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Listen in, Michigan
by Deborah Holdship
"Listen In, Michigan" is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions, "Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today.
Episodes
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Episode 62: The Last Full Measure, featuring Kim Clarke
The Last Full Measure: An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II (Stackpole Books, 2026), by Kim Clarke University of Michigan Heritage website Michigan Today
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Episode 61: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, featuring John U. Bacon, BA ’86/MA ’94
Michigan Today: The legend lives on Gordon Lighfoot: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Episode 60: 'The Michigan's' mighty comeback, featuring Jon Fish, BA '95
Mike Legg: Wikipedia YouTube clip: Mike Legg's historic goal, 1996 Zac Bell, hockey Jedi Red Berenson's first champs recall winning it all in Cincinnati 'The Michigan's' mighty comeback Photo Credit: Dale MacMillan
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Episode 59: Quit your life temporarily, featuring Colleen Newvine, MBA ‘05
Newvine Growing website Your Mini Sabbatical: Quit Your Life Temporarily
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Episode 58: We need to make truth our national purpose, featuring Barbara McQuade, BA ‘87/JD ’91
Can we handle the truth? History's most heinous dictators have long relied on disinformation to destroy free societies and claim absolute power over nations. Today's agents of chaos tend to be regular citizens, using social and traditional media as well as artificial intelligence to pollute the...
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Episode 57: The archivist and the Unabomber, featuring Julie Herrada
In June 2023, the world learned that the notorious "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski had died At 81, the domestic terrorist was undergoing cancer treatment while serving multiple life sentences in a high-security North Carolina prison. For Julie Herrada, news of Kaczynski's death was unexpected but...
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Episode 56: Cinema Ann Arbor, featuring Frank Uhle, BFA '83/MILS '92
Fifth Avenue Press University of Michigan Press Cinema Ann Arbor website The Once Group Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls Ingmar Bergman
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Episode 55: Truth is stranger than historical fiction, featuring A. Arbour
Ward, Wife, Widow by A. Arbour Music featured in this episode includes "The Yellow and Blue" performed by the Michigan Men's Glee Club. "Sweet Leilani" by Bing Crosby, a 1937 hit for Decca Records (archive.org) One O'Clock Jump by the Count Basie Orchestra, also released in 1937 (archive.org)…
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Episode 54: COVID’s silver lining, featuring Rob Ernst, MD ’91, CHO
Michigan's Well-being Collective: wellbeing.umich.edu Learn more about The Okanagan Charter Rob Ernst bio
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Episode 53: The Greatest Comeback, Featuring John U. Bacon, BA '86/MA '94
John U. Bacon at amazon.com
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Episode 52: Harvest at the Campus Farm, featuring Jeremy Moghtader & Talya Soytas
Campus Farm U-M’s Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Michigan Dining Maize & Blue Cupboard,
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Episode 51: Art Fair -- A ‘jewel in Ann Arbor’s crown,’ featuring Angela Kline
Artists featured in this episode, in order of appearance: Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Chris Roberts Antieau Armando Pedroso Mark Sudduth Jack Magurany Jake Blok Thomas Wargin School of Rock Ann Arbor
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Episode 50: Making the "Joy Choice," featuring Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS
The Joy Choice Michelle Segar
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Episode 49: Remembering Jim Toy, featuring Scott Dennis, MS '90
Transforming Societal Paradigms: Jim Toy at TEDxUofM Spectrum Center website Spectrum Center Oral Histories Project Spectrum Center: Jim Toy's Legacy: Video Jim Toy Community Center Remembering Jim Toy (at Michigan Today) Jim Toy: Spectrum Center Oral Histories Project
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Episode 48: Tales of a G-man, featuring Greg Stejskal
FBI Case Files: Michigan -- Tales of a G-man Music samples are royalty-free tracks from elements.envato.com
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Episode 47: Sing to the Colors, featuring James Tobin
"Sing to the Colors: A Writer Explores Two Centuries at the University of Michigan" is published by the University of Michigan Press. Music in this episode includes: The Yellow and Blue Varsity I Wanna Go Back to Michigan
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Episode 46: Scents and sensibilities, featuring Michelle Krell Kydd
Blog: Glass, petal, smoke TedxUofM Talk: Secrets from a trained nose
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Episode 45: Wisdom and whimsy, featuring David Zinn
David ZInn Facebook David Zinn Instagram The Chalk Art Handbook: How to Create Masterpieces on Driveways and Sidewalks and in Playgrounds Temporary Preserves Chalk Art by David Zinn Underfoot Menagerie: More Street Art by David Zinn
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Episode 44: The (commencement) song remains the same
Read about Michigan's 2021 Commencement Ceremony Visit the 2021 Commencement page for videos, photos, and coverage of individual schools and colleges
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Episode 43: Art'sTangible Effect, feat. Wendell Pierce
University Musical Society Register to view "Some Old Black Man" 5 things to know about "Some Old Black Man" Post-premiere discussion with the cast & crew The making of "Some Old Black Man" Set tour Producing theater in a pandemic
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Episode 42: The interior life of Albert Kahn, featuring Claire Zimmerman
Michigan Today Claire Zimmerman Albert Kahn Associates
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Episode 41: The conquering heroines of Title IX, featuring Sara Fitzgerald, BA '73
Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX.
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Episode 40: Ken Fischer: Ann Arbor's 'Music Man'
University Musical Society
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Episiode 39: Going /aut/ with Keith Orr and Martin Contreras
When Keith Orr and Martin Contreras refashioned their Mexican restaurant La Casita de Lupe into /aut/BAR in 1995, they sought to deliver a radically different gay-positive experience to the people of Ann Arbor. Their club would be the city’s first full-time, gay-owned gay bar. For the more than…
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Coffee, COVID, & a course correction with Sweetwaters' Lisa Bee
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea
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Prof Andrea Turpin: The first female students at U-M
The Heritage Project Madelon's World Andrea Turpin "A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, and the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education, 1837-1917 (American Institutions and Society)."
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The editor and the the giants
Bentley Historical Library Collections Magazine Esquire Classic: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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It's a Woman's World, featuring Coach Kim Barnes Arico
Kim Barnes Arico mgoblue.com
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Capturing space at the Michigan Union
This is how you 'capture space' (Michigan Today) Listen in, Michigan, Episode 19 -- Re:Union Constructing gender: The origins of Michigan's Union and League (Bentley Historical Library.) Renovated, improved, historic Michigan Union offers intriguing features (University Record) Union project...
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Squirrels on film, feat. Corey Seeman
Corey Seeman Flickr Follow Corey Seeman @cseeman on Twitter Follow Corey at cseeman3 on Instagram Read about the history of U-M's fascination with the campus squirrel: Just Nuts at heritage.umich.edu More Michigan Today stories about the University of Michigan
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The band plays on, feat. John Pasquale
Michigan Marching Band Michigan Today John Pasquale How we went blue Albert Ahronheim, onetime drum major of the Marching Band, deconstructs the iconic "Let's Go Blue" tune, starting with his initial conversation with George Cavender in the early '70s. Strike up the band When he was just a...
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There were bells, feat. Tiffany Ng
Music featured in this episode (in order of appearance): Circle of Life from "The Lion King" Nut -- Goddess of the Night Sky by Trevor Weston Hypnos -- by Phyllis Chen
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Woodstock: An acoustic synthesis of the ’60s
Music samples were pulled from the Woodstock film trailer at YouTube.
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Talk about 'music to your ears'
The artists featured in this episode are (in order of appearance): Snarky Puppy performing "Bad Kid" Tarek Yamani Trio performing "Hala Land" [Emerson String Quartet]() performing "Bartok String Quartet No. 5" Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" recomposed by Max Richter Visit ums.org/playlists
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Dave Sharp: Getting snazzy and jazzy on Main Street
Bassist and local jazz enthusiast Dave Sharp has found a new groove on Main Street as musical director of the Blue LLama Jazz Club. The elegant new venue already has hosted such artists as Ravi Coltrane, Joey DeFrancesco, and Kurt Elling.
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Being not-rich at U-M
Being not-rich at Michigan has been adapted by college students at other universities nationwide. It's a valuable resource for students and parents of all incomes, with great information about jobs, internships, mentors, community support, and more.
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Locked in at the Bentley
Brian Williams, assistant director and archivist at U-M's Bentley Historical Library, is a font of U-M facts and trivia. History nuts and people who like old stuff, quite literally, should enjoy this episode of “Listen in, Michigan." Here are links to some of the extraordinary items that…
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And now for the highlights!
The best of Listen in, Michigan Welcome to the 25th episode of Listen in, Michigan. In celebration of the miracle that I have actually survived making 24 of these podcasts, no small feat for a print journalist working alone in a recording studio, I have cut together some of my favorite snippets...
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We Can Be Heroes
He was brilliant, brave, and curious — and his tale unspools like a thrilling mystery. Architect Raoul Wallenberg, ’35, protected thousands of Jews from the Nazis in World War II. And then he vanished off the face of the earth. Details of his disappearance remain a mystery to this day, but he...
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Dan Chace: Football's Valhalla, The Bob Ufer Story
Filmmaker Dan Chace, BA ’83, shares the labor of love that manifested as a beautiful documentary about beloved Wolverines football announcer Bob Ufer. The film is called "Footballs's Valhalla: The Bob Ufer Story." Read full story at Michigan Today More on Dan Chace 2012 Documentary: Perseverance:...
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I Witness, feat. Andy Sacks and Jay Cassidy
Good news! Your 1968 photo of RFK is on the cover of a 2017 bestseller. Bad news: It’s credited to someone else. Listen in as Michigan Daily alumni Andy Sacks and Jay Cassidy take you back to Spring 1968 when RFK campaigned for a presidential bid in Detroit. As student photographers, Sacks and...
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John U. Bacon on "The Best of Bacon"
Raconteur John U. Bacon, BA ’86/MA ’94, regales the listener with tales – heartfelt and hilarious – culled from a 25-year career covering sports. His book "The Best of Bacon" features “select cuts,” showcasing Michigan heroes Bo Schembechler and Jim Abbott, as well as Detroit legends Ernie…
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Re:Union, the State of the Michigan Union
In this episode, we chat with Susan Pile, U-M’s senior director of university unions and auxiliary services. She is managing the 20-month renovation of the beloved Michigan Union, but fear not: She is fiercely protective of its legacy. Read full story at Michigan Today Michigan Union Photos and...
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Flour Power at Zingerman's Bakehouse
Zingerman's Bakehouse co-owner Frank Carollo, BS ’76, celebrates 25 years in business with a gorgeous cookbook rich in history, humor, and of course, those precious how-to's. You can practically smell the bread baking as Frank shares his love of the kitchen. Read full story at Michigan Today...
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Object Lessons
From dinosaurs to dioramas, U-M holds some 25 million specimens and cultural objects in more than 20 distinct museums, libraries, and collections. Listen in, as we ‘meet’ some of the explorers who amassed this expansive archive. Read full story at Michigan Today Object Lessons & the Formation of...
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Kids today
Student organizations at the University of Michigan range from the sublime (Solar Car) to the ridiculous (Squirrel Club). Either way, the students who manage them are extraordinarily bright, motivated, and accomplished. Meet them on the Michigan Diag in this raucous, loud, and energetic episode....
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Jerry Bilik: Strike up the band
Composer/arranger Jerry Bilik, BMus ’55/MMus ’61, takes you inside the Michigan Marching Band. He’s the artist behind some of their most beloved classics. Plus he's a huge Beatles fan. Read full story at Michigan Today More on Bilik and the Band Jerry Bilik's website Michigan Marching Band…
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Lee Berry: Rebirth of the State Theatre
The Michigan Theater Foundation’s Lee Berry, BA ’78/MBA ’99, previews the new-and-improved State Theatre. At the time of the recording, the theater was still under renovation. It's quite spectacular now! Read full story at Michigan Today View Michigan Theater Website
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Gail Offen: Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor
Gail Offen, BGS ’78, takes foodies on a tasty trip through A2 past and present, from the Del Rio to Pizza Bob’s, from Drake’s to Le Dog. Her book "Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor" is filled with local history and wonderful anecdotes. Read full story at Michigan Today Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor
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Will Potter: Fighting the good fight for a free press
Investigative reporter, civil rights advocate, and U-M journalism instructor Will Potter talks propaganda, dissent, and a free press that is anything but an ‘enemy of the people.’ Preach, Will. Read full story at Michigan Today [View Video of Jay Cassidy as Featured Alum][2] More on Will Potter...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
"Listen In, Michigan" is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions, "Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today.
HOSTED BY
Deborah Holdship
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