Money talks in Michigan primary
Michigan’s primary on Tuesday featured high-profile matchups and high-dollar spending for both parties. Subscribe to MichMash on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get...
David Leins is the senior producer of WDET’s daily news and culture program, The Metro. He has produced several award-winning podcasts and multimedia series at WDET including Tracked and Traced, Science of Grief and COVID Diaries, which earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. He previously led WDET’s StoryMakers program. David has an M.A. in Media Arts and Studies from Wayne State University, and a B.A. in anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Arabic. David teaches podcasting at Wayne State University and is an alumnus of the Transom Audio Storytelling Workshop.
Tracked and Traced: Reporting on surveillance in Detroit
Detroit Police are likely to increase the amount of surveillance technology they use this year. Existing technologies like Project Green...
Negligence and the baby formula shortage; MI Supreme Court rules on LGBTQ protections
Abbott Nutrition’s production facility in Sturgis, MI was one of the primary causes of the baby formula shortage we saw...
Are Democrats planning to vote in the Republican primary?
Voters in Michigan’s new 95th state house district will soon vote in the August Primary. The frontrunner, Bill G. Schuette,...
Governor Whitmer takes positive route with first TV ad of the election season
Election season in Michigan brings a flood of candidate ads, and Governor Whitmer just released her first TV ad ahead...
Michigan Republicans shut down resolution to commemorate Pride Month
Subscribe to MichMash on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. Every June in recent years, Michigan Democrats have introduced a resolution...
Trouble with the law in Michigan GOP
Subscribe to MichMash on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. A lot has happened in the Michigan GOP this week. In...
Highlights from the Mackinac Policy Conference
Subscribe to MichMash on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. Every year, lawmakers and lobbyists flock to Mackinac Island for the...
Essential Cooking: Third culture is a creative superpower for Jon Kung
Subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts: Apple Podcast — Spotify — Google Play — Stitcher — TuneIn — NPR Chef Jon Kung has found their niche on TikTok...
Michigan’s abortion ban was suspended. Now what?
Subscribe to MichMash on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. A draft opinion in the upcoming abortion rights case Dobbs...
Tracked and Traced: How a ban on Chinese drones could set back wildfire fighting in the U.S.
Listen and subscribe to Tracked and Traced:Apple Podcast — Spotify — NPR — Stitcher — Google PodcastsIn this episode:How the...
MichMash says farewell to co-host Jake Neher
Subscribe to MichMash on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts. The two hosts of MichMash, Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth, have...