Host Nancy Derringer talks with PR specialist and former Free Press reporter Darci McConnell; attorneys Joel Sklar, Steve Fishman, and Bill Seikaly; community and labor activist Barb Ingalls; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.

They discuss:

• Mackinac Conference 2025: Takeaways and trends
• A Governor’s poll showing a tie between Jocelyn Benson and John James, with Mike Duggan trailing both
• President Trump’s classless commencement speech at West Point
• Trump’s pledge to review the Whitmer kidnapping plot convictions — despite previously assuring Governor Whitmer he wouldn’t
• The Hamtramck City Council suspending the city manager
• Schmuck of the Week