Poll after poll shows folks in Michigan prefer to call themselves "Michiganders" rather than "Michiganian". Why, though? Why did we start calling ourselves something so strange? Are we just a bunch of Michi-geese? It all started with a slave-holding senator, his run for president, and a run-in with Abraham Lincoln.

We've got the goods answering all your burning Michigan questions, beginning with our statewide identity. 

GUEST: Jamon Jordan, official historian, City of Detroit

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