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Up North Lowdown

Checking in

By Ed Ronco,
Max Copeland
Published March 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM EDT
A mature sea lamprey. (Photo: Andrea Miehls/Great Lakes Fishery Commission)
A mature sea lamprey. (Photo: Andrea Miehls/Great Lakes Fishery Commission)

This week we check in on some big stories.

Our environment and climate reporters share significant developments on two northern Michigan stories — the Line 5 pipeline and the efforts to control invasive sea lampreys.

We also speak with filmmaker Rich Brauer about his "Dogman" series of movies and the magic of cinema.

And a local musician is about to tour with a superstar.

Stories included in this episode

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Ed Ronco
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director and the local host of <i>Morning Edition</i>, as well as the <a href="https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/upnorthlowdown" data-cms-id="00000187-13c5-df12-a7ef-bbeff7af0000" data-cms-href="https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/upnorthlowdown" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000177-ab20-d2dd-abff-eb60672d0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1781460234285,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000181-ab47-d11f-a9ef-abd744860000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1781460234285,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000181-ab47-d11f-a9ef-abd744860000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\&quot;rte2-style-italic\&quot;&gt;Up North Lowdown&lt;/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000187-13c5-df12-a7ef-bbeff7af0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;e30edf29-8fe1-3857-864d-a0240c664e80&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019e-c74d-d7c0-a59e-f7ff995a0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;c3f0009d-3dd9-3762-acac-88c3a292c6b2&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019e-c74d-d7c0-a59e-f7ff98dc0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}"><i>Up North Lowdown</i></a> daily news podcast.
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Max Copeland
Max Copeland was the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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