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Robert Wanhatalo

Robert Wanhatalo
Just wanted to comment real quick about how Unemployment in the state of Michigan is talked about on Michigan Radio, and maybe it is the same everywhere in the country, but to me it is upsetting to hear that we are "Number 1" in unemployment like we've won a gold medal at the Olympics. It is heard as 1st Place Michigan..., 2nd Place Nevada, and 3rd Place Rhode Island. Maybe, just maybe, make it sound like it is. 50th Place : (Read More

Fri at 2:30pm · Report
Robert Wanhatalo
Robert Wanhatalo
I am not, by any means, against our very fine state, but this issue is serious. If using terms like 1st place, or number 1 are necessary than I apologize. Just telling it how I see it.
Fri at 2:32pm
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Michigan Radio Jennifer Guerra reports

Source: www.publicbroadcasting.net
- Aretha Franklin will be here, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder. They'll all be performing in Detroit this weekend to celebrate the record label that launched their careers. Audley Smith runs the Motown Museum in Detroit. ...
Kathleen M. Ryan
Kathleen M. Ryan
Was Aretha with Motown? I thought she was only with Atlantic.
Fri at 3:51pm
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Michigan Radio Thanks for helping us out testing a new show idea!

Fri at 1:59pm
Kevin McKague
Kevin McKague
how'd it go?
Yesterday at 5:21am
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Michigan Radio Call 866-255-2762 right now and help us test out a new show idea. What Detroit music should be preserved by a new band led by Bob Segers sax player Alto Reed?

Fri at 1:09pm
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Michigan Radio Recording a test episode of a pop culture call-in show be on the show 866-255-2762 with Bob Seger's saxophonist Alto Reed, and big time winner on “Millionaire,” Jehan Shamid-Dee. Alto Reed's new venture is The Talegators, dedicated to preserving the sound of Detroit music new & old. What Detroit music do you think Alto Reed's new band should cover? 866255-2762

Fri at 12:58pm
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Michigan Radio We're recording a test episode of a pop culture call-in show at 4p. It won't be on the air, but we need your help! We'll post some questions for you along with the phone number. Then you can give us a call and be a guest on the show. If the trial show turns out well, we'll post it online to get your feedback.

Fri at 11:15am
Peinck Muslimah
Peinck Muslimah
How did it go?
Fri at 2:45pm
Sky Woodman
Sky Woodman
Whoops, missed out! I'm intrigued, Wait Wait is the biggest NPR-related highlight of my weekend.
Fri at 2:52pm
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Michigan Radio Jeff Daniels was in our studios this morning, talking with Christina Shockley about his upcoming "Jeff Daniels & Friends" concert, which showcases Michigan musicians. He brought along his guitar and played some great songs. You can hear the interview, and the music, next Tuesday during "Morning Edition."

Chris Jagnow
Chris Jagnow
great picture
Fri at 7:40am
Mary Overman
Mary Overman
Jeff Daniels is wonderful!
Fri at 10:43am
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Michigan Radio Have you tried out our iPhone app? It has an alarm clock function, so you can wake up to Michigan Radio on your iPhone.

Source: www.michiganradio.org
Michigan Radio now has an iPhone app that you can download for free from the iTunes store. The primary feature is streaming audio of our live broadcast, which you can listen to on 3G, Edge, or WIFI networks.
Al Korth
Al Korth
I love my BlackBerry! What do you have for me?
Fri at 6:24am
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Michigan Radio
We have info about Blackberry streaming on our website: http://www.michiganradio.org/blackberry.html
Fri at 7:02am
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Michigan Radio Charity Nebbe speaks with Thomas Dietz, director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at MSU. They discuss seventeen ways to save the planet.

Source: www.publicbroadcasting.net
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Michigan Radio Yesterday when reporting on Sarah Palin's book tour in Grand Rapids, FOX accidentally played video from her VP campaign in '08

Source: www.swamppolitics.com
FOX has done it again, and this time, once again, FOX says its misplay of the wrong crowd video was another regrettable mistake.
Vicki
Vicki
Really,Fox made a mistake? Right. Don't care for her but Fox is bad news! They deserve each other
Thu at 7:42pm
Rebecca Durkee
Rebecca Durkee
I'm glad to see a debate going! The reason I say it isn't news is because this is just what FOX does. They aren't a reputable news organization to begin with, so I don't consider it to be shocking when they strategically mislead their viewers. I don't enjoy reading about it or hearing it from public radio because I think we're better than that. I ... Read Morejust want factual, *unbiased*, interesting news stories. Not an editorialized story on how FOX news is run by lying, manipulative, conservative, oligarchical, religious nuts. We all know that, and I think when public radio insists on pointing it out, they sink to their level. If we want to see what goofballs they all are on FOX, we can just tune in.
Fri at 6:37am
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Source: www.npr.org
In a letter obtained by NPR, Nidal Hasan's top supervisor at Walter Reed outlined "serious concerns" about Hasan's "pattern of poor judgment" and "lack of professionalism." ...
Mari Wilson
Mari Wilson
So many times the best people are let go & the lousy employees keep their jobs. I've seen it a 100 times.
Thu at 10:21am
Paul Stasio
Paul Stasio
This guy was an accident waiting to happen. To think he was a psychologist and work with others... you'd have thought they would have seen the signs?!
Thu at 10:30am
Peinck Muslimah
Peinck Muslimah
Did anyone see Pat Buchanan and Monica Crowley's sickeningly racist comments about Fort Hood in the McGlaughlin Group show just after the shooting took place?
Fri at 6:17am
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Michigan Radio Fitting for Facebook: Dictionary Picks 'Unfriend' As Word Of The Year

Source: www.npr.org
The New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year can trace its origins back to the 17th century. The word: "unfriend." Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer at Oxford University Press, says the Oxford English Dictionary provides a citation for "unfriend" from 1659.
Brian
Brian
Man, i really needed this yesterday - but i already sent this:

Facebook thinks you can be more.

facebook has suggested to me that you are not being facebook-y enough for facebook and has asked that I try to improve you.... Read More
I am not sure how best to do that other than to threaten you with being de-friended (maybe un-friended).
get busy being more of what facebook wants you to be!

your friend (for now)
brian
November 18 at 1:33pm
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Michigan Radio Fresh Air held a rare, out-of-character interview yesterday with Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the Bruno and Borat characters. Director Larry Charles joined in.

Source: www.npr.org
When Sacha Baron Cohen grants an interview, it's usually in character — as Borat, the clueless faux-Kazakh journalist; or as Bruno, the outrageously shallow, ostentatiously gay Austrian fashionista at the center of Cohen's most recent film. ...
Bonnie Caprara
Bonnie Caprara
Heard this yesterday ... I was in stitches!
November 18 at 9:19am
Peter
Peter
His British accent is so thick and hilarious.
November 18 at 9:31am
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Michigan Radio The Michigan Radio iPhone app went live last night! Below is a link to the iTunes page where you can download the free app. It features a live stream, podcast info, alarm clock (so you can wake up to Michigan Radio), program guide, news headlines and more!

Source: itunes.apple.com
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Michigan Radio
Michigan Radio
Tom, that explains why you never answer our calls to your cellphone.
November 18 at 6:34pm