Monday on Lake Effect: 'Failure at the Faucet', Shankar Vedantam, War Memorial, 'Good Seeds'

Monday on Lake Effect:

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism examines how one weed killer is impacting drinking water in parts of the state. Then, NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam explains how he helps connect academic research to people’s real lives. Later, we hear about the effort to return Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center to a place of prominence. And the author of a new food memoir opens a unique window on the Menomonee Tribe.

Guests:

• Rachael Lallensack, “Failure at the Faucet”, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
• Shankar Vedantam, NPR social science correspondent and host, The Hidden Brain
• George Gaspar and Cream Pepito, Milwaukee County War Memorial Center
• Thomas Pecore Weso, author, Good Seeds: A Menomonee Indian Food Memoir

Segments:

• ‘Strict’ Pesticide Rules Fail to Erase Threat to Wisconsin’s Drinking Water
• The Hidden Brain's Shankar Vedantam Makes Science Accessible
• Milwaukee County War Memorial: 'A Place for the Present'
• 'Good Seeds' Paints Portrait of Food, Family and Menominee Life