Lake Effect

Tuesday on Lake Effect : While the planned Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota continues to get national attention, we learn about the many pipelines already carrying oil through Wisconsin. Later, why you probably shouldn’t care if the Dow closes above 20,000. Then, we discuss the Milwaukee Dancer’s Fund and how it works to help retired dancers move on to new careers. Plus, the spiritual and secular find a home together in the poetry of Ed Block. Guests: Dan Egan, reporter, Journal

Monday on Lake Effect : NPR’s Don Gonyea hosted Milwaukee’s participation in A Nation Engaged last week. He and Mitch Teich discuss the many unknowns about how the media will be able to cover the Trump administration. Then, we hear some excerpts from Milwaukee’s Nation Engaged event. Later, Essayist Avi Lank weighs in on the fight over the Affordable Care Act, and we learn about an engineering academy at South Milwaukee High School. Guests: Don Gonyea, NPR Political Correspondent A Nation

This weekend on Lake Effect : Writer Lisa Servon explores why the United States is seeing the rise of alternative financial services and the decline in banks. Then, singer-songwriter Julien Baker performs at the Pabst next week. In our interview with her from last summer, she talks about the push and pull of being a deeply spiritual person in a secular music world. Plus we have the latest episode of our storytelling series Ex Fabula . Guests: Lisa Servon, author, The Unbanking of America: How

Thursday on Lake Effect : Writer Lisa Servon explores the rise of alternative financial services and the decline in banks. We visit a local Habitat for Humanity de-construction team at work. And why watching men in tights duke it out in a wrestling ring continues to be so popular in Wisconsin. Guests: Lisa Servon, author, The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives Habitat for Humanity de-construction crew Rich Rovito and Tom Conroy, writers, "Brotherhood of Bruisers" in

Friday on Lake Effect : We hear excerpts from our event with Milwaukee Magazine, on the influence of insiders and outsiders in the city and about what’s next for our creative class. Later, writer Emily Fridlund explores the ambiguity of power in a powerful new novel that plays out in the north woods. Our film contributor talks about the movie musical La La Land , and why it seems to have struck a chord with audiences. And we get an inside tour of the northside’s Milwaukee Mall. Guests: MilMag

Tuesday on Lake Effect : As a Presidential transition moves ahead, we look at how history is reassessing a past Republican President, George H.W. Bush. Then, in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, some car makers are still adamant there’s a future for diesel cars. Later, author Nicholas Petrie discusses the problem with writing a novel featuring futuristic technology, while modern technology continues to evolve. Guests: Jon Meacham, author, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of

Monday on Lake Effect : We hear about the importance of giving law enforcement sensitivity training about people with mental illness. Later, poet and Milwaukee native Jodie Hollander talks about how her approach to writing poems has evolved over time. And Wisconsin writer Sandy Brehl returns with a sequel to her middle grade novel about a young girl, coming of age in occupied Norway during World War II. Guests: Laura Usher, senior manager for criminal justice and advocacy, NAMI Cooperative

This weekend on Lake Effect : We learn how leaders at a Wisconsin hospital are spearheading an effort to improve the well-being of their entire county. Our film contributor takes a look back on his favorite movies of 2016, and we have the latest episodes of Radio Chipstone and our storytelling series, Ex Fabula. Guests: Linda Klinger, project leader, Dodge County Blue Zones Initiative; Kim Miller, president and CEO, Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Dave Luhrssen, film contributor Gianofer Fields,

This weekend on Lake Effect : Leaders at a Wisconsin hospital discuss a new initiative to improve the well-being of Dodge County. Then, our film contributor takes a look back on his favorite movies of 2016. Plus, we have the latest episodes of Radio Chipstone and our storytelling series, Ex Fabula . Guests: Linda Klinger, project leader, Dodge County Blue Zones initiative; Kim Miller, president and CEO, Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Dave Luhrssen, Lake Effect film contributor Radio Chipstone ,

Thursday on Lake Effect : Dr. Barron Lerner discusses the evolution of medical ethics and his latest book, The Good Doctor . Later, a Milwaukee writer hopes that children of all backgrounds will start to see themselves in children’s literature, including her new book I Am a Boy of Color . And a new cookbook from Milwaukee-based Taste of Home makes the case for spending more time with your family around the dinner table this year. Guests: Dr. Barron Lerner, author, The Good Doctor: A Father, A