Hello, listeners. It's your host, Pete Davis here.

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today to share that over at the bird feed, we just released a new episode. Our editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson

just returned from covering the governor's race in Michigan,

and he was in the studio to ask our amusements editor and resident

Michigander, Light of Gold, to explain Michigan.

It's a splendid conversation.

They talk white flight, urban planning, the world's largest

porch, college rivalries, the decline of local journalism, the Northern KKK, Henry Ford,

and much more. I'm really glad I listened to it. I feel like I came in knowing nothing

and came out knowing a good amount about our 10th largest state. And I especially am

glad I listened to it this week because there was at least some good news out of Michigan this

week. Rashida Talib won the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 13th congressional district,

making her very likely, along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

the second major lefty coming to Congress this coming year.

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