Today on Stateside, what the national opioid settlement could mean for Michigan. Also, the founding of Detroit’s long-lived and well-loved Black LGBTQ Pride event, Hotter Than July. Plus, Matthew Milia’s new record, delivers lovely, if angsty odes to summer in Keego Harbor.
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Listen to the full show above or find individual interviews below.
How a negotiated settlement with four health care giants over opioid abuse could affect Michigan
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Stateside's conversation with Dana Nessel.
- Dana Nessel is Michigan’s Attorney General.
Pride despite pandemic, LGBT Detroit’s decades old “Hotter than July” event returns
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Stateside’s conversation with Curtis Lipscomb, Jerron Totten, and Robert Tate.
- Curtis Lipscomb is the founder and Executive Director of LGBT Detroit
- Jerron Totten is LGBT Detroit’s Social Outreach Coordinator and Legislative Advocacy Specialist.
- Robert Tate is an honoree at this year’s event and a lifelong Detroit activist and resident.
If yacht rock came from a pontoon boat: Matthew Milia’s album Keego Harbor
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Stateside's conversation with Matthew Milia.
- Matthew Milia is a singer-songwriter and Michigan native.
Bird enthusiasts flock to Saline to see tropical tourist
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Stateside's conversation with Pamela Rasmussen.
- Pamela Rasmussen is an Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University and an Assistant Curator at the MSU Museum.
