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The State of Superior

Episode 8: The Fortunes of the Community

A story about the finest roadside attraction in the Upper Peninsula. And sisu.

Episode 7: Someplace Special

A story about noticing and documenting the tiny deaths that surround us

Episode 6: Corpse Pose

A story about a two a.m. run-in on a two-track in the Keweenaw

Episode 5: In Search of the Mouth of the Sleeping River

Vision, ambition, and the intertwined lives of two women who never met, one following a string of clues left by the other.

Episode 4: Women's Work

A story about three teenaged boys, a half-wrecked car, and a ballgame.

Episode 3: Shooting the Loop

A young couple move to Ontonagon looking to get away from people and live off the land.

Episode 2: The Artists in the Woods

An idiosyncratic and personal introduction to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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