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Dave Landau in studio, Semen facial addiction, Ford employee/Trump heckler's GoFundMe, Timothy Busfield in court, John Hinckley Jr's new memoir, Tiger Woods birthday party, wrong shoes Maz, and Jim's Picks: Top 10 Songs with Backward Lyrics.  The suspended Ford employee who heckled Trump gets over $800,000 in GoFundMe donations. Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to authorities to face charges of child sex abuse. He also faces a new accusation. His agency dropped him. My Strange Addiction on TLC just had THE actual strangest and most disgusting addiction in history.  Drew bumped into one of the funnest cop cams in history. A brand new Bonerline. Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin each have new podcasts on Netflix. Daniel Stern got busted for prostitution. Keep the change, ya filthy animal. Kiefer Sutherland is in hot water after attacking his Uber Driver. Julio Iglesias is being sued...And he looks like a burn victim. Tiger Woods had a star studded 50th Birthday Party. There's more info on the blockhead murderer today. He had the weapon on him. We call the mayor of t***y city, Tom Mazawey, and he answers on the first ring! Maz gives his prediction on the Detroit Lions next offensive coordinator. He also gives his prediction on this weekend's NFL Playoff games. Tom gives his take on Marty Supreme. Also, he's got an NCAA National Championship prediction. See ya, Tommy! John Hinckley Jr thinks that his shooting of Ronald Reagan turned Jodie Foster gay. Then we go down a Hinck Dog YouTube rabbit hole. Jim's Picks: Top 10 Songs with Backwards Lyrics. Go see Dave Landau in Lansing next week! Merch remains available. Click here to see what we have to offer for a limited time. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon)

#podcast #progressives #Michigan #politics #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #ICE #ICEViolence #Authoritarianism #PoliticalViolence #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Immigrants #Race #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #Tryranny #MikeRogers #Election2026 #WorkingClass #Oligarchy #Democracy #LeftOfLansingHere's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 16, 2026.Polls are showing Americans are fed-up with the Trump Regime's Ice Gestapo, and polls show a split for those believing in abolishing, or preserving, ICE. There is heavy support to restrict ICE activities. Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston says now is the time for Progressive Democrats to push a bold and strong message to abolish ICE since it's against everything we value in our country and our democratic society. And we must say "No," to those corporate Democratic Party groups who say Democrats should push incremental changes to ICE this election year. Incrementalism is what got us here in the first place!Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!leftoflansing@gmail.comLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well!leftoflansing.comMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopardNOTES:YouGov Survey on ICE and Its Practices

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Vance #Oligarchy #TechBros #Media #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Michigan #ICE #Authoritarianism #PoliticalViolence #Immigration #GrandRapids #WestMichigan #DeVos #BetsyDevos #ElissaSlotkin #Education #WealthInequality #WorkingClass #Democracy #LeftOfLansingHere's Episode #162 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast!00:00-9:54: Union Worker Heckles TrumpA union worker at Ford's Truck Plant in Dearborn called Dear Leader Trump a "pedophile protector," but has now been suspended by the automaker. However, working class Americans are showing their massive support by raising money for this union worker. This is another illustration how little the Trump Regime cares about working class Americans, and how the regime only works for the oligarch class. 9:54-39:09: Jeff Smith from GRIID InterviewJeff Smith is the founder and director of Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, or GRIID, talks with Pat this week. Mr. Smith talks about his years of work exposing and highlighting the many different ways the DeVos Oligarch Family is ingrained in the state's economic and political power structure. He also talks about his work in helping protect undocumented citizens in West Michigan, and how you can help-out in your local community as well. 39:10-47:18: Last Call-Dems Cave To Corp ClassIn this week's "Last Call," Pat picks-up where Jeff Smith left-off on how some corporate Democrats continuously cave to the corporate class, like the DeVos Oligarch Family, The Trump Regime, and others. Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin is one of them.47:19-50:02: EndingPlease, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!leftoflansing@gmail.comLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well!leftoflansing.comMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopardNOTES:Grand Rapids Institute For Information Democracy "The company at 545 Michigan in Grand Rapids that already has a contract with ICE, will now be using bounty hunters to track down immigrants for ICE." By Jeff Smith of GRIID "Why are we not focusing as much attention on the Billionaires in our own back yard as we are on Musk and Bezos?" By Jeff Smith of GRIID "Look at which groups are opposing the ballot initiative that would raise taxes for millionaires and billionaires in Michigan." By Jeff Smith of GRIID "A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he's been suspended." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "UAW backs Ford worker suspended for heckling Trump, condemns president's ‘vulgar' response." By Steve Neavling of Detroit Metro Times "The DeVos family publicly reengages in Michigan politics ahead of Election 2026." By Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio "Slotkin says she's under federal investigation over illegal orders video." By Ashleigh Fields of The Hill "A Majority of Young Voters Now Reject Both Parties." By Ed Kilgore of The Intelligencer

On today's Daily Detroit, our conversations is with Joanna Whaley, a Democrat running in the primary for State House District 2, covering Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale and Southgate. Whaley is not a typical candidate. She's a former evangelical pastor, a seminary-trained theologian, a clinical spiritual care provider in a hospital, and a trans woman who has spent the last several years doing LGBTQ+ rights work inside religious spaces across Michigan and beyond.​ In this candid conversation, Whaley shares how pressure from both faith communities and local organizers pushed her from the pulpit toward politics.. and why she finally said yes. For her, she says the job is less about making viral clips and more about showing up in rooms where people don't always agree with her — then staying long enough to hear what they actually need.​ The discussion also touches on the "K-shaped" economy we're in and what that looks like in inner-ring suburbs that helped build Metro Detroit's middle class but now feel ignored by Lansing. Whaley details what she's hearing at doors and coffee hours: workers stuck in multiple part-time jobs, ACA premiums and deductibles spiking, and residents who are wary of being left holding the bag again.  That includes a proposed AI data center near the iconic tire along I‑94.​ There's a lot in about 20 minutes to unpack, and I hope you get something interesting out of it.  Her campaign website: https://www.joannawhaley.com/ Free coffee and conversation, this Saturday morning the 17th at the studio: https://www.facebook.com/share/14XWN3tcPNo/ Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DailyDetroit Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9?si=df538dae2e144431  

In our second hour, Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com joined us. He and Huge talked about players that Whittingham has picked up in the portal, talked about the current retention, talked about Michigan Basketball and their first loss of the season, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about how comfortable Tom Izzo and his team have looked this season, talked about some of the NFL Playoff games from over the weekend, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we're talking about the Detroit Red Wings, Michigan and Michigan State Athletics, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. We kicked off the show talking with Ken Kal who is the voice of the Detroit Red Wings. He and Huge talked about Sergei Fedorov's number being retired tonight, gave their thought's on players that will have their numbers retired in the future, and more. Jason Killop from SpartanMag.com then joined us. He updated us on some of the Football players that Fitzgerald has picked in the portal, talked about some of the guys that can make an immediate impact, and more. Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com then joined us to update us on what Michigan Football has been doing in the transfer portal, talked about the current retention, and more. In our second hour, Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com joined us. He and Huge talked about players that Whittingham has picked up in the portal, talked about the current retention, talked about Michigan Basketball and their first loss of the season, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about how comfortable Tom Izzo and his team have looked this season, talked about some of the NFL Playoff games from over the weekend, and more. In our final hour, Chris Balas from theWolverine.com joined us to talk about Michigan Athletics. He and Huge talked about what Coach Whittingham has done at Michigan in less than two weeks, talked about the current retention they have, talked about guys in the transfer portal, and more. Graham Couch from the Lansing State Journal then joined us to talk about Tom Izzo and MSU Basketball, and more. We wrapped up the show talking with Hope Football's Head Coach Peter Stuursma. He and Huge talked about Hope Football player Liam Danitz entering the transfer portal, talked about what impact he'll make on a D1 team, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about how comfortable Tom Izzo and his team have looked this season, talked about some of the NFL Playoff games from over the weekend, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Vance #ICE #Immigration #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Donors #Oligarchy #WorkingClass #PoliticalViolence #WhiteChristianNationalism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #HaleyStevens #DemocraticSocialism #Democracy #LeftofLansingHere's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for January 12, 2026.Pat Johnston muses about inflicting cruelty and violence on both undocumented citizens AND American citizens is part of the Trump Regime's authoritarianism goal of silencing opposition. That's why several Democrats including Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens were completely derelict in their duty to oppose the Trump Regime's authoritarianism from the start. While progressive Democrats and Democratic Socialists are standing-up for those who don't have power in this scary time in American history, too many corporate Democrats believed capitulating to Authoritarianism was the best play. Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!leftoflansing@gmail.comLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well!leftoflansing.comMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopardNOTES:"In a year, ICE arrested over 2,300 in Michigan – from teens at home to a dad getting coffee." By Rose White of MLive "Detroit councilwoman calls for limits on ICE operations following Minneapolis shooting." By WXYT News, Channel 7 in Detroit

New Year, New Us! We were awfully mean to the good people of Lansing, MI and in 2026 we're going to do better, starting today. To help us make good on this resolution, Gregg Smyth and Brian Phillips of Phillips Cider Bar in Lansing sat down to tell us why the capital of the Wolverine state is actually a pretty cool place. Plus, they delve into the history of their sixth generation orchard, talk about the transition to making hard ciders, and help us pick the new town we'll be dumping on for the next 365 days.PLUS The Speakeasy turns 15! Greg, Sother and Damon reminisce about episode 1 and reflect on how the more things change, the more they stay the same.Follow Phillips Cider at @phillipsorchardsLINKSBecome a Regular: patreon.com/SpeakeasyRegularsFor resources on dealing with ICE agents in your community visit nouswithoutyou.la/ and @thenycallianceThe Speakeasy is now on YouTube! Tune in to “see” what we're talking about at youtube.com/@Speakeasy.PodcastCheck out Quiote Imports at quioteimports.com and use promo code “Speakeasy” to get free shipping at checkout.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  The Depleted Patrols in Dallas on November 22, 1963 John Washburn article at Kennedysandking.com Read Here The call that was mistranscribed as "Attention all squads, report to downtown area, Code 3 to Elm and Houston, with caution." But the tape is 25:45 "All squads in the Downtown area, Code 3 to Elm and Houston with caution". The word "in the" has been replaced with "Report to".This is Tippit's last call It had a 12:54pm time stamp immediately before it. 37:28 "78" "78" "you are in the Oak Cliff area are you not? "Lansin' and 8th " you'll be at large for any emergency that comes in" "10-4" It was transcribed as Lancaster and 8th. It seems to be Lansin' and 8th If anyone thinks that it is unique to Tippit then 12 minutes earlier there was this untranscribed call. Call sign 81 is Officer Angell 27:14 "81" "81 we're still Lansing and 8th" (12:42pm) Lancaster is a city immediately south of Dallas And these are 0:13 Proper pronunciation three clear syllables. And to repeat Tippit. 37:28 he is not saying three syllables but "Lan-sin' ". Lansing Street is two blocks west of North Lancaster Avenue. Both in the same place mistranscribed in tippit's case. Missed out in Angell's. Tippit's position was misrepresented. And the fact Angell had been in same place - also out of his district. 28:59 "I'm at Keist and er Bonnie" (12:45pm) This is not Tippit's voice. That is not the same voice as Tippit who said Lansin’ 8th. And no officer says - I'm - its superfluous and breaks protocol of minimum speech. Nelson 12:45pm immediately after Tippit. 29:03 this is not Nelson 23:00 "87 clear" "87 clear 12:40Call sign 87 is Officer Nelson 35:09 "87, out down here" Part Two Ray McGinnis @ 41:55 Canadain Parliment Update "The House of Commons Just Capped Off one of its Least Productive Years," National Post, Dec 24, 2025. Read Here "Ottawa Set to Revive Online Harms Legislation in 2026: Gov. Source," Wire Report, December 22, 2025. Article BUSINESS CONFIDENCE AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN BRITISH COLUMBIA "Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase," Global News, Read Here Bruce Pardy, "Virtue-signalling devotion to reconciliation will not end well," National Post, Jan 1, 2026. Read Here UNIVERSAL OSTRICH FARM SAGA Del Bigtree, "Katie Pasitney of Universal Ostrich Farm: Interview," High Wire, Nov. 13, 2025. Highwire Article "Katie Pasitney Announces Rebirth of Universal Ostrich Farm," David Krayden, Dec 7, 2025. Article Trish Wood, "Was the Ostrich Cull a Criminal Act?," Substack, November 9, 2025. Substack Atricle "Canada's Lead Negotiator Quits as Trade Talks Stall, Juno News, Dec. 10, 2025. Juno News - Read Here  

#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #Empathy #ICE #ReneeGood #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism #GunViolence #PoliticalViolence #EmilyDievendorf #LeftofLansingHere's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for January 9, 2026.Why are MAGA Republicans suddenly supporting the federal government, particularly the Trump Regime's ICE agents, as it levels cruelty and violence on those they've been conditioned to hate? And why are MAGA Republicans celebrating ICE's shooting and killing of an American citizen in Minneapolis?Because to MAGA Republicans, showing any type of empathy is weak and goes against the values of the United States. Then, these same people will go to church on Sundays and learn about helping the poor and the immigrants. Empathy is a progressive term, according to MAGA, which is why they refuse to show any.Is that what the United States of America should be about?Left of Lansing's Pat Johnston doesn't believe so.Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!leftoflansing@gmail.comLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well!leftoflansing.comMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard

#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #Trump #MAGA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #Lansing #EmilyDievendorf #WorkingClass #Economy #Affordability #Inequality #ChildCare #Medicaid #MAGACruelty #DanaNessel #Election2026 #Farming #Tarrifs #DemocraticTeaParty #Authoritarianism #ICE #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #Democracy #WaterAffordability #Venezuela #Oil #LeftofLansing00:00-13:25: Nessel Stops Matt Hall/Venezuela/ICE ShootingPat Johnston starts the first show of 2026 by sharing the story of Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel's opinion which called the MAGA Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall's move to block already-approved state spending projects as unconstitutional. Nessel's ruling allows those funds to resume being spent for working class Michiganders. Plus, Pat shares his thoughts on The Trump Regime's attack for Venezuelan oil, and the murder of an American citizen by ICE in Minnesota. 13:26-43:35: State Rep. Emily Dievendorf InterviewMichigan Progressive Democratic State Rep. Emily Dievendorf stops by to react to the big news of AG Nessel blocking the MAGA Michigan House from canning millions of dollars of spending for communities across the state. Pat and Rep. Dievendorf also talk about how Trump & MAGA Republicans in D.C. are hurting voters in the 77th House District, and why progressive-populist messaging is hitting with voters across the country. 43:36-49:48: Last Call: Results vs. RevolutionIn the "Last Call," Pat calls-out corporate Democrats claiming to be about "results" while those results have given us Trump and MAGA Republicans running everything in D.C.49:49-52:23: EndingPlease, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!leftoflansing@gmail.comLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well!leftoflansing.comMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard

Larry Page said in the early day, a guiding principle is Do No Evil. I wonder if we can say that today or is it just business as usual? Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom-and-pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I’m Stephen’s sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today’s episode, a word from our sponsor, which is, well, it’s us, but we’re highlighting ads we’ve written and produced for our clients. So, here’s one of those. [Out of this World Plumbing Ad] Dave Young: This is the Empire Builders Podcast, by the way. Dave Young here, Steve Semple there. I wonder, Stephen, if we could do this whole episode without mentioning the name of the company that we’re going to be talking about. I ask that for the simple reason of they already know. They already know what we’re talking about. They already know we’re talking about them. They probably knew we were going to talk about them. Stephen Semple: Because of all the research I’ve done on my computer. Dave Young: No, because they’re listening to everything. They probably already know the date that this is going to come out and how long it’s… I don’t know, right? When they first started, and I don’t think we felt that way about them, and I can remember back in the early 2000s, just after the turn- Stephen Semple: In the early days, they had a statement. Larry Page was very famous. Dave Young: Yeah, “Do no evil.” Stephen Semple: “Do know evil. Do no evil,” and that was a very, very big part. In fact, in the early stages, they made a bunch of decisions that challenged the company financially because they were like, “This is not good experience for the person on the other end.” I wonder if anybody’s guessed yet what we’re going to be talking about. Dave Young: Well, then you go public, and it’s all about shareholders, right? It’s like the shareholders are like, “Well, we don’t care if you do evil or not. We want you to make money.” That’s what it’s about because you have [inaudible 00:03:01]. Stephen Semple: All those things happen. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: This company that we’re talking about, we’ll go a little while before we’ll let the name out, was founded… On September 4th in 1998 was when it was actually founded. Dave Young: Oh, ’98. It goes back before the turn of the century [inaudible 00:03:14]. Stephen Semple: Yeah. It was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who met at Stanford. Interesting note, the Stanford grads also created Yahoo. Dave Young: Okay, yeah. Stephen Semple: That’s giving you another little clue about the company that we might be talking about. Dave Young: In the same geek club. Stephen Semple: Yeah, so 1998. I was thinking back, one year after I graduated from university, Windows 98 is launched and, believe it or not, the last Seinfeld episode aired. Dave Young: Are you kidding me? Stephen Semple: No, isn’t that crazy? Dave Young: ’98. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: I mean, I was busy raising four daughters in ’98. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Today, this company, as you said, because you didn’t want me to name the company, has more net income than any other business in US history. It has, now, I got to let the cat out of the bag, eight and a half billion searches a day happen. And yes, we’re talking about the birth of Google, which is also now known as part of the Alphabet group. Dave Young: Alphabet, yeah. It’s funny how they got to get a name that means everything. Did they have a name before Google? I know Google was like… Oh, it’s a number really, right? It’s a gazillion, bazillion Googleplex. Stephen Semple: As we’ll go into a little bit later, they actually spelled it wrong when they registered the site. That’s not actually the way that the word is spelled. I’ll have to go… But yeah, the first iteration was a product called BackRub was the name of it. Dave Young: Backrub, okay. Stephen Semple: Alphabet also owns the second largest search engine, which is YouTube. Together, basically, it’s a $2 trillion business, which is larger than the economy of Canada. It’s this amazing thing. Going back to 1998, there are dozens of search engines all using different business models. Now, today Alphabet’s like 90% in the market. Up until this point, it’s been unassailable, and it’s going to be really interesting to see what the future of AI and whatnot brings to that business. But we’re not talking about the future, we’re talking about the past here, so back to the start. Larry Page was born in Lansing, Michigan. His dad is a professor of computer science. His mom is also a computer academic. This is in the ’70s. Between 1979 and ’80, his dad does a stint at Stanford and then also goes to work at Microsoft. Now, Larry and Sergey meet at Stanford, and they’re very ambitious, they’re equal co-founders, but Larry had this thing he also talked about where he said, “You need to do more than just invent things.” It wasn’t about inventing things, it was about creating things that people would use. Here’s what’s going on in the world of the web at this time to understand what’s going on. Here’s some web stats. In 1993, there’s 130 websites in the world. In 1996, three years later, there’s 600,000 websites. That’s a 723% growth year over year. The world has never seen growth like that before. Dave Young: Right, yeah. It was amazing to experience it. People that are younger than us don’t realize what it was. Josh Johnson, the comedian, has a great routine on trying to explain to people what it was like before Google. You needed to know something- Stephen Semple: What it was like for the internet. Dave Young: Yeah. You had to ask somebody who knew. If you needed the answer to a question, you had to ask somebody. And if they didn’t know, then you had to find somebody else, or you had to go to the library and ask a librarian and they would help you find the answer- Stephen Semple: Well, I don’t think it’s like a- Dave Young: … maybe by giving you a book that may or may not have the answer. Stephen Semple: Here’s an important point. I want you to put a pin in that research. We’re going to come back to it. I was about to go down a rabbit hole, but let’s come back to this in just a moment, because this is a very, very important point here about the birth of Google. Larry and Sergey first worked on systems to allow people to make annotations and notes directly on websites with no human involved, but the problem is that that could just overrun a site because there was no systems for ranking or order or anything along that lines. The other question they started to ask is, “Which annotations should someone look at? What are the ones that have authority?” This then created the idea of page rankings. All of this became messy, and this led to them to asking the question, “What if we just focused on ranking webpages?” which led to ranking search. Now, whole idea was ranking was based upon authority and credibility, and they drew this idea from academia. So when we would do research, David, and you’d find that one book, what did you do to figure out who the authority was on the topic? You went and you saw what book did that cite, what research did this book cite. The further you went back in those citations, the closer you got to the true authority, right? Do you remember doing that type of research? Dave Young: Yeah, sure. Stephen Semple: Right. They looked at that and they went, “Well, that’s how you establish credibility and authority is who’s citing who.” Okay. They decided that what they were going to do was do that for the web, and the way the web did that was links, especially in the early days where a lot of it was research. Dave Young: Yeah. If a whole bunch of people linked to you, then that gives you authority over the words that they used to link on and- Stephen Semple: Well, and also in the early days, those links carried a lot of metadata around what the author thought, like, “Why was the link there?” In the early days, backlinks were incredibly important. Now, SEO weasels are still today talking about backlinks, which is complete. Dude, backlinks, yeah, they kind of matter, but they’re… Anyway, I could go down a rabbit hole. Dave Young: Yeah. It’s like anything, the grifters figure out a way to hack the system and make something that’s not authoritative seem like it is. Stephen Semple: Yeah. It’s harder that you can’t hack the system today. Anyway, but the technology challenge, how do you figure out who’s backedlinked to who? Well, the only way you can do it is you have to crawl the entire web, copy the entire web, and reverse engineer the computation to do this. Dave Young: Yeah. It’s huge. We’ve been talking about Google’s algorithm for as long as Google’s been around. That’s the magic of it, right? Stephen Semple: Yeah. In the early days, with them doing it as a research project, they could do it because there was hundreds of sites. If this happened even two years later, like 1996, it would’ve been completely impossible because the sheer size to do it as a research project, right? Now, they called this system BackRub, and they started to shop this technology to other search engines because, again, remember there was HotBot and Lyco and Archie and AltaVista and Yahoo and Excite and Infoseek. There were a ton of these search engines. Dave Young: Don’t forget Ask Jeeves. Stephen Semple: Ask Jeeves? Actually, Ask Jeeves might’ve even been a little bit later, but yeah, Ask Jeeves was one of them once when it was around. Dave Young: There was one that was Dogpile that was… It would search a bunch of search engines. Stephen Semple: Right, yeah. There was all sorts of things. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: There was another one called Excite, and they got close to doing a deal with Excite. They got a meeting with them, and they’re looking at a license deal, million dollars for BackRub, and they would go into the summer and they would implement it because they were still students at Stanford. They got so far as running for the executives there a side-by-side test. They demo this test and the results were so good with BackRub. Here’s what execs at Excite said, “Why on earth would we want to use your engine? We want people to stay on our site,” because, again, it would push people off the site because web portals had this mentality of keeping people on the site instead of having them leave. So it was a no deal. They go back to school and no one wants BackRub, so they decide to build it for themselves at Stanford. The original name was going to be Whatbox. Dave Young: Whatbox? I’m glad they didn’t use Whatbox. Stephen Semple: Yeah. They thought it sounded too close to a porn site or something like that. Dave Young: Okay, I’ll give them that. Stephen Semple: Larry’s dorm mate suggested Google, which is the mathematical term of 10 to the 100th power, but it’s spelled G-O-O-G-O-L. Dave Young: Googol, mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: Correct. Now, there’s lots of things here. Did Larry Page misregister? Did he decide purposely? There’s all sorts of different stories there, but the one that seems to be the most popular, at least liked the most, is that he misspelled it when he did the registration to G-O-G-G-L-E. Dave Young: I think that’s probably a good thing because when you hear it said, that’s kind of the first thing you go- Stephen Semple: That’s kind of how you spell it. Dave Young: … how you spell it. I think we’d have figured it out, but- Stephen Semple: We would’ve, but things that are easier are always better, right? Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: By spring of ’98, they’re doing 10,000 searches a day all out of Stanford University. Dave Young: Wait, 10,000 a day out of one place. Stephen Semple: Are using university resources. Everyone else is just using keywords on a page, which led to keyword stuffing, again, another one of these BS SEO keyword stuffing. Now, at one point, one half of the entire computing power at Stanford University is being used for Google searches. It’s the end of the ’98 academic year, and these guys are still students there. Now, sidebar, to this day, Stanford still owns a chunk of Google. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: Worked out well for Stanford. Dave Young: Yeah, I guess. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Now, Larry and Sergey need some seed round financing because they’ve got to get it off of Stanford. They’ve got to start building computers. They raise a million dollars. Here’s the interesting thing I had no idea. Guess who one of the first round investors are who ended up owning 25% of the company in the seed round? Dave Young: Stay tuned. We’re going to wrap up this story and tell you how to apply this lesson to your business right after this. [Using Stories To Sell Ad] Dave Young: Let’s pick up our story where we left off and trust me you haven’t missed a thing. Stephen Semple: Guess who one of the first round investors are who ended up owning 25% of the company in the seed round? Jeff Bezos. Dave Young: Oh, no kidding. Stephen Semple: Yeah, yeah. Jeff Bezos was one of the first four investors in Google. Dave Young: Okay. Well, here we are. Stephen Semple: Isn’t that incredible? Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Now, AltaVista created a very interesting technology because AltaVista grew out of DEC computers who were building super computers at the time. They were basically one of the pre-leaders in search because what they would do is everybody else crawled the internet in series. They were crawling the internet in parallel, and this was a big technological breakthrough. In other words, they didn’t have to do it one at a time. They could send out a whole ton of crawlers, crawling all sorts of different things, all sorts of different pieces, bringing it back and could reassemble it. Dave Young: Got you. Stephen Semple: AltaVista also had therefore the most number of sites indexed. I remember back in the day, launching websites, like pre-2000, and yeah, you would launch a site and you would have to wait for it to be indexed and it could take weeks- Dave Young: You submit it. Yeah, there were things you could do to submit- Stephen Semple: There was things you could submit. Dave Young: … the search engines. Stephen Semple: Yes, yeah, and you would sit and you would wait and you’d be like, “Oh, it got crawled.” Yeah, it was crazy. We don’t think about that today. [inaudible 00:15:57] websites crawl. Dave Young: You’d make updates to your site and you’d need to resubmit it, so it would get crawled again- Stephen Semple: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Dave Young: … if there was new information. Stephen Semple: People would search your site and it would be different than the site that you would have because the updates hadn’t come through and all those other things. In 1998, Yahoo was the largest player. They were a $20 billion business, and they had a hand-curated guide to the internet, which worked at the time, but the explosive growth killed that. There was a point where Yahoo just couldn’t keep up with it. Then Yahoo went to this hybrid where the top part was hand-curated and then backfilled with search engine results. Now, originally, Google was very against the whole idea of banner ads, and this was the way everyone else was making money, because what they knew is people didn’t like banner ads, but you’re tracking eyeballs, you’re growing, you need more infrastructure, because basically their way of doing is they’re copying the entire internet and putting it on their servers and you need more money. Now, one of the other technological breakthroughs is Google figured out how to do this on a whole pile of cheap computers that they just stacked on top of each other, but you still needed money. At this moment, had no model for making money. They were getting all these eyeballs, they were faster because they built data centers around the world because they also figured out that, by decentralizing it, it was faster. They had lots of constraints. What they needed to do at this point was create a business model. What does one do when one needs to create a business model? Well, it’s early 1999, they’re running out of money. They hire Salar Kamangar, who’s a Stanford student, and they give him the job of writing a business plan. “Here, intern, you’re writing the business plan for how we’re going to make money. Go put together a pitch deck.” Dave Young: I wonder if they’re still using the plan. Stephen Semple: What they found at that point was there was basically three ways to make the money. Way number 1 was sell Google Search technology to enterprises. In other words, companies can use this to search their own documents and intranets. Dave Young: I remember that, yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Number 2, sell ads, banner ads, and number 3, license search results to other search engines. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: Based upon this plan, spring of ’99, they do a Series A fundraise. They raised more money, and they also meet Omid [inaudible 00:18:22] who’s from Netscape, and he’s kind of done with Netscape because Netscape had been just bought by AOL, and they recruit him as a chief revenue officer. Omid tries to sell the enterprise model, kind of fails, so things are not looking good on the revenue front. It’s year 2000, and the technology bubble is starting to burst. The customer base is still growing because people love it, love Google, but they’re running out of money again. They decide to do banner ads, because they just have got no money. Here’s the interesting thing is, in this day, 2000, I want you to think about this, you have to set up a sales force to go out and sell banner ads to agencies, people picking up the phone and walking into offices, reaching out to ad agencies. Dave Young: Yeah, didn’t have a platform for buying and selling… And banner ads, gosh, they were never… Google ads, in the most recent memory, are always context-related, right? Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: But if you’re just selling banner ads to an agency, you might be looking for dog food and you’re going to see car ads and you’re going to see ads for high-tech servers and all kinds of things that don’t have anything to do with what you’re looking for. Stephen Semple: That’s how the early banner ads work. Hold that thought. You’re always one step ahead of me, Dave. Dave Young: Oh, sorry. Stephen Semple: Hold that thought. No, this is awesome. Dave Young: I’m holding it. Stephen Semple: What I want to stress is, when we talk about how the world has changed, in 2000, Google decides to do banner ads and how they have to do it is a sales force going out, reaching out to agencies, and agencies faxed in the banner ads. Dave Young: Okay. Yeah, sure. It would take too long for them- Stephen Semple: I’m not making this up. This is how much the world has changed in 25 years. Dave Young: “Fax me the banner.” Stephen Semple: Salespeople going out to sell ads to agencies for banners on Google where the insertions were sent back by fax. Dave Young: For the people under 20 listening to us, a fax machine- Stephen Semple: Who don’t even know what the hell a fax machine is, yeah. Dave Young: A fax machine, yeah, well, we won’t go there. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Now, here’s what they do. They also say to the advertisers at this point, “Google will only accept text for banner ads for speed.” Again, they start with the model of CPM, cost per a thousand views, which is basically how all the agencies were doing it, but they did do a twist on it. They sold around this idea of intent that the ads were showing keyword-based and they were the first to do that. What they did is they did a test to prove this. This was really cool. They set themselves up as an Amazon affiliate and dynamically generated a link on a book search and served up an ad, an affiliate ad, and they’re able to show they were able to sell a whole pile of books. The test proved the idea worked. And then what they did is they went out and they white-labeled this for others. For example, Yahoo did it, and it would show on the bottom of Yahoo, “Powered by Google.” But here’s the thing, as soon as you start saying, “Powered by Google,” what are you doing? You’re creating share of voice. Share of voice, right? Dave Young: Well, yeah, why don’t I just go to Google? Stephen Semple: Why don’t I just go to Google? Look, we had saw this a few years earlier when Hotmail was launched by Microsoft where you would get this email and go, “Powered by Hotmail,” and you’d be like, “What’s this Hotmail thing?” Suddenly, everybody was getting Hotmail accounts, right? Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: No one has a Hotmail account, no longer they have Gmail accounts, they hardly have Gmail accounts anymore. Dave Young: No, I could tell you that we’ve got a lot of people at Wizard Academy that email us off with a Hotmail. Stephen Semple: Still have Hotmail accounts? Dave Young: Sure. Stephen Semple: Oh, wow. So it’s still around? Okay. Dave Young: And then some Yahoos, yeah. Stephen Semple: Wow, that’s amazing. That’s amazing. Well, still- Dave Young: Yahoo, the email, not the customer. They’re not a Yahoo, but they have an account there. Stephen Semple: In October 2000, they launch AdWords with a test of 350 advertisers. And then, in 2002, they launched pay-per-click Advertising. And then 2004, they go public. Now, here’s one of the other things I want to talk about in terms of share of voice. They had a couple things going on with share of voice. They had that, “powered by Google,” which created share of voice because… We often think of share of voice as being just advertising in terms of how much are people knowing about us. I remember knowing nothing about Google and then learning about Google when Google went public because Google dragged out going public. They talked about it for a long time, but it meant it was financial press, it was front page news. It got a lot of PR and a lot of press around the time that they went public. That going public for them also created massive share of voice because there was suddenly a whole community that were not technologically savvy that we’re now suddenly aware of, “Oh, there’s this Google thing.” Dave Young: And they’re in the news, yeah. So I’ve got an idea for us, Steve. Stephen Semple: Yep, okay. Dave Young: All right. Stephen Semple: Let’s hear it. Dave Young: Let’s pick up part 2 of Google at the point they go public. Stephen Semple: All right, let’s do that. That’ll be an episode we’ll do in the future, yeah. Dave Young: We don’t do very many two-parters, but we’re already kind of a lengthy Empire Builder Podcast here. Stephen Semple: Oh, yeah. I was just taking it to this point, but I think that would be very interesting- Dave Young: Oh, okay. Stephen Semple: … because look, Google is a massive force in the world today- Dave Young: Unbelievable, yeah. Stephen Semple: … and I think it would be interesting to do the next part because there’s all sorts of things that they did to continue this path of attracting eyeballs. Dave Young: We haven’t even touched on Gmail yet. No, we have not. We have not. Stephen Semple: Because that happened after they went public. Correct. Let’s do that. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: Here’s the lesson that I think that I want people to understand is share of voice comes from other things, but we’re going to explore that even more in this part 2. I like the idea of doing this part 2. They really looked at this problem from a completely different set of eyeballs, and this is where I commend Google, from the standpoint of there’s all this stuff in the internet and what we really want to know is who is the authority. They looked at the academic world for how does it establish authority, and how authority is established is how much is your work cited by others, how much are other… So, now, Google has of course expanded that to direct search and there’s all these other things, but they’ve always looked at it from the standpoint of, “Who in this space has the most authority? Who is really and truly the expert on this topic? We’re going to try to figure that out and serve that up.” Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: That’s core to what their objective has been. Dave Young: We could talk about Google for four or five episodes probably. Stephen Semple: We may, but we know we’re going to do one more. Dave Young: All right. Stephen Semple: Awesome. Dave Young: Well, thanks for bringing it up. We did mention their name. Actually, if we just put this out there, “Hey, Google, why don’t you send us all the talking points we need for part 2?” There, I put it out there. Let me know how that works. Stephen Semple: My email’s about to get just slammed. All right. Thanks, David. Dave Young: You won’t know it’s from them though. You won’t know. You won’t know. Isn’t that good? Stephen Semple: That’s true. That’s true. Dave Young: Thank you, Stephen. Stephen Semple: All right. Thanks, David. Dave Young: Thanks for listening to the podcast. Please share us, subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and leave us a big, fat, juicy five-star rating and review at Apple Podcasts. And if you’d like to schedule your own 90-minute Empire Building session, you can do it at empirebuildingprogram.com.

Today on the show, we talked about the Detroit Lions, Michigan and Michigan State Athletics, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. Throughout our entire broadcast we were joined in studio by David Gregory who is a Lawyer and NFLPA Certified Sports Agent for Bullrush Sports. During that time, David and Huge talked about the transfer portal, NIL, collective bargaining, talked about some of the Athletes that David is representing, and so much more. In our second hour, we were joined by Mike Kimber from Chat Sports. He gave us his thought's on Morton being fired, talked about who he would like to see get hired as the new OC, talked about the biggest needs the Lions need in the off-season, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about MSU Hoops and how they've been playing lately, they talked a little about the Lions, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about MSU Hoops and how they've been playing lately, they talked a little about the Lions, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we talked about the Detroit Lions, Michigan and Michigan State Athletics, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. Throughout our entire broadcast we were joined in studio by David Gregory who is a Lawyer and NFLPA Certified Sports Agent for Bullrush Sports. During that time, David and Huge talked about the transfer portal, NIL, collective bargaining, talked about some of the Athletes that David is representing, and so much more. In our first hour we were joined by Jeff Risdon from the Detroit Lions Podcast. He and Huge talked about John Morton getting fired yesterday, talked about possible candidates for the OC position, and more. Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com then joined us. He and Huge talked Michigan Basketball and their win over Penn State last night, and more. In our second hour, we were joined by Mike Kimber from Chat Sports. He gave us his thought's on Morton being fired, talked about who he would like to see get hired as the new OC, talked about the biggest needs the Lions need in the off-season, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about MSU Hoops and how they've been playing lately, they talked a little about the Lions, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by John Maakaron from the Detroit Sports Podcast and Sports Illustrated. He gave us his thought's on John Morton getting fired, gave his opinion on what type of OC the Lions should hire, and more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to give us an update on Michigan Football and the transfer portal. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Trump #Republicans #Election2026 #WorkingClass #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #HaleyStevens #Senate #CorporateDonors #Inequality #WealthInequality #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for January 5, 2026. In the first "Monday Musing" of 2026, Pat Johnston explains how this election year can't just be about voting for Democrats.  It must be about voting for Democrats who push a real and aggressive populist-progressive working class agenda while the Trump Regime and MAGA Republicans represent only the elite corporate donor class.  Pat says it must be not only about defeating MAGA, but also defeating establishment Democrats, like Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens who's running for the U.S. Senate, who stand in the way of advancing any real and bold working class agenda.  This country is turning more right-wing authoritarian, and the only way to combat it is through real and strong progressive change. Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com Music provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard

The guys mix Faygo and Crown Royal the way they used to down at Cafe D'Mongo's.Recorded live at Grewal Hall, Lansing, MI1439 RECIPE: 2oz/60ml CAPTAIN MORGANtop up FAYGO ROCK & RYEPour Captain Morgan Spiced Rum into a highball glass filled with ice.Top up with Faygo Rock & Rye. Stir gently.Recipe via Cafe D'Mongos SpeakeasyWANT MORE SLOP? Check out:PatreonSHOP the webstore at:The Sloppy Boys WebsiteLISTEN to The Sloppy Boys hit songs on:Apple MusicSpotifyYoutubeTOUR DATES, SOCIALS and more at:LinktreeT H E S L O P P Y B O Y S L L CExpand Ascend Conquer Retain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My mind was rarin' to go again today, but the rest of me wasn't having it. The smart thing to do was to use the Black Hole Week down time to answer a question the last couple of re-runs might have put you in mind of: What the hell did KITM sound like on January 7, 2026? Well, now you'll know! And if you'd like a preview, here's Scott Anderson's summary of that fateful day… after the actual fateful day. David Waldman, broadcasting from the center of our vast KITM World Headquarters, phones Greg Dworkin down in the laundry room, to discuss all that happened yesterday: Did you read my summary yesterday? No? Well, I don't blame you. Yesterday was pretty crazy. Yesterday, I was certain Trumpers would be no challenge to Capitol police. The day before, I thought even the idea of an assault on the House chamber to be an outlandish joke. Imagine my surprise to find attitudes change so quickly.  Otherwise, it wasn't much of a surprise. The forces of white entitlement, white supremacy and white lunacy amassed in DC, and statehouses across the country. Some of the assembled mob believed they were literally going to war. A few of them might have been surprised on all what that entails, but plenty sure as hell knew what they were doing. The rioters might have looked like jokes but they weren't joking, and everyone knew it. Rudy Giuliani tried to subvert the will of the people, but called the wrong Senator. Violent insurrection is what Donald Trump wanted. He already goaded a mob to seize the capitol in Lansing, Michigan, and he used social media to attempt a coup. He and the gang are being deplatformed 5 years too late, and it's not nearly enough anymore. William Barr, Mick Mulvaney, along with several others of the Trump administration, many Republicans, and all the other presidents can tell you it is not enough anymore. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have called on Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Of course, it was only yesterday that Mike got his big boy pants pulled up, so that might be a big ask.  Speaking of Mike, Politico's "Congress Reporter", Kyle Cheney misspoke about a discovery that he misconstrued as Pence manipulation of the electoral count, when in fact it is a parliamentarian hero story.

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Steve sits down with State Representative James DeSana (R-Carleton) of Michigan's 29th District to discuss the launch of the Michigan DOGE Task Force Initiative, a new, legislator-led effort aimed at cutting waste, boosting transparency, and restoring accountability in state government. Chaired by DeSana, the task force will focus on identifying inefficiencies, reducing bureaucracy, and making sure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. DeSana explains why Michiganders are demanding better results from Lansing, how this homegrown initiative differs from national efforts, and why putting the public back in charge is key to rebuilding trust in government.

We were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about the hiring of Kyle Whittingham and the impact on the Big Ten, talked about Tom Izzo rightfully being upset at the fact that Pro players are trying to come back to play College Basketball, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In our second hour, we were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about the hiring of Kyle Whittingham and the impact on the Big Ten, talked about Tom Izzo rightfully being upset at the fact that Pro players are trying to come back to play College Basketball, and much more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to talk more about the hiring of Kyle Whittingham. He gave us his thought's on the impact that Whittingham can make at Michigan, updated us on the Coaching staff, talked about Bryce Underwood, and more. John Borton from theWolverine.com then joined us to give us his first impressions on Kyle Whittingham, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we're talking about the Detroit Lions, Michigan Football and the hiring of Kyle Whittingham, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. Huge opened up the show giving his thought's on the Detroit Lions as they're officially out of the Playoffs - and talked about the buzz surrounding Kyle Whittingham over the weekend. We were then joined by New York Times Best-Selling Author John U. Bacon. He updated us on everything he knows in regards to Michigan hiring Whittingham, gave his thought's on what the most important things he needs to do coming in, he and Huge gave their thought's on Warde Manuels part in all of it, and much more. In our second hour, we were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt on Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about the hiring of Kyle Whittingham and the impact on the Big Ten, talked about Tom Izzo rightfully being upset at the fact that Pro players are trying to come back to play College Basketball, and much more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to talk more about the hiring of Kyle Whittingham. He gave us his thought's on the impact that Whittingham can make at Michigan, updated us on the Coaching staff, talked about Bryce Underwood, and more. John Borton from theWolverine.com then joined us to give us his first impressions on Kyle Whittingham, and more. In our final hour, Doug Skene from theWolverine.com joined us to talk about Michigan hiring Kyle Whittingham. He and Huge talked about the credibility and stability that comes with Whittingham being the new Head Coach, talked about how Michigan Football has already changed so much in so little time, and more. We wrapped up the show with Bill's earlier conversation with John U. Bacon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“Government power is derived from the consent of the governed—and can you consent if you're not informed?” BridgeDetroit's Malachi Barrett joins Detroit is Different for a candid, funny, and urgent conversation about the broken information environment shaping American politics. A military kid who was “always the new kid,” Malachi maps his route from Battle Creek to Lansing's “blue blood” Capitol pipelines to Detroit in 2022, choosing to cover City Council so residents don't have to sit through (at times) “eight hours” of government jargon to understand what's really being decided. He warns we've “slipped into this collective psychosis,” where outrage beats reporting, “news influencers” outrun qualifications, and AI threatens any shared set of facts. Yet he calls the work “patriotic,” pushing back on the idea that journalists are “enemies of the people,” because accountability is how a city protects itself—especially in a battleground state where local choices echo nationally. From canvassing neighborhoods Malachi and Khary land on a simple ethic: “with great power comes great responsibility.” Detroit is Different, he says: the stakes are personal—and that's the point. In a city remaking itself, that clarity links Detroit's past, present fights, and future votes. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com

Jeffrey welcomes Nick Chaffin, Program Compliance Officer, CAMW! Capital Area Michigan Works! Lansing, MI, but serving Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties, joined by Mohibullah "Mo" Israr New Americans Navigator at Capital Area Michigan Works! - to talk about the Michigan Skilled Immigrant Integration Program (MiSIIP) What is the Skilled Immigrant Integration Program? How does SIIP help businesses in addition to workers? What is Capital Area Michigan Works!' role in the program? Where can people go to learn more? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ WANT TO BUILD YOUR CAREER IN MICHIGAN? Are you a college-educated immigrant or refugee looking to advance in Michigan? There are now trained job coaches throughout the state who are ready to help you. We can help you with: Your resume How to look for a job in your field How to interview We have access to scholarships that will help evaluate your education, and scholarships for courses to improve your skills and make you more attractive to employers. Our job coaches can connect you to Michigan employers. Begin your journey to career success in Michigan by filling out the program application form below: If you are looking for the Michigan Works! office closest to you, please see our map! Hold an Advanced professional training or credential Have intermediate to advanced English language skills Be able to navigate digital tools for job searching Be authorized to work in the U.S. Let us help you today! Begin your journey to career success in Michigan. Apply now to find a job where your skills are valued and your professional dreams can be realized.

Originally uploaded December 18th, reloaded Dec. 23rd. Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Jon Baker, director of laboratories at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, Lansing, MI. Welcome Jon, yesterday UM Health-Sparrow installed a first-of-its-kind lab automation to speed patient results, tell us about the event? "We hear a lot about automation in manufacturing, but in a hospital lab? Can you explain in simple terms what this FlexLab X machine actually does?" "For our listeners who might get blood work done, what does this mean for them personally? How will they notice a difference?" "This is called a 'first-of-its-kind' system. What makes it so unique and groundbreaking compared to how labs have traditionally operated?" "With a machine handling more tasks, what's the impact on the lab scientists and technicians? Does this change their jobs?" "Looking ahead, how does an investment like this fit into the bigger picture for UM Health-Sparrow and the care available to our community in the future?" » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ UM Health-Sparrow installs first-of-its-kind lab automation to speed patient results LANSING, Mich. – The University of Michigan Health-Sparrow activated a new, laboratory automation system that boasts drastically shorter turnaround times for lab tests. The system is among the first of its kind in the nation. The shortened turnaround times enable quicker diagnosis and treatment. The automated processes minimize manual handling errors and strenuous manual tasks for staff, enhancing overall testing quality and consistency, and contribute to shorter hospital stays. "This investment is about getting critical results to our physicians faster," said Jon Baker, director of laboratories at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow. The FlexLab X is a fully integrated automation line that manages sample tubes from check-in through final output. Representatives from Siemens-Healthineers, manufacturer of the FlexLab X, joined hospital leadership for the event. "We look forward to building upon our relationship with this new technology to support University of Michigan Health-Sparrow's goals in driving greater efficiency in their lab and delivering faster results for patients," said Jennifer Murphy, senior vice president of national strategic accounts at Siemens-Healthineers. The U-M Health Sparrow Laboratories is among the busiest hospital labs in the country, receiving lab results from throughout the state. The lab distinguished itself during the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the first hospital to develop an inpatient COVID test and opening a drive-thru testing site at a former Sears Automotive Center. For more information on laboratory services, visit UofMHealthsparrow.org/departments-conditions/all-departments/laboratories.

December 23, 2025 ~Michael Bullotta of Bullotta Law, Federal Criminal Defense Attorney and Former Federal Prosecutor discusses the move inside to Lansing to possibly impeach Dana Nessel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chris Balas from theWolverine.com joined us in our second hour to update us on Michigan Athletics. He and Huge talked about where the Coaching search is currently at, gave their thought's on Biff Poggi possibly being the next Head Coach, talked about how well Michigan Basketball has been playing, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt of Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about Ferris State's win over Harding over the weekend, talked about how stacked the Bulldog team is and how great the Coaching is, Tim updated us on Pat Fitzgerald's Coaching staff, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We were joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt of Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about Ferris State's win over Harding over the weekend, talked about how stacked the Bulldog team is and how great the Coaching is, Tim updated us on Pat Fitzgerald's Coaching staff, and much more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on the show, we're talking about the Detroit Lions, Michigan and Michigan State Athletics, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. In our first hour, we were joined by Jeff Risdon from the Detroit Lions Podcast so he and Huge could talk about that Lions loss to the Steelers yesterday. He and Huge gave their thought's on what seems to be missing with this team, gave their thought's on the Coaching, talked about slim chances of getting into the Playoffs, talked about what the off-season will be like, and much more. Chris Balas from theWolverine.com joined us in our second hour to update us on Michigan Athletics. He and Huge talked about where the Coaching search is currently at, gave their thought's on Biff Poggi possibly being the next Head Coach, talked about how well Michigan Basketball has been playing, and more. We were then joined by Tim Staudt from Staudt of Sports in Lansing. He and Huge talked about Ferris State's win over Harding over the weekend, talked about how stacked the Bulldog team is and how great the Coaching is, Tim updated us on Pat Fitzgerald's Coaching staff, and much more. In our final hour, we were joined by Scott Bischoff from the Detroit Lions Podcast. He and Huge talked about what went wrong in that Lions loss to the Steelers last night, gave their thoughts' on what changes need to be made moving forward, talked about the poor Coaching and execution, and more. We were then joined by Anthony Broome from theWolverine.com to get his thought's on Michigan's Coaching search, talked about some comments that Biff Poggi made to the media earlier, and more. We wrapped up the show talking with Ferris State University's Head Football Coach Tony Annese. He and Huge talked about Ferris winning their fourth National Championship in five years, Tony told us what this means to him, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#podcast #politics #progressives #Democrats #2024Election #Autopsy #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #WorkingClass #Authoritarianism #Democracy #Harris #DigitalMedia #YouthVote #GenZ #Mamdani #Gaza #LeftofLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for December 19, 2025. The Democratic National Committee will not release its 2024 election autopsy report, which was being anticipated by many voters hoping Democrats understood the reasons for their losses to Trump and MAGA Republicans.  Party officials claim they don't want to divide people, especially since Democrats are winning elections nationwide.  But what this really proves is that it's obvious the report says chasing so-called "moderate" voters cost Democrats that election. Pat Johnston explains.  Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com NOTES: "Democrats won't release 2024 election loss ‘autopsy', DNC chair says." By Rachel Leingang of The Guardian

Originally uploaded December 12, reloaded Dec. 19th. Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Tonyie Andrews-Johnson, DNP, RN, C-EFM, HN-BC, Director of Women's & Pediatric Services, University of Michigan - Sparrow, Lansing, MI Welcome Tonyie, please share a bit about UMH Sparrow, the Women's & Pediatric Services department and your role? Process & Team: This award evaluates hard data like C-section rates and breastfeeding success. What specific changes or initiatives did your team implement over the last few years that you believe directly led to these improved outcomes? Patient Impact: For an expecting parent reading about this 'High Performing' designation, what does that actually mean for their experience and safety at UM Health-Sparrow, from prenatal care to going home with their newborn? Community Role: U.S. News also highlights hospitals that serve as critical access points in 'maternity care deserts.' How does this national recognition reinforce UM Health-Sparrow's role and responsibility to the broader mid-Michigan community? Staff Culture: Awards like this are ultimately about people. How have you seen your staff's dedication and teamwork manifest in daily practice, and how do you plan to celebrate and sustain this culture of excellence? Future Focus: With this as a benchmark, what are the next goals for your women's and pediatric services? Where is there still room to grow or innovate in maternity care? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ University of Michigan Health-Sparrow earns national recognition for maternity care LANSING, Mich. – The stork is flying in with an award: University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has been recognized as a 2026 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report, placing it among the nation's top hospitals for labor and delivery services. The "High Performing" designation is the highest award level and is based on excellence across multiple quality measures. These include C-section rates, newborn complication rates, breastfeeding support, episiotomy rates and adherence to federal "birthing-friendly" practices. “This national recognition is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our entire team, our physicians, midwives, nurses, lactation consultants and support staff, who provide compassionate, evidence-based care to every family we serve,” said Tonyie Andrews-Johnson, director of women's and pediatric services at UM Health-Sparrow. “Our focus is always on ensuring the safest and most supportive birth experience.” The U.S. News Best Hospitals for Maternity Care ratings are designed to help expectant parents make informed decisions. A record 899 hospitals nationwide participated in the annual survey. “Achieving this distinction reflects our health system's system-wide commitment to clinical excellence and continuous improvement in women's health,” Andrews-Johnson said. “We are honored to be trusted by our community and proud to be recognized on a national stage.” UM Health-Sparrow is the leading birthing center in Mid-Michigan, with over 3,500 births annually. UM Health-Sparrow Lansing also boasts the region's only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for our smallest patients. The 2026 ratings are published on Health.UsNews.Com/Best-Hospitals/Area/Mi/Sparrow-Hospital-6441595/Maternity. For more information on maternity services at UM Health-Sparrow, visit UofMHealthSparrow.org/departments-conditions/all-departments/labor-delivery.

Lorri Rishar Jandron, MBA, Owner & CEO, EDGE Partnerships, along with Becky Burtka, VP of member engagement, Michigan Chamber, Lansing, MI. Co-Hosts of the new MBN show "BOLD LeadHERS" now into Episode 7. In this episode of Bold LeadHERS, they recently interviewed Deb Muchmore and Gina Thorson. Deb Muchmore: Background: For nearly three decades, Deb Muchmore has been a trusted advisor to business leaders across Michigan and the Midwest, guiding them through public affairs, crisis situations, and complex regulatory challenges. Her work spans diverse industries, including economic development, energy, natural resources, environmental stewardship, food processing and safety, and health insurance, making her one of the region's most versatile and respected communications strategists. Deb is the owner of Deb Muchmore Consulting, LLC, but before she went off on her own she spent multiple years in the marketing business in and around Lansing after her graduation from Michigan State University. Questions: 1. As incoming chair of the MI Chamber, what is part of your vision & priorities for Michigan's business community? 2. What are some of your regrets and what did they teach you? 3. You've expressed that you don't see yourself as being a risk taker. How does that limit opportunities for you? 4. You've been called the “fixer” when trouble arrives. What's the most memorable moment when you had to step in and turn things around? Gina Thorson: Background: Leadership Role: Gina Thorsen serves as President and CEO of Jacquart Fabric Products, the parent company of Stormy Kromer. She is the third generation of her family to lead the business and the first woman to hold the position in the brand's 120‑year history. Stormy Kromer Brand: Stormy Kromer is best known for its original wool cap. Under Gina's leadership, the company has grown into a full lifestyle brand offering outerwear, apparel, and accessories. More than 80% of the product line is manufactured in the U.S. and sold in over 800 retailers nationwide. Family Legacy: Jacquart Fabric Products was founded in 1958 by her grandfather, Robert R. Jacquart, originally making bank deposit bags in his basement. The company acquired Stormy Kromer in 2001, and Gina has carried forward the legacy while modernizing the brand for today's market Questions: 1. You're the first woman to lead Stormy Kromer in its 120‑year history. What did that mean to you personally? 2. What's the boldest leadership decision you've made since becoming CEO? 3. Stormy Kromer is iconic for its wool cap. How do you keep a heritage product fresh and relevant for new generations? 4. What's one challenge small businesses face today that you think doesn't get enough attention?

#podcast #politics #Michigan #Progressives #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #Economy #DataCenters #WorkingClass #Jobs #Environment #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateCorruption #BigTech #ClimateChange #Decency #Empathy #WhiteChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's Episode 160 of Michigan's Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:22: Corporate & Government Corruption Pat Johnston talks about the Trump Regime's move to dismantle a crucial climate change research center in Colorado. If there's no data gathering or research, can there be climate change? The Big Tech Billionaire Bros keep pushing more data centers in Michigan, but the working class is resisting. However, the state's utility monopolies are pushing hard to the the state to green-light these centers. Getting rid of climate change research, pushing for data centers, and a possible war in Venezuela is all connected. It's corporate and government corruption joining forces to leave the working class struggling.  16:23-29:15: MAGA Michigan Guts Working Class Spending MAGA Michigan Republicans in the state House blocked already-approved funding for various work projects throughout the state, and other crucial spending projects to help working class Michiganders. We're talking about cutting money for the successful Rx Kids programs, wigs for kids with cancer, mental health services.  29:16-35:09: Trump on Reiner In the "Last Call," Pat talks about how Dear Leader Trump's asinine comments regarding the tragic death of movie director and longtime Democratic Party activist Rob Reiner.  35:10-37:05: Ending Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com NOTES: "Michigan Dems say $645M work project cuts are ‘cruel'; GOP's Rylee Linting also calls foul." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance "RxKids ‘in limbo,' Flint reeling over surprise cuts by House Republicans." By Jordyn Hermani & Simon D. Schuster of Bridge Michigan "Speaker Hall unfazed as groups describe pain from recent budget cuts." By Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press Michigan Progressive Democratic state Rep. Betsy Coffia comments via Facebook "$645 Million Gone With One Vote — Michigan Lawmakers Admit It Wasn't “Waste.” WKAR's Off The Record "Frustrations with data center projects bubble over at Michigan Capitol." By Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance "Enbridge wins key ruling as federal judge bars Michigan from ending Line 5 easement." By Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance "Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center." By Denise Chow & Megan Lebowitz of NBC News "Bari Weiss's CBS Erika Kirk Town Hall Falters In the Ratings, Way Behind Kirk's Fox News Appearances." By Zachary Leeman of Mediaite Photo of Michigan Capitol protest of data centers courtesy of Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance

Zak went on Michigan Public's daily show Stateside to share some weirdly helpful end of year rituals and practices. He shares that segment today. Stateside covers what you need (and want) to know about Michigan. You hear stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids. Tune in every day for in-depth conversations that matter to Michigan. Stateside is hosted by April Baer and produced by Mike Blank and Ronia Cabansag Subscribe to Stateside on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a station. LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY. GET A WH MUG THERE TOO! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Kathleen's 2-year-old son suddenly fell ill and lay on death's door, she cried out to God asking for healing. But her son's condition was fading fast and Kathleen feared the worst. Only a miracle could save him. Show notes: https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/kathleen-lansing ++++++++++++ Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world. These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened! Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate Perks of being a Monthly Partner include: EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early! FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways! Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out.  Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: ⁠https://compelledpodcast.com/book Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All across Appalachia, communities have historically leaned on music to help get work done. Whether tending the garden or marching along the picket line, music has been a way to keep people motivated and rally them around a cause. In the small town of Lansing, North Carolina, community organizers recently hosted the first annual Fly Around Music and Arts Festival. The event was a celebration and continuation of a months-long effort to recover from Hurricane Helene, which hit western North Carolina in 2024.Fly Around Fest took its name from the song “Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss,” a traditional tune recorded by old-time giants Frank Blevins and Ola Belle Reed, who were both from around Lansing. With a nod to the area's musical roots, the festival was a testament to the endurance of a community bound together by interconnected traditions of community work and music making.

Bridges - An Intergenerational Center - is preparing to open in Lansing, offering a truly unique model that brings young children and older adults together for shared learning and connection. After two years of searching for the right building and facing an uphill battle with multiple lenders, this small business turned a corner when they found LAFCU — a credit union known for putting people over profits and finding creative solutions to help entrepreneurs succeed. Joining me today are Sandra Tryon, director of Bridges, and Brook Jones, commercial lending officer at LAFCU, to talk about the dream behind Bridges, the hurdles they overcame, and what it means for families, seniors, and the community!

#podcast #politics #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #race #minorities #healthcare #implicitbias #Lansing #WhiteChristianNationalism #MattMaddock #Authoritarianism #WorkingClass #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for December 15, 2025. The MAGA Michigan Republican House passed a bill banning implicit bias training for state health care professionals.  Despite years of research not only showing how implicit bias exists, and how training those on implicit bias can improve care and outcomes for all patients and the doctors and nurses who treat them, MAGA state Rep. Matt Maddock introduced a bill banning implicit bias training because it was nothing but evil Marxism.  Or something like that.  The bill passed, but will most likely not pass the state Senate where Democrats have control.  But it's important to understand that these kinds of anti-science, anti-knowledge, and anti-empathy stances is what drives most of the MAGA base, and it's why that base is shrinking.  Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com NOTES: "Michigan House approves bill blocking implicit bias training requirements for health professionals." By Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance "House adopts bill to scrub bias training from Michigan health care licensing." By Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio Music provided by: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard

Rep. Rachelle Smit of Michigan's 43rd District joins Steve to discuss a new slate of election-security bills aimed at keeping foreign influence out of Michigan's democratic process. HB 4720 would prohibit the use of electronic voting systems that contain parts or equipment from certain foreign countries, while HB 5197 bans campaign contributions from foreign entities altogether. HB 5198 adds another layer of protection by requiring certification that any funds used for election administration are not coming from foreign nationals. Rep. Smit lays out why these safeguards matter, how they bolster election integrity, and what comes next in Lansing's push to secure Michigan's elections.

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State Rep. Brad Paquette (MI-37) joins the show to discuss the growing controversy in Lansing after an FDA memo allegedly links 10 child deaths to COVID vaccines. Despite the memo, Michigan Democrats are doubling down on childhood vaccine advocacy, raising questions about transparency, safety, and political priorities. Rep. Paquette breaks down what the memo says, what lawmakers should be doing, and why parents deserve clear answers, not more rhetoric.