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First, more on environment-friendly changes recently made to animal farm waste disposal laws. Then, we heard about the escalation of demonstrations led by two different conservative political candidates outside of a Dearborn city council meeting.

We learned about what food prices can tell us about the economy, sustainable products for curly hair, and a fatal car accident involving a Ford test vehicle that is still unresolved a year later.

First, with government subsidies hanging on a balance, some Michiganders are worried about affording health insurance; we found out more. Then, Michigan author Angeline Boulley spoke with us about her third novel, set in a fictional tribal community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Also, Michigan Public's On Hand looked into the history of The Game and the long term college rivalry behind it.

We learned about the increase in measles cases in Windsor, an invasive species from the Great Lakes wreaking havoc in Japan, what’s behind the “muck” in Lake St. Clair, how wealth inequality destabilizes the world, and indigenous traditions for harvesting wild rice in Michigan.

We discussed Rx Kids coming to Wayne County, a Detroit high school that provides bikes for its students, how cyanotype printing changed how one writer sees her photographs,and a new jazz record of an old live WUOM performance from Griot Galaxy.

First, more on Michigan State University pausing admissions to 27 graduate programs. Then, a journalist for the Detroit Free Press spoke about Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's first public remarks since President Trump attempted to fire her from the Board of Governors.

This show features conversations about conserving the Huron River Watershed in a time of flux, surviving a plane ejection at 695 miles per hour, and a new book about how Black Americans have expressed the psychological scars of slavery.

First, some clarifications on food aid during the government shutdown, followed by one Michigander SNAP recipient's story. Then, a survivor of a fishing boat's capsizing, caused by the same storm which sunk the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, shares his memory of that day. Plus, Michigan Public's On Hand featured a listener's tale of a supernatural encounter.

Changes to Medicaid and rising insurance premiums could major have ripple effects for Michigan's health care providers — and their patients. Meanwhile, food pantries are seeing an influx in people as the timeline for November's SNAP benefits remains murky. And, a remembrance of West Michigan football star Marshawn Kneeland, who died this week at the age of 24.

This episode included segments about SNAP recipients struggling with the pause on benefits, the economic impact of Michigan’s 12 federally recognized Indigenous tribes, vaccine research from Henry Ford Health, and the historic election of Mary Sheffield as mayor of Detroit.