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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How Michigan’s pizza industry capitalized on technological leaps and early data mining to become a global powerhouse. -
We had such a great time at the first event for our new book club, Michigan Radio Reads! Here's a recap, plus what we're reading next. -
Stateside takes you inside a Michigan crisis pregnancy center—an organization that hopes to convince women to not have an abortion and carry their pregnancies to term. -
We get the backstory on one of Lansing's staple thrift stores, Thrift Witch, a store that embodies a vintage Halloween vibe throughout the year. -
Wineries are preparing for a busy harvest after a kind summer growing season. -
The Detroit Bus Company is on the rebound from a break in earlier this month after theves stole several catalytic converters. -
A recent investigation released by the U.S. Interior Department detailed the conditions in Native American boarding schools for over a century. Fred Kiogima, a survivor of one such school in Michigan and member of the tribal council for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, recounts his experiences and responds to the federal report. -
John U. Bacon joins Michigan Radio's Morning Edition to talk college football ahead of Michigan State's matchup against Ohio State, and Michigan's contest in Maryland.
