- More economists are telling us that the gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing in America. Michigan State University economist Charles Ballard joined us to talk about this.
- Emily St. John Mandel joins us in-studio to talk about her novel Station Eleven, set in post-apocalyptic Northern Michigan. The book has just been selected as the 2015-16 Great Michigan Read.
- Prisons are seeing an increasingly aging population. Steve Friess addresses this growing challenge for Al-Jazeera America with a piece titled Old Age In the Big House.
- Energy use around the globe is expected to go up by more than 50% in the next 25 years. Michigan law mandates a heavier reliance on renewable sources by next year. But some say that's not enough, and they're taking matters into their own hands. Stateside's Emily Fox has more.
