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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed a new chief climate officer. The University of Michigan is hosting a month-long arts festival. A local podcast provides some advice about making your bed. A poet discusses his first novel. And this week’s episode of On Hand, a Michigan Public podcast.

We talk to one Michigander about the role that pop played in her childhood--and why she still loves those nostalgic flavors today.

First, an expert weighs in on how social media has shaped the content and tone of the conversation about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Then, more about an upcoming book giving new context to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Plus, a little on Ironwood's Plaidurday festival, a celebration of UP culture. Also, a new episode of On Hand begs the important question "Is saying pop passé?"

Pop has long been the accepted Midwesternism for a sweet carbonated beverage. But could that be changing? On Hand digs into the history of the pop vs. soda debate—and Michigan's linguistic preferences today.