Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Our guest is musician Howard Ryan, a native of Wisconsin who now lives in San Francisco, California. Ryan, also known as Hauras composed a song, "Flint, Michigan," intending to make a social statement about the problems of the beleaguered rust belt city. Ryan is a…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Our podcast guest is Daniel Moilanen, a Fenton area native now living in Flint. Dan is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) (https://www.macd.org/) . His leadership in this organization brings conservation-minded farmers together to reduce toxic algal blooms in…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) 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 structurally deficient bridges in…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) 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 the economic downturn.…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Musician George Winters has performed for audiences for over 50 years across America. The Michigan native is well-known in music venues in southeastern Michigan for his fabulous keyboard skills, especially on a Hammond organ. George plays the keyboard, guitar, and harmonica and also sings. This…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) 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, Michigan. "How to Baptize a…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Is it possible to make Flint laugh? If anyone can, it's Flint native Bryan McCree, a nationally known comedian, actor, and writer. He regularly tours America with shows marked by their insight into American culture and the oddities of life in our country. He is…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Former Bishop Airport Public Safety Director Chris Miller discusses a 2017 terrorist attack at the Flint, Michigan, airport. He also talks about the changes the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America had on current operations at Bishop International Airport. The retired Public Safety Director at Flint…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) 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 parent it sits in your house begging for…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Colleen Marquise, Associate Archivist at the University of Michigan-Flint, Francis Willson-Thompson Library, takes podcast listeners on a virtual tour of the Genesee County (MI) Historical Center archive collection. This historical collection has a fascinating collection of oral histories, documents, papers, etc. The Center has three…
He looked like an all-American college student, but John Norman Collins was “The Michigan Murderer.” In the 1960s, his crimes terrorized Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Author Gregory Fournier discusses "Terror in Ypsilanti" and the dark story behind one of Michigan’s most infamous serial killers.
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Flag Day Special. The Flint soldiers had much success as union soldiers in the American Civil War. There were 90,000 Michigan soldiers deployed in the American civil war. The Flint 10th Infantry deployed along with their battle flag to the civil war battlefields of Tennessee,…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Ben Pauli, a Kettering University Political Science Professor, is a water rights activist. Pauli embedded himself with a group of Flint residents during the Flint Water Crisis. This is the group that brought the tainted Flint drinking water problem to the public's attention. The group…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) The Life of Mr. Flint, Charles Stewart Mott (https://www.amazon.com/Life-Charles-Stewart-Mott-Philanthropist/dp/0472131729) . Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) was an American businessman and philanthropist born in Flint, Michigan. He is best known for his involvement in the automobile industry and his philanthropic work. Mott began his career as a…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Troubadour Neil Woodward is an instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and folk historian who helps preserve Michigan musical traditions. He is often heard at historic Crossroads Village, Michigan, near Flint in the summer months. Neil holds the title -- State Troubadour. In 2003, the Michigan Legislature officially…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Flint Poet Laureate Semaj Brown gives a fascinating reading of her environmental injustice poems. Poet Semaj Brown shares stories of working with the child victims of the Flint Water Crisis. Brown is on a mission to help heal the trauma victims in Flint, Michigan. Semaj…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Marquise Gray, the former Michigan State Spartan, is now the head basketball coach at Flint Beecher High School. Marquise Gray has excelled at every level of his sport, including coaching and professional basketball. Gray played at Michigan State from 2005-to 09. Marquise Gray has blazed…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Dave Liske discusses his new book "The Flint Coney: A Savory History." Learn about the history of the Flint food culture and love affair with the Flint-style Coney Island hot dog. In a lively interview with author Dave Liske who shares recipes, secrets, and myths…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Michael J. Thorp Has Stories to Tell about His Life in Mid-Michigan Television and Radio. Michael Shares Curious Tales from His Latest Book Former WJRT TV-12 morning anchor Michael J. Thorp has been a familiar voice to the people of Mid-Michigan for nearly 50 years.…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Jan Worth-Nelson, former editor of the East Village Magazine, shares stories about the colorful history of the iconic Flint publication The East Village Magazine started about the same time as Michael Moore's Flint Voice back in the 1970s. Today, the magazine has become a brilliant…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) In this interview, Connor discusses his newest novel, the 4th in the series "Urbantasm." The series is set in deindustrialized Flint, Michigan. Connor Coyne is a writer living and working in rust belt Flint, Michigan, a town devastated by deindustrialization. Connor spent his teenage years…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) What does it mean to be a Flintstone? Rustbelt Flint, Michigan, residents and expatriates, call themselves Flintstones. They discuss their community identity and its rust belt revival. Podcast guests include Judge Duncan M. Beagle, Sandra Branch of the Flint Public Art Project, John Daly of…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) CS Mott was a giant in automotive history. Author Ed Renahan discusses the remarkable life of Charles Stewart Mott. "The Life of Charles Stewart Mott" is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the life of one of the world's most successful capitalists. Charles Stewart Mott…
Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2027801/open_sms) Cindy Johns discusses homelessness and the causes of homelessness in the Flint area. Carriage Town Ministries began in 1950 as the Flint Rescue Mission on the banks of the Flint River at Grand Traverse Street. The organization has been working to find solutions to poverty…