How to Assess COVID Risks
Today we get answers to some of your COVID questions. We talk to an epidemiologist about variants, vaccines, and reinfections. GUEST: Emily Martin, professor at the University of Michigan’s School of ...
26 Juli 202212min
Big Win for Michigan-Born Comics Scholar
San Diego Comic-Con is kind of like the Nerd Oscars: very glitzy with stars of top-grossing comics-based movies and awards galore. The Eisner Awards are the highest honor in comics. This year's winner...
25 Juli 202219min
The Dangers of the Great Lakes
Michigan is blessed to be surrounded by some of the largest bodies of freshwater in the world. The Great Lakes are a spectacular beauty. Simultaneously, they are large bodies of water that, in the rig...
22 Juli 202220min
Sailing the Great Lakes
There are two members of the Detroit Public Television Great Lakes Now program who moonlight as sailors. This last week, Sandra Svoboda and Ward Detwiler took part in the Bayview to Mackinac race. Whi...
21 Juli 202213min
Judge Rules “Adopt and Amend” Unconstitutional
Advocates worked on a ballot initiative in 2018 to increase Michigan’s minimum wage and codify other protections. The Republican-controlled legislature voted to approve the increase, but later altered...
20 Juli 202213min
Tribal Sovereignty vs. State Prosecutors
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is making waves in law enforcement circles. The case—Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta—concerns who prosecutes crimes committed on tribal land when non-Native American sus...
19 Juli 202219min
Gov. Whitmer Bans Abortion-Related Extraditions
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed an executive order on Wednesday to prevent Michigan’s law enforcement from helping prosecute people who come from out-of-state to receive an abortion. Barbara McQ...
18 Juli 202214min
Photographing "Birds Doing Things" in Michigan
Grand Rapidian Steve Jessmore won the Audubon national professional photography award for the second year in a row. This time for his picture of northern shoveler ducks titled "Feeding Frenzy". Jessmo...
16 Juli 202218min
