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On today's show, we explore how concerns over Chinese EVs echo earlier debates about Japanese cars entering the U.S. market. Plus, what life was like in Michigan's oldest city in 1776. And a Detroit author discusses a new novel about the secrets of an auto-industry family.

Trump administration tariffs raised costs for Midwest households by an average of $2,000 in 2025, according to the report from the Midwest Economic Policy Institute.

“Significant changes in the (Electric Vehicle) market have created sustained challenges for the silicon carbide wafer business,” said a SK Siltron company spokesperson.

One of the biggest appliance manufacturers in the U.S., headquartered in Benton Harbor, says the Iran war has led to a “recession-level industry decline.”

And thus did JD Vance find himself in Michigan this week giving a speech in a manufacturing facility. It was awkward to say the least. Of course Vance is famously not just a flip-flopper, but a shape-shifter.

At a robotics factory in Auburn Hills, the vice president credited President Donald Trump with bringing blue collar jobs back to Michigan — although Democrats said Vance was cherry-picking data.

Vice President JD Vance promised lower prices and bigger paychecks for American workers during his address at an industrial facility in Toledo Thursday morning.

Tuesday's visit to Michigan aims to counter fears about a weakening job market and rising prices around the country.

First, the loopholes in Michigan law around manufactured home parks. And a Detroit artist who just received a national grant for her boundary-pushing contributions.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she wants to use state incentives to lure a giant semiconductor manufacturing facility that would employ thousands of people.