With students getting ready to head back to college, it’s a good time to take a look at how you can avoid fire risks—both on and off campus—with the National Fire Protection Association’s Meredith Hawes.

Grand Traverse County Commission Chair Rob Hentschel join us to discuss a proposed resolution regarding the language used promoting COVID-19 vaccines, as well the potential mandating of vaccines for county employees.

A look back at the week in music with Jordan Anderson from Mr. Music DJs, featuring Britney Spears’ dad planning to vacate his role in her conservatorship…eventually, Tony Bennett’s retirement from performing and Pokémon Go for your ears. 

A retired senior U.S. Diplomatic Advisor, Jack Segal joins us to talk about the complexity of the situation in Afghanistan.

A look back in the week of music with Jordan Anderson with Mr. Music DJ’s, featuring how some recipients of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant are waiting on their funding because the government thinks they’re dead, literally turning the works of Bach upside down, and the most wrong way to deal with being asked to turn down your music.

Last year’s inaugural Michigan Brewers Guild Spring Beer Festival, to be held at Traverse City Pit Spitters’ Turtle Creek Stadium, was cancelled due to the pandemic.  While hopes were high for a 2021 kickoff, that, unfortunately, will not be happening.  Scott Graham, Executive Director of the MBG, joins us to talk about the Guild, the decision to cancel, and what’s next.

How do schools serve not just educational needs of kids, but their social/emotional needs?  Grand Traverse Academy Superintendent Jim Coneset joins us to talk about how their approach to learning has become especially relevant to helping students during the pandemic.

MAWBY, home of Leelanau County’s famous sparkling wine, has always been focused on giving back.  Marketing Manager Claire LePine joins us to talk about their “Green Giving” program, where $1 from every bottle and glass of green sold goes to local groups that make our area a better place to live, work and play.

People get into arguments for a variety of reasons, says Jeffery Ford, the VedIQ Guild’s 2019 Distinguished Visionary of the Year award winner. However, not too many of them understand how it is that they, too, could win every single argument they get invited to attend. 

A look back at some of the biggest local stories of the week, featuring a revamped vaccine registration system, a new apartment complex approved for Hall Street, clean up at the airport and a new restaurant heads to West Front Street.