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Friday on Lake Effect: Steve Radelet, 'Lady Bird,' 'Low Strung,' Bubbler Talk

Friday on Lake Effect: 

Today on the show, Professor Steve Radelet on why there's been more progress in fighting poverty in developing countries than ever before. Later, film critic Dave Luhrssen discusses the new film Lady Bird, ​and how it represents a triumph for coming-of-age films and for its director Greta Gerwig. We'll meet the Milwaukeeans behind a funny and often outrageous new web series, Low Strung. Plus, the latest edition of Bubbler Talk, and an in-studio performance from Milwaukee native Patty Larkin. 

Guests:

  • Steve Radelet, professor and director of the Global Human Development Program at Georgetown University 
  • Dave Luhrssen, film contributor
  • Victoria Lee, Shervin Bain, & Lili K, Low Strung
  • Bubbler Talk
  • Patty Larkin, musician