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.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
1970's Flint and Other Tall Tales: Jon Harpst
Jon Harpst is a colorful figure in Flint's history. Jon was instrumental in the beginnings of the Bobby Crim Road Race and getting it to locate in Flint. He shares the early history of what has bec…
00:57:53 |
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Super Lawyer Tom Pabst on Whistleblowers, Police Misconduct and Civil Rights
Tom R. Pabst has dedicated his legal career to obtaining justice for the underdog, the weak, the powerless and those without a voice. He is recognized by his peers as one of the best trial attorneys…
00:59:02 |
Sun 09 Aug 2020
State Rep Tim Sneller: Memories from a 30-Year Career in the Michigan Legislature #20036
With over three decades of experience, broad knowledge of both state and local government, and deep roots in the community, Representative Tim Sneller has hit the ground running in the Michigan House…
00:33:46 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Judge Herman Marable on his Career, Efforts to Help Kids in the Flint area
Judge Herman Marable has served 20 years on the 68th District Court bench. Over that time he has been active in helping high school students through his charitable initiative : Judge Marable's Stude…
00:35:19 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
UM Star Paul Staroba on Bo Schembechler, Touchdowns at the "Big House"and the NFL
Paul Staroba was a three-sport standout at St. Matthew High, he enjoyed an outstanding career at the University of Michigan and played several seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. Paul is a …
00:34:23 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
#32 Schools & Pandemic: Michigan State Rep Sheryl Kennedy Discusses the Plan
State Representative Sheryl Kennedy (D-Davison) is a member of the Genesee County state legislative delegation. Her career is off to an amazing start being named to a seat on the powerful House Appr…
00:43:16 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
#31 Murals & Graffiti: Flint Public Art Project
Flint Public Art Project a non-profit group has helped fuel the creation of over 100 new murals in the City of Flint. This year, the goal for 2020 is to add between 60 to 75 more and artists are need…
00:39:46 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Harry Barrett FGC Golf Teaching Pro
The Flint Golf Club has a place in Michigan history. It been host to the PGA Carling Open in the 1950's. It was where the legendary Arnold Palmer made his debut on the PGA tour. It also hosted Michig…
00:32:03 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
#29 Michigan Murder Mystery: A Confession but No Bodies?
In 1995, in Flint, Michigan Prosecutor Arthur A. Busch received a letter from a man in a prison cell in Starke, Florida. The man wrote that he "wanted to get right with God" as he had just a short t…
00:20:41 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
#28 Judge Jessica Hammon: Exciting, Smart and a Yoga Teacher for Delinquent Kids
Judge Jessica Hammon has an unusual passion for community service and yoga. The new Judge has taken her yoga practice so seriously that she has taken it to the Genesee Valley Regional Detention Cent…
00:45:28 |
Sun 05 Jul 2020
Cold-Blooded Murders at Mary's Sunshine Dairy #20027
Mary's Sunshine Dairy was the forerunner of the more current version of a Genesee County party store. Almost from the start they were victims of robbery. Arthur tells the true crime story of one …
00:10:18 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
At 92,Harry Binder, Finishes His Last Crim Road Race.
At age 92, Harry Binder finished his last Bobby Crim Road Race. The Binder Family is well known in the Flint area for their successful businesses. During Harry Binder's long business career he owne…
00:38:35 |
Sun 28 Jun 2020
Judge Chris Christenson. His Path to the Bench.
Chris Christenson, is a dynamic lawyer and also a Flint native. He took an unusual path to the Courthouse and becoming President of the Genesee County Bar Association. Chris was a union carpenter …
00:16:17 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Scott & Me: #2: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers #24
This is the second episode of the Boomer Zone. Arthur Busch and Scott McKinstry, lifelong friends talk about Radio Free Flint and the Boomer Zone. They talk about the selfie photo booth in the 1960…
00:38:48 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Toxic Tadpoles and Curious Kids: Flint's First Lead Crisis
General Motors dumped leaded automotive paints, thinners, laquors, and other chemicals into a public park and surrounding areas in Flint, Michigan. The most obvious evidence of the environmental dir…
00:23:49 |
Sun 14 Jun 2020
Gritty Flint: George's Gambling Joint, Armed Robbery and Pinball #20022
Most paperboys finish their route at the neighbor's house. Arthur Busch's route finished at a gambling joint on the "strip" in front of a GM factory. He recounts a story of life in gritty Flint, Mi…
00:20:31 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Welcome to Flint: Charlie's Drug Store Murder #20021
Arthur Busch narrates a story about the unsolved murder of a Flint drug store owner in 1954. It was the former prosecutor's welcome to Flint as his mom was pregnant for him at the time she witnessed…
00:15:13 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
US Supreme Court & Flint's Gang-Related Murder Case #20020
Lawyers dream about appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. Only a very small number of lawyers ever get the chance. Arthur Busch argued the first Flint criminal case ever to come before the Unite…
00:19:26 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
Flint Culture Clash: Southerners Find Auto Boomtown USA
The second diary essay by Arthur Busch. Flint, Michigan is a rust-belt factory town. The town was transformed in the 1950's by a great migration of eager southerners seeking work in GM automobile fac…
00:17:22 |
Sun 31 May 2020
Student Diary: A Riot at High School
History repeats itself. Flint Southwestern experienced violence that most remember as a "race riot" in 1970. The spark that started that racial disturbance was not what people thought at the time. …
00:18:42 |
Sun 31 May 2020
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