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Thursday on Lake Effect: Healthcare Open Enrollment, 'A Socialist Defector,' Comedian Lewis Black

Thursday on Lake Effect:

A chat with local health insurance navigators about insurance literacy and Wisconsin’s most vulnerable people. Then, author Victor Grossman defected to East Germany in 1952 and didn’t return to the U.S. until 1994. He talks about his experiences in East Germany, and what it was like returning to his home country. Plus, comedian Lewis Black talks about what makes Wisconsin politics so unique.

Guests:

  • Adam VanSpankeren and Nik Duke, Covering Wisconsin
  • Victor Grossman, author, A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee
  • Lewis Black, comedian