Lucas Polack
Stateside Assistant ProducerLucas is a senior at Michigan State University studying professional and public writing. He has previously worked as a co-director of editing for VIM, an MSU fashion magazine. An aspiring music journalist, Lucas dreams of getting paid to go to concerts. He is also a screenwriter. When he’s not working, he can be found walking around aimlessly, listening to either punk rock or Kacey Musgraves.
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Photographers John Hanson and Joey Schultz travelled across all 50 states to take portraits of grandmothers and archive their wisdom in the new book, Grandmothers of America. -
U of M chemist Anne McNeil talks environmental cleanup and finding a new purpose for polymers used in diapers through upcycling — and cleaning, of course. -
A Grand Rapids police officer shot and killed a Black man named Patrick Lyoya in a routine traffic stop. The Grand Rapids police chief says to his knowledge, the only weapons recovered at the scene were the officer's taser and firearm. Officials have released footage of the killing, but not the name of the police officer who pulled the trigger. -
On Detroit's first full-capacity Opening Day since the pandemic, the Tigers gave fans a win to remember. -
Guitarist and founding MC5 member Wayne Kramer talks rekindling the legendary Detroit band's fire ahead of upcoming tour and album. -
As nice as it’s been having a break from COVID, the virus is not gone. So, where does that leave us? On today's episode, we hear from an epidemiologist about adapting to a virus that’s here to stay. -
Octavia Butler's 1993 book, Parable of the Sower draws readers into a 2024 America ripped apart by poverty, corporate greed, and climate calamity — as a teenage girl leads a rag-tag group of followers through a scary world. Two of Butler's most famous fans, Toshi Reagon and her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon have adapted Parable of the Sower into an opera, premiering in Michigan this weekend. -
Irina Bondarenko, a Ukrainian American in Ann Arbor, talked to us about staying in contact with loved ones stuck in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. -
After closing its doors in 2013, The Lewis College of Business in Detroit is being resurrected by Designer Brands Inc., which invested $2 million into reopening the school. -
Ukrainians woke up to the sound of explosions today as Russian forces launched an attack on the capital city Kyiv. Today, you’re going to hear from two Michiganders with close ties to both Ukraine and Russia. And we'll dig into the stakes of the conflict unfolding between the two countries.
