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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.... more
FAQs about Lake Effect:How many episodes does Lake Effect have?The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.
November 14, 2024Thursday 11/14/24: New DA, midcentury organizing, are we all haters?Milwaukee County’s new district attorney. Two Milwaukee-area election clerks speak about election day. How urban renewal projects ignited community organizing in 1950s. Is Milwaukee a community of haters?...more52minPlay
November 13, 2024Wednesday 11/13/24: Climate change, Milwaukee walks, nature's inevitabilityHow to tackle climate change in a time of political divisiveness. Two sisters create a guidebook for accessible walks around Milwaukee. Milwaukee historian John Gurda's losing battle against nature....more52minPlay
November 12, 2024Tuesday 11/12/24: Milwaukee music and dance - pipe organs, African dance, dancing seniorsThe restored Wurlitzer Pipe Organ at the Oriental Theater. An African dance company celebrating 55 years in Milwaukee. Two senior dance groups who find health and community through dance....more52minPlay
November 11, 2024Monday 11/11/24: Ghost armies, Capitol Notes, war dogsThe story of the 'ghost army.' The history of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. A unique World War II-era program that put family pets on the frontlines....more52minPlay
November 07, 2024Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty AwardHow presidential rhetoric can impact how we view the office as an institution – or as an individual. What a mass deportation means for food economics. Mariana Rodriguez receives Betty Award for supporting victims of domestic violence....more52minPlay
November 06, 2024Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local racesHow the election unfolded here in Wisconsin, including the presidency and down-ballot races. Voters speak about what brought them to Milwaukee-area polls yesterday....more52minPlay
November 05, 2024Tuesday 11/5/24: election day, preserving 'Samson' the gorilla, 'Hundreds of Beavers'What to know before you head to the polls. Meet the world-champion taxidermist who preserved a beloved Milwaukee gorilla. A modern silent, oddball slapstick comedy, “Hundreds of Beavers.”...more52minPlay
November 04, 2024Monday 11/4/24: Election day eve - state and local races, amendments, GOTVHow tomorrow’s election could reshape Wisconsin politics. All about the constitutional amendment question on the ballot. How get-out-the-vote efforts are winding down....more52minPlay
October 31, 2024Thursday 10/31/24: Books and Beyond, Rhinelander Hodag, local Halloween tunesIt's the Halloween episode! A local, supposedly haunted, engine house. The chilling legend of the Rhinelander Hodag. The Pfister Hotel ghost. Halloweeny tunes from local musicians...more52minPlay
October 30, 2024Lake Effect Immigration Special: Fear is the pointImmigration in Wisconsin: the state’s immigrant history, how agriculture depends on immigrant labor, how the deportation process works, and why fear is the point of mass deportations....more52minPlay
FAQs about Lake Effect:How many episodes does Lake Effect have?The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.