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At The Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, you’ll find a classic spread of breakfast staples: biscuits slathered in warm gravy, peppered corned beef hash, and silver dollar pancakes piled with berries. It’s the kind of place where the same group of friends have frequented for the past twenty years.

But unlike your average diner, the Bomber brings a formidable collection of mostly World War II era memorabilia, paying homage to the restaurant’s roots which date back to that time. 

GUEST:

Johanna McCoy, owner of The Bomber Restaurant

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The West Michigan-born band The Accidentals are out with a new album called "Time Out." It's filled with lush harmonies and soulful lyrics, and makes for the perfect windows down, cross-country cruising soundtrack. The band collaborated with some of folk music’s most beloved songwriters to create the album.

On this episode of the pod, we take a trip with the West Michigan band through the joys of working with your heroes and the challenges of creating music during the COVID era. 

GUESTS: 

Sav Buist, Katie Larson, Katelynn Corll and Patty PerShayla

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Michigan has a population problem. So much so that Governor Whitmer focused her keynote speech this afternoon at the Mackinac Policy Conference on it. Today, we’re looking at Michigan's population problem, and some of the policy measures that could help reverse this trend.

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Last year, nearly 70,000 people reached out to the National Eating Disorders Association helpline. But late this spring the Association shut the helpline down…and added a chatbot instead.

GUEST:

Kate Wells, Michigan Radio reporter

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Besides lakes and summer tourism, northwest Michigan's towns have become known for something else: a lack of affordable housing. 

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Detroit electronic artist and beatmaker Kevin Reynolds has been on the scene for almost two decades. This year he was able to transition to music full-time. The result has been a new album and another performance at Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival. Kevin explained his musical process and reflected upon his zig-zagging musical journey. 

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SBAM just published a report detailing 120 different statistical measurements of what’s happening among the state’s small businesses. While many sectors of the economy seem to be shakier than they were pre-pandemic, entrepreneurship in Michigan still seems to be going strong. We break down the numbers, and revisit a few conversations we've had with entrepreneurs who have experienced the changes firsthand. 

GUEST: 

Brian Calley, Small Business Association of Michigan President

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Janie Paul and her late husband Buzz Alexander spent decades fostering the artistic endeavors of incarcerated Michiganders through the Prison Creative Arts Project. On this episode, we talk to Janie about the transformative power of art for people living inside prison – which she explores in her new book about the stories of incarcerated artists. 

GUEST: 

Janie Paul, author of the new book Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance, and co-founder of the Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, part of the Prison Creative Arts Project. 

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Whatever image you have of a everyday Northern Michigan artist - maybe a landscape painter or lighthouse photographer - Rufus Snoddy is not that. The mixed media artist from Traverse City is inspired by his surroundings, but the result is vivid painted sculpture with pointed, searing, and thought-provoking social commentary. This visit to his studio is a continuation of our Studio Visits of visual artists from throughout Michigan.

GUEST:

Rufus Snoddy, artist

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Michigan is one of 12 states (plus D.C.) that permits "home equity theft," a practice which allows for a local government to foreclose on a house, and then sell it to a private company for profit while never compensating the original homeowners.

GUESTS:

Tawanda Hall, Michigan homeowner and plantiff

Christina Martin, senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation

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