© 2025 MICHIGAN PUBLIC
91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids 91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 Flint
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Stateside: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025

Ways To Subscribe

Today, a legal scholar’s perspective on the ways public officials have reacted to political speech after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

Then, Jacinda Townsend on her new novel contemplating the ripple effect of police violence against Black families.

Plus, a rock duo from Traverse City celebrates the release of their latest work, with lyrics born of pandemic-era isolation.

GUESTS ON TODAY'S SHOW:

  • Nancy Costello, clinical professor of law at MSU and Director of their First Amendment Clinic
  • Jacinda Townsend, author and assistant professor of Literary Arts at Brown University
  • Jessie Bobenmoyer & Niki Ryland, musicians, Hail Your Highness

Stateside is produced daily by a dedicated group of producers and production assistants. Listen daily, on-air, at 3 and 8 p.m., or subscribe to the daily podcast wherever you like to listen.