Michiganders Celebrate Día de los Muertos
As November draws near, families around the state are preparing for Día de los Muertos. The holiday, which originated in Mexico, speaks to all of our feelings about lost loved ones, both sad and happy...
28 Loka 202119min
Chef James Rigato on Dining Post-Pandemic
It’s getting colder out, and some Michigan restaurants are still struggling with operational costs and staffing shortages. Running a restaurant has never been easy, but this particular moment is loade...
27 Loka 202119min
Detroit's Official Historian, Jamon Jordan
Jamon Jordan is an educator and a historian, and has been telling Detroit's story for a long time. Now the city has officially named him the city's historian. GUEST: Jamon Jordan, educator and Detro...
26 Loka 202117min
Lead in Benton Harbor's Water
Seven years after Flint's Water Crisis rocked Michigan, why are we seeing elevated lead levels in communities such as Benton Harbor? It's complicated, and Michigan Radio editor Lindsey Smith has been ...
25 Loka 202111min
Unpacking "Packing and Cracking"
Soon, Michigan will have new congressional and legislative districts. How those lines are drawn will have political consequences that last a decade. But before that happens, the Michigan Independent C...
22 Loka 202111min
Fall Gardening, Really?
An unusually warm fall means more time to grow your favorite summer crops—while adding in some veggies that love cooler temperatures, too. On this episode, Luke Marion, the creator of the wildly popul...
21 Loka 202115min
Michigan's child care crisis
Michigan’s legislature is moving a package of bills designed to streamline operations for the state’s beleaguered child care industry. Not only have day-to-day operations changed radically because of ...
20 Loka 202122min
The Story of Father Coughlin
Father Charles Coughlin's radio ministry was founded during the Great Depression, and based at this church in Metro Detroit, the Shrine of the Little Flower. He commanded tens of millions of listeners...
19 Loka 202119min
