Fixing Michigan’s crumbling roads continues to be the white whale (wink, wink) of state politics.  Every pol pledges to fix them; no one actually does.  So, what’s the deal with our roads?

Today, we talk to an expert… Joe’s dad.

When you think of Christmas in Michigan, you think of Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth.

Today, we load up the sleigh to visit the Christmas capital of America, and Wayne Bronner, the second generation owner of the store, is our guest.

We’ve been talking about it for months, and today we do it.  We hypnotize Laura Biehl.

When he died last month, words like “legend” and “icon” were used to describe Hugh McDiarmid, Sr.  Hugh was a political reporter and columnist for the Detroit Free Press, and for most of us on this podcast, his career spanned a time before ours.  So, we set out to do some learning and asked two of Hugh’s colleagues to talk about their friend.

For a podcast based in Michigan’s capital city, we’ve made it 42 episodes without talking to a lobbyist.  No longer.

There aren’t many TV reporters in Michigan who can say their coverage of the State Capitol is seen by viewers in four different TV markets across the state.  In fact, there’s just one… Mikenzie Frost.

Today, we talk our hometown with the creators of the wildly popular parody social media account, @LansingMIFacts. 

Your long summer of silence is over.  The Cold Oatmeal podcast is back! 

It’s season three, and we start it with Charlie. Charlie LeDuff, that is. Buckle up, and earmuffs, kids

How many “hits” must one have in order to compile a “Greatest Hits” album?  Today, we push this existential question to its limits.

Before our summer furlough, we listen back to our favorite moments with some of our favorite guests from season two.

You know those times when you have to get up super early, and you toss and turn afraid you’re going to sleep through your alarm?  Now, imagine “super early” actually means 1:30 a.m., and you have to do it every day, and after you do it you have to go on LIVE TV for four hours.

That’s the life of today’s podcast guest, Ann Marie LaFlamme.