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

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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

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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

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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 Emily Files’ 2019 story “The saga of Milwaukee's water tower dragon.”
Stories mentioned in this episode:

• The saga of Milwaukee's water tower dragon
• Did you know the Milwaukee Safety Academy used to be a Catholic girls school?
• Milwaukee's Lost Town Of Lake
• How Granville Township Became Part Of Milwaukee
• Why is Thiensville landlocked by Mequon?
• Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee is the result of 'healing' after a military past

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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. To kick it off, we listen to the very first Bubbler Talk episode: “Why do Wisconsinites call that a bubbler, anyway?” by Joy Powers.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

• Why Do Wisconsinites Call That A Bubbler, Anyway?
• Where are the victims of the Bay View Massacre buried?
• How to research historic properties in Milwaukee

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

A bronze statue of an immigrant mother with two children has stood in Milwaukee’s Cathedral Square since 1960. One of our "Bubbler Talk" listeners wanted to know more.

Along I-94 near American Family Field, a group of cemeteries line the freeway. A Bubbler Talk listener wanted to know more about them.

For this episode of Bubbler Talk, we explore the history of immigrants who made Milwaukee a "German Athens."