatment and research. -
Cocktail writer Robert Simonson shares some recommendations for the best cocktails he’s tried in the Milwaukee area recently. -
You can catch Milwaukee native Paul Noth at Boswell Books on Oct. 22. -
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.
