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Lake Effect Spotlight

Lake Effect Spotlight

By: WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
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The Lake Effect Spotlight podcast features some of our favorite conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.

WUWM Social Sciences
Episodes
  • How Milwaukee's Puerto Rican businesses celebrated the 'Benito Bowl'

    How Milwaukee's Puerto Rican businesses celebrated the 'Benito Bowl'
    Feb 10 2026

    In case you missed it, Bad Bunny put on a halftime show that doubled as a love letter to Puerto Rico during last weekend’s Super Bowl. Here in Milwaukee, Puerto Rican businesses have been taking inspiration from the artist’s ascent to the big stage.

    Last month, West Allis coffee shop Aroma Cafe began serving Bad Bunny lattes. The drink is inspired by coquito, the coconut cocktail usually made with rum. WUWM reporter Katherine Kokal stopped by the shop a few days before the game to try the zero-proof coffee drink.

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    9 mins
  • Radio Milwaukee: pretty girl left, pretty girl right

    Radio Milwaukee: pretty girl left, pretty girl right
    Feb 9 2026

    In this special episode of Lake Effect Spotlight, we bring you a recent episode of Uniquely Milwaukee from our public radio friends at Radio Milwaukee.
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    4 mins
  • Bubbler Talk: How a medieval French chapel made its way to Milwaukee

    Bubbler Talk: How a medieval French chapel made its way to Milwaukee
    Feb 6 2026

    In this week's Bubbler Talk, we investigate how the oldest building in the western hemisphere journeyed from medieval France to modern Milwaukee.
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    12 mins
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