College football contracts from the lens of Michigan State University.
Guest: Ian Kress, sports director at WLNS
Background reading: Will college football’s revenue-sharing era usher bloated coaching contracts out of style? (https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6717969/2025/10/15/college-football-revenue-sharing-coach-buyouts/)
Photo: Jose Juarez/AP
12 Dec 2025
A new era for Cereal City
Battle Creek faces an uncertain future after Kellogg was bought by an Italian chocolate maker.
Guest: Julie Mack, reporter
Background reading: Cereal City no more? Battle Creek considers its future in post-Kellogg era (https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/11/cereal-city-no-more-battle-creek-considers-its-future-in-post-kellogg-era.html)
Photo: Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images
11 Dec 2025
Make America Vaccinated? Again
A conversation with Michigan's chief medical executive, Natasha Bagdasarian.
Guest: Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive at the State of Michigan
Background reading: Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most Newborns (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/health/kennedy-vaccine-committee-vote-hepatitisb.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.bbkl.3FqQk9G38EJe&smid=url-share)
Photo: Mariam Zuhaib/AP
10 Dec 2025
Learning after COVID-19
COVID-19 was tough. How are kids doing?
Guests: Tara Kilbride, associate director at EPIC inside Michigan State University; Carlie Rockwell, a middle school teacher from Cadillac
Read: EPIC Benchmark Report (https://epicedpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/EPIC-Benchmark-Report-Nov2025.pdf)
Photo: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
9 Dec 2025
The "good guy" data center
A data center was proposed, and then collapsed, in northern Michigan. It's a bit different.Guest: Sheri McWhirter, climate reporter at MLive
Read: Data center idea sparks heated debate in northern Michigan (https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/11/data-center-idea-sparks-heated-debate-in-northern-michigan-community.html)
Photo: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
8 Dec 2025
Climate Apocalypse
The climate summit ended this year without U.S. involvement, but is that a good thing?
Guest: Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University
Background reading: Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/3-ideas-combat-climate-change-cop-30-un)
Photo: Edmar Barros for the Associated Press
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