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. 1 DAY AGO

    Thursday 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?

    51 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Wednesday 11/13/24: Climate change, Milwaukee walks, nature's inevitability

    How 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.

    51 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Tuesday 11/12/24: Milwaukee music and dance - pipe organs, African dance, dancing seniors

    The 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.

    51 min

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    Monday 11/11/24: Ghost armies, Capitol Notes, war dogs

    The 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.

    51 min

  5. NOV 7

    Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty Award

    How 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.

    51 min

  6. NOV 6

    Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local races

    How the election unfolded here in Wisconsin, including the presidency and down-ballot races. Voters speak about what brought them to Milwaukee-area polls yesterday.

    51 min

  7. NOV 5

    Tuesday 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.”

    51 min

  8. NOV 4

    Monday 11/4/24: Election day eve - state and local races, amendments, GOTV

    How 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.

    51 min
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