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This is the We Lived It audio series.   The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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    • Nov 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 11m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    On The Line: Your nurse may go on strike

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 23:10


    On this episode of We Lived it we're sharing a story from Freep's new weekly podcast On The Line.  Healthcare workers say they've gone from last year's heroes, to this year's zeroes as workloads spike, and they need aid to treat the wound.

    Ep. 22: Locked inside: Voices from prison amid the pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 13:15


    This is the We Lived It audio series.   The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner of the Michigan Press Association's Best Podcast award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 21: Behind the byline

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 14:39


    This is the We Lived It audio series.   The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner of the Michigan Press Association's Best Podcast award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 20: No concerts? No problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 12:46


    This is the We Lived It audio series.   The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner of the Michigan Press Association's Best Podcast award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 19: 365 days inside through the eyes of Metro Detroit moms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 12:06


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 18: How Detroit Tigers' Daniel Norris kept in shape and sane in a pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 12:23


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 17: The racism epidemic was here first

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 19:09


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 16: COVID-19 petrifies 'asthma family' matriarch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 8:44


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 15: A video conference with Santa Claus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 6:50


    The pandemic changed the way we lived through the pandemic, but The Buza Family didn't let that stop the from seeing Saint Nicholas himself..  This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 14: The pandemic reflected in the eyes of our future

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 17:49


    Students share their own take on the upending of the education system during the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 13: Mom's dry turkey and giving thanks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 8:47


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 12: A day in the life of a COVID-19 tester

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 8:47


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 11: A love story and a long goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 13:00


    Monica Hickson tells the Ypsilanti couple’s love story and her ensuing path through grief in the latest episode of the Detroit Free Press audio series “We Lived It.” This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 10: Creation in isolation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 9:22


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collecting audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 9: Giving life days after Michigan's first COVID-19 deaths

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 8:11


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 8: Strumming along

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 8:29


    This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 7: Weathering a pandemic apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 11:02


    This is the story of an Inkster couple who had to each fight their own battles with the novel coronavirus apart from one another.  This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 6: Navigating the frontlines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 11:34


    Hospitals across the country quickly adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. Gary Kanner, an emergency medicine doctor, gives us a glimpse into his experience adjusting to the crisis.   This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 5: Seeking rainbows on the sidewalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 9:24


    A dad living during the pandemic realizes he needs to slow down and see all that's around him. This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 4: Ian's return

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 7:33


    Ian Slaughter dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic away from the barbershop. He must deal with the effects the coronavirus has on the shop. This is his story starting from quarantine and ending at his first day back on the job.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 3: There's only one Otis Knapp Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 7:36


    The proprietor of Detroit’s beloved Mr. Fofo’s Deli was known for his massive cakes, corned beef sandwiches and giving away thousands of free Thanksgiving turkeys. He retired in recent years. Then the novel coronavirus hit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 2: First baptist church of Otsego goes virtual

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 6:26


    Anneliese Abbott and her family fill in as the music ministry when First Baptist Church of Otsego switches to virtual service.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ep. 1: Turning 103 during a pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 6:05


    The story of a Norton Shores, Mich., woman also who lived during the 1918 flu pandemic.  This is the We Lived It audio series. The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at  313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    We Lived It: Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 7:42


    This is the We Lived It audio series.   The Detroit Free Press and the Michigan History Center are collectIng audio accounts from the pandemic. We’ll feature Michiganders from all walks of life. Everybody has their own story to share about the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit yours by leaving a  3-minute telling at 313-288-0370. That’s 313-288-0370.  And check out freep.com to learn  more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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