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The false narrative of widespread voter fraud during the last presidential election has not gone away. Some Republicans and Trump supporters have clung to the idea that the election was stolen. They’ve continued to call for restrictions and regulations. They say they want to make elections more secure. Others call it voter suppression. Today, we’ll explore the sweeping bill package from Michigan legislative Republicans that would change election law in Michigan. 

GUESTS:

State Senator Ed McBroom, a Republican representing Michigan's 38th district, comprising several counties in the Upper Peninsula. He sponsored some of the bills in the package and he also chairs the Senate Oversight Committee.

John Pirich, a retired Michigan elections attorney and an expert in the field. 

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Michigan’s surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past couple of weeks has shocked many people back to reality about where we are in the pandemic. But what does the view look like from the inside of those hospitals? On today’s episode, a conversation with an emergency room doctor about what’s different about this third wave of infections.

GUEST:

Dr. Patricia Nouhan, emergency room physician and emergency medicine residency director at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit

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It's national poetry month and Michigan has no shortage of creative writers with stories to tell. Today on the pod, we'll hear from a West Michigan high schooler and refugee from Myanmar, who recently won the Gold Key Award for poetry. Thang Lian talks leaving home and where he feels his work belongs, as Asians and Asian Americans are targeted in the US and abroad.

GUESTS:

Thang Lian, senior at East Kentwood high school, recipient of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers’ Gold Key Award for poetry.

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Michigan is facing a high teacher turnover rate and an overall teacher shortage. Today we're digging into why this is happening and taking a look at its impact on both students and educators.

GUESTS:

Owen Bondono, English Language Arts teacher at Oak Park Freshman Institute  

Koby Levin, Chalkbeat Detroit reporter 

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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging across Michigan. At the same time, vaccine supply has increased dramatically. That means public health officials are engaged in a very tough race: variants vs. vaccines. Today we’ll talk to two county health officials, on opposite sides of the state, about how they’re keeping pace in this exhausting sprint.

GUESTS:

Annette Mercatante, medical health officer for the St. Clair County Health Department

Adam London, health officer for the Kent County Health Department

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Kalamzoo cellist Jordan Hamilton embraces the pandemic as a time to challenge his musicianship and listener expectations. His classically trained, genre-bending style is inspired and otherworldly. 

GUESTS: 

Jordan Hamilton, Kalamazoo-based cellist with a new album of music titled "Vibrations" 

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Michigan Republican Party co-chairman Ron Weiser has gotten major criticism over video footage of him calling Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Bension the “three witches.” But there’s a bit more going on here than just a terrible choice of words. If you look at where and how he said these things, you can pick up the main tension within the Michigan GOP right now.

GUEST:

Craig Mauger, reporter for the Detroit News. You can find Craig’s reporting on the fallout from Weiser’s comments here.

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Michigan has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita. Today we’re going to talk about what the trends and data mean for the state and for the deep desire we all have to return to something normal.

GUESTS:

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

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Deepwater sculpin are tiny fish that lay at the bottom of a lakebed. They’re relatively prevalent in the Great Lakes, but their nests are extremely hard to find. In fact, never before seen. Today, a recent discovery concerning the nesting of fish in the Great Lakes we just don’t talk about that often.

GUESTS:

David Jude, retired research scientist at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.

John Janssen, with the School of Freshwater Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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About 10 years ago, graphic designer Tommey Walker Jr. took a common sentiment in Detroit and printed it on a shirt. It said, in stark white lettering on a black background, “Detroit vs. Everybody.” It’s now become an internationally recognized brand with “vs. Everybody” apparel adapted for other major cities across the U.S. And this month, Walker brought the brand into the luxury fashion space with a Gucci collaboration benefitting local non-profits. Stateside fill-in host Bryce Huffman talked to Walker about the brand’s origins and how it fits into the city’s long cultural legacy.

GUEST:

Tommey Walker Jr., graphic designer and founder of Detroit vs. Everybody brand

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