Lake Effect: Full Show Podcast

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Lake Effect: Full Show Podcast

Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee. This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Thursday 2/20/25: Black homeownership, changing economy in a changing winter, construction

    The historical and modern policies undermining Black homeownership. How the economy in Wisconsin’s Northwoods is being impacted by changing winters. Training marginalized Milwaukeeans in the construction trades.

    51 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    Wednesday 2/19/25: Future of renewables, whitefish and warming winters, free throws

    The future of renewable energy growth in Wisconsin. Our Thin Ice series explores how whitefish have been affected by Wisconsin’s warming winters. What contributes to a successful free throw.

    51 min

  3. 5 DAYS AGO

    Tuesday 2/18/25: Gender-affirming care in Wisconsin, Thin Ice, MKE Rec's new director

    How gender-affirming care faces an uncertain future under Trump administration. Our Thin Ice series explores how snowshoe hares are affected by warming winters. We meet Milwaukee Recreation’s new director.

    51 min

  4. 6 DAYS AGO

    Monday 2/17/25: White House history, Thin Ice, forks in roads

    Preserving White House history. How this winter compares to last year's record warmth. An essay from a Veterans Affairs employee sharing the ‘Fork in the Road’ email's impact.

    51 min

  5. FEB 13

    Thursday 2/13/25: Housing Authority financial woes, Thin Ice, love songs

    Financial issues the Housing Authority and what’s being done to address them. A preview of the upcoming series, “Thin Ice 2025 – Our Warming Winters.” A new executive director of Milwaukee Film. A mixtape of love songs picked by WUWM staff.

    51 min

  6. FEB 12

    Wednesday 2/12/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin part two, youth homelessness, bugs

    A Wisconsinite impacted by the Trump Administration’s USAID freeze. New efforts to support young people experiencing homelessness. An entomologist changes hearts and minds on insect importance.

    51 min

  7. FEB 11

    Tuesday 2/11/25: USAID freeze in Wisconsin, Black History Month movies, a local Bad Bunny collab

    The Wisconsin impact of the Trump Administration’s USAID freeze. Historical to horror: movies to watch in honor of Black History Month. A UW professor teams up with rapper Bad Bunny.

    51 min

  8. FEB 10

    Monday 2/10/25: Capitol Notes, library kitchens, historic recipes

    How Wisconsin politicians are reacting to the Trump administration’s actions. Books and Beyond goes from the stacks to the stove at the Cargill Community Kitchen. Milwaukee Public Library’s Historic Recipe Files.

    51 min
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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. This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.

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