Mercedes Mejia
Senior ProducerMercedes Mejia is a senior producer for Stateside, and has been with the show since it launched in 2012. She also hosts The Dish podcast, which explores Michigan's culinary stories and the people behind them. Her reporting and producing focus on the intersection of arts, culture, and community. Since 2009, Mercedes has worked in various roles, including as producer for All Things Considered with Jenn White, and multi-media producer. She earned her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, with a minor in Latin American Studies, from the University of New Mexico, where she bagan her public radio career as a reporter at KUNM in Albuquerque.
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Gildas' Lake Street Bakery in Boyne City offers a variety of savory and sweet fresh-baked goods, including traditional French crepes made to order. Just don’t ask Gildas to add American cheese. -
A Michelin-star chef serves locally sourced and foraged ingredients at an off-grid bed and breakfast in the Upper Peninsula. -
Three Traverse City chefs pool together their sharp culinary chops to recreate Sichuanese dishes that honor the flavor profiles of Southwestern China. -
Tanya and Wasinade Raphael are the mother-daughter team whose food truck is drawing long lines at powwows across Northern Michigan. -
Kegan Gill narrowly escaped from a fighter jet traveling 695 miles per hour, approaching the speed of sound. He spoke with Stateside about his recovery and the lasting mental and physical effects. -
From elevator tech to pizza visionary: Meet the woman redefining Detroit-style pizza. -
Nina Simone, one of the most arresting voices in 20th century music, is one of those people who are just impossible to capture in one dimension. That’s why scholar and poet Shonda Buchanan blended poetry, memoir, and historical reflection for her book, The Lost Songs of Nina Simone. -
Roundup is widely used on U.S. farms, despite lawsuits, health warnings, and billions in payouts over cancer claims. Circle of Blue Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent Keith Schneider weighs in on the science, politics, and future of glyphosate in Michigan’s agriculture under the Trump administration. -
Rachel Blistein shares how she built an inclusive, non-toxic, and more sustainable hair care brand based in Ypsilanti. -
Josh Schaeding serves up some burgers and local history at the Maple Grille.
