April Baer
Host, StatesideApril Baer is the host of Michigan Public’s Stateside talk show.
Prior to her arrival in Michigan, April was the host of the weekly show State of Wonder on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) for the past six years. Before that, she was the Morning Edition host and a reporter at OPB, covering beats including government and legal affairs, changing demographics and the arts.
Hosting Stateside brings April back to her Midwest roots. She is originally from Ohio and worked as the Morning Edition host and Public Affairs Director at WCPN Ideastream (Cleveland) and WYSO (Yellow Springs). Her husband Ryan grew up in Ann Arbor, and she has spent time in the state every year for the past 13 years, visiting places from Detroit to Marquette.
April has been the recipient of a number of awards including the 2006 New York Festivals – Bronze Medal for podcast; The Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Best Social Justice Reporting Award; and a Finalist in the 2007 Public Radio Talent Quest, a nationwide competition to select new public radio hosts and shows.
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Democrat Sean McCann beat Republican incumbent Bill Huizenga in Michigan’s 4th District, covering Allegan, Van Buren, Kalamazoo and surrounding counties. It's the first time the area has been represented by a Democrat since 1933. -
In her new book, Eastern Michigan University Professor Mary-Elizabeth Murphy chronicles how bus companies treated Black women traveling across state lines as second-class citizens. -
Joseph McClusky will represent the 86th District of the Michigan State House after unseating Republican incumbent Nancy DeBoer in the midterms. -
An evolving Michigan women's basketball team under coach Kim Barnes Arico shows defiance in a win over one of the nation’s best. -
Now that the blow-up between the Detroit Red Wings and star center Dylan Larkin has gone nuclear, how can the team try to salvage the trade nobody wanted? -
Michigan is just about the swingiest, most purple state you can find. And it's been this way for about 100 years. Why is that? -
Where Michigan's 2026 attorney general candidates stand on key issues including data centers, utility rates, lawsuits against the federal government and the powers of the office. -
In November, Michigan voters will choose a new Attorney General. Doug Lloyd is the Republican Party nominee. -
At Grand Rapids Public Schools, Amy Westcott has made it her mission to create the district’s first dedicated library centered on Native American histories and lived experiences. -
John Coltrane’s deepest tie to Detroit is his marriage in 1965 to multi-instrumentalist, composer, spiritual seeker, and Detroiter Alice Coltrane (née McLeod).
