Lake Effect Spotlight

By: WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
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  • Summary

  • The Lake Effect Spotlight podcast features some of our favorite conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.Learn more about Lake Effect here.
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Episodes
  • How Department of Education cuts will — and won’t — affect Wisconsin

    How Department of Education cuts will — and won’t — affect Wisconsin
    Apr 2 2025
    Uncertainty reigns as President Trump threatens to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Federal funding accounts for about 8% of school funding in Wisconsin.
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    21 mins
  • Group Chat: Reproductive health care and harm reduction

    Group Chat: Reproductive health care and harm reduction
    Mar 31 2025
    For this month's Group Chat, we hear from a Wisconsin doctor who provides abortion care and a community harm reduction worker who serves high-risk populations.
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    15 mins
  • Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more

    Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more
    Mar 28 2025
    Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez spoke with Holly Walz, a park naturalist with the Wehr Nature Center, about the role nests play and the different types of nests that birds in Wisconsin make.
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    18 mins

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