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.”
Category Archive: Culture
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.
Watershed’s Deborah Haak-Frost writes, “Permaculture is a way to approach things like gardens and ecosystems, but it’s equally as valuable a tool for understanding and designing community dynamics, social relationships, and one’s inner, emotional workings.”
WSV’s Aundrea Sayrie writes, “I don’t want to see another hashtag. I want to see the dismantling of White Supremacy. It is a monster that is coming for you if you are a person of color, a woman, young, old, poor, or a member of a dispensable marginalized group. Shock, thoughts and prayers… it’s a useless cycle. We need real reform.”
WSV columnist Torrey Brown writes about a recent shopping experience that left him feeling like “less than a person.”
The third chapter of Charles Thomas‘ 2017 murder mystery novel “Headcase.” Readers be advised this chapter features graphic content.
Watershed Voice’s Aundrea Sayrie writes, “Never abandon personal discernment. Not even within the spiritual sect. A person’s title doesn’t always align with their heart posture. Gaslighting can happen in church too. So if you have to leave an environment because it is causing you trauma, leave. Leave the trauma, leave the person(s), leave a trail (by reporting it), but don’t leave God.”