Stateside
Monday through Friday @ 3 & 8 p.m.
Stateside covers what you need (and want) to know about Michigan. You hear stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids. Tune in every day for in-depth conversations that matter to Michigan. Stateside is hosted by April Baer.
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Heard On Air
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Learning the history of divestment and protests at the University of Michigan, and the mix of reactions from Jewish students to current on-campus protests.
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Why to steer clear of the website, TheMichiganTimes.com, one researcher's perspective on how pharmacists could mitigate plant and animal extinctions, and chef Eddie Vargas's birria recipe.
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Researchers look at how to control the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch, a husband-and-wife team of professional mushroom hunters offer their spring foraging tips, and the history of an undergarments factory run by women in the Upper Peninsula.
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A closer look at school budgets across the state, a cookbook combining midwestern and Middle Eastern food sensibilities, the appearance of racist billboards across metro Detroit, and the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog.
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A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa.
Heard on the Podcast
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Presidential candidates and surrogates visit Michigan highlighting the state’s role in this election year.
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Earlier this week, a series of tornadoes whipped through West Michigan, destroying buildings in their path. Images of the aftermath show ruined houses and a caved-in FedEx warehouse facility, where 50 workers were initially trapped due to downed power lines. Descriptions on social media from locals invoked the words “devastating” and “decimated."
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Students from two groups on UM's campus — for and against the encampment on the Diag — talk about the ongoing protest over Israel's war in Gaza.
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Warmer months in Michigan mean mushrooms! Here's the low-down on what's in season (yes, morels!) and some foraging basics.
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Artist Tiff Massey has a new solo exhibit, "7 Mile + Livernois ," opening at the Detroit Institute of Arts on May 5th.