Anna Spidel
Stateside Assistant ProducerAnna joined Stateside as an assistant producer in August 2021. She is a recent graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism and previously worked for The State News as an intern and student government reporter. In her free time, she loves camping, finding new restaurants to enjoy, and spending time on Michigan's beautiful beaches. She has a passion for reporting on health, housing, criminal justice, and the environment. As a longtime listener of Michigan Radio, Anna is delighted to be working with Stateside.
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In Oak Park, Michigan, independent bookstore The Book Beat is gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Stateside spoke with owners Cary Loren and Colleen Kammer about their long-running success. -
Oudolf Garden Detroit recently opened to the public on Belle Isle, and it's a wonderland of natural landscape. Landscape architect Piet Oudolf was behind the project, and Stateside caught up with him on his first visit to the finished garden. -
Detroit artist Scott Hocking showed us around the city that in many ways is his studio. He's a specialist in creating beauty in the spaces most people have left behind, but his latest installation is much more public facing: in front of the Huntington Place convention center downtown. -
In Michigan and across the United States, inmates and their families face high costs associated with incarceration. In Washtenaw County, Sheriff Jerry Clayton is working to reduce those costs. -
This week, Detroit singer and songwriter Lamont Dozier passed away at age 81. Dozier helped write and produce countless Motown hit records during his career, making him a major part of Motown history and culture. -
Every year, the Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival draws in visitors looking for a family-friendly living history experience. This year, the festival held its first-ever LGBTQ+ pride festival and renaissance festival mashup event, "Pride is in the Faire". -
In the 1950s, a thriving Black neighborhood in Detroit was demolished under the guise of urban renewal. More than 60 years later, the new musical Hastings Street sets out to tell the story of the Black Bottom neighborhood and its people. -
A new omicron subvariant of COVID-19 has been detected in Michigan, and it's still unclear what threats it may pose in the state. On today's episode, chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian joined to give the inside scoop. -
The Reproductive Freedom for All campaign delivered a record-setting 753,759 signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State. This is one of the final steps of a ballot initiative that aims to make abortion a constitutional right in Michigan. -
Journalists covering state politics broke down Michigan's newly approved state budget—and what the $76 billion plan means for the average Michigander.
