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Showing Up Showing Out is a short film that tells the story about the past, present and future of Motown. It's a showpiece for the music, fashions and creators of Detroit. The film was recently nominated for four awards at the Fashion Film Festival Milano.

GUESTS: 

Imani Mixon is a writer, host and creative consultant. 

Margot Bowman is a filmmaker and creative director.

 

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On today’s episode, we’re talking ice cover on Michigan’s lakes. We’ll get an expert’s advice on how to stay safe during your winter beach strolls, and we’ll hear about how ice fisherman are dealing with the trend toward less and less ice cover in a warming climate.  

GUESTS:

Myron Gilbert, member of the U.S. World Ice Fishing Team

Lester Graham, Michigan Radio reporter and host of The Environment Report

Dave Benjamin, executive director for the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project

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One hundred years ago, in the aftermath of World War I, the United States was well into its experiment with national temperance. Michigan wasn’t a stranger to Prohibition — the state banned alcohol in 1918, about two years before Prohibition went into effect nationwide. Despite restrictions, thirsty Michiganders still found ways to get their hands on booze. And before long, alcohol smugglers in the Toledo-Detroit-Windsor region developed a thriving trade, due in part to an increasingly popular tool for transporting the sauce to the speakeasies: the automobile.

GUESTS:

Joe Bog, author of Prohibition’s Proving Ground: Cops, Cars, & Rumrunners in the Toledo-Detroit-Windsor Corridor

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The complete upending of “normal” life brought on by the pandemic has left a lot of us acutely aware of social and economic injustices. When it comes to job loss, it is women, specifically women of color, who have been hit the hardest.

GUEST: 

Betsey Stevenson is a labor economist and professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. 

 

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With a vaccine in distribution, it’s starting to feel like there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But in a small town of Calumet, in the western U.P., the fight against any change in daily life due to COVID-19 continues to rage as maskless patrons crowd a local cafe that has ignored state orders at every turn. We talk to a reporter who visited the town to understand how the combination of the pandemic and hyper-partisan rhetoric has combined to form a wave of anti-government sentiment among many Calumet residents.

GUEST:

Jonathan Oosting, reporter for Bridge Michigan

You can find Jonathan’s story on Calumet here.

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For the first time since Mid-November, you can now make reservations and grab a meal or drinks, indoors, at restaurants and bars in Michigan again. People working in the industry have some cautious optimism. Maybe the return of indoor dining means we’re on a slow return to normalcy? 

 

GUESTS:

Tyler Scott is a weekend host and reporter at Michigan Radio.

Amanda Danielson is the co-owner of Trattoria Stella in Traverse City.

 

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Last week, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that reversed a Trump-era policy barring transgender people from serving in the military. It was welcome news to many transgender service members and veterans. But that doesn’t mean the fight for full inclusion is over yet. On today’s episode, we’ll talk to a Michigan National Guard member about her experience being trans in the military and what it means to have the ban reversed.

GUEST:

Blaire McIntyre, Michigan Army National Guard specialist

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GM announced today it will aspire to sell only electric vehicles by 2035. Even if the company doesn’t bullseye that target, this is a big deal for a brand that’s focused for so long on Internal Combustion Engines

What does it mean for GM to commit to electrics like that? And what will more electric cars mean for the rest of us?

GUESTS:

Tim Soules is the co-owner of Steve Steeb Service

Erin Marquis is managing editor for Jalopnik 

Daniel Howes is senior editor and columnist for the Detroit News

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a peace offering to Republicans in her third State of the State address on Wednesday night. That’s as Republicans have ramped up their resistance to her COVID-19 restrictions. The speech was delivered from the quiet of Whitmer’s Capitol office instead of before a live audience. 

GUESTS:

Rick Pluta is the State Capitol bureau chief for Michigan Public Radio Network. 

Laura Weber Davis is the executive producer of Stateside.

Representative Ben Frederick (R-Owosso).

 

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There are now 18 confirmed cases of the B117 coronavirus variant in Michigan. The arrival of the more contagious mutation of the virus led the University of Michigan to shut down its athletics program at the strong recommendation of public health officials after several student athletes tested positive for it. On today’s episode, we’ll hear what we know about the clusters of B117 infections in the state so far, and hear from a doctor with the university about their plan for trying to limit the spread on campus.   

GUESTS:

Kate Wells, Michigan Radio reporter

Dr. Preeti Malani, chief health officer and professor of medicine at University of Michigan.

Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT.

Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.

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