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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Austin Johnson celebrated the end of the work day like many people do: with a drink. But what began as a few-days-a-week habit slowly morphed into something more sinister – and hard to control. One drink every night turned into three. Every night turned into every afternoon, and eventually, every hour. -
Last week we got some really hard news about a UP institution. Finlandia University is shutting down after 126 years in operation.
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When Lorri Thomas became a tattoo artist in the mid-2000s, the industry was overwhelmingly male and white. She knew there had to be other Black women artists out there, so she set out to bring them together.
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Grand Rapids native Annie Rauwerda was finding a lot of strange and charming articles on Wikipedia. So she started posting her findings to social media.
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A recent New York Times investigation found that automotive suppliers and a food packing plant in west Michigan had violated child labor laws in employing migrant children.
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In Detroit's 1970s street racing scene, there was a car that dominated: The Black Ghost. It was a Dodge HEMI Challenger that would compete occasionally then disappear.
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What measures can Michigan State University take to protect its community when there is an active shooter?
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Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, and Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps joined the show to talk through holding Michigan's energy companies accountable.
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Over the weekend, Michigan Republicans elected Kristina Karamo as their next party chair. What does her win mean for Michigan's Republican Party?
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Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera is one of the many people striving to re-establish relationships between the U.S. and Cuba. She recently visited Detroit.
