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Lake Effect

Lake Effect

Written by: WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.

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  • Thursday 10/1/26: Swing State of the Union, AI warnings and risks, robotic kidney transplant

    Thursday 10/1/26: Swing State of the Union, AI warnings and risks, robotic kidney transplant
    Oct 1 2026

    How Wisconsin’s school funding model works and why funding schools often falls to taxpayers. Warnings about the fast advancement of AI and the risks it could pose. A surgeon who performed the first robotic kidney transplant in Wisconsin.
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    51 mins
  • Wednesday 9/30/26: elders hunger, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Badgers, Milwaukee Music Roundup

    Wednesday 9/30/26: elders hunger, Chirp Chat, Milwaukee Badgers, Milwaukee Music Roundup
    Sep 30 2026

    We look at programs that support older adults facing hunger in Wisconsin. We tell you about WINGS, a local organization working to prevent bird-building collisions. We tell you about a short-lived professional football team based in Milwaukee. Plus, share new local music in the Milwaukee Music Roundup.
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    51 mins
  • Tuesday 9/29/26: Wisconsin's election security, Florida's New College, why leaves change color

    Tuesday 9/29/26: Wisconsin's election security, Florida's New College, why leaves change color
    Sep 29 2026

    The president’s efforts to sow doubt about the country’s election system ahead of the midterms. A reporter who covered the state takeover of a public college in Florida. Why the leaves change color in the fall.
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    51 mins
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