Jim Crow Museum Expansion
Dr. David Pilgrim is a museum curator at Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. It's home to 14,000 mostly racist artifacts. Today we’re talking with Pilgrim about how this M...
29 Jul 202116min
A Spike in Teen Eating Disorders
Over the past year, multiple children's hospitals say that they have seen a surge in eating disorder admissions. Providers say the pandemic was likely what triggered this, mostly among teens, and many...
28 Jul 202113min
FBI Informants and Kidnapping Plot
Federal prosecutors and attorneys for an armed anti-government militia continue to lay groundwork for a trial set for later this year. The group of mostly-Michigan men, the so-called Wolverine Watchme...
27 Jul 202121min
Cases Rise, Vaccinations Lag
This summer’s relative freedrom been such a relief for millions of cooped-up Michiganders. But the pandemic isn’t over yet, folks. Today on the pod, we’ll talk to a public health officer for a county ...
26 Jul 202114min
Michigan Olympian Launches BMX
For many of us the Summer Olympics is a quadrennial moment when we can let our inner dilettante really shine. Miraculous overnight experts on the decathlon, swimming, and beach volleyball. And now… ad...
23 Jul 202116min
Zola’s Detroit Roots
Maybe you’ve seen the trailer for the movie Zola. Maybe you read the viral tweet thread that inspired it all. But did you know that the wild story—and the woman who shared it with the world—started ou...
22 Jul 202136min
Planned Reopening of Canadian Border
Canadians received access to the COVID-19 vaccine later than Americans, yet they’ve surpassed us in vaccination rate as they lean into the science of getting back to normal. With that, the Canadian go...
21 Jul 202119min
A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated
The COVID-19 Delta variant is ripping its way through the American south. Federal health officials have said this latest surge is a pandemic of the unvaccinated as many counties throughout the nation ...
20 Jul 202119min
