Kettlebells, Coffee, and Supply Chain Woes
It's not just the auto industry grappling with major pandemic supply chain disruptions. Everyday items like ketchup, dumbbells, and worst of all, coffee are also seeing shortages and price hikes. So, ...
5 Jan 202218min
How We Learn to Live With COVID
A lot of people hoped that by this point in the pandemic, there'd be a finish line in sight. But with case numbers and deaths still alarmingly high, that's clearly not the case. Instead, epidemiologis...
4 Jan 202220min
Redistricting, Race, and Michigan’s Political Future
The state's new political maps have gotten a final stamp of approval from the independent redistricting commission. But one lawsuit is already in the works over how lines were drawn in and around Detr...
3 Jan 202217min
Alice Randall’s Up South Roots
For a long time, if you asked Alice Randall where she was from, she’d say Detroit-Alabama. The Detroit-born writer grew up surrounded by relatives who had come north from Alabama. She wrote about that...
29 Dec 202119min
The Year in Michigan Music
The co-hosts of "Songs from the Trail" on WVBI, Jackson Smith and Steve Girbach, share their picks for favorite musical releases of 2021 (okay... and Steve sneaks a 2020 release in there, too.) GUEST...
27 Dec 202112min
adrienne maree brown on Grief and Transformation
A strange sickness is sweeping through Detroit, leaving unbearable grief and overwhelmed city hospitals and morgues in its wake. That’s the eerily familiar world into which writer adrienne maree brown...
22 Dec 202125min
Bell's Brewery Sold
One of the big business stories out of Michigan this year was Larry Bell selling Bell's Brewery. The maker of craft brew favorites Oberon and Two Hearted Ale, Bell has said publicly that he would neve...
20 Dec 202118min
Holiday Sips—With Booze or Without
Eggnog, hot toddies, mulled wine, coquito. For a lot of folks, a little tipple is what we do during the holidays. But for those who’d rather abstain, we thankfully have a lot more options than just ho...
17 Dec 202114min
