Stateside Daily Archive

How about those Detroit football Lions? My goodness they're good. GUEST: John Niyo , sports columnist, Detroit News Looking for more conversations from Stateside ? Right this way . If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Detroit poet Brittany Rogers recently published a new collection of poetry titled Good Dress. The book is a a non-traditional coming-of-age story exploring Black womanhood. Rogers sat down with Stateside to talk about the influence of the women who raised her on her work and how audacity has become a guiding light for her in a chaotic world.  GUEST:  Brittany Rogers, Detroit-based poet  Looking fo...

Andrea Bitely previously served as the spokesperson for former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. She joined  Stateside to discuss a the past and the future of the GOP, the benefits of a divided government, and the challenges of being a moderate or independent voter. GUEST: Andrea Bitely , founder of Bitely Communications, former spokesperson for former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuett...

The core constituency of the Democratic Party is arguably African Americans - a voting bloc that consistently votes in eye-popping percentages in favor of Democrats. But this time around Donald Trump was able to win over just enough Black voters to make a difference, and Kamala Harris - the first Black woman at the top of a major party ticket - lost. What, if anything, should be learned by the Dem...

Michigan’s House of Representatives has flipped from Democratic to Republican control. The state Senate, which was not up for reelection, still has a Democrat majority. And Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is still governor. All this means we’re heading into an interesting era of divided government. We talked to State Rep. Bill G. Schuette, a young state House representative from Midland, ab...

Nearly all of the votes have been counted here in Michigan. And we’re beginning to see a picture painted of how votes shifted and changed from 2020 and 2016. Today we look at the data. GUEST: Adam Rayes , data journalist, Michigan Public   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The team with It's Just Politics - Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta - join April Baer to talk about election results for Michigan's Congressional, Legislative, and Supreme Court positions.  GUEST: Zoe Clark, host, It's Just Politics Rick Pluta, host, It's Just Politics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the surprises from Michigan's election night results that helped deliver a decisive victory to Donald Trump as president-elect. GUEST: Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, associate research scientist and research director at the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy at University of Michigan  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Researcher Eric Gonzales Juenke studies how non-white candidates are perceived by voters in majority-white districts. He joined Stateside to share his findings, and how they may play out in a presidential election.  GUEST: Eric Gonzales Juenke , Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Chicano/Latino Studies Program in the College of Social Science.  Looking for more conv...

Most of us don’t think about the voting process, or election administration, until it’s actually time for us to drop off our ballot. That season becomes prime time for folks circulating misinformation to do their worst. But one non-profit, non-partisan news source in Michigan spends all year reporting on the truth about democratic processes. We talk to a VoteBeat reporter about how to sort facts a...

Stateside checks in with two Michigan clerks as their offices run full steam ahead in administering November's election.  GUESTS ON TODAY’S SHOW: Lawrence Kestenbaum , Washtenaw County Clerk Tony Forlini , Macomb County Clerk Looking for more conversations from Stateside ? Right this way . If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Session...

On this edition of the Stateside Podcast, we introduce you Trash the Clown. She's a Michigan clown whose mission is to keep Port Huron clean and improve the world with one small action at a time. GUEST ON THIS EPISODE: Trash the Clown See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Communities from Southwest Detroit to Oakland County, Grand Rapids and Saginaw are full of Latino voters also making up their minds about voting.  And it’s crazy because while one of the presidential candidates has been talking nonstop about one narrow slice of the Latino population… there’s a lot we’re not talking about with this community’s issues and interests.  GUEST: Cindy Gamboa is the execu...

The “Hey, We Need to Talk!” Common Sense Diner brings together a small group of people from diverse backgrounds for a free meal and guided conversation led by artist and social connector Philippa Pham Hughes. Folks from all walks of life and of all political backgrounds are invited to apply for the experience. Hughes joined Stateside to talk about the project, and about her experience dining with...

This is a re-pod from one of our favorite Halloween convos: a visit to the spooktacular Thrift Witch of Old Town Lansing. This episode originally published 10/31/2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julianna Sanromán's paintings have an ethereal, otherworldly feel to it. But their subject matter is rooted in something deeply real and personal: the pain of family deportation. We talked to the Detroit artist about the hard realities of growing up divided between two worlds--and how her paintings are shaped by the longing to remember moments of family togetherness. GUEST:  Julianna Sanromán, Det...

Author and illustrator Supriya Kelkar has two books that hit the shelves this year: Kamala Raised Her Hand , a picture book biography about the Vice President, as well as And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance. Today, Kelkar talks about her creative process, writing and illustrating for young readers, and celebrating South Asian culture through books.  GUEST ON THIS...

In some ways, the November election has already begun, with hundreds of thousands of voters in Michigan having already turned in their absentee ballots, and many others voting early. Justin Roebuck, Ottawa County's clerk, joined Stateside to give some insight into how ballot access has changed things in his corner of the state. Michigan Public also followed one absentee ballot's journey through th...

For decades, Ohio was a bellwether state, whose presidential pick signaled who would come out on top nationally. That was true from 1964 until 2020, when Ohio voters picked Donald Trump, but Joe Biden won the presidency.  Journalists Casey He and Ryan Konarska tracked the changes in the state's political character, from being a national bellwether to consistently voting reliably red in the elector...

Polling for the presidential election is incredible tight in Michigan. That means both the Democratic and Republican parties are vying for voters in the slimmest of margins. It appears both major party candidates think the place to make inroads is with Black men in Detroit. GUEST: Sam Robinson , reporter, Detroit Free Press See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many Michigan communities hurting badly right now. What can you say about what this year has been like, for people who have family, and friends in Lebanon, or Gaza, or Israel? Bilal Beydoun lives in Dearborn - the town where he grew up. And he’s one of about 82,000 Lebanese Americans who live in Michigan, many of whom still have ties to Lebanon. Today, he shares his personal story and pe...

On today's episode, we sat down with Mara Cecelia Ostfeld, an associate research scientist and the research director at the University of Michigan's Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School of Public Policy. Mara helped us better recognize the attitudes of Michiganders across the Detroit Metro area relative to immigration. Ostfeld and other researchers focused their survey on Detroit, Flint, G...

Meredith Kennedy- Fisher is the executive director of Miigwech, Inc., an organization that aims to increase voting among tribal citizens this election year. She talked with host April Baer about what tribal voters care about in the upcoming election, some barriers for members who really want to vote, and a guide for every tribal ID that exists in Michigan. Kennedy-Fischer says people don't realize...

Hadassah GreenSky is an artist, activist, and musician. She is also the organizer of the Vibes with the Tribes, an annual Native American and cultural festival held in Detroit since 2020. You may know her from a viral photo of her and a few fellow dancers in front of the former Christopher Columbus statue in Detroit. Another one of her projects is a documentary, referred to as The Red Ghetto , whi...

People have been immigrating to Michigan from Arab countries for more than 100 years. And they've been involved in politics and community building just as long. So, how does that history inform this present moment in American politics as news of recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon reach an Arab and Muslim American electorate already mobilized for Gaza? We talked to Hani Bawardi, associate professor...