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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Slate podcast producer Cheyna Roth and her husband joyously welcomed their first child after using in-vitro fertilization. But no one prepared them for the possibility that the treatment might not work again. After nearly a decade of isolating, unsuccessful attempts, Roth connected with other women experiencing the same thing, and she channeled their stories into an award-winning podcast episode. -
We talked to Detroit chef Mamba Hamissi about his experience winning the Food Network show Chopped. -
Stateside took a trip up north to visit the clones of ancient, old growth trees. -
On Monday evening, three students were fatally shot on MSU's campus. Their names were: Arielle Anderson, Brian Fraser, and Alexandria Verner. -
Michelin star chef Iliana Regan decided to leave behind the buzzing Chicago culinary scene for a quieter life, she found solace in the woods of the Upper Peninsula. -
An investigative reporter with The Athletic told us about the allegations of sexual abuse levied against Zvi Levran, a Southeast Michigan doctor, who worked informally with youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota. -
Phil Lewis of Huff Post joined to talk Tubi and the role Detroit plays for the streaming service. -
There's a lot to think about when you're at the grocery store: your meal plans, your taste, your budget. But what about your plastic bag consumption? -
Leslie King survived 20 years of sex trafficking. Just days before Christmas 2022, Governor Whitmer issued King a pardon. -
A newly elected board of county commissioners in Ottawa County has led to a cascade of changes in the local governance. Not everyone is happy about it.
