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Lake Effect Spotlight
By WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPRSociety & Culture
Lake Effect Spotlight episodes
- What a flood brings: Wauwatosa family among many with flooded homes after southeast Wisconsin storms
Jessica Young and her family are one of hundreds of families still facing challenges after an unprecedented storm hit southeastern Wisconsin.
19 min - National Hip Hop Day: Milwaukee producer breaks down the art of sampling
"Have I heard this before?" is a question hip-hop aficionados are constantly asking themselves. Milwaukee musician Kiran Vedula explains why.
14 min - Why are Milwaukee craft breweries closing?
Wisconsin State Journal's "Beer Baron" columnist Chris Drosner joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss recent brewery closures and what they could mean for the industry.
10 min - Economic check-in: Local business owner shares her concerns for the futureRyan Faurie is a business owner and mother living in Greendale, Wisconsin. Along with her husband Will, she’s raising a 12-year-old daughter and looking toward the future. Ryan joins Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to talk about how the economy is impacting her right now and how she’s preparing for the future.9 min
- ‘Spread the good news of poetry’: Wisconsin’s poet laureate on what the role means to herBrenda Cárdenas is Wisconsin’s newest poet laureate. As the state’s ambassador for poetry, the Milwaukee native hopes to inspire creativity through workshops, projects and meeting with young people.23 min
- Milwaukee Public Library’s Wisconsin Concert Poster Collection is pretty punkMilwaukee Public Library's Timothy Rush talks about the Rare Books Room's collection of almost 200 gig posters.13 min
- Exploring Fondy Farmers Market, the oldest farmers market in MilwaukeeThe Fondy Farmers Market is the oldest farmers market in the city of Milwaukee. For more than a century, it’s brought produce and other goods fresh from the makers who create them. We explore the market alongside Venice Williams, the executive director of the Fondy Food Center.10 min
- How did the Lumberjack World Championships end up in northern Wisconsin?Athletes came to Hayward, Wisconsin this July from 16 states and seven countries, to chop, saw, throw axes, log roll, sprint across floating logs and speed climb poles.15 min
- Vacant lots are a blank canvas: Finding opportunity in MilwaukeeAntoine Carter speaks about gardening, public art, philanthropy and his plan to build apartment buildings on vacant lots near Milwaukee’s Moody Park.20 min
- Willow Newell is the first Black Miss Wisconsin. Up next: Miss AmericaTwenty-two-year-old Racine native, Willow Newell, is the first Black woman to be named Miss Wisconsin. In September, she'll compete for Miss America in Florida.20 min
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The Lake Effect Spotlight podcast features some of our favorite conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
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