Video Essays & Interview Podcasts
June 1, 2020
Flint's Stark Divide between the Rich and the Poor
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Arthur Busch discusses the awakening of the northern Hillbillies in the heartland of America. Intellectuals call parts of the country where globalization has decimated manufact…
May 18, 2020
The Boomer Zone (Preview Version): "Golden age" memories of hot rod cars, movies, music and girls
Watch a 4 minute clip of The Boomer Zone to get a feel for upcoming episodes. The first full episode is also posted here on YouTube.
May 18, 2020
The Boomer Zone: "Golden age" memories of hot rod cars, movies, music and girls
Why are Baby Boomers looking back with reveling in memories of the "golden age" of the 1960's and 1970's? Hot Rod cars, movies, music, girls and all that made up their youth seem to be fair game for conversation these days. Is it a look away from chaotic times? Is is a fair assessment that times…
May 10, 2020
Flint's Community Schools: The Golden Age of Flint, Michigan
Good school districts are more than a function of how much money they collect from taxpayers. Schools must connect with the community where they are located in ways that go beyond math, science and reading. Flint, Michigan at one time was the envy of America in having developed and funded concept…
May 4, 2020
Old Time Baseball News' Publisher Shares Stories of Baseball's Greatest Players
Flint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major l…
May 1, 2020
Singer/Songwriter Rachel Cole: Flint Roots
Rachel Cole is a Nashville, Tennessee musician with Flint roots. Rachel has a singing style that is best described as Nashville soul with Americana roots. She is a remarkable singer/songwriter whose passion fills every ballad. Her song Rugged Road is a wonderfully done tune, the kind you cannot get…
April 30, 2020
My Paper Route
Arthur shares a few thoughts on one of his first jobs, delivering the Flint Journal. It was one of the most important jobs he ever held.. Paper routes can teach teenagers everything they need to know about politics. Unfortunately, paperboys and papergirls were replaced by technology. There is o…
April 30, 2020
Education Matters: Criminal Justice & Community
Professor Avon Burns, of C.S. Mott Community College, spent a career training people to become cops, lawyers and probation officers. She worked to bridge the gap between the community and the police. In the age of outrage about police misconduct she has suggestions for communities like Flint. Michi…
April 28, 2020
Harrowing Rescue of Orphan Babies, a plane Crash and a Flint Hero, Phillip Wise
In spring of 1975, the US government decided to save as many orphans as possible during the tumultuous fall of Saigon in the last days of the Vietnam War. On April 4, an aircraft lifted off the ground with hundreds of babies and young children crowded into its upper and lower decks, attended to by …
April 26, 2020
Children Start Your Engines: Flint's Safetyville
Safetyville, Flint Michigan has a very special place in the hearts of a lot of boomers. STOP-LOOK-LISTEN remember that lesson? Many Flint baby boomers received their first drivers license at Safetyville in Flint. It was located at Kearsley Park. The powered cars were actually vintage replicas of th…
April 24, 2020
A Champion for the Poor of a Poisoned American City
Rev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions,…
April 12, 2020
Memphis Music with Flint Roots: Mark Parsell the Promoter
Mark Parsell operates South Main Studio, a Memphis, Tennessee recording studio. The studio attracts recording artists from across the globe. He is also known as the "Mayor" of South Main. After 27 years as a sales and advertising executive, Mark entered the music business with the promoters flair…