Stateside

How about those Detroit football Lions? My goodness they're good.

GUEST:

John Niyo, sports columnist, Detroit News

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Detroit poet Brittany Rogers recently published a new collection of poetry titled Good Dress. The book is a a non-traditional coming-of-age story exploring Black womanhood. Rogers sat down with Stateside to talk about the influence of the women who raised her on her work and how audacity has become a guiding light for her in a chaotic world. 

GUEST: 

Brittany Rogers, Detroit-based poet 

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Andrea Bitely previously served as the spokesperson for former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. She joined Stateside to discuss a the past and the future of the GOP, the benefits of a divided government, and the challenges of being a moderate or independent voter.

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Andrea Bitely, founder of Bitely Communications, former spokesperson for former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette

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The core constituency of the Democratic Party is arguably African Americans - a voting bloc that consistently votes in eye-popping percentages in favor of Democrats. But this time around Donald Trump was able to win over just enough Black voters to make a difference, and Kamala Harris - the first Black woman at the top of a major party ticket - lost. What, if anything, should be learned by the Democratic Party about these two things?

GUEST:

• Stephen Henderson, host, Created Equal on WDET

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Michigan’s House of Representatives has flipped from Democratic to Republican control. The state Senate, which was not up for reelection, still has a Democrat majority. And Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is still governor. All this means we’re heading into an interesting era of divided government. We talked to State Rep. Bill G. Schuette, a young state House representative from Midland, about his party's wins and their priorities for Lansing. 

GUEST: 

Bill G. Schuette, state House representative for Michigan's 95th House District,

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Nearly all of the votes have been counted here in Michigan. And we’re beginning to see a picture painted of how votes shifted and changed from 2020 and 2016. Today we look at the data.

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Adam Rayes, data journalist, Michigan Public

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The team with It's Just Politics - Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta - join April Baer to talk about election results for Michigan's Congressional, Legislative, and Supreme Court positions. 

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• Zoe Clark, host, It's Just Politics
• Rick Pluta, host, It's Just Politics

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A look at the surprises from Michigan's election night results that helped deliver a decisive victory to Donald Trump as president-elect.

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• Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, associate research scientist and research director at the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy at University of Michigan 

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Researcher Eric Gonzales Juenke studies how non-white candidates are perceived by voters in majority-white districts. He joined Stateside to share his findings, and how they may play out in a presidential election. 

GUEST:

Eric Gonzales Juenke, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Chicano/Latino Studies Program in the College of Social Science. 

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Most of us don’t think about the voting process, or election administration, until it’s actually time for us to drop off our ballot. That season becomes prime time for folks circulating misinformation to do their worst. But one non-profit, non-partisan news source in Michigan spends all year reporting on the truth about democratic processes. We talk to a VoteBeat reporter about how to sort facts about voting from the disinformation swirling around social media.  

GUEST: 

Hayley Harding, Detroit-based reporter for VoteBeat

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