Bubbler Talk

What have you always wanted to know about Milwaukee and the region? For this week's Bubbler Talk , WUWM tackles this question submitted by Hannah Kaytonah: Is Walker’s Point really a ‘gay’ neighborhood? Before we dig into the history of Milwaukee's gay community in the neighborhood just south of the Third Ward, we need to consider how neighborhoods are defined. If you think the population identifies a neighborhood, Walker's Point is mainly Hispanic. However, if you view businesses and the

With the start of the new school year, WUWM's Bubbler Talk probes a school-related question. Asker Mike Osowski wants to know the story behind Bay View High School's many stone faces. More than 160 of them adorn the building , with most along its upper edge, but others around the doorways. There may be even more concrete faces, those were just the ones we were able to count. Others may be hidden, due to the addition MPS tacked onto the school in the mid-1970s. "They all have very animated, human

This week's Bubbler Talk inquiry comes from listener Brad Lichtenstein : "Besides the lakefront, what else did Socialist mayors do for Milwaukee?" UW-Milwaukee historian Aims McGuinness met Lichtenstein and WUWM's Ann-Elise Henzl at the lakefront custard stand to share the backstory . He says the area was part of a massive public works project, which was completed in 1929. "Up until that point, this most precious part of the lakefront was the preserve of the richest people in the city, and you

This week's Bubbler Talk question is a simple one. Danica Herritz asked: Is or was there a falls (some sort of waterfall) in Menomonee Falls?

This week’s Bubbler Talk inquiry comes from Beth Gehred. She wanted to know how Milwaukee's public tavern is doing.

Wisconsin boasts one of the largest German populations in the country, and in the early 1900s , Milwaukee was considered one of the most German cities in America. "Milwaukee was known as the Midwest Munich," Steve Schaffer says. "It was, ya know, a German town." This week’s Bubbler Talk question comes from listener Bruce Campbell, who wanted to know: How were Germans treated in Milwaukee during World War II? Schaffer, Milwaukee County Historical Society 's assistant archivist, estimates that in

It's a question that many of us have probably thought of while we're out for a walk on a beautiful summer evening in Milwaukee. You bend down to tie your shoe, and there, next to your foot, is a date, stamped into the sidewalk like in the picture above. Well, maybe you haven't wondered what the date is doing there, but it's a question that occurred to listener Stephen Howe, anyway, and he got in touch with our Bubbler Talk team to figure out the answer. So why are dates stamped on Milwaukee

Even if you’ve spent only a little time in Milwaukee, you’ve likely noticed some unusual figures lurking on city sidewalks. They’re big and blue, dotting street corners across Milwaukee. One sits right outside Kristine Hinrichs’ condo downtown, on the corner of 3 rd Street and St. Paul Avenue. “I’ve lived downtown almost 25 years, and they’re everywhere,” Hinrichs remarks. Hinrichs’ curiosity about these landmarks sparked this week’s Bubbler Talk question : “What’s with all the blue police and

Whether you've just moved to a new city or have been a life-long resident, sometimes street names can catch your attention.

This week's Bubbler Talk question comes from Spencer Hoyt, who asked WUWM: Why is the 425 million year old Schoonmaker Reef so important to metro Milwaukee?