Video Essays & Interview Podcasts
June 20, 2022
John Norman Collins a Michigan Serial Killer Unmasked
John Norman Collins was an all-American boy. He was handsome, lived in Ann Arbor, and belonged to a fraternity. But there was a dark side to this young man.
The media and others dubbed John Norman Collins "The Michigan Murderer." In the late 1960s, Collins stalked college-age women like prey. His…
April 27, 2022
The Flint Water Crisis: Songwriter Colton Ort and the Flint River Blues
The Flint River Blues is one of many songs written about the Flint Water Crisis. Colton Ort, a singer songwriter documents for history the led tainted contaminated water of Flint, Michigan. His lyrics pointedly describe the response by government officials to the complaints of the citizen, many of …
April 17, 2022
Connor Coyne novel "Urbantasm" Set in Deindustrialized Flint
In this interview, Connor Connor discusses his newest novel, the 4th in the series "Urbantasm."
Connor Coyne is a writer living and working in rust belt Flint, Michigan, a town devastated by de-industrialization. Connor spent his teenage years in Flushing, Michigan. Connor represented Flint's 7th…
April 17, 2022
Carriage Town Ministries and Homelessness in Flint
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 and homelessness for 7…
Dec. 24, 2020
Ernie Harwell: Tribute to the Voice of Baseball
Ernie Harwell was the voice of Detroit Tiger baseball. He was also a cultural icon. This podcast episode is full of memories and stories about Ernie Harwell and is to cherish all that Ernie meant to the people of the Flint area and the State of Michigan. Guests on this episode include award-winning…
Oct. 9, 2020
Flint and its Tattered Civil War Battle Flag
The 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment flag traveled to civil war battlefields.
There were 90,000 Michigan soldiers deployed in the American civil war. The 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment was organized at Flint, Michigan, and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 10, …
Aug. 31, 2020
Flint Filmmaker, Jeff Gibbs & Planet of the Humans
Planet of the Humans has already been seen by over 10 million viewers world-wide!! Jeff Gibbs, a Flint native, is a successful documentary filmmaker. Jeff and his lifelong friend, Michael Moore recently released an eco-documentary movie, Planet of the Humans. Jeff grew up in the Beecher area and g…
Aug. 2, 2020
State Rep Tim Sneller: Storytelling about Flint area Legislators
With over three decades of experience, broad knowledge of both state and local government, and deep roots in the community, Representative Tim Sneller has hit the ground running in the Michigan House of Representatives and is working hard to serve his home community.
Currently, Tim is serving his s…
Aug. 1, 2020
Sandra Branch on the Flint Public Art Project, Murals, Goodbye Graffiti
Radio Free Flint (www.RadioFreeFlint.media) interviewed Sandra Branch.
The Flint Public Art Project a non-profit group has helped fuel the creation of over 100 new murals in the City of Flint. This year, the goal for 2020 is to add between 60 to 75 more and artists are needed to make that vision a …
Aug. 1, 2020
Rep Sheryl Kennedy on Michigan Schools and Pandemic
Radio Free Flint (www.RadioFreeFlint) interviewed:
State Representative Sheryl Kennedy (D-Davison) is a member of the Genesee County state legislative delegation. Her career is off to an amazing start being named to a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee where she serves on subcommi…
July 31, 2020
Judge Herman Marable talks about his Career, Jury Service, Helping Kids
Radio Free Flint (www.RadioFreeFlint) interviewed:
Judge Herman Marable has served 20 years on the 68th District Court bench. Over that time he has been active in helping high school students through his charitable initiative : Judge Marable's Student of the Month. He describes how he has helped …
July 31, 2020
Flint's Paul Staroba on Bo Schembechler, Touchdowns at the "Big House"and the NFL
Radio Free Flint (www.RadioFreeFlint.media) interviewed:
Paul Staroba was a three-sport standout at St. Matthew High, he enjoyed an outstanding career at the University of Michigan and played several seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. Paul is a member of the Flint Area Sports Hall of Fam…