Today we focused our attention on what it takes to run an auto company, and the future of Michigan’s automakers.
And, we met a real life "Rosie the Riveter." She helped turn out bombers at the Willow Run Bomber Plant nearly 70 years ago.
And, we a got a preview of this year's Traverse City Film Festival, which kicks off this week.
Also, we took a look at what invasive plant species are threatening the Great Lakes and what can be done to stop them.
And, more and more people are doing their shopping on their smart phones. We spoke with a man from Ann Arbor who created an app to help with mobile shopping.
Also, John Fierst with the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University joined us to discuss Michigan In Letters, an online collection of letters that give insight to Michigan’s past.
First on the show, it's been just over a week since Detroit became the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9.
Until now, that unwanted distinction belonged to Stockton, California.
Earlier this year, Bridge Magazine writer Ron French wrote an article about his visit to bankrupt Stockton and Vallejo, a California town that has emerged from bankruptcy.
As Ron puts it, if Stockton is an example of a city just being diagnosed with fiscal "cancer," Vallejo is a community that has finished chemotherapy. And so far nobody seems particularly thrilled with the results.
Ron French joined us today.
