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Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens brings Biscuits & Banjos, a music festival that features Black musicians on guitars, fiddles and banjos, history, dancing and more, to Durham, N.C.

Exploring a China-connected battery supplier's donation to President Trump, announcer John Mason and his career with the Detroit Pistons, and how African American Hoodoo is being represented in film.

First, remembering Pope Francis and his legacy. Then, why Grand Rapids is eyeing fewer polling places. Plus, we catch up with the University of Michigan's Men's Gymnastics team.

West Michigan author and preacher Jeff Chu took the long way to the seminary. And once he got there, faith led him farther than he expected back out into the world. It all started with a compost pile on the seminary farm. We talked to Chu about his new memoir—titled Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand.

In this edition of Stateside, we discuss the impact of budget cuts on the U.S. Institute for Libraries and Museums. Then, a celebration for the 60th anniversary of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Finally, we introduce the debut of Stateside’s new podcast special, Revival.

Today, the spat over solar development on state lands. Also, a blast from the past: the celebrated 70s Ann Arbor art collective, La Raza. And, what an AI future may mean for demand on Michigan’s water supply.

Today, we talk to the curators David Choberka and Félix Zamora-Gómez about a new exhibition, La Raza Art and Media Collective, 1975 – Today, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Today, a look into the legacy that Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has made in the city. Then, author Vincent Haddad discusses his deep dive into the literary and cultural representation of Detroit.

Brittany Luce, the host of NPR's It's Been a Minute, joins us to discuss what Kamala Harris' candidacy means for black women and the country as a whole. Also, we discuss cultural shifts over the past elections.

Many Palestinians in the U.S. feel a deep connection to their ancestral land. That pull has become more poignant with Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Michigan Public talked with four Palestinians living in Michigan about how they’re thinking about their ethnic and national identities right now.