Here we go again.
The backhoe has been working away in a Michigan field surrounded by news trucks, satellite trucks and the breathless attention of local, national, and even overseas reporters.
It's yet another search for Jimmy Hoffa.
Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of the Teamster president this week, bringing heavy excavation equipment to a field in Oakland Township, north of Detroit.
This time, the tip comes from an aging reputed Mafia captain.
Mr. Hoffa was supposed to be meeting with a New Jersey teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia boss when he vanished in the summer of 1975 from a Detroit-area restaurant.
So 38 years later, why does anyone still care about where Jimmy Hoffa's body is buried?
Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry joined us today in the studio.
Listen to the full interview above.
