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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“The Future,” a new speculative novel by the Montreal-based writer Catherine Leroux, reimagines what Detroit would be like today if the French had never ceded the city to the British in 1760. -
What can AI tell us by using X (formerly Twitter) about public opinions on climate change? -
Listen to Michigan is leveraging political power by casting "uncommitted" votes rather than voting for President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary. -
A new Senate package on water affordability aims to establish a $2 up-charge to all customers’ water bills in order to support households that are at risk of water shutoffs. -
This winter we've had record breaking warm weather. What does this mean for Isle Royale's wolves and moose, and how does it affect the census that tracks them? -
What's going on with Kristina Karamo and the struggle for leadership of Michigan’s Republican Party chair? -
From demands for auto no-fault reform to new gun laws now in effect, there's a lot to catch up on in Michigan legislature. -
Chef Ameneh Marhaba, owner of pop-up kitchen and catering business Little Liberia, is now opening a brick-and-mortar storefront in Midtown, Detroit. -
How has campus security changed one year after the Michigan State University shooting? -
Confections with Convictions is a chocolate shop that does a whole lot more than sell sweets. They employ young people who have been entangled with the justice system.
