Spotlight on Popular Podcast Episodes
Our most interesting stories of labor, law, true crime & justice in Michigan communities:
Recent Episodes
Society and Culture: Radio Free Flint
Justice and True Crime: Flint Justice
Labor and Work – Work in the Mitten
Society and Culture: Biography and Personal Stories
Feb. 3, 2026
A Republic at War With Itself: Militarized Policing and the Slow Erosion of Civil Liberties
How decades of wars on crime, drugs, terror, and immigration militarized American policing and quietly reshaped how the constitution is understood
Jan. 29, 2026
Flint on the Brink: When Systems Fail
Flint on the Brink is a clear-eyed examination of an American rust-belt city struggling to decide who controls its future.The city’s future depends on leaders willing to level with residents about hard truths of taking steps to right-size infrastructure and confront segregation.
Jan. 25, 2026
Bad Water, Kids, Big Money, and Lawyers
In Flint, the deepest harm lives in children’s brains. In other cities, the damage is buried in pipes, mains, and hydrants. Arthur Busch examines what really gets damaged when public water systems fail—and why the law treats those harms very differently.
Jan. 23, 2026
Cold Case Rape Murder: When Forensic Science Solves What Time Couldn’t
In November 1986, a well-known university provost in Flint, Michigan, was found raped and murdered in her bed inside a locked gatehouse on the grounds of one of the city’s most secure estates. There were no signs of forced entry, immediately suggesting the offender was not a stranger but someone wi…
Jan. 21, 2026
Leaving Flint to See America on a Schwinn Bicycle
In the summer of 1970, I joined a group called Wandering Wheels out of Taylor, Indiana to ride a bicycle across America. And no matter how far you travel, from a desert shack with a poor man's air conditioner to the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, under a full sky of stars, the place you're from rides…
Dec. 26, 2025
Inside Anatomy of a Murder
This is a short excerpt from an upcoming episode of Flint Justice.
In this preview, Arthur Busch explores the real Michigan homicide case that inspired Anatomy of a Murder and the lawyer behind it, John D. Voelker—prosecutor, defense attorney, Supreme Court justice, and writer.
The full episode…
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Jan. 24, 2026
From Flint Factories to Freedom: Redefining 'Home' and Identity
Welcome back to the blog, everyone! In our latest episode, titled "Leaving Flint to See America on a Schwinn Bicycle," we delved into a truly transformative journey. It was a narrative of youthful rebellion against the backdrop of a blue-coll…
Jan. 12, 2026
The Ghost of Kent State: Minneapolis and the New War at Home
In the spring of 1970 at Kent State, the air was thick with tear gas and with a country cracking open over a war overseas. Today, in the snowy streets of South Minneapolis, the smell is rubber and gunpowder, and the war is no longer abroad; it is …
Jan. 8, 2026
Flint at a Crossroads: From Paternalism to Flint‑First Leadership
Part II – Flint at a Crossroads: From Paternalism to Flint‑First Leadership In Part I, the focus was on how broken systems, economic decline, and racial segregation have battered Flint’s ability to govern itself and plan for the future.…
About the Host
Arthur A Busch
Arthur Busch is a veteran lawyer and educator with an acclaimed record of success in high-profile cases. He was a Prosecutor and community leader for decades.
Arthur Busch grew up in rust belt Flint, Michigan, just three blocks from the former General Motor's Fisher Body Plant #1. The auto factory was the site of the historic sitdown strike that gave birth to the United Automobile Workers Union.
Mr. Busch holds a BA in Urban Public Policy, and a Masters's Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University as well as a Juris Doctorate from Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. He attended Flint Public Schools.
Reviews
- Dr Dave Coriasso
- May 1, 2020
Loved the episode with Skip Harbin!
Great conversation about FCS and the community education program. Enjoyed listening to Skip talk about the golden age of FCS.
- Balogney
- March 15, 2021
- Srubfthu
- Jan. 6, 2021
- BRL17
- Aug. 6, 2020