Senator Debbie Stabenow

As whitefish numbers decline in lakes Michigan and Huron, researchers are hoping to get them to spawn in rivers for the first time in about a century. They're using what is basically a waterslide to help. Also, we catch up with former U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The Michigan Democrat is a private citizen now, but not taking a backseat on matters of public policy. And the author Geraldine Brooks talks to us about grief. Her husband's sudden death in 2019 prompted a new memoir, "Memorial Days."Oh, and we get a little dose of Star Wars.

IPR caught up with former Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow at the Northern Michigan Policy Conference last week in Acme.

The Michigan Democrat has been a U.S. senator since 2001 but her decades-long career has spanned local, state and federal offices.

Today on Stateside , a conversation with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) about making mental health accessible and the future of the Senate under...