Making Waves: Live in Milwaukee [Rebroadcast]
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Milwaukee is a city on water, right on the shore of Lake Michigan, split by the historic Milwaukee River. How did all that water shape the city's history, politics, culture, and people? We went on a roadtrip (and boat trip) looking for answers. Then we did a live show at Milwaukee's historic Turner Hall, talking with journalists, brewmasters, historians, comedians, spiritual leaders and one awesome DJ to get at some big underlying questions.
If you're a model freshwater city, how do you sort out the politics of water scarcity?
Milwaukee became the "Brew City" because of its easy access to freshwater. How do you celebrate that history while still creating new and different brews for beer lovers to enjoy?
And since we all depend on water, how do we honor its spiritual significance?
Guests:
John Gurda, Dan Egan, Jenny Kehl, Chastity Washington, Ben Barbera, Russ Klisch, David Dupee, Tarik Moody, Siobhan Marks, Venice Williams, Kim Blaeser, Melanie Ariens
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's to the best of our knowledge from PRX. |
| 0:03.6 | This week, four, five, six, and beneath the meal, so my house is half incorporated. |
| 0:12.4 | This week, we're coming to you live from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| 0:17.4 | The city famous for two things, beer. |
| 0:20.1 | You guys run breweries and your brewmasters, do you just drink beer all day? |
| 0:23.6 | Be honest, no one's listening. |
| 0:25.6 | So what do you do? |
| 0:26.6 | Do you drink beer all day? |
| 0:28.6 | Yes. |
| 0:29.6 | And also water. |
| 0:32.6 | Milwaukee sits on the shores of the Great Lakes. |
| 0:35.6 | The largest body of fresh water on an increasingly dry and thirsty planet. |
| 0:41.1 | What happens when everyone else wants it? |
| 0:43.8 | Water is not something that we have an endless supply of, not at the rate that we're going and not at how careless we can be sometimes. |
| 0:52.9 | Water rights and our water future, live from Milwaukee. |
| 1:01.7 | Wisconsin Public Radio. |
| 1:15.3 | From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRX, it's to the best of our knowledge. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm Anne's Train Champs, and we are coming to you this week live from historic Turner Hall in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. And I want to begin this hour with a story. |
| 1:33.3 | A story about a city and a lake and a river. |
| 1:37.3 | A story about water. |
| 1:39.3 | And for that, we're going to need a boat. |
| 1:41.3 | Watch your step coming aboard. This is a Coast Guard certified small passenger vessel. |
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