News from WUWM

What's got you scratching your head about the Milwaukee area? WUWM investigates your questions.

Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more ab...

What does it take for an entrepreneur to go from an idea to a successful startup? Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with Wisconsin entrepreneurs about how — and why — they've succeeded.How Did You Do That? is no lo...

In-depth reporting, extensive coverage on issues vital to southeastern Wisconsin. WUWM's latest series — Great Lakes, Troubled Waters — dives in to the topic of clean water, or the lack there of.

From pretzels in the news, to pretzels throughout history, to pretzels in pop culture, the Pretzel Podcast is, well, a podcast about pretzels. Hosts Michelle Maternowski and Mitch Teich place the unheralded sal...

Precious Lives, created by 371 Productions, is a weekly podcast about gun violence and young people in the Milwaukee area. Who are the victims and the shooters? How are the weapons obtained? Explore the impact ...

The hearing is the first of four stops in the finance committee’s so-called “roadshow” to learn what Wisconsinites want from the next two-year state budget.

We look at the funding issues facing the Milwaukee County Transit System. We hear from the brother and father of Julian Assange. We look at what a tuition hike in the UW System will mean for students. Plus, a l...

Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl has won an open Wisconsin Senate seat, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders.

Women and girls don’t always feel welcome in the gaming community. At a recent gaming trade show in Milwaukee, people learned about women in the game industry from an all-female panel.

We unpack the results of yesterday’s election. Then, tell you about a new series about Milwaukee called “Good Things Brewing.” We learn about the Video Game History Foundation. Plus, hear some new local music i...

In the spring election, abortion and the ballot referendums drove West Allis voters to the polls.

Members of Metcalfe Park Community Bridges have made dozens of visits to homes in the area to answer questions about voting and to tell people what’s at stake in the April 4 election.

We learn about low-wage workers in Milwaukee. We look at what climate change means for the Great Lakes region. We learn about queer quilting workshops at MIAD. Plus, look at some of the history and traditions a...

Quilting has long been a way of telling stories. Milwaukee artist Grace Rother is building on that tradition by exploring her identity as a queer person through quilts.

We learn about an effort to get Wisconsin’s Native people to the polls. Capitol Notes takes a final look at how the state supreme court race is stacking up ahead of the election. We look at what Opening Day mea...