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Radio Free Flint Podcast

We present audio and video podcasts about life and culture in middle America. Our essays and life histories share the story of people in America's rust belt.This podcast is born of blue-collar, working-class values. Our podcast has its roots in the greater Flint area. We dedicate this podcast to the beleaguered town of Flint, Michigan, and communities like it across America.Our podcasts subjects include true crime, law, history, sports, arts & literature, and the Flint water crisis, and more. Our interviews focus on society and culture in middle America.

Society & Culture News News Commentary Documentary
Update frequency
every 5 days
Average duration
31 minutes
Episodes
115
Years Active
2020 - 2023
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Kate Garns: Self Talk & Motivational Speaking

Kate Garns: Self Talk & Motivational Speaking

Kate Garns is a national motivational & leadership speaker, Disney Performer and author. Kate works with student government leaders across the nation about self talk and leadership using motivational…

00:16:59  |   Thu 26 Nov 2020
Marty Embry: Flint Basketball Legend

Marty Embry: Flint Basketball Legend

Marty Embry is a legendary basketball player, whose teams at Flint Central High School won two Class A Michigan High School basketball titles.

Marty Embry played at DePaul University in Chicago, Illin…

00:24:37  |   Sun 22 Nov 2020
The Purple Gang's Legendary History (ft Gregory Fournier)

The Purple Gang's Legendary History (ft Gregory Fournier)

Gregory Fournier is the author of The Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra is a concise history of one of America's most notorious Prohibition-era gangs.

Fournier shares fascinating stories during thi…

00:28:32  |   Thu 19 Nov 2020
Hip Hop Artist and His 90-Year-Old Grandma Pen Flint Water Crisis Song

Hip Hop Artist and His 90-Year-Old Grandma Pen Flint Water Crisis Song

Hip Hop recording artist Joe Ryan III a Flint, Michigan native, was profoundly moved to action by the Flint Water Crisis.

He called back home to his 90-year-old grandmother, Odessa Houston, who began …

00:18:07  |   Sat 14 Nov 2020
Toxic Brownfield and the Flint River

Toxic Brownfield and the Flint River

Flint, Michigan's Buick City brownfield site does not have just a little bit of toxic chemicals left behind by GM, there appears to be a massive amount of environmental damage.

As the Flint water cris…

00:17:07  |   Thu 12 Nov 2020
Flint River Blues: Colton Ort

Flint River Blues: Colton Ort

The Flint River Blues is one of many songs written about the Flint Water Crisis.

Colton Ort, a singer-songwriter documents for history the lead-tainted water of Flint. He discussed his song and the me…

00:13:46  |   Tue 10 Nov 2020
A Cain & Able Murder Case: David Melfi

A Cain & Able Murder Case: David Melfi

A true crime story about fratricide.  The killing involves fraternal twins.  One twin, David Melfi along with a friend helped kill the other twin by stabbing him 45 times.  It is a shocking crime.  T…

00:16:28  |   Tue 10 Nov 2020
Ode to Singer Songwriter Justin Townes Earle

Ode to Singer Songwriter Justin Townes Earle

Singer-Songwriter Justin Townes Earle was a Nashville, Tennessee native who understood Flint, Michigan perfectly.

Justin never played a gig in Flint, but he was eager to find his way to a stage in the…

00:14:27  |   Sat 24 Oct 2020
Safetyville, USA Part 1

Safetyville, USA Part 1

Safetyville, Flint Michigan has a very special place in the hearts of many baby boomers in the Flint Area.

This podcast narrative by Arthur Busch recalls the Safetyville of the 1960s in Flint, Michiga…

00:16:58  |   Mon 19 Oct 2020
Characters in the Commercials: Flint Television Advertising

Characters in the Commercials: Flint Television Advertising

Mark Parsells' stories of the history of radio and television advertising in Mid-Michigan are full of humor. Mark's late father, Vern Parsell, was a pioneering Flint area automobile dealer.

Mark Parse…

00:18:06  |   Mon 12 Oct 2020
Harrowing Rescue of Orphan Babies, a Plane Crash and a Flint Hero, Phillip Wise

Harrowing Rescue of Orphan Babies, a Plane Crash and a Flint Hero, Phillip Wise

Sgt. Phillip R. Wise, a Flint, Michigan native, has been on a decades-long quest to find the answers about the crash of a C 5-A transport plane in which he was a crew member trying to save orphan Vie…

00:42:02  |   Thu 01 Oct 2020
Truck Camping: The Mackinac Bridge and the Straits of Mackinaw

Truck Camping: The Mackinac Bridge and the Straits of Mackinaw

The Radio Free Flint Camper Truck Tour Podcast continues with a visit to the mighty Mackinac Bridge. With a total span of approximately 5 miles, the Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Penin…

00:26:18  |   Sun 27 Sep 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: My Eulogy

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: My Eulogy

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life in service to the cause of women's rights and equality. She was a giant in history even while still alive to millions of Americans. She will long be remembe…

00:12:56  |   Sat 19 Sep 2020
Truck Camper Tour: Lake Michigan and Wilderness State Park

Truck Camper Tour: Lake Michigan and Wilderness State Park

Arthur Busch takes his Radio Free Flint podcast on a Truck Camper tour along the magnificent shores of the Great Lakes.

Nowhere on earth can this amount of freshwater be found other than Michigan. The…

00:20:34  |   Sat 19 Sep 2020
Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Remi Harris

Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Remi Harris

Remi Harris is one of the most accomplished guitarists in the United Kingdom.  He grew up in the Midlands of England which has been fertile ground for a world-class guitarists like Robert Plant, etc.

00:58:31  |   Mon 14 Sep 2020
Labor Day Tribute: UAW Dir Steve Dawes

Labor Day Tribute: UAW Dir Steve Dawes

Steve Dawes is a new UAW Regional Director and shares labor's goals and aspirations for the future.  He also shares his path to leadership in the UAW.  His work in Flint, Michigan has been vital to t…
00:57:51  |   Mon 07 Sep 2020
Michigan's Woodstock: Sherwood Forest #20042

Michigan's Woodstock: Sherwood Forest #20042

The story of Sherwood Forest (Davison, Michigan) is an improbable one that is part of Rock and Roll History.  In the 1960's and 70's the popular Michigan music festival venue helped launch the career…
00:31:12  |   Sat 05 Sep 2020
Wild Rice in Michigan with Author Barb Barton

Wild Rice in Michigan with Author Barb Barton

Barb Barton is the author of the book Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan. As a lifelong Michigander and an endangered species biologist by training, Barton finds boundless inspiration in th…
01:04:27  |   Sun 30 Aug 2020
Planet of the Humans: A Movie About Surviving Climate Change

Planet of the Humans: A Movie About Surviving Climate Change

Planet of the Humans has already been seen by over 10 million viewers world-wide!! Jeff Gibbs, a Flint native, is a successful documentary filmmaker. Jeff and his lifelong friend, Michael Moore recen…
01:16:04  |   Sun 23 Aug 2020
Flint's White Backlash: George Wallace, Don Williamson & Trump #20039

Flint's White Backlash: George Wallace, Don Williamson & Trump #20039

Flint's blue collar workers have long led America's political rebellions. History tells us exactly why. My latest podcast examines Flint's blue collar voting history in Presidential elections since 1…
00:20:47  |   Sun 16 Aug 2020
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