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Thursday on Lake Effect: Surviving A School Shooting, Impersonating Alt-Right Trolls, 'Viva Opera'

Thursday on Lake Effect:

A day after thousands of kids walked out of school to protest the lack of gun control laws, a survivor of a school shooting shares her perspective on the current debate. Later, poet, rapper, and activist Theo Wilson talks about the lessons he gained by impersonating a white supremacist troll online. And English soprano Kate Royal talks about her work before her performances for Milwaukee's Florentine Opera.

Guests:

  • Devorah Heitner, writer and school shooting survivor
  • Theo Wilson, artist and activist
  • Kate Royal, singer