Kalloli Bhatt

Michigan Public's Steve Carmody recaps the station's Costa Rica trip.

Michigan Public's Kate Wells discusses her recent reporting on the financial pressures faced by some Planned Parenthood clinics.

We revisit a conversation with activist Herb Boyd, plus two scholars with reflections on Malcolm X's life and legacy.

Josh Schaeding serves up some burgers and local history at the Maple Grille.

We visit Space Dive, an annual, two weekend Star Wars celebration.

Students at East Kentwood High School interviewed their family members about their immigration stories in a project marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. They will be sharing those stories this week at events celebrating West Michigan's Vietnamese American community.

We talk to Raul Alvarez about Unfiltered, a new storytelling event in Grand Rapids.

Daria Burke talks about her new book, Of My Own Making: A Memoir.

West Michigan author and preacher Jeff Chu took the long way to the seminary. And once he got there, faith led him farther than he expected back out into the world. It all started with a compost pile on the seminary farm. We talked to Chu about his new memoir—titled Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand.

Ecorse, about 15 minutes south of Detroit, is facing major financial challenges. The city could run out of cash by the end of this month. On this episode, we hear how Ecorse ended up here — and its options for digging itself back out.