Lake Effect: Full Show

Friday on Lake Effect: Chronic, traditional homelessness is much improved in Milwaukee. However, silent homelessness is still pervasive. We hear one woman’s story of success at an area shelter. Then, on the week Milwaukee was awarded the 2020 Democratic Convention, Bubbler Talk considers the city’s history of socialist mayors. We talk with the artistic team behind The Skylight Music Theatre's collaborative production of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. And the melancholic sounds of the Argentinian

Thursday on Lake Effect : We speak with an epidemiologist working to get a snapshot of the health of the state of Wisconsin. Dancer and Brookfield native Emily Schoen talks about the unifying global nature of art, and the heroine in Milwaukee writer Liam Callanan’s most recent novel dreams of Paris - and then one day finds herself there. Guests: Kristen Malecki, Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at UW-Madison, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin co-director Emily

Wednesday on Lake Effect : Now that Milwaukee has won the bid to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, what are the challenges ahead? We talk with the Milwaukee committee’s bid chair, Alex Lasry. Then, for the past three years, Milwaukee PBS host Joanne Williams has been chronicling a 1967 exchange between African American kids from Rufus King and white kids from Kaukauna High School. And a Milwaukee native talks about managing the archives of rock star Joan Jett and her label,

Tuesday on Lake Effect : Journalist and author Alex Kotlowitz talks with us about his newest book on the impact of gun violence in Chicago, An American Summer . Beats Me examines the impact of 1960s freeway construction on Milwaukee neighborhoods. Milwaukee writer Christina Ward gives us a history of 20th century America through our food, and Oregon writer James Anderson brings us another atmospheric novel of the American southwest. Guests: Alex Kotlowitz, author, An American Summer: Love and

Monday on Lake Effect : We learn about the growing need for cybersecurity professionals at a wide range of companies in the US. A renowned academic inventor breaks down some myths about how invention happens, and what it takes to get a patent. Plus musician Jason Seed reflects on his compositional style. Guests: Jen Rathburn, partner with the law firm of Foley and Lardner, specializing in data protection and security; Tina Chang, CEO, SysLogic Jay Goldberg, clinical professor of biomedical