Your halftime entertainment. www.instagram.com/reel/DUeW9Qk...

Our new science and environment reporter, Kate Furby, is so whip smart. Today she’s schooling me that no, February is not a punishment for Michiganders like myself who have sinned. www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...

@leahlitman - in addition to co-hosting the excellent pod Strict Scrutiny - is the sharpest conlaw scholar I know. In our most recent Stateside ep, she broke down some checks/balances history and talked about who might stop ICE’s constitutional overreach www.instagram.com/reel/DT_knQZ...

Helpful page from our digital department with help finding food in Michigan - maps and other tools. Also helpful if you’d like to give right now to keep food resources available. www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...

In case you’re wondering how @npr.org is handling the Pentagon’s new restrictions on reporting. We’re in the upside down now. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

In Michigan, a state senator and the Lt Governor - both Democrats - were subject to separate bomb threats in the past 24 hrs.

REUTERS: Trump official Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

Want to pitch a story? Ask a question about Michigan? or just hang out and have a beverage? I’ll be at Bell‘s eccentric Café in Kalamazoo from 5 to 7 PM. See you there!

Insightful work from Zena Issa on several hundred cases eligible for resentencing and all the unique lives involved www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...

Back in 2015 I met this smooth-talking cowboy in the broadcast booth at KPAI,  a station serving a town of fewer than 500 people in southern Oregon.

As the great @margaretatwood.bsky.social once said, “Roll up your sleeves, girls” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In the field today with city of #Detroit historian @jamonjordan for a project we’re very excited to bring you this summer.. Subscribe to our podcast feed so you won’t miss the drop…also be sure to follow Jamon, who is seriously a national treasure, in addition to all his other titles.

The Senate is debating the recission bill that would claw back appropriations for foreign aid and public broadcasting, if you care to watch on C-Span. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

Incredible honor to represent my @michiganpublic Stateside team at @allwomeninmedia #theGracies50 - auspicious company like this is nourishment

This happened today. Please consider calling your Senator, especially if you think he or she might be on the fence. apnews.com/article/trum...

Watching LA makes me think of everything that was going on in Portland during the first term. People from outside Oregon kept asking me the same question and I felt like a broken record: legal protest. These are legal protests.

Breaking.

Big Court of Claims decision for #abortion protections in #Michigan (and great work by my rock star colleague Kate Wells) www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

What’s one more big breaking story today?

Breaking: jury deadlocks on criminal trial of former police Christopher Schurr, for the killing of Patrick Lyoya www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...

New this week: Born to Chinese parents living in South Korea, Michelle Yang's life turned upside down when she was 9, and her family moved to the U.S. Her new memoir, Phoenix Girl sticks 3 landings: reckoning with bipolar, redefining body image, and finding community I LOVED THIS BOOK.

Umich president is headed for Florida

This series is going to give me a stroke

What a 4th quarter. #Pistons

Yes, I’m a jackass but I need, >need<, NEED Pistons announcers to stop saying Shrooder.

I cannot handle this series

Also: Jalen Brunson looks like somebody’s dad

The shots in this #Pistons Knicks game 😵

A lot of people have been asking me about federal funding for our work. The short answer is: don’t worry about my job. My station relies on fed funding for less than 10% of our budget. It would be a problem, but we would deal. I do have some bigger concerns… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

This is a big entry into the next Senate race in Michigan

@timothysnyder.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers on history and global affairs. Who will leave next? www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/u...

Legitimately curious to see what else might be unleashed this year. (H/t @thatryanwhite.bsky.social )

Got questions about HHS cuts in Michigan? You’re in really good company www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

Turns out, house money is worth something. #Michigan #Michiganbasketball

Welp. Here we go. #measles www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

So very much ♥️

A little good news. Three weeks later. The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Washington ― Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers signaled Thursday that he's likely to mount a second campaign for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, following his narrow loss in November to Democrat Elissa Slotkin. Rogers of White Lake Township… #MikeRogers #MichiganSenate #RepublicanParty

The New York Times is reporting the 25% tariffs will take affect Saturday for goods from Canada and Mexico, our two nearest neighbors. What will this mean in a manufacturing home like Michigan? 🧵

And here is more detail on why, and whomight be running to replace him. www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...

This is very big news. apnews.com/article/gary...

Yes, I know about the egg prices you saw this weekend. Michigan‘s poultry farmers and egg providers say we’re losing the war on bird flu in domestic flocks www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...

Holy wow. What is this, Day Four? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Dry January never had it so …intoxicating. Zero-alcohol cocktails with Castalia at Sfumato in the pod today.

We’re on air and streaming 3pm and 8pm EST, plus you can always catch our pod anytime open.spotify.com/show/5BrzIl1...

And I really want to thank my buddy Kate Wells for this story, which has been on my mind non-stop. www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-... 

And today’s show I’ve got a really good conversation with MSU supply chain professor Jason Miller, who’s been following manufacturing and tariffs for a long time (i’ll share when it’s ready, but here’s an article that he’s quoted in) www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...

It has been quite the conversation for our team deciding each day’s priorities. We started out yesterday, looking at the ins and and outs of what’s changing an immigration law  pca.st/episode/dd1e...

@npr.org just reported Biden has pardoned - among other people - Leonard Peltier

I don’t care. I still love these guys 💙