Joy Powers
Lake Effect Host / ProducerJoy Powers hosts and produces Lake Effect. She joined WUWM January 2016 as a producer for Lake Effect. Before joining Lake Effect, she was a director and producer for Afternoon Shift, on WBEZ-fm Chicago Public Radio.
Joy grew up in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and attended Badger High School. Before starting her career in journalism, she was a professional actor and most notably performed the role of "Katie/Kirsten" in Circle of Friends: An American Girl Musical. Before coming to WUWM, Powers worked with several companies, including WBEZ, SiriusXm, Fujisankei Communications and the Department of City Planning for the City of New York.
She earned a bachelors degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College, Boston, where she worked with several radio and television stations. She was the public affairs director at WERS-fm and produced the station’s AP-Award Winning program,You Are Here.
Powers lives in the Near South Side of Milwaukee and spends her free time making art and gardening.
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» Email: powersj@uwm.edu
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Today the Wisconsin State Fair is best known for its rides, animals and of course its many unusual foods. This year it’s also celebrating a momentous one hundred and seventy five years of history. To learn more, Lake Effect's Joy Powers headed to the Wisconsin State Fair grounds to check out the fair's archives. -
"Summer Paintings" runs through November 30 at Villa Terrace. The exhibit features Milwaukee artist Jan Serr's work since the 1960s. -
Three culinary experts join Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Joy Powers for a roundtable discussion about the Michelin Guide in Milwaukee. -
We share some tips to protect your trees from the heat waves we've seen this summer. -
On Saturday, Jessica Cox will share her story and show off her Impossible Airplane — a plane she flies with her feet. -
Frank Lloyd Wright is arguably the most famous architect in history, and he's most closely associated with Wisconsin where he was born and lived much of his life. But a lot of his work was done outside of the state, including nearby Illinois which is home to a quarter of his remaining buildings. -
Milwaukee is lush with greenery this time of year and there’s perhaps no better place to enjoy it than Alice’s Garden Urban Farm. We join the garden's herbal apprentices, as they learn about the gut microbiome. -
We look at the tenure of Milwaukee’s last Socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, and his aggressive campaign to expand the size of the city. We also explore what socialism looks like in Milwaukee today. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians each month. -
Milwaukee Mayor Daniel Hoan became the longest-serving socialist mayor in U.S. history, and redefined life in the city by creating parks, publicly-funded housing and the first modern sewage treatment facility. But it was a tumultuous time for the socialists, who faced local and global pressure over their ideology.
