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Audrey Nowakowski
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Lake Effect Spotlight
Exploring the history of Bay View's Humboldt Park
Author and Bay View Historian Ron Winkler joins WUWM’s Audrey Nowakowski to explore the history of Humboldt Park, ahead of its 2025 designation as a Bay View Historical Society site.
2025-06-30
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Making the economic case for state investment in the arts
Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski speaks with arts advocates about the work they’re doing to increase state funding for the arts.
2025-04-11
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Wine Weekend: 5 days of wine, Milwaukee and accessibility
The Milwaukee Wine Academy offers a place where people of color of all levels of wine expertise are comfortable trying, talking and tasting wine. Learn more at the upcoming Milwaukee Wine Weekend.
2025-04-04
15 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 4/3/25: New MPS superintendent speaks, wine game show, MPM rooster origins
Thr new superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools shares what she hopes to accomplish. We explore the history of school choice. We stage a game show for Milwaukee wine enthusiasts. The meaning behind the Milwaukee Public Market rooster mascot.
2025-04-03
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
How Department of Education cuts will — and won’t — affect Wisconsin
Uncertainty reigns as President Trump threatens to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Federal funding accounts for about 8% of school funding in Wisconsin.
2025-04-02
20 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 4/2/25: Election results, civics 101, spring cleaning
The results from yesterday’s election. What some of the newly elected officials’ jobs will look like. Spring cleaning tips from a professional organizer.
2025-04-02
51 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 4/1/25: Meet the Johnsons from Wisconsin
Celebrate April Fools Day with a secret theme and no misinformation. Research on who doesn’t have the required photo ID needed to vote. How proposed cuts to education funding are already impacting Wisconsin schools. Wisconsin’s 4-H program is not all about agriculture.
2025-04-01
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Group Chat: Reproductive health care and harm reduction
For this month's Group Chat, we hear from a Wisconsin doctor who provides abortion care and a community harm reduction worker who serves high-risk populations.
2025-03-31
15 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more
Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez spoke with Holly Walz, a park naturalist with the Wehr Nature Center, about the role nests play and the different types of nests that birds in Wisconsin make.
2025-03-28
18 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 3/27/25: Big money in elections, Wisconsin abortion providers, Black Feminist Symposium
Who is funding the candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court. A conversation between two abortion providers in Wisconsin. All about the recent Black Feminist Symposium event at UW-Milwaukee.
2025-03-27
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
What to know about the voter ID ballot referendum
On April 1, 2025, voters will decide on a proposal to amend Wisconsin's constitution to require photo ID to participate in elections.
2025-03-26
14 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 3/26/25: Statewide voter ID referendum, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Music Roundup
Learn about the statewide referendum question on your ballot this election. Chirp Chat explores the different kinds of bird nests in Wisconsin. New local music in this month’s Milwaukee Music Roundup.
2025-03-26
51 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 3/25/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate overview, SPED cuts, MKE Rec
We learn about the candidates running for state supreme court. Wisconsin special education training program faces cuts from the Trump Administration. What's in Milwaukee Recreation’s Spring activities guide.
2025-03-25
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
UWM, animation, and dream jobs
One Milwaukee-based animator with Guerrillamation Films is working with UW-Milwaukee to help people network and learn skills in the field.
2025-03-24
14 min
Lake Effect
Monday 3/24/25: Wisconsin Supreme Court nationalized, NFL Draft, animation journey
Capitol Notes looks at the national interests influencing the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. What’s happening at the NFL Draft in Green Bay next month. A local animator shares his Pixar and Dreamworks experience.
2025-03-24
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
The ways people use — and misuse — CCAP
CCAP. Four letters. One site. And an oversized impact on Wisconsin. The state’s most popular open record database lets you look up court records of anyone you’d like. And many people do. Sometimes, they learn more than they were expecting.
2025-03-21
11 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 3/20/25: CCAP uses and harms, money and courts, sports gambling
How CCAP can be used as a useful, and harmful, tool. A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice speaks about the influence money has on the court. Sports gambling in Wisconsin and beyond.
2025-03-20
51 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 3/19/25: State Superintendent candidate interviews, best restaurants, weird museums
We hear from the two candidates for state superintendent. We learn about some of Milwaukee’s best restaurants. We explore some of Wisconsin’s weirdest museums.
2025-03-19
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Meet the candidates: Wisconsin state superintendent
Wisconsin's top K-12 education official, Jill Underly, is facing a challenge from Brittany Kinser on April 1.
2025-03-19
25 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 3/18/25: Persecution at home and abroad, Wisconsin Whey, Live at Lake Effect
What people in the U.S. can learn from other nations to meet the current political moment. "Wisconsin Whey: Cheesemaking in the Driftless." The latest Live at Lake Effect featuring Celtic ensemble "Solas."
2025-03-18
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
UWM scientist dives into deep-sea volcanoes
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ocean floor. That’s where you can find one UWM professor.
2025-03-17
11 min
Lake Effect
Monday 3/17/25: 3rd district Alderperson candidate interviews, Irish immigrant history
Milwaukee 3rd district Alderperson candidate interviews. How the Common Council works with residents. The history of Irish immigrants in Milwaukee.
2025-03-17
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
'Voices & Votes' highlights Wisconsinites who spoke up for change
The Wisconsin Historical Society's 'Voices & Votes' offers a civics lesson and highlights citizens who spoke up for change.
2025-03-14
11 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 3/13/25: Milwaukee School Board, Act 10, Birth to 3 Program, Local Altoid tin artist, Bubbler Talk
We learn what the Milwaukee School Board does. We hear some of the latest episode of Swing State of the Union. We tell you about the Milwaukee County Birth to 3 Program. Plus, in the newest Bubbler Talk we learn about mining around the Milwaukee River.
2025-03-13
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
'This is our lifeline': Wisconsin advocates and Medicaid recipients decry potential cuts
Felicia Clayborne is a mover and a shaker. She also navigates the world with multiple disabilities, receiving care and support through Medicaid. Kathryn Florence Burish also receives Medicaid coverage and long-term care for her Down Syndrome. Both women weigh in on attempts to cut funding to the federal program that serves low-income Americans and individuals with disabilities.
2025-03-12
11 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 3/12/25: Statewide referenda, shipwrecks, spring cleaning
Why citizens can’t petition for statewide ballot initiatives and referendums in Wisconsin. We explore shipwrecks at MPL's Great Lakes Marine Collection. Spring cleaning tips.
2025-03-12
51 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 3/11/25: Farmers and funding freezes, Medicaid, volcano research
Wisconsin farmers and the impact of federal funding freezes. The effect of Medicaid cuts on Wisconsinites. A UW-Milwaukee professor shares her experience researching ocean volcanoes. The Wish You Knew podcast.
2025-03-11
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
The race to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Wisconsin Legislature
The Climate Accountability Act is proposing cutting Wisconsin’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
2025-03-10
12 min
Lake Effect
Monday 3/10/25: Climate Accountability Act, civic education, daylight saving
The Climate Accountability Act proposes cutting greenhouse gases in half in Wisconsin. A new book for young readers on how government works in Wisconsin. Daylight saving controversy.
2025-03-10
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Temporary housing for people leaving incarceration opens in downtown Milwaukee
Project RETURN is an organization that helps formerly incarcerated people return to the community. For the first time in its 45-year history, the organization is providing housing.
2025-03-07
12 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 3/6/25: Stable housing, healthy trees, skywalks
Connecting people leaving incarceration to stable housing. We join a city crew keeping our trees healthy amid climate change. Bubbler Talk strolls through downtown Milwaukee’s skywalk system.
2025-03-06
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee County hid officers' credibility concerns — reporters just revealed the list
Milwaukee County’s district attorney has long sought to keep its "Brady List" secret. The list has the names of law enforcement officers with histories of credibility concerns or past crimes. A months-long, collaborative report examines what was being hidden from public view for so long.
2025-03-05
12 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 3/5/25: Lake Effect On-Site Celebrating 60 Years of WUWM
Today's show is a broadcast of our latest Lake Effect On-Site event at UW-Milwaukee where we celebrated WUWM's 60th Birthday by looking back on our history.
2025-03-05
54 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 3/4/25: Brady lists, deportation in schools, tracking overdoses
Investigating Brady lists, which track police officers accused of misconduct. An MPS teacher on helping families and comforting children afraid of deportations. A new tool that’s tracking overdoses.
2025-03-04
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Group Chat: Community keeps us safe
This month’s Group Chat hears from young, local organizers who are pushing for immigrant rights and protections. They share how safety is only found together.
2025-03-03
13 min
Lake Effect
Monday 3/3/25: Urban renewal, cosmic neighbors, history of a tile factory
How urban renewal projects impacted cities like Milwaukee. Our cosmic neighborhood. A book that uncovers the history of a little-known tile factory in South Milwaukee.
2025-03-03
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Chirp Chat: How to meet other birders in Wisconsin
Joining a local birding club or meeting other people at birding events can bring you a sense of belonging and teach you things you didn’t know. No matter how experienced you are.
2025-02-28
21 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 2/27/25: Comité Sin Fronteras, how we judge judges, Wisconsin Dells
A conversation with young Latina women fighting for the rights of undocumented people. How we judge judges and our expectations of judicial candidates. We help you plan a trip to the Wisconsin Dells.
2025-02-27
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Black Birth Collection brings together resources from prenatal to postpartum
Black and brown moms, and birthing people in Milwaukee, have some of the worst birthing outcomes in the nation. Even being pregnant can come with danger. But there are an abundance of birth workers that cater their services directly to these demographics.
2025-02-26
08 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 2/26/25: Black literature and culinary history in Milwaukee, Chirp Chat
How Black literature is gaining notoriety in Milwaukee. African-American culinary history. A new episode of Chirp Chat about how to find community with other birders.
2025-02-26
51 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 2/25/25: Black Birth Collection, Unity Awards, Live at Lake Effect
We hear from people who support pregnant people of color and learn why support is necessary. Milwaukeeans honored with Unity Awards. What sitting all day does to our bodies. Live at Lake Effect features Milwaukee’s own Buffalo Nichols.
2025-02-25
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee musicians scale buildings for 'On the Roof: Jazz Impressions of Fiddler'
A jazz-trained cantor at a local synagogue likes to go up on the building's roof and think. One day, it occurred to him to reimagine and perform Fiddler on the Roof up there.
2025-02-24
08 min
Lake Effect
Monday 2/24/25: What the state superintendent does, stormwater capture, American Reckoning
What Wisconsin’s state superintendent does and why it matters. A strategy Milwaukee is using to capture stormwater and prevent flooding. The documentary "American Reckoning" investigates the unsolved murder of a civil rights activist in Mississippi.
2025-02-24
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Optimism, and Trump-triggered caution, about renewable energy growth in Wisconsin this year
The executive director of RENEW Wisconsin offers predictions for 2025.
2025-02-21
12 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-20
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Recreation’s new director wants to continue building up programs and play fields
Milwaukee Public Schools recently approved Brian Litzsey as the new senior director of Milwaukee Recreation. He is the 11th director in the department’s 114-year history.
2025-02-19
11 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-19
51 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-18
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
'Heal and move forward': Milwaukee Housing Authority chair talks next steps amid financial struggles
Milwaukee’s Housing Authority is facing financial woes after illegally using millions of dollars in federal funds to pay staff. The agency also is faced with thousands of complaints about living conditions.
2025-02-17
13 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-17
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
WUWM staff picks: A mixtape of love songs just in time for Valentine’s Day
A mixtape of love songs curated by WUWM Staff for Valentine's Day 2025.
2025-02-14
12 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-13
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Bad Bunny wanted to share Puerto Rico's history of colonization, so he called a Wisconsin professor
Bad Bunny wanted to share the history of Puerto Rico on his latest album. So his team made a call to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That’s where a professor was ready to share the island’s history of colonization and radical politics.
2025-02-12
15 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-12
51 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-11
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Looking for recipe ideas? Milwaukee Public Library’s historic collection has thousands
Librarians clipped recipes from the "Milwaukee Journal" over the course of 20 years. Today, it’s a digitized collection called the "Historic Recipe File."
2025-02-11
06 min
Lake Effect
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.
2025-02-10
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
An appetite for progress: Students from PEARLS for Teen Girls cook with Milwaukee chefs
The Bronzeville event "Cheers to Pearls Who Cook" brought together teen girls and local chefs for more than appetizers. It was a master class in mentorship.
2025-02-07
08 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 2/6/25: Survive and thrive this winter
Today's show is all about winter: how to stay safe outdoors and be prepared for emergencies; how to keep your pets healthy; help avoid putting extra stress on your car in the cold; a free winter festival.
2025-02-06
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Two brothers from Afghanistan share how refugee funding now in limbo helped them settle in Milwaukee
Every year, Milwaukee welcomes refugees from across the globe, including two brothers who made a harrowing journey from Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in 2021. Now, funding for resettling refugees in the United States is in limbo.
2025-02-06
12 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 2/5/25: News literacy, refugees in Milwaukee, Latinos in Wisconsin
News literacy: what it means, and how it helps understand a rapidly changing news environment. The story of two brothers from Afghanistan now living in Milwaukee, and a federal funding pause that hurts refugee resettlement. Latinos in Wisconsin, and the intersection of faith and belonging.
2025-02-05
51 min
Lake Effect
Tuesday 2/4/25: Correcting corrections, Pearls Who Cook, dive bars
Superintendent of Milwaukee County's correctional facility speaks about her approach to rehabilitation. A local man incarcerated as a teenager on post-release challenges. What makes dive bars a staple in Wisconsin culture.
2025-02-04
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Lesser-known stories of Black Americans in history returns to Marquette
A lecture series highlighting Black stories missing from American history books returns to Marquette University in honor of Black History Month.
2025-02-03
13 min
Lake Effect
Monday 2/3/25: MPD pursuit policy, oft-forgotten Black history, Jones Island
MPD's pursuit policy and how it’s being enforced and monitored. An upcoming lecture about Black history that is often never taught. A documentary that explores the history of Jones Island.
2025-02-03
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
A Milwaukee native's new book takes readers on a pop culture 'road trip' through the '90s and 2000s
Milwaukee native Ira Madison III is a cultural critic, TV writer and host of the podcast “Keep It.” His book “Pure Innocent Fun" explores media that inspired his career and impacted his life growing up as a Black gay man in Milwaukee.
2025-02-01
19 min
Lake Effect
Thursday 1/30/25: Executive orders and the environment, prison calls, millennial nostalgia
How executive orders on the environment could impact projects and efforts in Wisconsin. An effort to make calls to state jails and prison free. Some millennial nostalgia with author Ira Madison III.
2025-01-30
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Mayor Johnson interview, part two: Housing, budgets, public works, crime
In part two of our interview with Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, we compare his approach to housing, budgets, public works, and crime in 2025 with that of Mayor John Norquist in 1999.
2025-01-29
26 min
Lake Effect
Wednesday 1/29/25: Milwaukee mayor 1999 retrospective, desegregation, Lady Like
Milwaukee's mayor gives a retrospective on issues facing the city in 1999 and today. A Wisconsin judge discusses attending schools during desegregation in the south. A RuPaul’s Drag Race queen and feature of “Lady Like.”
2025-01-29
51 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Mayor Johnson aims to welcome immigrants without being 'targeted' by Trump
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson outlines how the city welcomes immigrants, but stops short of calling Milwaukee a sanctuary city fearing repercussions from the Trump administration.
2025-01-27
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Financial advice to start the year off right with your 'financial hype woman'
January is the month where most of our New Year's resolutions start, and end. That includes money goals. Author, financial educator, and self-proclaimed 'rich auntie in training,' Berna Anat shares tips to help get you started on your road to financial success in 2025.
2025-01-24
12 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Staying safe from RSV, COVID-19, flu and norovirus this winter: Tips and vaccine resources
Dr. Ben Weston, chief health policy advisor for Milwaukee County, joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to talk about how you can stay safe from flu, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus this winter.
2025-01-23
07 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
The Domes: Reimagined project takes root
After years of wondering what will happen to the deteriorating Mitchell Park Domes, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors has committed $30 million to "The Domes: Reimagined" project. The plan includes expanded classroom space, a café and a nature learning center. The effort is being spearheaded by the Friends of the Domes group.
2025-01-20
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee surfer shapes eco-friendly board that ‘captures the beauty of surfing while respecting the water’
Local surfer and Greenhouse Surfboards founder Ken Cole created the world’s first leaf-based surfboard to encompass what he believes is the art, soul and sustainable future of surfing.
2025-01-17
17 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Are you a reader who likes meeting new people? Try Milwaukee's Silent Book Club!
A silent book club gives readers a chance to be social, but it unfolds a bit differently than in a traditional book club. The first hour usually involves solo reading of a book of your choosing. The second part of the night is when you vibe with other readers.
2025-01-15
06 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Wisconsin Policy Forum's top 5 findings of 2024
From house prices outpacing incomes in Wisconsin to a significant decrease in the number of arrests by the Milwaukee Police Department, here are some of Wisconsin Policy Forum's findings from the last year.
2025-01-13
18 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Eagle River hosts 62nd annual World Championship Snowmobile Derby
Snowmobiling World Championship Derby Complex CEO Tom Anderson shares about the upcoming snowmobile derby and why Eagle River is a great place for snowmobile enthusiasts to visit this January.
2025-01-10
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee’s youth poet laureate is helping up-and-coming poets grow
Aleena Ahmed, a Bengali American poet and a junior at Nicolet High School, was selected as the youth poet laureate last summer by Woodland Pattern, a nonprofit book center and performance space. During her time as youth poet laureate, Ahmed says she’s helped guide other young people in poetry camps and writing workshops.
2025-01-08
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Music Roundup: Night Crickets, Ellie Jackson, BLAX, Known Moons
Matt Wild from "Milwaukee Record" recaps his favorite songs from local musicians for this month.
2025-01-06
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Greentree: Where you are safe to be yourself
Greentree and Teutonia Apartments are a public housing community on Milwaukee's north side. The community inspires us to consider deeper meanings of "safety."
2025-01-03
11 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee seniors ‘living their best lives’ through dance and community
There are a few places in the city where seniors are perfecting dance moves and building friendships. They're showing us all how having a good time and staying healthy can go hand in hand.
2024-12-30
18 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Leap day 2024 in Milwaukee: Rare birthdays, cosmic love stories, and unforgettable proposals
For many, leap day might just be another day, but about five million people around the world — also known as leaplings — will get to celebrate their actual birthday and others will celebrate a special moment like an anniversary.
2024-12-27
17 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
From back seat listener to NPR host: A conversation with Ari Shapiro
When NPR's Ari Shapiro isn't in the All Things Considered host chair he is out reporting in the field, which is what recently brought him to Milwaukee to highlight Wisconsinites ahead of the presidential election. He joined Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to talk about journalism and his interests outside of work:
2024-12-23
20 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
From back seat listener to NPR host: A conversation with Ari Shapiro
When NPR's Ari Shapiro isn't in the All Things Considered host chair he is out reporting in the field, which is what recently brought him to Milwaukee to highlight Wisconsinites ahead of the presidential election. He joined Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to talk about journalism and his interests outside of work:
2024-12-23
20 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Bringin' the Hannukah light with Milwaukee's Latkes Con Salsa
Jazz drummer and vibes player Mitchell Shiner is leading a project called Latkes Con Salsa, a live concert series and album featuring traditional Hannukah tunes with Latin rhythms. (And a little Christmas music at the live concerts too!)
2024-12-20
08 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Bringin' the Hannukah light with Milwaukee's Latkes Con Salsa
Jazz drummer and vibes player Mitchell Shiner is leading a project called Latkes Con Salsa, a live concert series and album featuring traditional Hannukah tunes with Latin rhythms. (And a little Christmas music at the live concerts too!)
2024-12-20
08 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Top games to gift in 2024
Gaming expert James Lowder shares his top picks for 2024 games, including two-player, family and role-playing games suitable for players of all ages and skill levels, with his favorite game taking the top spot.
2024-12-18
23 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
A Fight for Survival: The monarch butterfly's future
The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species but faces significant challenges, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an estimated 80% decline in the eastern population since the 1980s and an even steeper decline in the western population, while also proposing possible protection for the species.
2024-12-16
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Milwaukee Recreation director to retire after 36-year career, reflects on department’s future
At the end of January, Lynn Greb will retire as Milwaukee Recreation’s 10th director in the department’s 114-year history.
2024-12-13
16 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair aims to become the national chair of the DNC
Democrats trying to shake off last month's loss in the presidential race will meet this week to go over the rules to elect a new DNC Chair. The current chair is not running for reelection.
2024-12-12
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
How the Coming Home Tour supports LGBTQ Wisconsinites this Holiday Season
The statewide tour of PFLAG meetings shares stories of LGBTQ history and heritage to help people feel more grounded.
2024-12-09
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
One course, many faiths: Milwaukeeans come together to study Judaism, Islam and Christianity
What began as a collaboration over food between Congregation Sinai and the Turkish-American Society of Wisconsin has evolved into a six-week exploration of three religions.
2024-12-06
07 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
What's next for Heal the Hood?
Since 2012, Heal the Hood MKE has been supporting the Milwaukee community, whether it’s a back-to-school event providing youth with support for the school year or a summer block party where residents can access job and health resources, food, and fellowship with one another.
2024-12-04
11 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Celebrating Vel Phillips' unforgettable impact on politics, Milwaukee and Wisconsin
From pioneering open housing legislation to serving as Wisconsin’s secretary of state, Vel Phillips has influenced countless crucial moments in our history.
2024-12-02
23 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
There's no better time for Milwaukee's Blackity Black Holiday Market
On Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30), at Milwaukee's Turner Hall Ballroom, you can find more than 40 of Milwaukee's Black entrepreneurs, along with a food court, entertainment and local organizations tabling.
2024-11-29
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
'Rock 'n' Roll Poet' honors WUWM's famous alum, Bob Reitman
WUWM is celebrating 60 years on the air, and we're recognizing it in a variety of ways. One of those is the upcoming hour long special "Rock 'n' Roll Poet: A Reitman Retrospective." It honors legendary Milwaukee radio personality and our now retired co-worker, Bob Reitman.
2024-11-27
19 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Ho-Chunk chef sees food as canvas for tradition and change
World-renowned chef, community builder, and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation Elena Terry sees food as an opportunity for preserving tradition, and a canvas for creativity.
2024-11-25
18 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
The time is now for optimizing home energy efficiency
Right now, Wisconsin families have a chance to take advantage of significant funding to make their homes more energy efficient. The funding is part of the Inflation Reduction Act the biggest boost to climate action the United States has ever seen. Green Homeowners United is one of the groups helping Wisconsin homeowners jump aboard.
2024-11-22
14 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Remembering Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff
Brostoff was a tireless advocate for his community, both as a state representative and later as a member of the Milwaukee Common Council.
2024-11-20
13 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
'Struggle for the City' explores how neighborhoods fought urban renewal
Milwaukee's Bronzeville neighborhood was once the heart of the city's Black community, but that all changed with "urban renewal." We explore the book "Struggle for the City," the impact urban renewal projects had on communities, and how they fought back.
2024-11-18
16 min
Lake Effect Spotlight
Is Milwaukee a community of haters?
For Bubbler Talk, we look into a question posed by a Milwaukee native: are we a bunch of haters?
2024-11-15
14 min