April Van Buren
Stateside ProducerApril Van Buren is a producer for Stateside. She produces interviews for air as well as web and social media content for the show.
Before landing at Michigan Public, April worked as a producer for Current State at WKAR and a reporting intern and producer at WBEZ in Chicago.
April graduated from Harvard University in 2012 with a degree in American History and Literature (aka the most liberal artsy of liberal arts degrees). She is a die-hard 30 Rock fan and once saw Tina Fey do the chicken dance at a party.
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Extreme weather patterns, fruit flies, and decay have impacted Michigan's sweet cherry crop this year. Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking them to declare a federal disaster for the region, which would make emergency funding available for the state's cherry farmers. -
Twice a month Black Tech Saturdays meetups happen at Detroit’s Newlab. Today on Stateside, we meet the co-founder of the group, talk about different startups, and about building community and sharing resources among workers and entrepreneurs. -
Stateside talked with journalist Ben Bradford about his new podcast "Landslide." The series traces the roots of America's current culture war back through the political campaigns of Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford. -
In the wake of an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump last weekend, many people are raising questions about the Secret Service's protocols at the Pennsylvania rally where the shooting occurred. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer's new book, "True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between," is a brief, but insightful look at Whitmer's life and how her experiences have shaped the way she governs. It also sets the stage for a bigger political presence nationally. -
As vote-by-mail ballots start appearing for Michiganders, there’s an ongoing legal dispute about whose interests should carry weight when it comes to drawing legislative districts. Six state Senate districts stand at the center of that debate. -
The longstanding conventional wisdom is that what we call "hillbilly music" originated in Western Europe. But the truth, as many scholars and musicians have been preaching for years now, is that country music is intimately tied into the experience of African Americans. We talked to a music scholar about the often overlooked influence of Black musicians on the country genre. -
A solo exhibit from artist Elizabeth Youngblood is on display now through August 3 at the University of Michigan's Stamps Gallery. It looks back at 40 years of the Detroit artist's work in art and graphic design. -
Quilting might not be the first medium you think of when you think about Afrofuturist art. But a new exhibit at Michigan State University showcases how fiber artists are using the historical art form to imagine a liberatory Black future. -
An emergency medicine doctor at Ascension St. John in Detroit weighs in on the impacts of private equity firms managing local hospital staff.
