Republicans Push Election Changes
The false narrative of widespread voter fraud during the last presidential election has not gone away. Some Republicans and Trump supporters have clung to the idea that the election was stolen. They’v...
6 Apr 202125min
Front Line of the Third Surge
Michigan’s surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past couple of weeks has shocked many people back to reality about where we are in the pandemic. But what does the view look like from the inside o...
5 Apr 202111min
Teen Refugee Finds Power in Poetry
It's national poetry month and Michigan has no shortage of creative writers with stories to tell. Today on the pod, we'll hear from a West Michigan high schooler and refugee from Myanmar, who recently...
2 Apr 202120min
Michigan's Teacher Shortage
Michigan is facing a high teacher turnover rate and an overall teacher shortage. Today we're digging into why this is happening and taking a look at its impact on both students and educators. GUESTS: ...
1 Apr 202118min
The Vaccine-Variant Matchup
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging across Michigan. At the same time, vaccine supply has increased dramatically. That means public health officials are engaged in a very tough race: varia...
31 Mar 202119min
Kzoo Cellist Jordan Hamilton
Kalamzoo cellist Jordan Hamilton embraces the pandemic as a time to challenge his musicianship and listener expectations. His classically trained, genre-bending style is inspired and otherworldly. GU...
30 Mar 202119min
Michigan’s Republican Faultline
Michigan Republican Party co-chairman Ron Weiser has gotten major criticism over video footage of him calling Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Be...
29 Mar 202113min
The Race Against a Third Surge
Michigan has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita. Today we’re going to talk about what the trends and data mean for the state and for the deep desire we all have to return to someth...
26 Mar 202116min
