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Happy last day of March! Today, we revisited an education program at the Lakeland Correctional Facility that trains people living on the inside in high-end culinary techniques. The program and its students are the subject of a new, heart wrenching, documentary film.

Today, how Michigan's latest gun safety legislation may be declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, making space for Black culture in Kalamazoo's mostly white bar scene. We also spoke with a western U.P. activist about firearm reforms, and if they'll help prevent suicide in rural Michigan.

Detroit City Council approved more tax incentives for the District Detroit project. A Ypsilanti school teacher and poet talked about her new book of poems for children. How companies are looking to address shortage of skilled laborers. Finally, a discussion with two theater intimacy coordinators.

Today, how new gun safety laws may or may not be enforced throughout the state by county sheriffs. Then, we heard about the recent explosion in compulsive gambling. We also discussed Jemele Hill's recent memoir in preparation for the Michigan Radio Reads book club. Plus, a tip to elevate your cooking from Zak Rosen's Best Advice Show.

Hear about the United Auto Workers presidential election results. Then, one of the stuntwoman for the Black Panther films stopped in. An expert talks about whether vaping products work for quitting cigarettes. And how Michigan outlawed rent controls?

Today, an analysis of the Court of Appeals' decision to send the parents of the shooter at Oxford High School to trial. Then, we get a look at the life of a dog musher in the U.P. We also got some tips about how urban gardens can help support pollinators.

Today, we talked basketball ahead of tonight's Sweet 16 game of Michigan State versus Kansas State. Then, a conversation about how ketamine — a hallucinogenic drug with origins in Detroit — might be used to treat a range of mental health disorders. Plus, a special visit to a Romulus collage artist's studio.

Today, new safety rules for Michigan schools, four years after Oxford. Also, a Michigan perspective on recent big developments in AI. And artist Jarod Lew’s warm, intimate photographs catch facets of family experience and Asian American life.

Wayne County declares an emergency at the county juvenile detention center. A zoo in Grand Rapids looks to help repopulate a midwest butterfly. Finally, learning about Ann Arbor’s hopes to move to municipal power.

Detroit artist Akea Brionne uses a digital loom to create painterly tapestries rooted in the Black experience. Her fresh approach to an age old craft recently earned Brionne accolades, and a $50,000 prize from the Knight Foundation.