Rachel Ishikawa
Podcast ProducerRachel Ishikawa joined Michigan Public in 2020 as a podcast producer. She produced Kids These Days, a limited-run series that launched in the summer of 2020.
Prior to Michigan Public, Rachel spent three years producing audio in Philadelphia. In addition to her work on the Peabody-nominated The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, she was the Social Practice Lab Artist-in-Residence at Asian Arts Initiative. There she collaborated with young people to develop an online audio sequencer that sampled sounds from the rapidly redeveloping Chinatown North Neighborhood. Her radio features range from topics of healthcare to skin stigmas to bioacoustics.
An avid biker, she’s always seeking the best route.
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Amorphophallus titanum or corpse flower can grow more than eight feet tall. We bring you to one of their rare blooms, which only lasts for a couple of days every year or two.
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A new federal rule ends a decades-long federal practice of classifying Middle Eastern and North African people as white.
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The National Athletic Trainers Association recently came out with a bulletin on how to manage sports related concussions. On this episode, we covered new concussion treatments, the impact of sports, and the mental health side effects of concussions.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations' recently published report documents a surge of discrimination against Muslims.
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Robin Michigiizhigookwe Clark is the first Anishinaabe woman to serve on the Michigan’s Natural Resource Commission.
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Jane Austen wrote stories for the ages. Her novels are the playbook for a certain genre of self-empowered women characters. Writer A.H. Kim is a latecomer to the club.
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April is poetry month! We spoke with Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer and best-selling poet and essayist Ross Gay.
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The Palisades power plant located in Van Buren township closed down in 2022, but there's a new effort to reopen it.
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If you miss it, the next time a total solar eclipse is projected to be visible in the continental United States is not until August of 2044.
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Governor Whitmer discusses the importance of access to mifepristone, an abortion pill, and addresses other questions around reproductive rights.