Episodes

  • What North Avenue tells us about Milwaukee's demographics

    What North Avenue tells us about Milwaukee's demographics
    Oct 4 2024
    North Avenue cuts through a wide swath of neighborhoods that both Republicans and Democrats want to turn out to vote this year.
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    14 mins
  • The Milwaukee Comedy Festival celebrates 19 years of laughs

    The Milwaukee Comedy Festival celebrates 19 years of laughs
    Oct 2 2024
    One of the nation’s longest-running annual comedy festivals, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival presents top national and regional stand-up comedy acts this week through Sunday.
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    11 mins
  • From back seat listener to NPR host: A conversation with Ari Shapiro

    From back seat listener to NPR host: A conversation with Ari Shapiro
    Oct 1 2024
    When NPR's Arip 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:
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    21 mins
  • Diving into Milwaukee Public Library's Great Lakes Marine Collection

    Diving into Milwaukee Public Library's Great Lakes Marine Collection
    Sep 27 2024
    Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski visits Milwaukee Public Library's Central Branch to learn more about the Great Lakes Marine Collection with local author Anna Lardinois, who's written about shipwrecks, and Special Collections librarian Tobias Fudge.
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    14 mins
  • 'Star Wars: A New Hope' dubbed into Ojibwe in an effort to help revitalize the language

    'Star Wars: A New Hope' dubbed into Ojibwe in an effort to help revitalize the language
    Sep 25 2024
    Niigaanii-Animikii Inini, a Wisconsin voice actor featured in an Ojibwe dubbing of 'Star Wars: A New Hope,' shares his experience of working on the translation of the film.
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    14 mins
  • Scientists find signs of sinkholes on the floor of Lake Michigan

    Scientists find signs of sinkholes on the floor of Lake Michigan
    Sep 23 2024
    The cold, deep underwater holes offer a look at Lake Michigan’s distant past.
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    11 mins
  • Greentree: Where you are safe to be yourself

    Greentree: Where you are safe to be yourself
    Sep 20 2024
    Greentree and Teutonia Apartments are a public housing community on Milwaukee's north side. The community inspires us to consider deeper meanings of "safety."
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    11 mins
  • Milwaukee's King Center: More than a center, more than neighborhood trauma

    Milwaukee's King Center: More than a center, more than neighborhood trauma
    Sep 18 2024
    When Milwaukee's King Center opened almost 50 years ago, it was designed to serve the entire community. And for so long it has. But the narrative around the center changed a few months ago with a police killing.
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    16 mins