Podcast Episodes Interviews, Show Notes, and Transcripts

Explore Flint’s immigrant heritage, the poetry of place, and the story of how a humble Coney Island became part of Michigan’s cultural DNA. Arthur Busch interviews the daughter of the former owner of the iconic Angelo's Coney Island, Flint, Michigan.

What’s a “Snowbird,” really—and why do millions of Americans and Canadians head south every winter? In this video essay, Arthur Busch—former Genesee County Prosecutor and host of Radio Free Flint —shares why he became a Snowb...

Our guest is Daniel Moilanen , a Fenton-area native now living in Flint, and the Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) . Under Dan’s leadership, Michigan’s soil conservation districts...

We discuss how the roads got so bad and how to fix the problem with road and infrastructure expert Dr. John Daly. Michigan has a significant problem with its roads and bridges. The state has one of the highest numbers of stru...

Midnight in Vehicle City by author Edward McClelland is a book that tells the story of Flint, Michigan, during the Great Recession and the struggles of its residents as they try to survive in a city that has been hit hard by ...

A Michigan original. A musical storyteller. A man who made a lifetime of memories from behind a piano. In this episode, we sit down with George Winters , the beloved “Red Piano Man” from Flint and Davison. George is a lifelon...

This is a conversation with Sarah Carson about her book of poems, How to Baptize a Child, in Flint, MI. Carson's poems are a jarring portrayal of life in a declining, once mighty, and still proud American rustbelt town, Flint...

Emily Doerr is a candidate for the Flint Community Schools Board of Education. The election will be on November 8, 2022. She joined a slate of four other individuals running to serve the Flint Community Schools. These candida...

Stand-up comic Bryan McCree shares Flint stories, family humor, and the Michigan grit behind a life on stage. Is it possible to make Flint laugh? If anyone can, it’s Bryan McCree — nationally touring comedian, actor, writer, ...

Flint, Michigan, has long been touted as a hotbed for high school basketball. Indeed, Flint has produced some of the top basketball talents in the nation. Many Flint athletes are playing in the National Basketball Association...

In this episode of Radio Free Flint , retired Public Safety Director Chris Miller recounts one of the most shocking events in Flint’s recent history — the 2017 terrorist attack inside Bishop International Airport. Miller desc...

In our highly mobile society, figuring out what to do with our old papers, photographs, and keepsakes is challenging. We accumulate boxes of possessions over a lifetime, and when moving, retiring, or upon the death of a paren...