Michigan Advance’s Monique Stanton writes, “Year after year, Michigan stands out in children’s health and in making sure our kids have health insurance. But more work is still needed to increase health insurance coverage and reduce costs for all families.”
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Glen Oaks President Dr. David Devier reflects on the “unfulfilled potential of Glen Oaks Community College in changing the lives of more of our community members.”
Welcome BACK to Screen Tea Podcast! Surprise dudes, we’re alive and kicking, and coming back at you from another realm (just kidding, we’re in Delaware now!). We decided to jump back into things with a Small Screen Tea, so find yourself a nice body of saltwater and sink into the sounds of us geeking out over season four of the Duffer brothers’ Stranger Things!
Kalamazoo recording artist, producer, and songwriter Sherridan Harris returns to Keep Your Voice Down to chat with Doug and Alek ahead of Saturday’s Watershed Voice Artist Showcase. The trio discuss Sherridan a.k.a. Sherdizzil’s sophomore record “The Vine Album,” his growth as an artist and as a performer, rap and hip-hop nerdom, and how this year’s showcase will be different from last year’s show.
In this episode we discuss some of our thoughts on NerdPop shows and movies for the month of July including:
Stranger Things
Umbrella Academy
Ms. Marvel
Thor
The Boys
We also discuss the MCU announcements made at San Diego Comic Con.
Michigan Advance’s Rick Haglund says, “Michigan’s business-centric approach to economic development is lacking.” But how should the state address this apparent issue? Haglund suggests taking “a more local service-based approach.”
WSV Columnist Charles Thomas writes about the ongoing controversy surrounding Riverside Church, and how we might address perpetual problems like sexual and spiritual abuse as a society.
In this essay Mikel Watkins writes about being a first time father, and the triumphs and challenges that come with raising a child with a disability.
David Hecker writes, “Our lawmakers have the power to relieve this burden, make strides toward closing the racial wealth gap, and preserve higher education as an opportunity for all, rather than a privilege for those who can afford it. It is imperative that they act to cancel student debt — and beyond that, to look toward long-term solutions at the federal and state levels to make higher education more affordable and accessible for all.”
A poem by Torrey Brown titled “June 19th, 1865” about Juneteenth: Freedom Day.
Alek and Doug return from yet another involuntary hiatus to chat with Rock Island, Illinois native and Creative Aubrey “Aubs.” Barnes. The trio talks about Aubrey’s latest published work “it is Written. it is Good.”, their hip-hop and rap influences, mental health, education, open mics, rap battles, and antiracism.
Rick Haglund writes, “Motor vehicles and parts as a percentage of the state’s gross domestic product has fallen from 25% in the late 1960s to about 7% in 2018, according to data compiled by Michigan State University economist Charles Ballard. But the state’s economy needs to become even more diverse.”
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
Levi’s life in his 20s
Satanic panic and D&D
New Batgirl movie
Suicide hotline number is changing
Deadly weapons and mass murders
Thunderbolts movie
Spider-Man 4, Raimi/Tobey Maguire
Morbius re-release
110k to max out character in Diablo Immortal
The Sandman, August 5
Episode 4, Kenobi
Episode 1, Ms. Marvel
UFOs in the news
Prey, Hulu, August 5
Black Adam, October 21
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
Mandalorian season 4
Kenobi
New Pokémon trailer
What Pokémon games are you familiar with?
Drew’s board games
Were you disappointed when Grogu chose Mando over Luke?
Post Malone album
What would be your Vecna song?
Does Facebook have an end date?
Fast food or junk food?
Pride
Umbrella academy season 3
The Boys season 3
Morbius returns to theaters
WSV’s Nancy Boyd writes about the importance of expressing compassion and empathy toward others.
Topics for this week’s episode include:
New song (CHONKLAP! by Out of Flux)
New studio
Would you enjoy being famous? In what way?
Thor: Love and Thunder trailer
Smaug’s wealth calculated
Hogeys new chair
Stranger Things 4
Namor to get new origin story in Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Do you think there is value in living a simpler life with less technology?
Sensible gun policies
Jurassic World Dominion
Ms Marvel’s powers
Top Gun gets good reviews
Buffy and Xena
CGI gets fixed in she hulk trailer
Character voices in DND
Mandalorian season 3
Willow series on Disney+
Andor Star Wars series
The fourth chapter of Charles Thomas‘ 2017 murder mystery novel “Headcase.” Readers be advised this story features graphic content.
Watershed Voice reached out to Ty Kovac, a local romance novelist who writes as Tylor Paige, and who recently published a new book called “The Seven Little Deaths.” She will be hosting a book signing at Healing Worlds in downtown Three Rivers on Saturday, May 28. Watershed Voice is also giving away her book “Missing You, Missing Me” as part of this month’s subscription contest.