Today, we will discuss what Michigan State University has implemented for public safety following the shooting that occurred two years ago. We'll also explore how to create an elegant dinner for two this Valentine's Day. Then, we'll take a look at a restaurant in Ypsilanti called The Bomber, and gain some advice about feedback.

Southwest Detroit students skipped school as part of a national demonstration, Day Without Immigrants. Then, Windsor's mayor explains the city's changing relationship with Detroit in wake of Trump's tariff increase.

Today, the detrimental impact of tariffs on cross-border trade and supply chains. Then, how an out-of-state firm is using cryptocurrency to sell Detroit real estate. Plus, what can the world's richest man do with government agencies?

Today, a new law was enacted to protect Indigenous students' right to wear cultural regalia during graduation ceremonies. Additionally, we will explain the funding structure for the Three Towers Project in Grand Rapids. Lastly, we will have a conversation with a Michigan native about his role in the Netflix show “American Primeval.”

On today's show, a lawsuit against the University of Michigan is challenging its campus ban for students and community members who participated in protests over the war in Gaza last year. Also, a buzzy new Detroit restaurant serves up Mexico City-inspired fare for the Motor City. And, the iconic Detroit musician J Dilla has a street named in his honor.

When it comes to this year's election coverage, team Stateside is passing the mic. Our new limited-run podcast series What the Vote? is reported by Gen Z, for Gen Z. It’s all about what matters to young people in politics — and why they matter in this election.

Today, a conversation with Kate Wells about Flint’s groundbreaking child health and welfare program, and the gained interest for a possible Upper Peninsula expansion.

The creators behind How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music chat about the book, and the Michigan musicians highlighted throughout.

Michigan’s Lebanese-American community is reeling as violence spreads in the Middle East. The scale of Israel’s exponential escalation of war with Hezbollah in Lebanon is hard to fathom as yet more civilians have been caught in the middle. Journalist Razi Jafri has spent the past many months following the personal and political change happening in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, and Hamtramck - communities in Michigan that have high populations of Arab Americans.

A new book explores the Black American Utopians who, over generations, carved communities and sanctuaries for African Americans where there previous were none.