Thursday on Lake Effect: Anti-Immigrant Climate, Recreating the Third Ward Fire, 'Elephant House'

Thursday on Lake Effect:

Today on the show, some historical context for the current controversy over immigrations and Muslims in this country. A novelist looks back at another time in history when anti-immigrant emotion ran high. Why Twitter is the means the Milwaukee Public Museum chose to recreate a notorious day in the city’s history, and a new book illustrates the remarkable relationship between zoo elephants and their human keepers.

Guests:

• Art Cyr, foreign policy contributor
• B.A. Shapiro, author, The Muralist
• Jaclyn Kelly, Milwaukee Public Museum
• Dick Blau & Nigel Rothfels, Elephant House

Segments:

• Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in America A Cyclical Phenomenon
• 'The Muralist' Demonstrates the Power of Great Art Over Time
• Milwaukee Public Museum 'Live' Tweets 1892 Third Ward Fire
• A Local Collaboration Gives An Inside Look at Zoo Elephants & Their Caretakers