Category Archives: Radio & Podcast

Rollercoaster Wednesday

January 7, 2009 – 10:45 am

MSU College of Human Medicine by Eridony
Going up
The New York Times reports that in the midst of the darkest economic times Michigan has seen in decades, the University of Michigan is spending billions to grow with nearly three million square feet new buildings for science, medicine, health, art, business, sports, food service and student housing [...]

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Michitwitter for January 2009

January 2, 2009 – 12:48 pm

Here are some news, comments and other stuff from January of 2009.
Photo: You with the camera, enough pictures!! by Daylily18

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Haters Thursday: America vs Detroit, fans vs Lions, Michigan vs the World?

December 11, 2008 – 12:13 pm

snow shovel by Latitude 45
The Ann Arbor Business Review asks where is America's love for Detroit? The answer, it seems, is not in the media:
We know the U.S. auto industry has been working through some issues for some time now, and we realize that Detroit isn't a national symbol for prosperity.
But come on.
The one thing [...]

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Takin' it easy Tuesday

December 9, 2008 – 11:41 am

The photo is Shall We? Let's Shall by photoshoparama and I think that about all I want to add is check out Michitwitter for all kinds of Michigan news nuggets.

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Tossed Together Tuesday: Vanishing newspapers, clueless media, Michigan love and an arkfull of rain

November 25, 2008 – 12:15 pm

Snowball Ready! by Odalaigh
11 AM already?? Who forgot to set the alarm?
Apparently the newspaper biz did, somewhere around 1997. The Center for Michigan's Phil Power writes that while they aren't shedding jobs at quite the pace of the auto industry, Michigan newspapers are having their own problems. As they shrink, he wonders Who will tell [...]

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Michitwitter for December 2008

November 12, 2008 – 5:37 pm

Read a good article or blog post about Michigan? See a cool picture or video?
Scroll down to post your comments about whatever below. Please keep them brief and friendly!
Photo: You with the camera, enough pictures!! by Daylily18

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Deer Diary, it's Monday and there's snow in Michigan

November 10, 2008 – 10:06 am

Better Hide! by reddeviltj
There's a light dusting of snow on the ground, something that no doubt has Michigan's 3/4 of a million deer hunters counting the days until Saturday. Our Opening Day of Michigan deer hunting season post from last year has links to all the details about the November 15-30 firearm deer season.
mLive is [...]

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Electionpalooza Tuesday: The 2008 Election in Michigan

October 28, 2008 – 10:00 am

Guardian Building Flag by paulhitz
Election Day (November 4, 2008) is just a week away. That means that today is probably a good day to focus on the election and how to get informed about the issues and the candidates. We also invite you  to post your comments and thoughts about the candidates and issues below. [...]

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Video Spotlight: Michigan Blues Artist Larry McCray

October 24, 2008 – 12:09 pm

Absolute Michigan correspondent Scott Allman has a passion for the blues and every Sunday works as a DJ hosting one of Michigan's premiere blues shows. Scott has hosted Capitol City Blues Cruise (listen live Sunday nights from 9 p.m. - midnight) in Lansing for almost 20 years and recently had the opportunity to get Michigan's [...]

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Michigan Radio's Northern Arts Series

October 9, 2008 – 8:25 am

Deep Woods Press, photo by Todd Zawistowski
Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra recently took a trip to northern lower Michigan to explore the ties between art & community. One of her stops was Chad Pastotnik's Deep Wood Press studio in Mancelona to learn about the centuries old art of letterpress:
The first you thing you notice about Chad [...]

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