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Stateside: Monday, Aug. 11, 2025

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New details have emerged from a private meeting last week between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump. What does their conversation mean for the president’s tariff plan and Michigan’s automotive industry?

Then, in a story from our friends at Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North, a researcher discovered a microorganism that conducts electricity. And she began to wonder, what would happen if our devices were alive?

Finally, Michigan Public’s own Beenish Ahmed was recently awarded a Kresge Artist Fellowship for her collection of stories, ISLAMERICA, which explores the emotional and political landscapes of Muslim American life in the shadow of history.

GUESTS ON TODAY’S SHOW:

  • Glenn Stevens, Executive Director of Detroit Regional Chamber’s MichAuto 
  • Ellie Katz, Environment Reporter for Interlochen Public Radio
  • Beenish Ahmed, Criminal Justice Reporter for Michigan Public and author of ISLAMERICA
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