Rachel Ishikawa
Podcast ProducerRachel Ishikawa joined Michigan Radio in 2020 as a podcast producer. She produced Kids These Days, a limited-run series that launched in the Summer of 2020.
Prior to Michigan Radio, Rachel spent three years producing audio in Philadelphia. In addition to her work on the Peabody-nominated The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, she was the Social Practice Lab Artist-in-Residence at Asian Arts Initiative. There she collaborated with young people to develop an online audio sequencer that sampled sounds from the rapidly redeveloping Chinatown North Neighborhood. Her radio features range from topics of healthcare to skin stigmas to bioacoustics.
An avid biker, she’s always seeking the best route.
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As climate change intensifies, one thing's certain: We're going to start seeing more electric vehicles on the road. So how will companies like Ford break into a market currently dominated by Tesla? And are Michigan's EV drivers paying their fair share of road use taxes? -
An investigative reporter with The Athletic told us about the allegations of sexual abuse levied against Zvi Levran, a Southeast Michigan doctor, who worked informally with youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota.
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A recently published study found that Asian-owned businesses took a disproportionate economic hit in the wake of the pandemic.
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Two reporters joined to break down Governor Gretchen Whitmer's annual State of the State Address.
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The Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities was called on to reduce the disparities in COVID cases. The team has made some strides in shifting the system.
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Detroiter Khaliph Young wanted to hear stories from people who lived through the Civil Rights era. So he made a podcast to do just that.
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Remember video rental stores? We went to one of the last ones in Michigan.
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French documentary filmmaker Dorian Degoutte couldn't bare dumping his 1997 Ford Fiesta. So instead he took his car from France for one last journey to where it all began: Detroit.
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Blockbuster and Family Video have closed up shop. But there are still a few video rentals that exist in Michigan. We went to one of them.
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Southwest Michigan writer Maria Dong’s debut novel “Liar, Dreamer, Thief,” is a page-turning fantastical thriller. Her book is listed as a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Goodreads and Overdrive.
