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Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of US Olympic team gymnasts and others have led to devastating revelations about sports, institutions, and the value of girls and their truths. Now, a new Department of Justice report has come out, detailing the FBI’s response to tips about Nassar, dating back to 2015. This episode, we speak toMichigan Radio’s Lindsey Smith, co-host of the Peabody-award-winning podcast, Believed, about the report’s findings and implications.

 

GUESTS:

Lindsey Smith, investigative reporter, co-host of Believed podcast, Michigan Radio

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The auto industry is struggling with supply chain issues and chip shortages resulting in price markups for new and used cars. Today, a look at how we got here, and how consumers are reacting. 

GUESTS: 

Jamie LaReau, an automotive reporter for the Detroit Free Press

Steven A. Melnyk,  professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Michigan State University

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Slap! Spray! Scratch! The most biting of topics in Michigan right now is mosquitoes. Yes, there's a boom of bloodsuckers going on in the Great Lakes state.

 

GUEST: 

Bill Stanuszek directs the  Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission

 

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The U.S. Department of the Interior - under Secretary Deb Haaland - is opening investigations into abuse and inhumanity at hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we explore the legacy of these boarding schools in Michigan, and what’s being done to revive and reteach Anishinaabek language here.

 

GUESTS:

Netawn Kiogima, language specialist at Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians

Eric Hemenway, director of archives and records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

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The Covid-19 pandemic was powerful enough to shut down Broadway and devastate performing arts across the country. Now, after a year and a half of virtual theater, countless tribute Zoom concerts, and dozens of staged play readings, theaters across the state are beginning to reopen. Today, we speak with the co-founders of Detroit Public Theatre, who this Saturday, celebrate their new space in Midtown with an in-person production at the Third Avenue Garage. 

GUESTS:

Sarah Winkler, co-founder and producing artistic director

Courtney Burkett, co-founder and producing artistic director

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Detroit artist Cyrah Dardas has a portfolio of ink, watercolors, print media, cut paper, photography and more. But it could be said that a portion of her practice is people.

An educator and organizer, she works with kids in schools, teaching kids to unlock their ideas and give them form. And, in less formal environments, she shows them ways to be who they are, without fear. Alongside her partner, the artist Bakpak Durden, Dardas has co-founded the organization Paper Street Publishing that gives young people space to create and express their identities.

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So much has changed in education for LGBTQ teachers. In some districts in Michigan, it’s now possible to hold a job while being honest about who you love. But in some ways, things haven’t really changed. On today’s pod, we hear from LGBTQ educators. They’re going to tell us about what they see: more acceptance, but also more recognition for the unique help they can provide to a new generation of queer students.

GUESTS:

Kelly Boston, school librarian in West Michigan

Michelle DeYoung-Foster, retired Wayland Middle school science teacher

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After much discussion, and pandemic delay, the Tokyo Olympics begin this month. It’s an exciting moment for both athletes and viewers. While the Olympics can be really fun to watch, they’re also a stage in which the discrepancies between global haves and have nots is in plain sight. And the politics of who gets to host the games can tell a story, too. Today, we’ll dig into Detroit’s multiple bids to host the Summer Games, and whether those bids could have changed the course of history for the city. 

GUEST: Dr. Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management at the University of Michigan

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“Songs from the Trail” broadcasts on low-watt community radio on Beaver Island in the middle of Lake Michigan straight off shore from Charlevoix. Jackson Smith and Steve Girbach turned their neighborly conversations about music made in Michigan and local artists into a show.

 

GUESTS: 

Steve Girbach, co-host "Songs from the Trail"

Jackson Smith, co-host "Songs from the Trail"

 

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Once upon a time, in America, the words “Critical Race Theory” would have been something you’d encounter in a coffeehouse conversation. But this year, Michigan lawmakers have recently introduced bills to ban it in k-12 schools. Today, we get clear on what the controversy around CRT is in Michigan, and how it looks for two educators’ classrooms in very different districts. 

GUESTS:

Lily Altavena, educational equity reporter, Detroit Free Press

Klaudia Burton, life sciences teacher at East Lansing High School 

Matt Hamilton, history teacher at Washtenaw International High School 

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