11/2/18 Interviews with veteran state capitol reporter Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service and former state Rep. Kevin Daley (R-Lum), running for an open state Senate seat in the 31st District. Sponsored by Deadline Detroit. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/election-lollapaloozaguru-gorchowdaley-diagnostic/s-h4DFL
PODCAST: Interviews with Mike McCready and Joanne Galloway
10/26/18 Last of two gubernatorial debates between Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette. Do the polls show a tightening race, or does Whitmer still have a strong lead? Interviews with Democrat Joanne Galloway, running against Republican state Rep. Lee Chatfield in the 107th House District spanning the Straits of Mackinac, and Republican Mike […]
PODCAST: Gilchrist Gaffe/Parochiaid Reprise/Finding Earhart
10/19/18 Democratic Lt. Gov. nominee Garlin Gilchrist under attack for buying dilapidated Detroit property from Land Bank and then failing to make repairs sufficient to satisfy angered neighbors. Republican U.S. Senate nominee John James blasted for allowing image of a swastika to appear in a TV ad. Michigan Appeals Court panel rules it is OK […]
PODCAST: Senatorial Slugfest/Debating Debates/Hockey Heaven
10/11/18 Will the first gubernatorial debate on Friday, Oct. 12, between Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette make a difference in the Nov. 6 General Election? The Michigan Republican Party decides to include state Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement in its lit. and puts flyers in the mail to prove it. Interview with former […]
PODCAST: Polls & Pot Pot-Pourri/Capturing Carp/Regent Regicide
110/5/18 Do state capital “Insiders” in Lansing think there’s a difference between which candidates will win on Nov. 6, and who will actually perform well in office if they’re elected? A new poll provides some answers. Another survey reveals abysmal knowledge of U.S. history by Americans. Former state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Brennan, founder […]
PODCAST: Voluminous Voters/Straight Ticket Strikeout/Supreme Court Surprise
9/28/18 Will voter turnout in Michigan surge past the 4 million mark in the Nov. 6 general election? What effect will the ban on straight-ticket voting for the first time in nearly 130 years have on the electorate? What are prospects for a “Blue Wave” year that could surpass positive Democratic Party results in 2006 […]
PODCAST: Motown Motivation to Vote/Buzz Thomas Talks
Interview with former state Senator Buzz Thomas (D-Detroit), the only African-American ever to serve in top leadership spots in both chambers of the Michigan Legislature. Sponsored by Deadline Detroit. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/motown-motivation-to-votebuzz-thomas-talks/s-3vo4y
PODCAST: Stirring up Strippers/Polls Pummel GOP Politicians/Turnout Turn-on
9/14/18 Two polls reveal Democrats Gretchen Whitmer and Debbie Stabenow have much more favorable job approval numbers than Republicans Donald Trump, Rick Snyder, and Bill Schuette. Election experts predict record voter turnout for Nov. 6 general election, perhaps surpassing 4 million. Interview with state Rep. Leslie Love (D-Detroit), the Legislature’s only true thespian, who has […]
PODCAST: Straight-Ticket Voting Tantrum/Minimum Wage Meltdown/Sick Leave Sickout
9/7/18 Federal judges uphold Michigan’s ban on straight-ticket voting. In controversial move, GOP-controlled legislature enacts two initiative petition proposals — hiking the minimum wage and mandating earned sick leave — so that they will not appear on Nov. 6 General Election. Over Democratic protests, majority Republicans hint they may return to the two new laws […]
PODCAST: Capitol Conspiracies/Judicial Hijinks/Convention Cacophony
8/31/18 MI legislature may enact two proposals that would otherwise head for the Nov. 6 general election ballot. Relatively uneventful state conventions of the two major parties last weekend, although Democrats’ was too long and Republicans aren’t happy about Beth Clement, one of their Supreme Court nominees. Federal judge orders a “No-Party” candidate for Attorney […]