Radio Free Flint Podcast

About Radio Free Flint Podcast

The Mitten Channel is a Michigan podcast and media network created by former Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch. We produce original programs that blend legal expertise, investigative storytelling, and deep Michigan history — including true crime analysis, environmental investigations, employee rights, and rich biographies rooted in Flint’s working-class culture. Our mission is to preserve Michigan stories, examine the systems that shape our communities, and give voice to the people who define our industrial past and future. Mitten Channel Podcast Shows: Radio Free Flint, Flint Justice, The Mitten Works, Mitten Environmental and The Mitten Biography Project To listen to full audio podcast interviews visit https://www.radiofreeflint.media Radio Free Flint is a production of the Mitten Channel where you can find podcast shows Mitten Environmental, Flint Justice, The Mitten Works.

Publisher

The Mitten Channel

Category

history · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2020

Latest episode

10 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

133 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Mar 2026

   How A Flint Attorney Helped Strike Down Virginia’s Poll Tax And Changed American Voting Rights

   A Flint lawyer helped end a Jim Crow relic—and the hometown paper barely noticed. We sit down with Robert Steiger, a retired civil rights attorney whose argument before the Warren Court contributed to striking down Virginia’s poll tax. From Detroit roots and Michigan training to a chance move to Flint, Bob’s journey shows how a small, principled firm can punch far above its weight. He recalls colleagues who marched in Mississippi, the chill of the McCarthy era, and the National Lawyers Guild ...

2. 

   19 Feb 2026

   Cold Case: How AFIS And DNA Unmasked A Hidden Killer

   Margarette Eby was murdered in 1986. In an investigation led by Genesee County (MI) Prosecutor Arthur Busch and the Michigan State Police, two cold case rape-murders were solved using the most advance forensic science available. Key details regarding the case: Date: She was found on November 9, 1986, having last been seen on November 7, 1986.Location: She was murdered in her home at the Mott family estate in Flint, Michigan.Perpetrator: Jeffrey Gorton, a sprinkler system installer who worked ...

3. 

   15 Feb 2026

   John Prine’s America, Hymns for the Working Class

   A vanished hometown. A son who came back different. An elder on a quiet porch waiting for someone to say hello. We follow John Prine’s trail from Maywood, Illinois, to the coal seams of western Kentucky and the factory streets of Michigan, mapping how his songs became a living record of America’s working‑class migration. We start with the family story: parents who left Muhlenberg County for steadier pay, weekend drives back down the Green River, and the language that knit southern memory to n...

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