Listen In, Michigan

"Listen In, Michigan" is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions,"Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today. In this episode we speak with U-M professor and historian Heather Ann Thompson, BA/MA '87, whose new book. "Blood in the Water," chronicles the Attica Prison uprising in September 1971, and its lingering legacy. Read more at www.michigantoday.umich.edu/blood-in-the-water

"Listen In, Michigan" is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions,"Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today. In this episode we speak with leadership expert Fritz Seyferth, BSIOE, '73, who shares wisdom gleaned from former coach and professional mentor Bo Schembechler. Read more at www.michigantoday.umich.edu/the-human-science-of-leadership.

"Listen In, Michigan" is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. In this episode we speak with Laurence Goldstein, professor of English at U-M. For 32 years, he edited the University's "Michigan Quarterly Review," an eclectic interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with outstanding critical essays on literary, cultural, social, and political matters. Goldstein is the author, most recently, of a fourth book of poems, "A Room in California," and a book of literary criticism, "Poetry Los Angeles: Reading the Essential Poems of the City." Share your comments at www.michigantoday.umich.edu.

"Listen In, Michigan" is a new audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions,"Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today. In this episode we speak with Biblical scholar and Shakespeare expert, beloved U-M professor emeritus Ralph WIlliams. Share your memories at www.michigantoday.umich.edu.

Comedian Randy Sklar reflects on his time at Michigan during the 2016 "Signing of the Stars" event in February.

Desmond Howard reflects on his time at U-M during the 2016 "Signing of the Stars" event in February.

Derek Jeter reflects on his time at U-M during the 2016 "Signing of the Stars" event in Feburary.

Denard Robinson shares his memories of Michigan during the 2016 "Signing of the Stars" event.

"Listen In, Michigan" is a new audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions,"Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today. This episode takes a look at the art of debate from the perspective of U-M's resident debate expert, Aaron Kall.

Listen in, as composer/arranger Albert Ahronheim, former University of Michigan Marching Band drum major, deconstructs one of the most beloved songs in college sports. Ahronheim speaks to Michigan Today writer James Tobin about his relationship with MMB band director George Cavender and the birth of "Let's Go Blue."

Welcome to Episode 3 of "Listen in, Michigan," a new podcast designed for Michigan Today readers and fans of the audio format. In this episode we hear from journalist Stephanie Steinberg, editor at U.S. News and World Report and 2011 editor-in-chief at U-M's student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. She recently edited a book marking the Daily's 125th anniversary: In the Name of Editorial Freedom -- 125 Years at the Michigan Daily. The book includes 39 essays from Daily alumni who have gone on to impressive careers at such prestigious publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, and GQ, to name a few. The paper has produced Pulitzer Prize winners, award-winning filmmakers and photographers, documentarians, professors of journalism, and more. Steinberg shares some of the anecdotes from the book, from the discovery of unpublished photos of Robert F. Kennedy by Jay Cassidy just weeks before Kennedy was killed to the story behind the "Paul is Dead" spoof regarding rumors of Paul McCartney's untimely demise. The book features 39 essays by such writers as Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of The New York Times; Josh White, The Washington Post's education editor; and married writers Rebecca Blumenstein and Alan Paul, who met as student journalists. Blumenstein is now deputy editor-in-chief at The Wall Street Journal; Paul is a senior writer for Guitar World and Slam, with bylines in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and People. In addition, we've got an interview with Al Guskin, PhD '68, professor emeritus of Antioch University. He delivers a first-hand account of the life-changing night of Oct. 14, 1960, when then-Sen. John F. Kennedy spoke to U-M students from the steps of the Michigan Union and first introduced the idea of the Peace Corps. Finally, we have a behind-the-scenes look at the production of one of Michigan News' biggest stories, both literally and figuratively. Earlier this month, local farmer James Bristle discovered the skull, tusks, and other remains of a mammoth with a projected age between 11,000-15,000 years. Videographer Mike Wood filmed U-M paleontologists unearthing the find. The footage alone is incredible. Seeing it in person was an utterly incredible experience, Wood says. Many of the stories covered here are featured in the archives at www.michigantoday.umich.edu.

Welcome to “Listen in, Michigan,” a new podcast designed for Michigan Today readers and fans of the audio format. In this debut episode, historian Jim Tobin, PhD ’86, reflects on some of the heroes, villains, and eccentrics who populate the University of Michigan’s rich, 200-year history. He covers a wide range of lesser-known tales in this 18-minute trip through time, from inspiring barristers to bone-chilling body snatchers. Are you interested in pursuing some of the stories Tobin teased? Check out www.heritage.umich.edu and read The Warrior Scholar to learn more about the legacy of Yale Kamisar. Infamous astronomy professor Doc Losh is profiled on the site in a piece aptly named Doc Losh. In The Lost Campus, you’ll learn much more than the history of “the Campus Beauty” and if you’re into cadavers, Such Horrible Business is sure to delight. Meanwhile, if you’re wondering Who was Alice Lloyd? Or who were Mr. Cook’s Women?, Michigan Today has some answers in the archive. Next time you walk on the Diag, think about Andrew Dickson White’s Trees. We certainly hope you enjoyed listening. Feedback is welcome. We would love to hear your stories. Feel free to email mtoday@umich.edu or leave your comments below. (Audio editing by Alexandra Nowlin; sound design and music by Barry Holdship.) www.michigantoday.umich.edu

"Listen In, Michigan" is a new audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions,"Listen In, Michigan" will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today.