
Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 395 | Founded | 16 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Society & Culture | |||

Everything you need to know ahead of Wisconsin’s partisan primary next month. The world’s first armless pilot shares what inspired her to take to the skies. Tips on how to safely observe and care for caterpillars and butterflies in your backyard.
How living in Wisconsin ranks among other states. A project happening on Milwaukee’s lakefront and how you can weigh in. We meet aspiring pro-wrestlers who attend a Milwaukee area pro-wrestling school.
Health impacts the wildfire smoke and what precautions to take. How going hungry can impact children. Tips on how to safely observe and care for caterpillars and butterflies in your backyard.
The financial impact last summer’s historic flooding in the Milwaukee area. We meet the world’s first armless pilot. We look ahead to this weekend’s BLK Girl Fest.
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This program stitches together local governance, community stories, and regional culture through a Milwaukee lens. Episodes commonly weave investigative reporting with service-area expertise—covering housing policy and tenant rights, public safety and privacy, education funding, environmental concerns, and regional history. A hallmark is translating complex local issues into accessible, human-centered conversations, often pairing policy dialogue with on-the-ground perspectives from residents, organizers, and subject-matter experts. Noteworthy is its recurring emphasis on civic process, public media's role in watchdog reporting, and a strong commitment to community memory—sometimes anchored by archival segments or feature profiles that conne... more
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Recent guests on Lake Effect include:
1. Michael Gutierrez
2. Catherine Cokel
3. PJ Leish
4. Carolina Monsivais
5. Takia Bennett
6. Jessica Cox
7. Samantha Cortez
8. Crystal Vang
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