Lake Effect: Full Show

We learn about the Milwaukee Community Land Trust and its role in solving housing unaffordability in Milwaukee. The importance of urban farming and growing our own food. How Wisconsin farmers view climate change and that impacts their farming practices.

You can have a direct impact on how some of the city's annual budget will be spent. An event focused on changing attitudes around incarceration. A tracking system that's helping us better understand bird behavior.

We speak with a Milwaukee-native author of a book that examines inequalities in two-parent households. We help you plan a trip to the Stevens Point Sculpture Park. A local fire engine house is rumored to be haunted.

What we know about U.S. citizens who have been detained during immigration crackdowns. Meet one of the legends of urban farming in Milwaukee. We visit the West Allis Farmers Market.

Investigations into more than 200 educators in Wisconsin suspected of sexual misconduct with students. Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano chats about her upcoming series about Milwaukee's urban agriculture scene. A new bat documentary, “The Invisible Mammal.”

We chat with the new leader of the Milwaukee Art Museum, who formerly led the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. We learn about Milwaukee's first professional women's basketball team. A photography book featuring the Great Lakes.

We look at the proposed Milwaukee County budget, and learn how major improvement projects could impact property taxes. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joins talks about how he continues to improvise. Live at Lake Effect featuring classical guitarist René Izquierdo.

We learn how heart disease presents in women. How the United Community Center in Milwaukee is helping Spanish-speakers with memory loss. Why leaves change color in fall.

How pumpkin sales might reflect feelings about the current economy. Books and Beyond explores some materials on Milwaukee mysteries. Bubbler Talk looks into the history of the building that is now the Milwaukee Fire and Police training facility.

The 5 Points Art Gallery in Milwaukee is at risk of closing, due to financial challenges. We celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves and UW-Milwaukee's connection. The life and legacy of politician and civil rights activist Vel Phillips.

What could happen to healthcare costs for Wisconsinites amid the federal government shutdown. How to prepare for the upcoming flu season. We visit one of several local Yemini coffee shops that have opened in the past year.

The story of a Native American boarding school survivor from Wisconsin. The government shutdown's implications for Wisconsin. We begin a week-long tour of Milwaukee-area Yemeni coffee shops. A roundup of the best Milwaukee music this month.

A new book explores the lives of people who identify as both conservative Christians and LGBTQ+. UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium is being transformed for “Creepy Cosmos.” Bubbler Talk highlights water innovations.

The growing crisis of nitrate contamination in Wisconsin's drinking water. Some unexpected Green Bay Packers fans living in Japan. Fat Body Hotties —a local group celebrating fat liberation.

Wisconsin's connection in superstar Bad Bunny's latest album. The founder of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival speaks about our local comedy scene. How Northern Wisconsin's history of logging inspired the world of timber sports.

We talk to a local immigration attorney about changes to work visas. We learn about the misconceptions around organ donation. We speak with the owners of La Finca Coffee House. And, we learn about two Milwaukee-area high schools that joined forces to create a football team.

We look at the state of food security in Milwaukee. We speak with three local leaders about the work they do to create space for the Hispanic and Latine culture in Milwaukee. We speak with the street artist behind the Milwaukee koi fish art. Plus, we investigate what happened to a burial mound marker in Lake Park.

Three Milwaukee-natives who have visited the Israeli-occupied West Bank share their experiences. We learn about the very first film festival happening in Sheboygan. We help you plan a trip to Wisconsin's oldest state park. Plus, we visit Alice's Garden to learn about the fall growing season.

An online extremism expert explores the rise in young men carrying out violent acts. We tag along with the Milwaukee Public Library Educational Outreach Services team. We learn the history of teaching Spiritualism in Whitewater. Plus, tell you about a local art show, "Birds and Blooms."

We learn about the work being done at the Trauma Quality Life Clinic. We look ahead to this weekend's Doors Open Milwaukee. We learn why leaves change color in fall. Plus, learn how the Wisconsin-Illinois border was formed.

We speak with reporters from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about their report, "The Lost Class." We speak with the director of the documentary "New Wave." Plus, we'll learn about hazelnut farming in Wisconsin.

We explore the State of Working Wisconsin report. We learn about Buc-ee's and plans to build on in Oak Creek. We tell you about a construction project that will help remove contaminated sediment from local waterways. Plus, meet a local sign painter.

Capital Notes discusses how Wisconsin's approach to COVID vaccines differs from the federal government. The history of Hmong refugees settling in Wisconsin. The art of cheesemaking. A new Milwaukee Music Roundup.

On a short version of Lake Effect, we learn how to apply for FEMA assistance for flood-damage, how the Milwaukee County Zoo keeps animals safe during severe weather, and journey to Guatemala's night sky.

What it means to be a Latino-American in 2025. A traveling artists visits Milwaukee farms with a hand-made watermelon couch. A documentary on a collegiate Acapella group competing to win a national title.

Federal cuts to a program that helped Milwaukee-area teachers incorporate local history. A new NPR podcast called “Sources and Methods.” Milwaukee band Chapped Lips joins us for an in-studio performance.

We check in with a homeowner who suffered damage during last month's flooding. A project in Milwaukee's 30th Street Corridor aimed at reducing future flooding. Senator Tammy Baldwin discusses her “Go Pack Go Act."

A documentary about a daughter's journey to learn about a mother she never got to know. Chimney Swifts and the fall migration of birds. An in-studio performance by local singer-songwriter Hillary Reynolds.

What's being done to prevent local suicide deaths. We learn about the victims of the 1886 Bay View Massacre. Highlights from Milwaukee Magazine's Best of Milwaukee issue. Photographing the Great Lakes.

How improving bike safety and accessibility locally can be big wins for biking statewide. The ongoing battle over Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin. What the National Weather Service provides for people in Wisconsin.

A new effort to raise Wisconsin's minimum wage to twenty dollars an hour. The waiting game around the presidential disaster declaration after flooding in Milwaukee. A former Wisconsin governor shares his journey caring for his wife as she developed Alzheimer's.

The search for two unhoused men who went missing after last month's historic floods. Milwaukee's Mayor explains how the city will take in people coming to the Midwest due to climate change. The new executive director of Circus World speaks about her plans for the future.

An invasive plant newly identified in Wisconsin called Japanese Stiltgrass. A preview of this year's Milwaukee Short Film Festival, which is showing 75 films in three days. A love letter to local paleteros.

MPS superintendent on how schools are recovering from flooding and lead paint cleanup progress. Advice for parents on how to talk to children about school shootings. How paying college athletes has impacted college sports.

How Wisconsin's higher education institutions are doing amid challenges and changes. How CCAP is a useful and harmful tool. Why the Driftless region is one of the country's best places for fly fishing.

The owner of Milwaukee's American Science & Surplus store talks about their efforts to stay afloat. A young Milwaukeean embarks on environmental work. What a Bird City is — and how your town can become one. A peek into the world of animal law.

Why flood damage isn't covered by most people's home insurance. How racist policies have undermined Black homeownership. The story of a Hmong family that came to Wisconsin as refugees.

Kids, cell phones, social media, and mental health. Youth prayer event organized for young victims of violence. The DNR is looking for volunteers to help track the animals seen in your neighborhood.

The history of providing sanctuary in the United States and in Wisconsin. Two Milwaukee sisters share their experience of changing their immigrations status at the same time. The mind behind “The Queen of My Dreams" speaks about the genre-blending mother-daughter dramedy.

Today's show is all about staying safe during extreme heat: the availability and history of cooling centers in the Milwaukee area. Heat as a concern for workers in Wisconsin. Tips on exercising outside safely during the heat.

How different police agencies in the state cooperate with ICE and get paid for it. How facial recognition technology might be used by local law enforcement. We hunt for beach glass on Milwaukee's freshwater shores.

We learn what help is available for flood damage. The legal and practical challenges of conducting the new census that President Trump is calling for. The history of school choice in Wisconsin.

The increase of flood damage in our area beyond last weekend's historic floods. Creating more accessory housing in Milwaukee via “Granny Flats.” We chat with actor and comedian Rainn Wilson - “Dwight” from The Office.

More coverage of the historic flooding from this past weekend: how weather officials are reacting, how one resident is dealing with a flooded basement, and MMSD speaks about the pressure this storm put on our water systems.

Historic flooding this weekend, and how to prevent more future flooding. The risk of measles spreading in Wisconsin after cases have been confirmed here. Upgrades coming to some of Milwaukee County's community centers.

How apprenticeship programs are helping fill labor shortages. How best to observe the Perseid meteor shower during peak visibility. Today is National Hip Hop Day, we learn the origins of the genre.

A conversation about leaving things better than you found them. We explore the Great Lakes. Bubbler Talk explores a plane crash on Milwaukee's Jones Island in the 1950s and its connection to the Air and Water Show.

The Moms Mental Health Initiative connects new parents with help. Milwaukee County set to vote on a funding plan for Mitchell Park Domes improvements. A new album all about Wisconsin birds.

We meet this year's Miss Wisconsin. How a local small business owner is managing the changing tariff landscape. Books and Beyond explores the Wisconsin Concert Poster Collection.

The long history of lumberjacking in Wisconsin's Northwoods. We learn about the Experimental Aircraft Association. The Wisconsin origins of Dungeons & Dragons.

MCTS faces a budget deficit, and what's to come. Declining monarch butterfly population and what can be done. A new Bubbler Talk explores one of Milwaukee's most notable murals.