March 3, 2022

Matt Resch

Episode 94: Early Bird

March 3, 2022

Matt Resch

3:30 a.m. has got to come early when the old iPhone alarm starts going, but that’s how today’s guest starts each day.

For going on eight years, Dave Akerly has hosted the Morning Wake Up each weekday morning on Lansing’s talk radio station, WILS 1320 AM. And that’s only after more than 20 years at Lansing TV news and sports anchor desks.

February 17, 2022

Matt Resch

Episode 93: Josh's Frogs

February 17, 2022

Matt Resch

So, I bet you never thought the largest producer of captive-bred poison dart frogs in the United States, and probably the world, was right here in Michigan, did you? In Owosso, go figure.

February 3, 2022

Matt Resch

Episode 92: Downtown’s Restaurant Graveyard

February 3, 2022

Matt Resch

The history of Downtown Lansing restaurants is a checkered one, and today, we take a stroll through the graveyard of 25 years of Washington Ave. eateries.

January 20, 2022

Matt Resch

Episode 91: Light 'em Up

January 20, 2022

Matt Resch

We here at the podcast like to think of ourselves as part of “the Biz.” Today, a well-lit look behind the curtain.

January 6, 2022

Matt Resch

Episode 90: Don't Be a Mouth Breather

January 6, 2022

Matt Resch

Like the turn of the calendar and Nick DeLeeuw’s sausage egg biscuits and large Dr. Peppers, having Chris Johnson on the podcast to kick off the new year is becoming a regular thing.

December 23, 2021

Matt Resch

Episode 89: Long Live 2021!

December 23, 2021

Matt Resch

So, 2021 was pretty awesome, and we think it’s about time we talk about it.

Today, Lauren Gibbons, political reporter at MLive, Elisabeth Waldon, news editor of the Greenville Daily News, and Samantha Schriber, state Senate reporter for MIRS News Service, join the podcast.

What were the big issues of the year, and what’s ahead for 2022?

More importantly, did Nikki and Anna land tickets to see Adele?

It’s our year-end reporter roundtable episode, and you’re listening to the Cold Oatmeal Podcast.

December 9, 2021

Matt Resch

Episode 88: The Poinsettia King of West Michigan

December 9, 2021

Matt Resch

It’s the official Christmas plant, and today we learn all about the poinsettia from a man who has grown them for more than 30 years.

November 24, 2021

Matt Resch

Episode 87: Extra Credit for the Win

November 24, 2021

Matt Resch

It’s been almost 30 years since I first met Ben Bodkin. High school classmates, college roommates, and now adult friends and professional colleagues, this episode was supposed to be a rip-roaring blast from our shared past. Instead, a story of miracles and gratitude broke out.

November 11, 2021

Matt Resch

Episode 86: MapQuest

November 11, 2021

Matt Resch

Today, we talk to Ben Solis, reporter at Gongwer News Service. As part of a questionable, new-employee hazing process, our friend Zach Gorchow assigned poor Ben to follow every minute of this redistricting process and write about it. Now, Ben is quite an expert on it all.

October 28, 2021

Matt Resch

Episode 85: A Michigan Murder Mystery

October 28, 2021

Matt Resch

53 years ago, Michigan was shaken by the gruesome murder of a family of six in their Northern Michigan, lakeshore cottage. Today, it remains one of Michigan’s most mysterious cold cases.

It’s a Halloween episode murder mystery, and it’s the Cold Oatmeal Podcast.