© 2026 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, Feb. 27, 2026

Ways To Subscribe
The Dish with Mercedes Mejia

Today on Stateside, the price of a historic Michigan resource has been a roller coaster ride. Could it lead to a copper mining revival? We talked to a University of Michigan professor about the chances of a new copper boom.

Then, a conversation with the curator of an exhibit exploring how Detroit helped build the comics and gaming culture of today.

We also touched base on a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week over property taxes. And we talked to a Great Lakes shipwreck hunter ahead of Livonia's 44th annual Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival.

GUESTS ON TODAY'S SHOW:

Adam Simon, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan

Billy Wall-Winkel, field curator at the Detroit Historical Society

Rick Brewer, news director at WCMU

Brendon Baillod, Great Lakes historian and president of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association

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.