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Tuesday on Lake Effect: USA Gymnastics Investigation, Imprisonment in East Germany, LGBTQ+ at UWM

Tuesday on Lake Effect:

The investigations editor from Indystar joins us to talk about their investigation of USA Gymnastics and former team doctor Larry Nassar. Then, we meet a German historian who was imprisoned by the East German secret police in 1981 for trying to escape to the West. Plus, a look at what makes UW-Milwaukee especially friendly to its LGBT+ students and faculty.

Guests:

  • Steve Berta, investigations editor, Indystar
  • Peter Keup, historian and former prisoner of East Germany
  • Jen Murray, director, LGBT Resource Center at UW-Milwaukee