Bubbler Talk
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What's got you scratching your head about Milwaukee and the region? Bubbler Talk is a series that puts your curiosity front and center. How it works: You ask, we investigate, and together we unveil the answers. Ask away: What have you always wanted to know about the Milwaukee area's people, places, or culture that you want WUWM to explore?
Bubbler Talk
4M ago
A Bubbler Talk listener wanted to know how much harm Jeffrey Dahmer’s crimes caused Milwaukee’s gay community. But to understand Dahmer’s impact, we first need to look at what life was like for LGBTQ Milwaukeeans in the 1980s ..read more
Bubbler Talk
4M ago
Bubbler Talk digs into a question about how the Great Depression impacted Milwaukee by taking a look at a 'Hooverville' that existed near Lincoln Park ..read more
Bubbler Talk
4M ago
A Bubbler Talk question asker was curious about Black historical sites in Milwaukee. There are many, so WUWM's Teran Powell chose to look at one that’s had many lives: the Jones-Hill House in the Harambee neighborhood ..read more
Bubbler Talk
5M ago
Bubbler Talk question asker Michelle Mullen started teaching in Fox Point, Wisconsin 10 years ago. And for just as long, she's wondered how the village was named and who created the fox-inspired street signs ..read more
Bubbler Talk
5M ago
Milwaukeeans are able to check out books from 27 countywide library branches. And if the book isn't at your local branch, the library system will get it there... fast ..read more
Bubbler Talk
6M ago
Everyday we use ZIP files — to download apps, create documents and send vital information over the internet. But did you know ZIP was created right here in Milwaukee as the final chapter in a battle for format supremacy ..read more
Bubbler Talk
6M ago
Bubbler Talk question asker Adrienne LaRosa has fond family memories of Lake Park's Ravine Road. Closed since 2014, she wonders when it will open again ..read more
Bubbler Talk
6M ago
Who were the first known Black people to settle in Milwaukee? That’s the question that piqued the curiosity of one of our Bubbler Talk question askers, and led to an interesting conversation with Wisconsin Black Historical Society's Clayborn Benson ..read more
Bubbler Talk
6M ago
When walking up to the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building, two lion statues greet you. Bubbler Talk question asker Nicole Reid of Racine wondered what the story behind them was ..read more
Bubbler Talk
7M ago
Bubbler Talk takes up a listener's request to drive back in time and look into the history of the former vehicle production site on Clement Avenue in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood ..read more