Everyone reacted to the isolation of the first years of COVID a little differently. But there's evidence to suggest that Americans are becoming more solitary. This type of reaction isn’t new. In fact, it can even be found across the world in 12th century Japan. On this episode of Revival, we bring you the story of a Japanese aristocrat who withdrew from the world in response to rampant disease and natural disasters. And then, we have a story of a group of neighbors in Grand Rapids who were inspired to draw toward each other during the pandemic. 

GUESTS: 

Erin Brightwell, associate professor at the University of Michigan 

Grand Rapids neighbors Rae Bunce, Dot and Cal Hekman, Karen Brown, Susan Buist, Sally Wackerly, Josh Brinks, Barb and Joe

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"Revival" is a Stateside special podcast series, marking five years since our state went on lockdown over the COVID-19 virus. Today we look at how COVID changed our healthcare system, and we reflect on how pandemics have historically impacted medicine in other societies.

GUESTS:

Saeed Khan, associate professor, Wayne State Unviersity

Christina Hanson, hospital nurse in Marquette

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Two of Michigan's refugee resettlement agencies help us understand what's happening on the ground in the midst of federal funding cuts, and the suspension of refugee admissions to the U.S.

GUESTS:

• Lukas Ziomkowski, VP of Refugee Services for Samaritas
• Mira Sussman, Resource Development Manager and Impact Coordinator for Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County

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Wayne County is running a program to repay homeowners who lost their homes during the tax foreclosure crisis. The county had previously pocketed money collected at auction. But courts ruled the county must pay anything beyond what was owed in the tax foreclosure back to the original homeowners. But first the homeowners have to know to ask.

GUEST:

Koby Levin, reporter, Outlier Media

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As a curious and driven kid, Danielle Boyer worked hard to earn the money she needed to join her schools robotics team. But once she was able to join, she was met with bullying and harassment from male coaches and teammates. 

Now, the founder of an organization called The STEAM Connection, she's working to give students the STEM education her younger self wanted. Her latest invention 

GUEST:

Danielle Boyer, inventor and educator; enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

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On this Stateside podcast, we hear from Michigan State University mathematician, Albert Cohen, on how we can use statistics to fill out our March Madness brackets. 

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On this Stateside podcast, Michigan Public's political director gets context and details about Michigan's new minimum wage and sick leave rules from Sean Egan. He oversees the State's Bureau of Employment Relations and the Wage and House Divisions, also know as LEO.

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Mary Frances Phillips' "Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins” is a biography of the party's longest serving woman.

 

GUEST:
Mary Frances Phillips, author of Black Panther Woman and associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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President Donald Trump nominated Dearborn Heights mayor Bill Bazzi as his ambassador to Tunisia. He’s also selected Hamtramck mayor Amer Ghalib as his ambassador to Kuwait.

Both men have been at the center of contentious conversations about local policies and culture. 

A reporter who's been covering their careers joined us to provide some context. 

Find Niraj Warikoo's coverage here.

GUEST:
Niraj Warikoo, reporter for The Detroit Free Press

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With just a few weeks' worth of data available, it's hard to say how immigration enforcement under the current Trump administration compares to that of previous years.

Michigan Public's data reporter helps us understand what we can determine from the available data, and what to be mindful of as we see other numbers cited on social media and in the news. 

Find Adam's FAQ page on immigration data below:

Here’s what we know about immigrants, visas, DACA, ICE and more in Michigan

 

GUEST:
Adam Yahya Rayes, data reporter, Michigan Public

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