Up North Lowdown
Nine minutes of northern Michigan, every weekday.
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Our latest episode
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Ed's took a trip across the pond this week to learn how the BBC does the news. He even got a street-side interview with BBC World Service host James Coomarasamy.
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Last year, multiple lawsuits alleged physical and sexual abuse at a Missouri mental health facility. Around the same time, Grand Traverse County kids were sent there for treatment. -
A local conservative talk radio host is a self-described "spokesperson" for his wife, the Antrim County Clerk. What does this mean for voters in the county? -
Matthew Burner is not all that impressed with 'human music.' He composes music using the sounds of nature — a Canada goose, a tree frog, that's what gets his toe tapping. -
The pink salmon, a species that has had a small population in the Great Lakes for 70 years, has seen a jump in numbers worldwide. Ellie Katz discusses what that means for northern Michigan. -
Isiah Smith was astonished when an author shared some of his research — a bill of sale that enslaved Smith's great grandfather, just a boy at the time. -
The Father Fred Foundation food pantry in Grand Traverse County served 47,000 people last year. That's in a county of just over 90,000 people. -
Northern Michigan wineries are leaning on hybrid grape varieties to withstand less predictable winters and other obstacles brought on by climate change.
