Episodes

  • The Morris Pratt Institute has been a source of Spiritualist education for more than a century

    The Morris Pratt Institute has been a source of Spiritualist education for more than a century
    Dec 20 2024
    The Morris Pratt Institute is a school in Wauwatosa that offers education in Spiritualism. Spiritualists believe in communication with the deceased, or spirits, through means of a medium.
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    4 mins
  • Is it possible to rank custard stands?

    Is it possible to rank custard stands?
    Dec 13 2024
    The story of Milwaukee custard is a story of FDA regulations, nostalgia and cooperative economics.
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    5 mins
  • What's going on at Milwaukee's Veterans Park lagoon?

    What's going on at Milwaukee's Veterans Park lagoon?
    Dec 6 2024
    Recently a large section of trees was removed along Milwaukee's lakefront at the southeast end of the Veterans Park lagoon. We learn why, and more about what's going on in the lagoon itself.
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    4 mins
  • Holiday hibernation: What happened to the Grand Avenue Mall's robotic bear orchestra?

    Holiday hibernation: What happened to the Grand Avenue Mall's robotic bear orchestra?
    Nov 30 2024
    For about 20 years, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra performed at the Grand Avenue Mall. Where did the animatronic bears go?
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    4 mins
  • The history of Milwaukee's Silver City & National Park neighborhoods

    The history of Milwaukee's Silver City & National Park neighborhoods
    Nov 22 2024
    For Bubbler Talk, we explore the history of Silver City, National Park and the neighborhood's former amusement park.
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    5 mins
  • Is Milwaukee a community of haters?

    Is Milwaukee a community of haters?
    Nov 15 2024
    For Bubbler Talk, we look into a question posed by a Milwaukee native: are we a bunch of haters?
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    14 mins
  • What happened to the Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee?

    What happened to the Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee?
    Jun 21 2024
    Bubbler Talk question asker Susan Armour Seidman wants to know: What happened to the Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee?
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    5 mins
  • A Fox Point house has a twin in Fort Atkinson — how did that happen?

    A Fox Point house has a twin in Fort Atkinson — how did that happen?
    Jun 7 2024
    Nearly 120 years ago, Theodore Kronshage — who would become Fox Point's first village president — had a home designed above Lake Michigan. Somehow the designs were used to build a house in Fort Atkinson.
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    4 mins