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Best podcasts about milwaukee public radio

Latest podcast episodes about milwaukee public radio

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 5/22/25: mental health care history, What Milwaukee Is Made Of, HAM radio community, 'Big Lake Troubles'

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 51:21


We learn about the history of mental health care in Milwaukee. We learn what the St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee is made of. We explore Milwaukee's HAM radio community. Plus, speak to the author of an ecothriller, "Big Lake Troubles."

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 5/21/25: racist fliers, the Milwaukee Does, Bay View massacre, Wisconsin River trips

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 51:17


We learn about racist fliers that have been found in some Wisconsin communities. We explore the events that led to the Bay View Massacre. We learn about Milwaukee's first professional women's basketball team. Plus, tell you how to canoe or kayak the Wisconsin River this summer.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 5/20/25: singing & heart health, Tavern Tuesdays, tick checks, 'Pure Innocent Fun'

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 51:21


We learn about a new study that examines the connection between singing and heart health. We learn about a recreated tavern at Old World Wisconsin. We learn how to do proper tick check. Plus, tell you about book of essays called "Pure Innocent Fun."

Lake Effect: Full Show
5/19/25: Anodyne unionization, Capitol Notes, stamp club

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 51:20


Anodyne workers attempt to unionize this week. What's happening with immigration policy in Wisconsin. One of the oldest stamp clubs in the country.

WUWM News
Major public pushback on state bills requiring sheriff departments to work with ICE

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 2:26


Last week was the first public hearing for a Wisconsin bill that would force local sheriff's departments to work with and assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

WUWM News
Carvd N Stone's positive news content is elevated through new Amazon partnership

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 4:14


"Carvd N Stone," a Black and woman-owned media company in Milwaukee, has launched a story telling series with Amazon.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 5/15/25: Evolution of citizenship, MPS exit interviews, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 51:15


How the idea of citizenship has changed throughout our state and nation's history. What MPS teachers are telling the district when they retire or leave. New nostalgic songs from local musicians.

WUWM News
'Journal Sentinel' reporting finds MPS fails to act on teacher exit surveys

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 4:55


A review of nearly 900 exit surveys from MPS employees who left their jobs found common threads. But the school district doesn't analyze or learn from exit reviews.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 5/14/25: Hmong immigration, arts funding tension, science fiction standouts

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 51:30


The story of one Hmong family that immigrated to the United States and the history of Hmong resettlement. The tension between local arts groups over funding. Science fiction films that stand out.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 5/13/25: Ending atmospheric science, history of sanctuary, Tavern Tuesday

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 51:22


The end of UWM's Atmospheric Science program and its students' uncertain future. The history of sanctuary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and our country. Tavern Tuesdays explores how Wisconsin reacted to prohibition.

WUWM News
Revisiting the Prohibition Era in Wisconsin

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 4:36


The Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin are opening a historic tavern on May 17, 2025. Wittenbel's Tavern, established in 1906, has been restored to recreate a post-Prohibition 1930s tavern.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 5/12/25: Immigration in Milwaukee, incarceration of youth, coffee and tariffs

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 51:29


How waves of immigration have created our multicultural city. The demographics of the young people incarcerated in Milwaukee County. Green initiatives at Stone Creek coffee and how they're navigating tariffs.

WUWM News
Making Wisconsin: A speedy review of 300 years of Milwaukee's immigration history

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 4:38


Waves of immigration to Milwaukee have made our home a multicultural and vibrant city. But it hasn't always been a warm welcome. Here's a rundown of immigration to Milwaukee and Wisconsin.

WUWM News
Museum exhibition traces the 60+ years legacy of a thriving Black-led Little League in Milwaukee

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 4:45


The exhibition, “Going to Work for the Community: A Visual History of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League” explores the history of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League baseball team in Milwaukee.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 5/8/25: Black maternal and infant outcomes, green initiatives and tariff navigation, Milwaukee and immigration

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 51:19


Healthcare professionals improving Black maternal and infant outcomes. Green initiatives and tariff navigation at work at Stone Creek coffee. How Milwaukee has been shaped by immigrants.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 5/7/25: Black mental health initiatives, "Speak.", Apostle Islands

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 51:16


A new initiative to address the mental health needs of Black Milwaukeeans. The film “Speak.” follows students on a persuasive speech team. Plan a trip to the Apostle Islands.

WUWM News
'Frozen in time': Exploring Black Point Estate's layered history

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 4:48


Lake Effect is partnering with the Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin to bring you stories about beer and brewing in our state. We'll be sharing these histories with you leading up to the grand opening of the restored Whittnebel's Tavern at Old World Wisconsin.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 5/6/25: Public Allies in Milwaukee, The Dells documentary, Black Point Estate

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 51:18


How federal cuts affect Public Allies, an AmeriCorps program that helps develop young leaders. A documentary about young international students who work in the Wisconsin Dells. A historic home and museum in Lake Geneva.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 5/5/25: Latino immigration reality and perception, undocumented rights, 'unseen'

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 51:17


We explore Wisconsin's immigrant history and our perception of Latino communities. Towards an inclusive future and fighting for the rights of undocumented people. “unseen” on the life of a blind, undocumented immigrant.

WUWM News
May Day brings community groups and advocates together to defend immigrant and worker rights

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 3:57


May 1st signals International Workers Day. In Milwaukee, hundreds gathered to advocate for worker and immigrant rights.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 5/1/25: Cinco de Mayo on Cesar Chavez Drive, Film Fest documentaries, Zine Fest

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 51:18


How the Cesar Chavez BID is planning this year's Cinco de Mayo celebration differently. Documentaries at the Milwaukee Film Fest. A look into April's Zine Fest held at Milwaukee's Central Library.

WUWM News
Local crisis nursery helps keep kids safe as caregivers handle life's challenges

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 4:23


The La Causa Crisis Nursery & Respite Center has been a haven for children when their families are in crisis for more than 30 years.

WUWM News
Gardening in Milwaukee: It doesn't have to be fancy

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 4:03


Beginning your own garden can often be an overwhelming experience, but we break down how to make the hobby more approachable for new growers.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 4/30/25: Protest safety, Sharon Dixon, Ice Age Trail highlights

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 51:14


Protest safety ahead of May Day marches in Milwaukee and across the country. Sharon Dixon – a local LGBTQ pioneer bearing witnes to six decades of support. What Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail has to offer.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 4/29/25: Protests against judicial arrests, one-year UWM encampment retrospective, Live at Lake Effect

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 51:29


A year after student encampments against the war in Gaza, anti-war activists are marching with labor unions and immigrant rights groups in opposition to Trump. Wisconsin's historic beer buildings. Live at Lake Effect.

WUWM News
MPS says it will clean up lead paint in 100+ schools by the end of the year. How?

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 4:20


Milwaukee Public Schools leaders announced their lead remediation plan for the 106 schools in the district built before 1978. It comes as the CDC has denied the city's request for help.

WUWM News
MPS says it will clean up lead paint in 100+ schools by the end of the year. How?

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 4:20


Milwaukee Public Schools leaders announced their lead remediation plan for the 106 schools in the district built before 1978. It comes as the CDC has denied the city's request for help.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 4/28/25: ABLE, film fest shorts, historic recipes

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 51:17


How Audio and Braille Literacy Enhancement (ABLE) helps individuals with print disabilities. Preview the many shorts programs you can see during the Milwaukee Film Festival. A historic recipe book.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 4/24/25: Earth Day and garden prep, Bubbler Talk, the power of film festivals

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 36:00


Earth Day celebrations and preparing a garden for the new season. A devastating fire that reshaped the city of Milwaukee. Group Chat discusses the power of film festivals.

WUWM News
Local conservationist hopes environmental education reveals to youth their connection to nature

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 4:20


Conservationists are working to increase access to environmental education in Milwaukee so students of color can connect with nature in their communities.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 4/23/25: BlueGreen Alliance, Chirp Chat, should cats be outdoors?

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 51:13


How marginalized people in Milwaukee are impacted by climate change. The wonders of warbler season. Whether cats should be allowed outdoors and managing their adventurous aspirations.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 4/22/25: Love and outer space, tribal schools and water, UWM and underwater volcanoes

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 51:18


A new documentary about love and outer space. A program helping tribal schools across the Great Lakes region test for safe drinking water. A UWM professor researching ocean volcanoes.

WUWM News
Catholics in Milwaukee weigh in on Pope Francis' passing

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 4:25


WUWM stopped by the Church of Gesu on Marquette University's campus to speak with people about the pontiff ahead of noon mass.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 4/21/24: City contracts, Capitol Notes, 'Wisconsin Idols', 'Fiddler On The Roof' Jazz Album

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 51:16


We explain how different city departments work with local businesses to provide services to Milwaukee residents. We examine one of the first major decisions by the state supreme court since the election. We speak with the author Wisconsin Idols. We meet two local musicians who released a jazz album that's a twist on Fiddler On The Roof.

Capitol Notes
Capitol Notes: A win for the governor's veto pen

Capitol Notes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 15:50


What does a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling upholding the governor's ability to set up a 400-year school funding increase with his veto pen mean for this year's state budget process?

WUWM News
'Huge need for foster parents': More foster homes needed in Milwaukee County

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 4:33


Milwaukee County is home to the largest number of foster children in Wisconsin, but it doesn't have enough foster homes to ensure children are kept in their communities. One in three children entering foster care are placed more than 20 miles from their home.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 4/17/25: Milwaukee foster care, refugee resettlement, food waste reduction

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 51:18


State of Milwaukee foster care. The story of two Afghan refugees now living in Milwaukee, and the legal battle over refugee resettlement. A storefront that aims to reduce food waste and help farmers.

WUWM News
As UW-Waukesha closes, students will miss 'the little things' (including the cost)

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 4:14


The 59-year-old campus will close this June due to under enrollment and financial constraints. This year, there were 589 students enrolled at UW-Waukesha.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 4/16/25: Federal funding and food assistance, UWM-Waukesha closure, rehabilitation and poverty

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 51:17


How federal funding cuts could affect food assistance for people in Wisconsin. Students at UWM's Waukesha campus are preparing for their school's closure. A county prison's approach to rehabilitation. Why poverty persists.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 4/15/25: Measles risk in Wisconsin, ICE arrests, Tax Day

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 51:20


What measles outbreaks could mean for Wisconsin. Milwaukee leaders share their concerns about recent ICE arrests at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. Financial advice for Tax Day. How climate change has affected water and sewer systems.

WUWM News
How are Milwaukee breweries handling the trade war uncertainty?

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 4:17


The Trump administration is laying down tariffs, along with a few pauses, and local breweries say they are experiencing whiplash.

WUWM News
Layoffs force CDC to reject Milwaukee's plea to help clean up lead paint in schools

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 2:29


Although Milwaukee's request for extra staff from the CDC was initially approved, layoffs this month completely shuttered the federal agency's lead prevention unit.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 4/14/25: Lessons for MPS, murals and logos, Midwest Sad

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 51:18


Lessons MPS can learn from other urban school districts. Meet the sign painter behind local business' signs like Ruby's Bagels. How the Enderis Park neighborhood grew around its central playfield. How nostalgia influences Midwest Sad.

WUWM News
How to turn around MPS? Report highlights lessons from Chicago, Miami and DC schools

WUWM News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 3:59


A report released by the Wisconsin Policy Forum takes lessons from other major city school systems to help support changes in Milwaukee.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 4/10/25: State funding for the arts, White House history, fish from water to table

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 51:17


How to increase state funding for the arts. The research behind the White House Historical Association. An exhibit at the Maritime Museum that traces fish from water to table.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 4/9/25: Sickle Cell Disease, medical research diversity, Dear Black Girl: I See You

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 51:22


We learn about Sickle Cell Disease and why it largely impacts African Americans. Tackling the lack of diversity in clinical research. We speak to the author of “Dear Black Girl: I See You.”

Lake Effect: Full Show
Tuesday 4/8/25: A building built of fossils, tropical stargazing, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 51:21


A Milwaukee building that has columns made up of ancient sea fossils. What areas of the tropics make it such a great place for stargazing. New local music in the Milwaukee Music Roundup.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Monday 4/7/25: Capitol Notes, Musician Ani DiFranco, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 'Hundreds of Beavers'

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 50:50


Capitol Notes explores what's next for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Folk artist Ani DiFranco joins us as she kicks off her tour here in Milwaukee. We learn about the mission of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Plus, we talk to the filmmakers behind “Hundreds of Beavers."

Lake Effect: Full Show
Thursday 4/3/25: New MPS superintendent speaks, wine game show, MPM rooster origins

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 51:14


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.

Lake Effect: Full Show
Wednesday 4/2/25: Election results, civics 101, spring cleaning

Lake Effect: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 51:16


The results from yesterday's election. What some of the newly elected officials' jobs will look like. Spring cleaning tips from a professional organizer.