For many of us the Summer Olympics is a quadrennial moment when we can let our inner dilettante really shine. Miraculous overnight experts on the decathlon, swimming, and beach volleyball. And now… add to that list, BMX freestyle.  GUEST: Hannah Roberts, BMX Freestyle Olympian for Team U.S.A. Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Michigan Olympian Launches BMX

Maybe you’ve seen the trailer for the movie Zola. Maybe you read the viral tweet thread that inspired it all. But did you know that the wild story—and the woman who shared it with the world—started out right here in Michigan? On today’s pod, we talk to the real-life Zola about her wild road trip and the film adaptation’s smart takes on sex work, race, and female friendship. GUESTS: A’Ziah “Zola” King, co-writer and executive producer of the film Zola Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zola’s Detroit Roots

Canadians received access to the COVID-19 vaccine later than Americans, yet they’ve surpassed us in vaccination rate as they lean into the science of getting back to normal. With that, the Canadian government announced this week it plans to reopen the border with America at the beginning of August. But even just today the U.S. government announced it will delay that reopening by a couple more weeks to monitor current spikes of the delta variant.  GUESTS: Doug Schmidt, reporter, Windsor Star Amy Miller, part of a Detroit-based family that owns property in Ontario Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planned Reopening of Canadian Border

The COVID-19 Delta variant is ripping its way through the American south. Federal health officials have said this latest surge is a pandemic of the unvaccinated as many counties throughout the nation report low and very low vaccination rates.  GUESTS: Emily Martin, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health Abram Wagner, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated

Metro Detroiters are demanding answers for catastrophic flooding this summer that swamped basements, filled streets, and destroyed property. Yes, climate change is definitely feeding into this. But there’s also a lot to say about Metro Detroit’s water and sewer systems. Today on the pod, we dig into why these systems are failing more often—and who should pay for upgrades to make them more resilient.    GUESTS:  Joey Horan, freelance reporter with Outlier Media You can read Joey’s Planet Detroit piece on Detroit’s drainage fees here. Nick Leonard, executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why Detroit Keeps Flooding

Long COVID. It’s a range of prolonged symptoms after a COVID infection. It can include brain fog, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues  - not to mention anxiety and depression. Today we're talking about another unexpected side effect of Long COVID: high out-of-pocket costs and medical debt.  GUEST: Rachel Ishikawa, Michigan Radio NPR producer Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long COVID Woes

Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of US Olympic team gymnasts and others have led to devastating revelations about sports, institutions, and the value of girls and their truths. Now, a new Department of Justice report has come out, detailing the FBI’s response to tips about Nassar, dating back to 2015. This episode, we speak toMichigan Radio’s Lindsey Smith, co-host of the Peabody-award-winning podcast, Believed, about the report’s findings and implications.   GUESTS: Lindsey Smith, investigative reporter, co-host of Believed podcast, Michigan Radio Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Report: FBI Missteps with Nassar

The auto industry is struggling with supply chain issues and chip shortages resulting in price markups for new and used cars. Today, a look at how we got here, and how consumers are reacting.  GUESTS:  Jamie LaReau, an automotive reporter for the Detroit Free Press Steven A. Melnyk,  professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Michigan State University Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Supply Chain Issues Plaguing Auto industry

Supply Chain Issues Plaguing Auto Industry

Slap! Spray! Scratch! The most biting of topics in Michigan right now is mosquitoes. Yes, there's a boom of bloodsuckers going on in the Great Lakes state.   GUEST:  Bill Stanuszek directs the  Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission   Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes Everywhere!

The U.S. Department of the Interior - under Secretary Deb Haaland - is opening investigations into abuse and inhumanity at hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we explore the legacy of these boarding schools in Michigan, and what’s being done to revive and reteach Anishinaabek language here.   GUESTS: Netawn Kiogima, language specialist at Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians Eric Hemenway, director of archives and records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michigan's Native Boarding Schools

The Covid-19 pandemic was powerful enough to shut down Broadway and devastate performing arts across the country. Now, after a year and a half of virtual theater, countless tribute Zoom concerts, and dozens of staged play readings, theaters across the state are beginning to reopen. Today, we speak with the co-founders of Detroit Public Theatre, who this Saturday, celebrate their new space in Midtown with an in-person production at the Third Avenue Garage.  GUESTS: Sarah Winkler, co-founder and producing artistic director Courtney Burkett, co-founder and producing artistic director Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Detroit Public Theatre on Space and Abundance

Detroit artist Cyrah Dardas has a portfolio of ink, watercolors, print media, cut paper, photography and more. But it could be said that a portion of her practice is people. An educator and organizer, she works with kids in schools, teaching kids to unlock their ideas and give them form. And, in less formal environments, she shows them ways to be who they are, without fear. Alongside her partner, the artist Bakpak Durden, Dardas has co-founded the organization Paper Street Publishing that gives young people space to create and express their identities. Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyrah Dardas’ Meditative Spaces

So much has changed in education for LGBTQ teachers. In some districts in Michigan, it’s now possible to hold a job while being honest about who you love. But in some ways, things haven’t really changed. On today’s pod, we hear from LGBTQ educators. They’re going to tell us about what they see: more acceptance, but also more recognition for the unique help they can provide to a new generation of queer students. GUESTS: Kelly Boston, school librarian in West Michigan Michelle DeYoung-Foster, retired Wayland Middle school science teacher Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teaching While LGBTQ

After much discussion, and pandemic delay, the Tokyo Olympics begin this month. It’s an exciting moment for both athletes and viewers. While the Olympics can be really fun to watch, they’re also a stage in which the discrepancies between global haves and have nots is in plain sight. And the politics of who gets to host the games can tell a story, too. Today, we’ll dig into Detroit’s multiple bids to host the Summer Games, and whether those bids could have changed the course of history for the city.  GUEST: Dr. Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management at the University of Michigan NOTES: Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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