In this episode John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk with Tigers beat writer Evan Woodbery about the Tigers allowing full crowds for the first time since COVID hit last year and what that means for sports, Michigan, and the summer season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this week's episode John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk with Garret Ellison about the ongoing PFAS crisis he has been covering for the past 7 years and where he thinks it is going along with its impact on Michigan communities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk to Data Journalist from MLive, Scott Levin about what he was building on a daily basis during COVID to help Michiganders understand what was going on and how it would impact them at a very granular level. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, John Hiner and Eric Hultgren chat with news lead in Grand Rapids Eric Gaertner about running a newsroom virtually See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, we celebrate John Hiner's 40th year in this business and look back at the changes in the industry and how they have helped inform decisions that John has made in his career to get to this place and perhaps the future of journalism...if we have time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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I this episode John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk with Emily Lawler and Lauren Gibbons about the stories they put out last week that talk about the rampant sexism and sexual harassment in Michigan politics and you can read them here: 4 ways Michigan can start addressing sexism See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk with Mickey Ciokajlo who is the editor for MLive, and Brad Devereaux who just became a two-time recipient of the Associate Press' First Amendment Award for work he did on government transparency in Kalamazoo, MI about the importance of that work See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk with statewide reporter for MLive Lindsay Moore about the housing market and how Millennials are attempting navigating through it with varying levels of success. With the bubble burst or are starter homes going to be $250,000? All this on today's episode.

Millennials are looking for dream homes

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In this episode, John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk about the level of vitriol found in the comments on MLive stories and even the stories of journalists who have been doxed because of the stories they have written. We talk about the impact of social media on accelerating this division, the importance of journalism in a rich and thriving democracy, and a better understanding of the First Amendment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In our 40th episode, John Hiner and Eric Hultgren talk to EMMY award-winning journalist from our life and culture team, Emily Bingham about the amazing things you can do this spring in Michigan. She has a piece coming out on Easter Sunday that celebrates the spring season in the Mitten. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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