April Baer
@aprilbaerradio.bsky.social
Radio/podcast lifer.
MI/OR/OH.
On Anishinaabeg land.
Host of Stateside on Michigan Public. https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stateside
Also: State of Wonder, Dough Dynasty pods
Alignment: Lawful Bowie
MI/OR/OH.
On Anishinaabeg land.
Host of Stateside on Michigan Public. https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stateside
Also: State of Wonder, Dough Dynasty pods
Alignment: Lawful Bowie
Helpful page from our digital department with help finding food in Michigan - maps and other tools. Also helpful if you’d like to give right now to keep food resources available.
www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...
www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...
Are you on SNAP? Here are resources to get help
SNAP benefits will not be distributed starting November 1 due to the federal government shutdown. Here are some resources if you or someone you know needs food assistance.
www.michiganpublic.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Helpful page from our digital department with help finding food in Michigan - maps and other tools. Also helpful if you’d like to give right now to keep food resources available.
www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...
www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025...
In case you’re wondering how @npr.org is handling the Pentagon’s new restrictions on reporting. We’re in the upside down now. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...
News organizations refuse to comply with restrictive new Pentagon policy
NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is turning in his press pass, but won't stop reporting. Major news organizations are rejecting a restrictive new policy around covering the Department of Defense.
www.npr.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In case you’re wondering how @npr.org is handling the Pentagon’s new restrictions on reporting. We’re in the upside down now. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...
In Michigan, a state senator and the Lt Governor - both Democrats - were subject to separate bomb threats in the past 24 hrs.
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In Michigan, a state senator and the Lt Governor - both Democrats - were subject to separate bomb threats in the past 24 hrs.
Reposted by April Baer
REUTERS: Trump official Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers
Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.
www.reuters.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
REUTERS: Trump official Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
Want to pitch a story?
Ask a question about Michigan?
or just hang out and have a beverage? I’ll be at Bell‘s eccentric Café in Kalamazoo from 5 to 7 PM.
See you there!
Ask a question about Michigan?
or just hang out and have a beverage? I’ll be at Bell‘s eccentric Café in Kalamazoo from 5 to 7 PM.
See you there!
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Want to pitch a story?
Ask a question about Michigan?
or just hang out and have a beverage? I’ll be at Bell‘s eccentric Café in Kalamazoo from 5 to 7 PM.
See you there!
Ask a question about Michigan?
or just hang out and have a beverage? I’ll be at Bell‘s eccentric Café in Kalamazoo from 5 to 7 PM.
See you there!
Insightful work from Zena Issa on several hundred cases eligible for resentencing and all the unique lives involved
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
Young adults convicted of murder get second chance, but wounds reopened for victims’ families
A series of Michigan Supreme Court rulings are giving people convicted of murder as young adults the chance at resentencing, sparking hope for some and fear for others.
www.michiganpublic.org
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Insightful work from Zena Issa on several hundred cases eligible for resentencing and all the unique lives involved
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
Back in 2015 I met this smooth-talking cowboy in the broadcast booth at KPAI,  a station serving a town of fewer than 500 people in southern Oregon.
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Back in 2015 I met this smooth-talking cowboy in the broadcast booth at KPAI,  a station serving a town of fewer than 500 people in southern Oregon.
As the great @margaretatwood.bsky.social once said, “Roll up your sleeves, girls”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR
The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As the great @margaretatwood.bsky.social once said, “Roll up your sleeves, girls”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the field today with city of #Detroit historian @jamonjordan for a project we’re very excited to bring you this summer.. Subscribe to our podcast feed so you won’t miss the drop…also be sure to follow Jamon, who is seriously a national treasure, in addition to all his other titles.
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In the field today with city of #Detroit historian @jamonjordan for a project we’re very excited to bring you this summer.. Subscribe to our podcast feed so you won’t miss the drop…also be sure to follow Jamon, who is seriously a national treasure, in addition to all his other titles.
Reposted by April Baer
The Senate is debating the recission bill that would claw back appropriations for foreign aid and public broadcasting, if you care to watch on C-Span.
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
U.S. Senate
The Senate will continue work on the House-passed $9.4 billion spending cuts in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding already approved by the Congress.
www.c-span.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Senate is debating the recission bill that would claw back appropriations for foreign aid and public broadcasting, if you care to watch on C-Span.
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Incredible honor to represent my @michiganpublic Stateside team at @allwomeninmedia #theGracies50 - auspicious company like this is nourishment
June 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Incredible honor to represent my @michiganpublic Stateside team at @allwomeninmedia #theGracies50 - auspicious company like this is nourishment
This happened today. Please consider calling your Senator, especially if you think he or she might be on the fence.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
House approves Trump's request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was oversee...
apnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This happened today. Please consider calling your Senator, especially if you think he or she might be on the fence.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Watching LA makes me think of everything that was going on in Portland during the first term. People from outside Oregon kept asking me the same question and I felt like a broken record: legal protest. These are legal protests.
June 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Watching LA makes me think of everything that was going on in Portland during the first term. People from outside Oregon kept asking me the same question and I felt like a broken record: legal protest. These are legal protests.
Breaking.
May 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Breaking.
Big Court of Claims decision for #abortion protections in #Michigan (and great work by my rock star colleague Kate Wells) www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...
Judge strikes down Michigan abortion restrictions
The ruling says Michigan's voter-backed constitutional amendment means the state's abortion protections go even beyond Roe v. Wade.
www.michiganpublic.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Big Court of Claims decision for #abortion protections in #Michigan (and great work by my rock star colleague Kate Wells) www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...
What’s one more big breaking story today?
BREAKING NEWS: White smoke streams from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that a new pope has been selected.
Holy white smoke, we have a new pope!
White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinals inside have elected a new pope. But we don't yet know his identity.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What’s one more big breaking story today?
Breaking: jury deadlocks on criminal trial of former police Christopher Schurr, for the killing of Patrick Lyoya
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
Mistrial: Jury deadlocked in former GRPD officer Schurr trial
Christopher Schurr killed Patrick Lyoya during a struggling that began as a traffic stop in April, 2022. The jury deliberated for a little more than two days.
www.michiganpublic.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Breaking: jury deadlocks on criminal trial of former police Christopher Schurr, for the killing of Patrick Lyoya
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...
New this week: Born to Chinese parents living in South Korea, Michelle Yang's life turned upside down when she was 9, and her family moved to the U.S. Her new memoir, Phoenix Girl sticks 3 landings: reckoning with bipolar, redefining body image, and finding community I LOVED THIS BOOK.
May 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New this week: Born to Chinese parents living in South Korea, Michelle Yang's life turned upside down when she was 9, and her family moved to the U.S. Her new memoir, Phoenix Girl sticks 3 landings: reckoning with bipolar, redefining body image, and finding community I LOVED THIS BOOK.
Umich president is headed for Florida
May 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Umich president is headed for Florida
This series is going to give me a stroke
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This series is going to give me a stroke
Yes, I’m a jackass but I need, >need<, NEED Pistons announcers to stop saying Shrooder.
April 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yes, I’m a jackass but I need, >need<, NEED Pistons announcers to stop saying Shrooder.
I cannot handle this series
April 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I cannot handle this series
Also: Jalen Brunson looks like somebody’s dad
April 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Also: Jalen Brunson looks like somebody’s dad