Video Essays & Interview Podcasts
Nov. 12, 2025
Safetyville, Corvettes, T-Birds, and Miniature Flint-- Part Two
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Safetyville, Flint, Michigan, has a special place in the hearts of a lot of Flint area baby boomers. STOP-LOOK-LISTEN. Remember that lesson?
Most remember the miniature Corvettes, T-Birds, and kids' first drive…
Nov. 12, 2025
Flint Poet Laurate Semaj Brown
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Poet Semaj Brown is Flint's Poet Laureate. Her work in Flint uses poetry to address literacy problems with lead-poisoned children.
Semaj Brown is the first Poet Laureate appointed by the City of Flint. She deli…
Nov. 12, 2025
Rico Phillips Helps Hockey Break Barriers to Diversity
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Rico Phillips is a retired, 27-year veteran Flint Firefighter. He is also an inspiration!. In 2019, the National Hockey League honored Rico with its prestigious Community Hero Award. They did so because, in 2010, P…
Nov. 12, 2025
Michigan Truck Camper Tour: Lake Huron Shoreline
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Tawas Point State Park is located on Lake Huron in Northern Michigan near East Tawas, Michigan.
The state park encompasses 183 acres at the end of a sand spit that forms Tawas Bay. It has been referred to as the …
Nov. 12, 2025
Michigan Lumber Company: Oldest Lumber Yard in Flint Area
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Michigan Lumber is a Centennial business in the City of Flint. Gerald Haan and his daughter Katie are the third and fourth generation to run the family-owned business.
Gerald also shares his views about Michigan …
Nov. 12, 2025
Author Patricia Majher
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Patricia Majher discusses her books of mini-biographies, including three Flint natives, MI; Michael Moore, Jim Abbott, and Sara Emma Edmonds.
Her books Great Girls and Bold Boys are designed for children but are …
Nov. 12, 2025
The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water Crisis (ft. Anna Clark)
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Anna Clark is an accomplished author and journalist.
In The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy (https://www.amazon.com/Poisoned-City-Flints-American-Tragedy/dp/1250125146) , Anna examines…
Nov. 12, 2025
Jermaine Reese, PhD
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Jermaine Reese, spent eighteen years as a Flint Police Officer. He shares his policing career, its highs and lows. He patrolled the Flint, Michigan neighborhood where he was raised.
What is life like in a City of…
Nov. 12, 2025
Michael Jablonski
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Grand Blanc, MI attorney and businessman Michael Jablonski is an entrepreneurial success. Jablonski shares stories from his business career in the food and entertainment business in Mid-Michigan.
Few people in Mi…
Nov. 12, 2025
Joel Bye and the Blue Hawaiians Band
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Joel Bye and his band the Blue Hawaiians are legendary amongst Michigan music fans.
Joel shares the colorful history of the band as well as his prior band The Nick Garvey Band.
In a hilarious and surprisingly r…
Nov. 12, 2025
William S. Ballenger III
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William S. Ballenger III of Flint, Michigan is a descendant of one of the founders of Buick, Chevrolet Motor Car Company, General Motors. Bill is a member of the family that philanthropically endowed the Flint area…
Nov. 12, 2025
Pete Flanders, Musical Memories
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Pete "Fat Cat" Flanders is perhaps one of the best remembered radio personalities in the Mid-Michigan media market. He is the owner of Musical Memories, a Flint record shop that specializes in vinyl record sales.
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