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Detroit-based audio storyteller Zak Rosen shares the best of his podcast, The Best Advice Show, and ask Stateside producer Laura Weber Davis for her own advice.

Finishing off the week, we heard about the history of gay marriage policy in Michigan, before moving onto a conversation with local bookstore owners about books to give as gifts this holiday season.

On today's show, we talked about Michigan's status as a climate haven — and why we've already seen an influx of new residents because of it. Then, a conversation with a comedian on how stand-up helped him process some of the darkest times of his life. Plus, we sat in on an evening of indigenous and traditional music from the southern Philippines in Ann Arbor. And our friends from Cheers! signed off with a holiday cocktail recipe.

Today, we relistened to three conversations about the arts in southeast Michigan. One was with a landscape designer whose work is on Belle Isle; another with a quilting artist from Ann Arbor; and the last with a Detroit-based sculptor.

On today's podcast, we talked with a reporter and a library law consultant to discuss an increase in attempts to ban certain books in Michigan public libraries.

On today's show, we took a look at Michigan's third-grade reading law, and how it's disproportionately holding back Black and low-income students. Then, an update on new development plans for the area surrounding Little Caesars Arena. We ended on a conversation with newly-appointed judge Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, the first Native person to serve on Michigan's Court of Appeals.

As the year comes to an end, Michigan hospitals are dealing with a surge of viral illnesses. Today, we spoke with a specialist about the factors behind this.

As we roll into the height of flu season, we heard about ways to prevent yourself from getting sick. Then we traveled north to hear from our friends at Interlochen Public Radio. Then we took a look at the United Auto Workers elections. Finally, we briefly revisited the Sparrow acquisition by Michigan Medicine.

On this episode of the podcast we hear from Kerry Heckman of the Department of Natural Resources on how the DNR handles wildfires and what you can do to help prevent them.

Slate podcast producer Cheyna Roth and her husband joyously welcomed their first child after using in-vitro fertilization. But no one prepared them for the possibility that the treatment might not work again. After nearly a decade of isolating, unsuccessful attempts, Roth connected with other women experiencing the same thing, and she channeled their stories into an award-winning podcast episode.