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  • Stateside
    Stateside: Monday, August 18, 2025
    Stateside Staff
    First, a University of Michigan researcher spoke with us about the results of an Ann Arbor program providing a guaranteed monthly stipend to participants. Plus, we caught up with a sumo champion from Grand Rapids who will be representing the US at the World Sumo Championships this September. Also, a look at women's rugby in the advent of the 10th women's rugby World Cup.
  • An adult man and a pre-teen face off in a sumo wrestling ring wearing traditiional Japanese sumo wrestling belts
    Stateside
    Stateside Podcast: Amateur sumo wrestlers find new challenge in ancient sport
    Yesenia Zamora-Cardoso
    When you think about amateur sports, sumo wrestling is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. However, the traditional Japanese sport has been growing in popularity across the United States, including here in Michigan.
  • Stateside
    Stateside: Friday, June 21, 2024
    Stateside Staff
    Today, why the University of Michigan settled civil rights complaints with the Department of Education, and what this means for campus protests. Then, a discussion with a Michigan author about his new horror novella set up north. Also, sumo wrestling gaining interest in Grand Rapids. And we sit down with the producers and star of a Michigan-made film charting cultural ties between the Mitten and Ukraine.