At 10 years old, André knew he wanted to be a scientist, but living in a small town in rural Louisiana he didn’t have any role models to show him how to do that. Despite the odds being stacked against him, he has earned degrees from some of the nation’s top universities and is now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan studying monarch butterfly migration through their DNA. André’s story will inspire anyone to dream big and conquer big goals. Learn more: http://myumi.ch/JNWWN

Barbara McQuade is a regular contributor on MSNBC, a professor at the University of Michigan law school and a former U.S. Attorney, but how did she achieve all of those things? Barb’s story is both inspiring and entertaining as you hear how she went from sports reporter to federal prosecutor, and ultimately to national TV contributor.

On Christmas Day 2009 a terrorist tried to blow up a plane over metro Detroit. It was Barb McQuade's very first day as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. She and her team prosecuted the man responsible, but it was just one case in her long career. Hear Barb's inspiring story of how this first generation college student over came the odds to become the first female U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan on the new podcast, "Michigan News: Beyond the Headlines."

“Michigan News: Beyond the Headlines” is a podcast that takes you beyond the headlines to meet University of Michigan faculty in the news.