Erin Allen
Producer, StatesideErin Allen comes to Michigan Radio as a new producer for the station’s Stateside show. She is an experienced communicator driven by her curiosity about stories of people.
Since 2019, Erin has been the executive producer of the Detroit Podcast Festival which focuses on amplifying the stories and voices of Detroit. She also co-curates Radio Campfire, a live listening event series featuring creative audio stories of all kinds. Erin has worked as a content producer at WDET public radio and has experience in radio and podcast production, as well as event organizing, managing and coordinating.
She holds a BA in psychology from Grand Valley State University.
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UM professor of psychology and linguistics, Julie Boland, shares her research on Zoom fatigue, plus strategies to avoid it. -
A former Michigan House speaker, Republican Lee Chatfield, is being investigated by state and regional police. His sister-in-law has accused him of sexual assault, starting when she was in her mid teens. -
Jamon Jordan is an educator and a historian, and has been telling Detroit's story for a long time. Now the city has named him its own official City Historian. -
Michigan football is set to take on Georgia for the first time in over 50 years. Journalist and documentarian Buddy Moorehouse takes us through the dark history between the two teams, which dates back as far as 1934. -
The suspect in the deadly Oxford High School shooting is 15 years old, but he will stand trial as an adult. What happens when children are charged for crimes as adults? A juvenile defense attorney explains. -
Homeownership has long been a ticket to building intergenerational wealth. But for many Black families, it’s more complicated. -
In the wake of the Oxford shooting, two members of the Michigan House of Representatives — from different sides of the aisle — share their views on Michigan’s gun laws. -
In the wake of Tuesday's fatal shooting at Oxford High School, many distraught Michiganders are desperate for answers. A former school superintendent talks about managing community mental health response, and an expert weighs in on why these shootings happen. -
Michigan is on pace to top the national record for COVID hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. And Kent County may not have as many cases as, say, Oakland or Wayne County. But per capita, it is not far behind. -
With recent COVID surges in the state, parents are uncertain about the future and school districts are grasping for solutions. We catch up with two Michigan parents, Arlyssa Heard and Caitlyn Perry Dial, about their children's experiences in school this year.
