Episodes

  • Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty Award

    Thursday 11/7/24: President as person and institution, Milwaukee Betty Award
    Nov 7 2024
    How presidential rhetoric can impact how we view the office as an institution – or as an individual. What a mass deportation means for food economics. Mariana Rodriguez receives Betty Award for supporting victims of domestic violence.
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    51 mins
  • Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local races

    Wednesday 11/6/24: Election day recap - national, state and local races
    Nov 6 2024
    How the election unfolded here in Wisconsin, including the presidency and down-ballot races. Voters speak about what brought them to Milwaukee-area polls yesterday.
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    51 mins
  • Tuesday 11/5/24: election day, preserving 'Samson' the gorilla, 'Hundreds of Beavers'

    Tuesday 11/5/24: election day, preserving 'Samson' the gorilla, 'Hundreds of Beavers'
    Nov 5 2024
    What to know before you head to the polls. Meet the world-champion taxidermist who preserved a beloved Milwaukee gorilla. A modern silent, oddball slapstick comedy, “Hundreds of Beavers.”
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    51 mins
  • Monday 11/4/24: Election day eve - state and local races, amendments, GOTV

    Monday 11/4/24: Election day eve - state and local races, amendments, GOTV
    Nov 4 2024
    How tomorrow’s election could reshape Wisconsin politics. All about the constitutional amendment question on the ballot. How get-out-the-vote efforts are winding down.
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    51 mins
  • Thursday 10/31/24: Books and Beyond, Rhinelander Hodag, local Halloween tunes

    Thursday 10/31/24: Books and Beyond, Rhinelander Hodag, local Halloween tunes
    Oct 31 2024
    It's the Halloween episode! A local, supposedly haunted, engine house. The chilling legend of the Rhinelander Hodag. The Pfister Hotel ghost. Halloweeny tunes from local musicians
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    52 mins
  • Lake Effect Immigration Special: Fear is the point

    Lake Effect Immigration Special: Fear is the point
    Oct 30 2024
    Immigration in Wisconsin: the state’s immigrant history, how agriculture depends on immigrant labor, how the deportation process works, and why fear is the point of mass deportations.
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    51 mins
  • Tuesday 10/29/24: Evolution of MPM, Chirp Chat, Live at Lake Effect

    Tuesday 10/29/24: Evolution of MPM, Chirp Chat, Live at Lake Effect
    Oct 29 2024
    A new exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Different owls living in southeast. The latest Live at Lake Effect featuring Riverwest’s own Joseph Huber.
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    51 mins
  • Monday 10/28/24: Wisconsin breaks early voting records, what voters should know, Sway Wild

    Monday 10/28/24: Wisconsin breaks early voting records, what voters should know, Sway Wild
    Oct 28 2024
    Wisconsin breaks early voting records. Two election clerks on how are preparing for the election and what voter should know. Indie folk-rock duo Sway Wild join us in the performance studio.
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    51 mins