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On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty talks about men’s health and how men’s mental health has long gone unaddressed and what communities can do to address it with Michigan State University Researcher Gabriel Johnson. 

On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info editors Anna Liz Nichols and Lucas Day go over the timeline of events that led the City of East Lansing to part ways with City Manager Robert Belleman after a city employee accused him of sexual harassment and abusive workplace behavior.

In honor of Pride Month, East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty talks to Tim Retzloff who teaches history and LGBTQ studies at Michigan State University. On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider the conversations surrounds the city’s relationship with its LGBTQ+ residents, outlining the feelings of otherness from university students in the LGBTQ+ community and how that history impact...

Amid a series of controversies and questions surrounding transparency and accountability in the City of East Lansing, former East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens talks with East Lansing Info Managing Editor Lucas Day about the importance of proper communication with residents.

East Lansing is facing mounting tensions on multiple fronts as city leaders and residents demand accountability. In this episode of East Lansing Insider editors from East Lansing Info break down top news stories. One story revolves around the East Lansing City Council’s decision to place City Manager Robert Belleman on paid administrative leave following allegations of harassment. The other surrou...

Folks at the Michigan State University Surplus Store and Recycling Center have been working to clear out all the items left behind by students on campus for the summer. On this week’s episode of the East Lansing Insider podcast, Operations Coordinator Chris Hewitt talks with East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols about what that endeavor looks like.

East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols and Managing Editor Lucas Day provide a roundup of the most pressing new stories of this past week

Tim Potter of the Michigan State University Bikes Service Center recalls 20 years of repairs and rides on this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider. After two decades of putting members of the MSU and East Lansing community on wheels, Tim shares his plans for retirement this summer with East Lansing Info Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols and discusses the legacy of the service center.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and on this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, Deputy Editor for East Lansing Info Anna Liz Nichols is talking with Executive Director of Small Talk Children’s Advocacy Center Alex Brace about the work the center does in prevention and healing for young people and their families that have experienced abuse.

This week on East Lansing Insider Deputy Editor of East Landing Info Anna Liz Nichols talks with East Lansing Info’s Managing Editor Lucas Day about budget discussions that happened recently during an East Lansing City Council meeting.

East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols and Managing Editor Lucas Day talk about the recent heavy rainfall in East Lansing and the flooding that has occurred. They talk about solutions to flooding problems the city is considering and what residents have been dealing with.

On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks about autism awareness and acceptance with Paul Doher, National Director of Clinical Quality for Acorn Health, which has ABA autism therapy centers in several states including here in the Capital area. 

Conversations about mental health have been on the rise in recent years.  This week on the East Lansing Insider podcast, East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty spoke with Michigan State University student Andelina Storm Grossi who recently published her first book, Sanity in the Storm: Faith, Healing, and Hope for the Anxious Soul.  He also spoke with City Councilmember Kerry Ebersole Sing...

On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks about the widespread impact of the March 12 attack on Temple Israel in Metro Detroit. She is joined by Robyn Hughey and Jonathon Koenigsberg of MSU Hillel in East Lansing who share their perspectives on the incident and offer insight on how communities can respond to incidents of anti semitism.

East Lansing Info’s Managing Editor Lucas Day joins East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols on this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider to talk about recent development proposals in East Lansing and what challenges developers face in the city.

On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols takes a closer look at the rapidly escalating conflict in Iran following recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.  To better understand what this moment means for people here in mid-Michigan, this week’s episode features two local voices with personal and community ties to Iran. Michigan State University...

East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty hosts a special Ramadan episode of East Lansing Insider, talking about the importance of the holy month for East Lansing Muslims.

This week, ELi Managing Editor Lucas Day and Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols continue discussion surrounding camping and loitering bans being considered by East Lansing City Council. The bans have drawn considerable controversy as some residents, researchers and housing advocates say the bans would unfairly target homeless people and perpetuate cycles of poverty.

East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty hosts a special Valentine’s Day episode of East Lansing Insider

This week on East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center Executive Director Khadja Erickson about bans on loitering in parking areas and camping housing advocates are saying would criminalize poverty and ensure individuals remain unhoused.

East Lansing Info Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with the president of the NAACP Lansing Branch Harold A. Pope about Black History Month and the NAACP’s history and how it operates today.

East Lansing is the only remaining Michigan jurisdiction on President Donald Trump’s administration’s list of sanctuary cities the Department of Justice says violates federal immigration laws. This week on East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with staff attorney for ACLU of Michigan Jay Kaplan about the state of immigration enforcement in Michigan in the af...

This week, ELi Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols discusses Michigan’s severe flu season with Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian and the impact of national conversations surrounding vaccines on Michigan’s health care system.

East Lansing Info Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols and Managing Editor Lucas Day talk about the biggest stories of 2025 and what readers can look forward to in 2026.

The holiday season can be a particularly hard time emotionally for those navigating grief. This week, ELi Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks to Kelly Koerner, Program Director of Ele’s Place Place, a healing center in the Capital area aimed at supporting children and families through the death of a loved one.