Radio Free Flint Podcast
1) The Golden Age: Flint Community Schools
Good school districts are more than a function of how much money they collect from taxpayers. Schools must connect with the community where they are located in ways that go beyond math, science and r...Show More
2) Electronic Drone Musician Hauras: A Song for Flint, Michigan
Our guest is musician Howard Ryan, a native of Wisconsin who now lives in San Francisco, California. Ryan, also known as Hauras composed a song, "Flint, Michigan," intending to make a social statement...Show More
3) Conservation and Sustainable Food Growing in Michigan
Our podcast guest is Daniel Moilanen, a Fenton area native now living in Flint. Â Dan is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD). His leadership in...Show More
4) Potholes, Roads and the Future of a Michigan Rustbelt Town
We discuss how the roads got so bad and how to fix the problem with road and infrastructure expert Dr. John Daly. Michigan has a significant problem with its roads and bridges. The state has one of th...Show More
5) Midnight in the Vehicle City: The Strike Heard Around the World
Midnight in Vehicle City by author Edward McClelland is a book that tells the story of Flint, Michigan, during the Great Recession and the struggles of its residents as they try to survive in a city t...Show More
6) Fly Away Home Snowbird
Millions of American "Snowbirds" seasonally migrate from the Rust Belt to the Sunbelt. They seek more comfortable, warmer climates during the cold winters "up north." Many of the Snowbirds also come f...Show More
7) George Winters and his Red Piano
Musician George Winters has performed for audiences for over 50 years across America. The Michigan native is well-known in music venues in southeastern Michigan for his fabulous keyboard skills, espe...Show More
8) In Flint They Don't Name the Streets for Us
This is a conversation with Sarah Carson about her book of poems, How to Baptize a Child, in Flint, MI. Carson's poems are a jarring portrayal of life in a declining, once mighty, and still proud...Show More
9) Emily Doerr: What Can Be Done To Fix Flint's Schools?
Emily Doerr is a candidate for the Flint Community Schools Board of Education. The election will be on November 8, 2022. She joined a slate of four other individuals running to serve the Flint Communi...Show More
10) Comedian Bryan McCree a Joyful Flintstone
Is it possible to make Flint laugh? If anyone can, it's Flint native Bryan McCree, a nationally known comedian, actor, and writer. He regularly tours America with shows marked by their insight in...Show More