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Monday 4/20/26: severe weather, flood insurance, 'Powwow People' documentary, MFF Shorter Is Better

We look a the impact of the severe weather in Wisconsin and help you understand flood insurance. We speak with the filmmaker of "Powwow People." We tell you about the Milwaukee Film Fest's Shorter Is Better program.

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51 min
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Tuesday 4/21/26: tornadoes & severe weather update, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program ending, Milwaukee Film Fest

We tell you about the record-breaking severe weather that tore through Wisconsin last week. We learn about the ending of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program. We speak with the filmmaker of, Your Attention Please and tell you about the Cine Sin Frontera programming at the Milwaukee Film Fest.

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51 min
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Friday 4/17/26: Uecker doc, dioramas, All of the Above

Filmmakers behind the new “UECK” documentary share what it was like to work with the local legend, Bob Uecker. How MPM's muskrat diorama habitat changed the way museums present information. Torchy Timberloss — Wisconsin’s very own fire mascot.

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51 min
19H AGO

Wednesday 4/22/26: Earth Day's Wisconsin roots, The Big Cheese, grief and clay

Learn about one of the Wisconsin-born founders of Earth Day. Meet the filmmaker of “The Big Cheese” and learn what it takes to be a cheese monger. Helping people work through grief while creating clay altars.

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52 min
6D AGO

Thursday 4/16/26: How to Evict Your Landlord part one, Paralyzed by Hope, All of the Above

Part one of our series "How to Evict Your Landlord." Meet the co-director of the new documentary, “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story.” Meet another documentary filmmaker who turned her camera on the students of a world religions class at a public high school.

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52 min
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Wednesday 4/15/26: Rules of recycling, Now! More! Yes!, Torchy Timberloss

What can and can’t be recycled. A documentary about a local, used car salesman with an unusual origin story. Meet Torchy Timberloss — Wisconsin’s very own fire mascot.

Apr 15

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51 min
MAR 25

Bonus episode: Interpreting the interpreters

On April 7, Wisconsin will elect a new Supreme Court justice. But how do judges think about law, and what are the way of interpreting a constitution?

Mar 25

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36 min
APR 14

Tuesday 4/14/26: 414 day in posters, movies, and dioramas

In honor of 414 Day, today's episode is all about Milwaukee. The origins of the city’s many neighborhood posters. We peek behind the new documentary on Bob Uecker. The Milwaukee Public Museum embraces dioramas.

Apr 14

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52 min
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Monday 4/13/26: landlord lawsuit, renters resource, 'Plundered' book, community group housing solutions

Today on Lake Effect, we’ll look at the housing landscape in Milwaukee and learn why the city’s rental market is such a large barrier to city residents becoming homeowners.

Apr 13

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52 min
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Friday 4/10/26: Keys to Homeownership, Devil's Lake gets bigger, a big sturgeon comeback

Getting early education teachers into affordable housing in Milwaukee. Wisconsin's most popular state park is getting bigger. Sturgeon have returned to the Milwaukee River for the first time in 100 years.

Apr 10

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51 min

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