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Bubbler Talk

Bubbler Talk

By: WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
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What's got you scratching your head about the Milwaukee area? WUWM investigates your questions.

WUWM
Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 10th anniversary: What happens when a zoo animal dies?
    Jun 4 2026

    WUWM is celebrating 10 years of Bubbler Talk, our series driven by listeners’ curiosity. We’re listening back to some of our favorite episodes from the last decade and talking with the reporters who brought them to life. This week, we listen to Xcaret Nuñez’s 2024 story: “What happens when an animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo dies?”
    Stories mentioned in this episode:

    • What happens when an animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo dies?
    • Meet Ringo: The star, artist and friend of Bradford Beach
    • Unearthing the history of Milwaukee’s celery farms
    • The search for the mystery artist behind the wooden birds on the Oak Leaf Trail

    Have a question for Bubbler Talk? Submit it here: wuwm.com/bubblertalk.

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    20 mins
  • 10th anniversary: Milwaukee's early Black settlers
    May 28 2026

    WUWM is celebrating 10 years of Bubbler Talk, our series driven by listeners’ curiosity. We’re listening back to some of our favorite episodes from the last decade and talking with the reporters who brought them to life. This week, we listen to Teran Powell’s 2022 story “A look at Milwaukee's early Black settlers,” and talk with Teran about her Bubbler Talk reporting.
    Stories mentioned in this episode:

    • A look at Milwaukee's early Black settlers
    • Painted Koi Fish Have Been 'Swimming' On Milwaukee's Sidewalks For Over A Decade
    • Who’s behind ‘The Unsung Hero,’ the 6-story mural in Milwaukee’s Third Ward?
    • Cathedral Square's 'Immigrant Mother' statue symbolizes universal motherhood
    • The Morris Pratt Institute has been a source of Spiritualist education for more than a century

    Have a question for Bubbler Talk? Submit it here: wuwm.com/bubblertalk.

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    19 mins
  • 10th anniversary: Milwaukee's favorite doughnut
    May 21 2026

    WUWM is celebrating 10 years of Bubbler Talk, our series driven by listeners’ curiosity. We’re listening back to some of our favorite episodes from the last decade and talking with the reporters who brought them to life. This week, we listen to Audrey Nowakowski’s delicious 2019 story “Cruller Or Kruller? However You Spell It, It's A Milwaukee Doughnut Staple.”
    Stories mentioned in this episode:

    • Cruller Or Kruller? However You Spell It, It's A Milwaukee Doughnut Staple
    • The journey of the ancestral pole that once stood outside of the Milwaukee Public Museum
    • How Enderis Park neighborhood's namesake, Dorothy Enderis, shaped Milwaukee Recreation
    • An Ode To Craftsmanship: Stained Glass Windows In Milwaukee Bungalows

    Have a question for Bubbler Talk? Submit it here: wuwm.com/bubblertalk.

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    20 mins
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