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Sam Woods
Lake Effect Production AssistantSam joined WUWM in 2023. He is a production assistant for Lake Effect. Before joining Lake Effect, he was a reporter with the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a producer for Bridge the City Podcast and Real Stories MKE.
When Sam moved to Milwaukee in 2017, he thought he wanted to be a high school social studies teacher. However, he quickly gravitated toward journalism through local podcasting to learn more about his new hometown. After stepping away from the mic and doing written reporting for over three years, he is excited to return to audio storytelling.
In his free time, Sam enjoys gardening and appreciating Giannis’ euro step.
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Comedian and Daily Show team member, Ronny Chieng, shares his thoughts on navigating the current political climate and some of the best things about Wisconsin.
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UW-Milwaukee researchers have been measuring raw sewage to track changes in disease levels since the COVID-19 pandemic. They're now testing daily during the RNC to test how an estimated 50,000 visitors change Milwaukee's public health.
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With the RNC in town, a joyful rebellion is taking place. The Great Milwaukee Block Party is a weeklong collection of events celebrating joy and opposing the RNC.
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MKE Roots is a new project designed to teach Milwaukee-area teachers local history, so that they may incorporate more local history into their curriculum.
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For the final episode of this season of "Swing State of the Union," we’re live! We discuss the RNC, Wisconsin’s political trends and life in the swing state of the union.
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are once again vying for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes. Here’s how they’re making their case.
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The 2020 election may go down as one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history. We explore how that happened.
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There’s an old adage in political journalism: “Follow the money.” But with super PACs, lobbyists and nonprofits funding campaigns and court cases, where do you start?
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Party politics dominates, both in Wisconsin and nationally. But what has that meant for our state, and what happens when the Republican party comes to Milwaukee this summer?
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Politics in Wisconsin, and in the nation, often boils down to an “us vs. them" mentality. But how did we get here, and what’s keeping politics polarized?