Grand Rapids

Hidden Brain Host Shankar Vedantam is bringing his signature science and storytelling to Grand Rapids! It’s a decade of discovery, distilled into one insightful event at GLC Live on Thursday, September 10, at 7 pm.

Researchers from the University of Michigan analyzed responses from more than 200 people who were born outside of the U.S. but lived in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, and Ypsilanti.

Today, what happens when habeus corpus petitions filed by ICE detainees are denied. Plus, a Michigan nonprofit that supports families who are grieving. Then, a new Grand Rapids Public Library initiative hopes to engage the community in school readiness.

First, a look at proposed legislation to rein in unregulated practices around hyperbaric chambers in the health and wellness industry. Then, on the newest episode of The Dish, how home bakery Cottage Bagels builds community in Grand Rapids.

A look at a Northern Michigan colony of bats resisting a deadly fungus. Plus, a new novel set in Grand Rapids that deals with growing pains. Then, an update on the dispute between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan Medicine. And an Atlantic staff writer's profile on Pete Buttigieg.

The city of Grand Rapids is piloting a program that will give residents a food scraps drop-off option. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills by using food waste normally dumped in landfills to create usable compost.

In 2013, Senita Lenear became the first Black woman elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission. She joined Michigan Public to look back on her breakthrough career.

Grand Rapids reckons with another lethal police shooting. Also, perspectives on the relationship between race and space in southwest Detroit.

A listener shares the story of a Blue Heron descending upon her neighbor's backyard koi pond.

The largest immigration detention center in the Midwest is in Michigan. Since October, the average daily population there ballooned to more than 1,300 people. Each week, a retired evangelical pastor from West Michigan goes to visit people there. Our producer Michelle Jokisch Polo tells that story.