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Into the Mix

Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Back in the day, Michael Thompson was a local legend in Flint, Michigan. He brought acts like Aretha Franklin to town, and did incredible work to ease vicious gang violence in his community. So when he was sentenced to 42 to 60 years in prison, Flint was shocked, and devastated. His crime? Selling marijuana to a police informant. Michael was still serving time while recreational dispensaries began popping up all over his hometown, and he ended up serving the longest sentence for a nonviolent drug charge in Michigan’s history. As he navigates life post-release, he’s calling for others left behind in prison to get the same opportunity to walk free through clemency. You can learn more about his mission at MTclemency.com. Into The Mix has been nominated in the Signal Awards for Best Public Service & Activism podcast! Vote for us below to help support the show. Voting closes on October 5. https://bit.ly/itmsignal (Archival news footage courtesy of WNEM TV5)

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0:00.0	I just want to show you the arena right coming up on it.
0:11.0	Right to your right here.
0:14.0	Right here.
0:15.0	Right here.
0:16.0	Right here.
0:17.0	That's the arena right here.
0:18.0	Oh, wow.
0:20.0	I'm Ashley C. Ford, and this is Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's
0:25.1	podcast about joy and justice, produced with Fox Creative. That was where my love is. I loved
0:31.6	to put people's music to life on stage.
0:38.4	I was nine years old.
0:39.5	That's what I told my father.
0:40.2	Yeah.
0:41.9	This is Michael Thompson.
0:49.0	And that was the arena he used to sell out for legends like Aretha Franklin and Patty LaBelle.
0:52.4	That was my mission.
0:56.6	Put asses in seats, so it's like a calling.
0:59.0	And I was good at it, you know.
1:00.3	I was real good at it.
1:02.3	And so I was selling out here where I,
1:04.5	every time I put a production on it.
1:07.2	Tell me a little bit about where we're going next.
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