Rachel Ishikawa
Podcast ProducerRachel Ishikawa joined Michigan Public in 2020 as a podcast producer. She produced Kids These Days, a limited-run series that launched in the summer of 2020.
Prior to Michigan Public, Rachel spent three years producing audio in Philadelphia. In addition to her work on the Peabody-nominated The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, she was the Social Practice Lab Artist-in-Residence at Asian Arts Initiative. There she collaborated with young people to develop an online audio sequencer that sampled sounds from the rapidly redeveloping Chinatown North Neighborhood. Her radio features range from topics of healthcare to skin stigmas to bioacoustics.
An avid biker, she’s always seeking the best route.
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Jane Austen wrote stories for the ages. Her novels are the playbook for a certain genre of self-empowered women characters. Writer A.H. Kim is a latecomer to the club. -
Jamon Jordan, Detroit's official historian, explains what made the grand reopening of Michigan Central Station such a big deal. -
Longtime Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow is preparing for her retirement taking place later this year. Which means there's an open seat up for grabs. -
There are three confirmed human cases of H5N1. Two of them were found in Michigan. -
The renovated Michigan Central Station is now open. The once abandoned building is a relic of an economic "boom" era in Detroit. -
Alma Cooper is Miss Michigan USA 2024. Here's what she wans to accomplish this year. -
Hamtramck Disneyland is a folk art installation that's been around for more than 30 years. Meet some of the artists keeping it going. -
Michaela Ayers is a doer of many things. She’s an artist, facilitator, and historian. But she says that her life’s work is a particular project: Black Her Stories. -
Cyber attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems have been ramping up in recent years. So how should institutions (and you) prepare for an attack? -
On Tuesday morning, police shut down the encampment on the University of Michigan campus. Protesters want the school to divest from companies tied to the Israeli military.
