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Great Lakes Bee Company hosts one of Michigan's biggest bee-centric gatherings. Hundreds gather in Fremont, Michigan every May for Bee Pickup Day, where tens of thousands of bees are distributed among beekeepers from all over to bring home to their colonies.

Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Radio's West Michigan reporter, attended the event to ask folks what they learn from observing the world's pollinators. 

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Marketing professor Marcus Collins' new book, "For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be," offers ways to define the amorphous thing we call "culture." 

So often, when we interact with a culture we don't understand, "we rely on instinct [and] ego, we villainize them," Collins said.

"For The Culture" not only offers definitions, but outlines the power of culture to shape our perceptions of ourselves, and each other. 

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Some Oxford community members are frustrated by what they see as inadequate investigation into the school shooting at Oxford High School in November 2021. They want accountability and part of that is a third-party review of how exactly a school shooting happened.

Read Anna Clark's original reporting here.

GUEST:

Anna Clark, Midwest reporter at ProPublica

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We got some exciting news. One of our stories won the Asian American Journalists Association Excellence in Audio Storytelling, News Feature Award. So in celebration of this award and in celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage month, we're bringing you the story of Kinuko Yada DeVee.

This story was inspired by Matt Schepeler’s article in the Brooklyn Exponent.

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Joe Short, founder of Short's Brewing Co., has made loving what he does, and where he lives, one in the same by brewing some of Michigan's finest craft beers. We join him at his tap room in Bellaire, east of Torch Lake, in Northern Michigan.

GUEST:

Joe Short, Short's Brewing Co.

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently ended its long-running frog and toad survey, much to the chagrin of the program's dedicated volunteers. The survey, which had been running for nearly three decades was the brainchild of Lori Sargent, who worked as a non-game wildlife biologist at the department for decades. Today on the pod, we hear about the story behind this popular citizen science project.  

GUEST: 

Lori Sargent, retired Michigan DNR wildlife biologist 

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The infant mortality spiked during the pandemic. This reality is especially true for Black women in Detroit. State data shows that in 2021, the rate jumped to 18.1 deaths per 1000 live births. Today, why this is happening, and what can be done to make a change.

GUEST:

Nina Ignaczak, editor and founder  of Planet Detroit

Jennifer Torres, manager of the Office of Women’s Health and Birth Equity

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Take a trip with us up North. Stateside paid a visit to Sleder’s Family Tavern in downtown Traverse City. The owners say the establishment, founded in 1882, is the oldest continuously-running restaurant in Michigan.

GUEST:

Megan Cox, tavern co-owner

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We’re going to continue this conversation about policing and mental health. We’ll hear about two police encounters during a mental health crisis, and we’ll share some mental health resources – that aren’t calling the  police.

For more information on mental health resources, check out our website.

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Seven months ago, Detroit Police responded to a mental health call for a young Black man who had schizophrenia. 

His name was Porter Burks. 

Police shot him to death just minutes after arriving on the scene. This isn’t the first time that something like this has happened. And so we wanted to know, why was Porter Burks killed during a mental health call?

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