
Lake Effect Segments
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. Hear conversations that go beyond the headlines and explore what matters most now to people in Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.
Latest Episodes
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Alisha Jihn and Tisiphani Mayfield are Wild Space’s guest choreographers for “InSite: Dances for Washington Park.” Their dances are created in conversation with Fredrick Law Olmsted’s design elements throughout Washington Park.
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AAPI communities aren’t fully represented in local politics or in the state’s history books. Jessica Boling and Lorna Young with the Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of Wisconsin share more about their efforts to increase Asian American history in state education and engage more AAPI voters.
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WUWM is featuring the stories of MATC students, talking about their education journeys with someone who helped them along the way. Tiffany Mosby dropped out of high school as a junior, after struggling to read for years. As an adult, she took classes at Literacy Services to improve her reading so she could get her GED and go to college.
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Starting May 23, a six-episode podcast, called Be Seen, will explore Wisconsin’s LGBTQ history. Michail Takach, the curator for the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project, and Nate Imig, the director of content for Radio Milwaukee, share more.
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4th Dimension operates a sober living facility in Riverwest. It’s one of the largest providers of sober living housing in Milwaukee County. Jason Gonzalez, the founder and CEO of 4th Dimension Sobriety Inc., shares more about building a sober living community and making recovery more visible.
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The television program Project Pitch It features Wisconsin entrepreneurs pitching their companies to business leaders. Now in its sixth season, the show has featured over 100 entrepreneurs. Creator and executive producer Bev Greenburg reflects on the growth of the show.
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Local pharmacies are cornerstones in the Milwaukee area. From Milwaukee Pharmacy to Swan Serv-U, these places have served generations of patients. They’ve also become increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this month's Milwaukee Magazine, Kenya Evans looks at independent pharmacies and what their future may be.
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Jamaal Smith of Milwaukee’s Office of Violence Prevention talks about what's causing surges in gun and other violence in the city, as well as efforts to curb it.
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The documentary “The Loyola Project” reexamines the impact of the 1963 Ramblers, whose national title run not only brought in a new era of equity in college basketball, but shaped the very style of how the game is played. Co-writer and narrator Lucas Williamson and director Patrick Creadon join Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski ahead of a free community screening at the Oriental Theater.
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Wisconsin is home to six commonly found salamander species. A seventh, called the four-toed, falls under a cautionary “special concern” status. So, earlier this year when two students found the tiny amphibian at UW-Milwaukee’s field station, they were ecstatic. It was the first ever identified in Ozaukee County.