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Dr. David Pilgrim is a museum curator at Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. It's home to 14,000 mostly racist artifacts. Today we’re talking with Pilgrim about how this Michigan museum uses objects of intolerance to teach tolerance, and about the future of the museum with it’s $18.5 million expansion. 

GUESTS:

David Pilgrim, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia curator and Ferris State University’s vice president for diversity, inclusion and strategic initiatives.

Check out the virtual Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia tour.

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Over the past year, multiple children's hospitals say that they have seen a surge in eating disorder admissions. Providers say the pandemic was likely what triggered this, mostly among teens, and many parents are struggling to get them help. Michigan Radio's Kate Wells reports on what advice experts and parents who've been through this have for families.

GUESTS:

Kate Wells, reporter, Michigan Radio

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Federal prosecutors and attorneys for an armed anti-government militia continue to lay groundwork for a trial set for later this year. The group of mostly-Michigan men, the so-called Wolverine Watchmen, are accused of plotting last year to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The defense has indicated it will show jurors that the plot never would have happened, had FBI informants not drawn the militia members in. Today, two Buzzfeed reporters on their investigation, which shines critical light on how the FBI investigated the plot, and the role confidential informants played in the case. 

GUESTS: 

Jessica Garrison, senior investigative editor for BuzzFeed News, based in San Francisco

Ken Bensinger, investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News, based in Los Angeles

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This summer’s relative freedrom been such a relief for millions of cooped-up Michiganders. But the pandemic isn’t over yet, folks. Today on the pod, we’ll talk to a public health officer for a county that’s seeing cases rise—including ones associated with the more contagious delta variant—even as vaccinations continue to lag.

GUEST:

Rebecca Burns, health officer for the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency

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For many of us the Summer Olympics is a quadrennial moment when we can let our inner dilettante really shine. Miraculous overnight experts on the decathlon, swimming, and beach volleyball. And now… add to that list, BMX freestyle. 

GUEST:

Hannah Roberts, BMX Freestyle Olympian for Team U.S.A.

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Maybe you’ve seen the trailer for the movie Zola. Maybe you read the viral tweet thread that inspired it all. But did you know that the wild story—and the woman who shared it with the world—started out right here in Michigan? On today’s pod, we talk to the real-life Zola about her wild road trip and the film adaptation’s smart takes on sex work, race, and female friendship.

GUESTS:

A’Ziah “Zola” King, co-writer and executive producer of the film Zola

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Canadians received access to the COVID-19 vaccine later than Americans, yet they’ve surpassed us in vaccination rate as they lean into the science of getting back to normal. With that, the Canadian government announced this week it plans to reopen the border with America at the beginning of August. But even just today the U.S. government announced it will delay that reopening by a couple more weeks to monitor current spikes of the delta variant. 

GUESTS:

Doug Schmidt, reporter, Windsor Star

Amy Miller, part of a Detroit-based family that owns property in Ontario

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The COVID-19 Delta variant is ripping its way through the American south. Federal health officials have said this latest surge is a pandemic of the unvaccinated as many counties throughout the nation report low and very low vaccination rates. 

GUESTS:

Emily Martin, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Abram Wagner, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan

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Metro Detroiters are demanding answers for catastrophic flooding this summer that swamped basements, filled streets, and destroyed property. Yes, climate change is definitely feeding into this. But there’s also a lot to say about Metro Detroit’s water and sewer systems. Today on the pod, we dig into why these systems are failing more often—and who should pay for upgrades to make them more resilient.

  

GUESTS: 

Joey Horan, freelance reporter with Outlier Media

You can read Joey’s Planet Detroit piece on Detroit’s drainage fees here.

Nick Leonard, executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center

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Long COVID. It’s a range of prolonged symptoms after a COVID infection. It can include brain fog, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues  - not to mention anxiety and depression. Today we're talking about another unexpected side effect of Long COVID: high out-of-pocket costs and medical debt. 

GUEST:

Rachel Ishikawa, Michigan Radio NPR producer

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