Lake Effect
Airs Mondays - Thursdays at noon & Mondays - Wednesdays at 8 pm
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
Latest Episodes
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History of Wisconsin’s Latino communities' connection to faith. The connection between science and the arts. Why the American Ornithological Society’s renamed some birds. How the city is combatting reckless driving through mobile art.
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Tribal schools across the Great Lakes region test for safe drinking water. The Oscar-winning documentary short film “The Last Repair Shop.” Female artists who have influenced the women of WUWM.
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Monday 3/25/24: Capitol Notes, local environmental policy, millennials and healthcare, Food JourneysWhat can be done with environmental policy on a local level. How millennials are impacting the healthcare system. “Food Journeys" explores how Milwaukeeans relate to the food system.
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The upcoming solar eclipse: what to know and how to see it. “Utama" explores the impact of climate change for a couple in the Bolivian highlands. Milwaukee’s first-ever youth poet laureate.
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Information on the Milwaukee Public Schools funding referendum. Water safety in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Museum packs up more than 4 million items. Planetarium laser shows.
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What two statewide ballot measures for the spring election mean. The inaugural fellows at The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music’s Fellowship in Teaching Artistry. Milwaukee Magazine's new list of Milwaukee’s best restaurants. Live at Lake Effect, featuring "The Lemon Twigs."
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What a city attorney does and hear from both candidates. Big adjustments made at this year’s American Birkebiner due to lack of snow. Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.
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Warming Wisconsin winters affect on leisure activities. Tamarack Waldorf School's efforts to get kids outside – rain, snow or shine. A fair housing marcher about the new markers commemorating the protests in Milwaukee.
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A Fair Housing marcher speaks about new city landmarks commemorating those protests. How warming winters are impacting the wildlife in Lake Michigan. An outdoor fashion show to send off the winter season.
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Update on conditions at Waupun Correctional Institution. One of the Commandos from the Fair Housing Marches speaks about historical markers finally commemorating the events. The impact warming winters may have on crane and tick populations.
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