April Van Buren
Stateside ProducerApril Van Buren is a producer for Stateside. She produces interviews for air as well as web and social media content for the show.
Before landing at Michigan Public, April worked as a producer for Current State at WKAR and a reporting intern and producer at WBEZ in Chicago.
April graduated from Harvard University in 2012 with a degree in American History and Literature (aka the most liberal artsy of liberal arts degrees). She is a die-hard 30 Rock fan and once saw Tina Fey do the chicken dance at a party.
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A discussion about the odd ducks that call Michigan home during the winter months. -
Voice actor, filmmaker, and Michigander Niigaanii-Animikii Inini Kalvin Hartwig talked to us about his part in the new Anishinaabemowin-dubbed version of Star Wars: A New Hope. -
In today’s podcast, how a regional African American network is serving the community through quilting. -
Steve St. Juliana, alongside families of other victims of the Oxford High School shooting, is calling on the Michigan attorney general to investigate events at the school that preceded the shooting. -
A distillery and Michigan State researcher collaborate to create a new variety of rye for whiskey-making, using rye from an unlikely place: an 1870s shipwreck. -
Stateside producer Michelle Jokisch Polo discusses why Michigan's Latino population supported Donald Trump in last week's election. One big factor: the economy. -
Detroit poet Brittany Rogers talked to Stateside about her recently published collection of poetry — a non-traditional coming-of-age book exploring Black womanhood. -
State House Rep. Bill G. Schuette talked to us about the outcome of Tuesday's election, and the Michigan GOP's plan for working under divided government in Lansing. -
We talk to VoteBeat's Hayley Harding about Michigan’s voter records, and what she expects as votes are counted and certified. -
Detroit artist Julianna Sanromán's paintings have an ethereal, otherworldly feel to it. But their subject matter is rooted in something deeply real and personal: the pain of family deportation. Sanromán's debut solo exhibit is on view through November 9 at Playground Detroit.
