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A look into Congressman Shri Thanedar decision to invest millions of campaign contributions into cryptocurrency funds. Plus, a witchy retelling of the wives of Henry the VIII, from northern Michigan writer Jillian Laine. And, the new episode of On Hand answering how Michigan became the cherry capital.

A look into how the decrease in air quality from Canadian and northern Minnesotan wildfires are effecting Michiganders, especially in urban zones like Detroit. Plus, The Cans Film Festival is returning to Grand Rapids this weekend, mandating at one recycle can upon entry. And, a new comprehensive biography on architect Albert Kahn who built iconic parts of Detroit from the Fisher building to the Belle Isle Aquarium.

The Michigan Wolverines' men's basketball team is the NCAA national champion.

It’s bookclub Friday here on Stateside! Today we re-aired conversations with three Michigan authors whose stories grew out of the real-life histories of our state.

What can a criminal trial in Grand Rapids can tell us about use of force in Michigan police departments? After that discussion, we uncover a new take on risotto. Then - what it’s like starting over after the worst happens following a dam collapse. And novelist Aram Mrjoian sets his sights on one family tragedy, and some much broader questions about time and distance.

Today, financial pressure on abortion providers, a southeast Michigan writer who wove a multi-generational story, and WMU's incoming president on mid-sized schools.

Michelle Yang pens heartfelt memoir Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love, released on May 6.

First, we take a look at auto industry earnings amid tariffs. Then, we talk to stage producer Jeffrey Seller about his memoir.

Daria Burke talks about her new book, Of My Own Making: A Memoir.

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.