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Marketing professor Marcus Collins' new book, "For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be," offers ways to define the amorphous thing we call "culture."

On today's Stateside, an update on the Oxford community as they grapple with the 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. Then, a conversation with the author of "Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance," and the mystery of a biofluorescent mammal.

Today, a conversation with Senator Debbie Stabenow on her recent announcement to retire after her current term. Plus, a an author discusses her debut thriller novel.

Detroiters were on the case this year. Or at least, they were reading about the cases. Mysteries lead this year’s top books at the Detroit Book Library.

In "Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids,” philosophy and law professor Scott Hershovitz documents discussions with his own little philosophers, and offers ways to draw the thinkers out of yours.

Today on Stateside, the effects of a Michigan judge's ruling on minimum wage and paid sick leave. Then, Plowshares Theatre brings back its New Griots Initiative. Also, a new children's book tells the story of mushroom house builder Earl Young. Finally, Republican candidate Garrett Soldano on what he’d do if elected Governor.

Continuing our conversation with Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard about how to respond to an active shooter situation and what can be done to mitigate gun violence. Then a new book explains why Patti Smith Still Matters. To close the show, we share the final chapter of a 25-year-old loon love story.

Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley joined Stateside today and read from her new book The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of…

One of the core elements of your identity is your accent. But we here in the Midwest have a tendency to believe we don't have an accent. Writer Edward…

In 2002, Jonathan Safran Foer made his literary debut with the novel “Everything is Illuminated,” which quickly became a bestseller. His next novel,…