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Lake Effect Spotlight

WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

The Lake Effect Spotlight podcast features some of our favorite conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.

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392 episodes

  1. MPS students continue their fight for better school lunches 8:46
  2. Remembering Bob Uecker after we "did it for Ueck" 13:27
  3. Diverting food waste to those in need 13:57
  4. Chirp Chat: Raptor research and hidden gems 23:15
  5. 'Best era of Brewers baseball': Reporter Sophia Minnaert on the road to the World Series
  6. How being a Brewers fan can be good for your mental health 9:10
  7. Meet the candidates for Wisconsin governor 29:17
  8. Swing State of the Union: Immigrants' Disappearing Pathways 33:08
  9. Wandering Wisconsin: botanical gardens and light shows 16:37
  10. Meet the Wisconsin Food Hub 12:31
  11. 2 Chainz co-wrote a book with this UWM professor 15:47
  12. Spooky Lake Month is back! 12:55
  13. Chirp Chat: how to save a bird's life 16:48
  14. Milwaukee museum exhibit examines the legacy of racist memorabilia in the US 11:47
  15. Milwaukee Film's Dialogues Documentary Festival opens today 14:17
  16. A poetry roundtable with Bob Reitman, Bryon Cherry & Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate Jodie Jasim 22:39
  17. Why wasps bee buggin' you right now 14:43
  18. Wisconsin has its own version of Stonehenge 20:02
  19. Invasive Asian Carp creep closer to Lake Michigan 10:59
  20. How measles interacts with the immune system 12:03
  21. Turning excess produce into full bellies 13:17
  22. The art of showing a 70mm film 16:26
  23. Chirp Chat: how bird migration becomes art 25:54
  24. Milwaukee NNS examines what's changed since the 2016 Sherman Park Uprising 16:00
  25. How proposed deregulation of Head Start childcare could impact WI immigrant families? 9:10
  26. How kids get fed over the summer 10:56
  27. Uncovering secrets buried within Lake Michigan 12:53
  28. After Crowley wins Dem nomination, what's next? 15:11
  29. Enbridge Line 5 pipeline ordered to stop trespassing on tribal land 13:10
  30. Homer Blow shares his secrets to success, on and off the air 18:00
  31. The Eaux Claires Festival returns without missing a beat 14:55
  32. How the president's lies about election integrity affect Wisconsin 14:24
  33. Economic Check-In: Cozy Nook Farm battles dry weather and a 'break even year' for dairy farms 11:54
  34. How to stay healthy when wildfire smoke worsens air quality 7:25
  35. No arms, all wings: world's first pilot without arms comes to Wisconsin 12:52
  36. We remember the Great Oconto Frog Invasion 10:54
  37. 'Summertime' through the times 11:33
  38. Chirp Chat: a bird's-eye view on Bank Swallows 16:55
  39. Fake pitches, real problems: AI journalist impersonators 17:37
  40. From zero tolerance to new tools: How AI is changing Milwaukee education 11:18
  41. Giannis will always be Milwaukee: a tribute to our superstar 8:18
  42. The Milwaukee Socialists, part 4: Frank Zeidler 17:43
  43. The Milwaukee Socialists, part 3: Daniel Hoan 16:23
  44. The Milwaukee Socialists, part 2: Emil Seidel 12:57
  45. The Milwaukee Socialists, part 1: Igniting a movement 13:13
  46. Summerfest preview week one 16:34
  47. How Milwaukee became home of the longest continuously held Juneteenth celebration 13:20
  48. Economic Check-In: American Science and Surplus 10:10
  49. Why closed Walgreens locations can't host new businesses 15:19
  50. Wait Wait...We speak with Paula Poundstone 15:16