Category Archives: Radio & Podcast

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007 – 10:09 am

They said it: Dana Johnson, chief economist for used-to-be-Detroit-based Comerica Bank in forecasting modest 1-2% growth for Michigan's economy in 2008. We'll finally have the sense, after four years of a downturn, we're on a rise again. Roy Williams, on the I don't want it, you take it NFC playoff race: Yeah, we’re in this [...]

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Word of the Week: Freighter

November 12, 2007 – 8:15 am

St. Mary's Challenger by midmichphotos
The word of the week is freighter, a familiar sight all along Michigan's shores. If there's one site that you can't miss, it's Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online aka "boatnerd.com". For well over a decade, the site has been chronicling the passage of the vessels of the Great Lakes. It [...]

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George Romney - a "brainwashed" candidate?

November 1, 2007 – 9:18 am

Forty years ago this past September, George Romney sat down with Detroit television host Lou Gordon. Responding to a question about an earlier visit to Vietnam, the Michigan governor said that he "had the greatest brainwashing that anybody can get when they go over to Viet Nam."
The use of that one word changed Romney's life [...]

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Five things you need to know for Thursday, October 18, 2007

October 18, 2007 – 10:24 am

Welcome to the "We don't need costumes to scare you, we're politicians" edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan.
Legislation to Repeal Service Tax Introduced
The Freep reports that although the ink is barely dry on the package that averted a governmental shutdown, legislation was introduced yesterday in the Senate to repeal a key [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Michigan Innovators

October 11, 2007 – 8:18 am

Moon Patrol by powerbooktrance
Each post at Michigan Innovators is a video podcast interview with innovators who can or have had an impact on Michigan's economy. Two professors at the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University, Diana Wong and Bud Gibson, started the site with hopes that it would become a "highly visible repository [...]

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The Center for Michigan asks you to Envision Michigan

October 5, 2007 – 8:42 am

The Center for Michigan invites you to participate in the Envision Michigan Competition. Share what do you love about Michigan, what you want to see changed or your best vision for Michigan's future in photo, essay or video form. Weekly winners get $50 Meijer gift cards, and finalists share more than $30,000 in college scholarships [...]

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West Michigan Whitecaps: Midwest League Champs!

September 17, 2007 – 9:43 am

Untitled by emjsmith
The West Michigan Whitecaps of Grand Rapids, a Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, are the first team to repeat as Midwest League champions in 23 years after an 11-5 victory at Beloit in game five of the Midwest League Championship Series on Saturday. It is the third title in [...]

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Kiters raise questions about shoreline access

August 29, 2007 – 8:03 am

In Kiters Defend Access, IPR News Radio notes that although the Michigan Supreme Court says anyone can walk along the beaches of the Great Lakes below the ordinary high water mark, landowners often take issue with kiteboarders setting up.
Photo: Smile as big as the kite by Andy McFarlane

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Inside Muskegon's Clay Avenue Cellars

August 21, 2007 – 9:52 am

Jason Piasecki's Inside Muskegon podcast - #86 - where does the time go? - features a great interview with Brenda Moore with Clay Avenue Cellars. In addition to profiling a cool winery/gallery in Muskegon, Michigan, the podcast provides a look at an optimistic entrepreneur who took a risk that paid off.
Regarding the building, the Clay [...]

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Mammoth discovery beneath Grand Traverse Bay?

August 15, 2007 – 8:05 am

Holga: Grand Traverse Bay by Matt Callow
Interlochen Public Radio's Tom Kramer has a fascinating interview with underwater archaeologist Dr. Mark Holley. While surveying shipwrecks, Holley may have stumbled upon one of the most significant finds in recent Michigan memory - a discovery that could shed light on a time period known as "the black hole [...]

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