April Baer
Host, StatesideApril Baer is the host of Michigan Public’s Stateside talk show.
Prior to her arrival in Michigan, April was the host of the weekly show State of Wonder on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) for the past six years. Before that, she was the Morning Edition host and a reporter at OPB, covering beats including government and legal affairs, changing demographics and the arts.
Hosting Stateside brings April back to her Midwest roots. She is originally from Ohio and worked as the Morning Edition host and Public Affairs Director at WCPN Ideastream (Cleveland) and WYSO (Yellow Springs). Her husband Ryan grew up in Ann Arbor, and she has spent time in the state every year for the past 13 years, visiting places from Detroit to Marquette.
April has been the recipient of a number of awards including the 2006 New York Festivals – Bronze Medal for podcast; The Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Best Social Justice Reporting Award; and a Finalist in the 2007 Public Radio Talent Quest, a nationwide competition to select new public radio hosts and shows.
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Author Supriya Kelkar talks about her new picture book, about Kamala Harris as a child, and a title that was published in the spring of this year - a chapter book about the diamond industry for middle-grade readers. -
Today, a conversation with Michigan Anishinaabe artist Kelly Church about her new exhibition alongside her daughter, Cherish Parrish. -
Law professor Nick Bagley offers tips on researching who's running for the state's highest court. -
Today, a conversation with Kate Wells about Flint’s groundbreaking child health and welfare program, and the gained interest for a possible Upper Peninsula expansion. -
A conversation about how Donald Trump’s first-term trade war set the stage for the present dispute over manufacturing tariffs. -
A conversation about the arguments against renewable energy projects that are taking place in rural Michigan. -
Yuval Sharon is known for infusing both new and classic operas with fresh relevance. Now, the artistic director of the Detroit Opera is out with a new book that makes the case for opera that speaks to the modern audience. -
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald on this week's Georgia school shooting, the landmark conviction she won against another school shooter’s parents, and the similarities in the two cases. -
Today, a conversation with award-winning poet, editor, and curator Rewa Zeinati, on the release of her new book of poetry, Difficult, and her knack for expressing contradictory truths. -
We explore details of the historic exchange that allowed the U.S. to welcome home Michigander Paul Whelan from a Russian prison.
