What would you do if your tap water turned brown? If it gave your children a rash every time they took a bath? Or worse, what if it made them sick? We're revisiting Michigan Public's audio documentary from 2015 about the Flint Water Crisis. Plus we'll hear from the reporter about the making of Not Safe to Drink.
GUEST:

Lindsey Smith, lead of Michigan Public's Amplify team

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Not Safe to Drink

Conversations that matter to Michigan. Each weekday, host April Baer will bring you stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids.
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In Michigan, we pride ourselves on our lakes – sandy bottomed and crystalline blue waters. But with such idyllic waters comes a risk: swimmer's itch. On this episode of the Stateside podcast, we look into the biology behind swimmer's itch and get into what scientists are doing to mitigate it.
GUEST:
Curtis Blankespoor, professor at Jackson College and adjunct professor, University of Michigan Biological Station
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A Deep Dive into Swimmer's Itch

Mari Copeny is a leading activist out of the Flint Water Crisis, but she is more than "Little Miss Flint."
GUEST:
Imani Mixon, journalist and founder of Mixon Media
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More Than Little Miss Flint

The College for Creative Studies in Detroit has a fashion design program that’s cultivating some of Detroit’s most creative young minds. Earlier this month the program held their fourth annual fashion show. 
GUESTS:
Cierra Headings, fashion designer
David Rodriguez, fashion designer
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Facing Fears Through Fashion

The Gordie Howe International bridge crossing the Detroit River is nearing completion and is expected to open in the fall of 2025. On this episode of the Stateside podcast, we spoke with one of the officials behind the bridge about what it takes to pull of a project of this magnitude.
GUEST:
Grant Hilbers, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority chief capital officer
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Building the Gordie Howe Bridge

Over the past few months, encampments and protests on college campuses have been a constant in the headlines. But how does news media shape our perception of these actions?
GUEST:
Danielle K. Brown, 1855 Community & Urban Journalism Professorship and associate professor at Michigan State University
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Not Safe to Drink

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