Tuesday on Lake Effect: pandemic sleep patterns, Wisconsin Sea Grant program, Book of the Month, Milwaukee Music Roundup

01/04/22 • 51 min

We learn how the pandemic has impacted sleep and how you can work to improve it. Then, learn about the Wisconsin Sea Grant program and how its first director created a lasting legacy that will help improve our Great Lakes. Our Book of the Month series recommends a book on good money-saving practices. Plus, hear some new, local music in this month’s Milwaukee Music Roundup.

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Monday on Lake Effect: viral killing videos, Milwaukee gun violence, memorializing Milwaukee lynching victim

We explore the cultural and traumatic impact of viral videos that show police officers killing Black Americans. Then, as a victim of gun violence and a perpetrator, local organizer Ramiah Whiteside talks about how it's impacted his life. Plus, we visit the gravesite of Milwaukee’s only known Black lynching victim and see how the effort to memorialize him came to fruition.

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Wednesday on Lake Effect: January 6 insurrection, frog mating arena, J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, science of sledding

We look back on the attack at the US Capitol and look at other times in American history when the Capitol was under threat. We learn how a sound-proof arena is making it easier to study frog mating calls at UW-Milwaukee. Plus, explore the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection Manuscripts housed at Marquette University.