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Some important financial news for Flint mothers. Then, the first nationally syndicated Black female cartoonist talks about her book tour. An update on a rare Michigan bird. Finally, some advice from Zak Rosen and friends.

Slate podcast producer Cheyna Roth and her husband joyously welcomed their first child after using in-vitro fertilization. But no one prepared them for the possibility that the treatment might not work again. After nearly a decade of isolating, unsuccessful attempts, Roth connected with other women experiencing the same thing, and she channeled their stories into an award-winning podcast episode.

Today on Stateside, a conversation with the president of the soon-to-close Finlandia University, and a closer look at Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plan to expand early childhood education.

A couple shares their harrowing account of a devastating defect in their pregnancy, the abortion they pursued, and the toll of it all.

On today's show, we heard more about an RSV surge and the history of Native American photography, and took a look into a Michigan pregnancy crisis center.

A research team led by a University of Michigan medical professor found that hospital deaths during childbirth actually fell by more than half from 1995 through 2015. But it also found that a majority of pregnancy-related deaths now occur either before or after birth.

On today's show, we heard about why the number of flights to Northern Michigan is being reduced, and the troubles with finding psychiatric care during pregnancy. Plus, why this year's mosquito populations have taken a dive, and The Best Advice Show on tips for surviving middle school.

Nakia Hubbard Heard was airlifted to a high-risk pregnancy unit at Beaumont, Royal Oak and placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19 this year. "I thought I was going to die trying to deliver this baby," she says. More pregnant women are landing in the ICU as hospitalizations surge in Michigan, doctors say.

New research emerges on pregnancy and COVID. We'll hear from an immunologist about what expecting parents should know. Then, a look at how Michigan's Native communities feel about forthcoming federal investigations into residential boarding schools. And, a conversation with legendary Detroit Pistons announcer and radio host John Mason.

Today on Stateside, the U.S. Senate has begun setting parameters for proceedings in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Senator…