Michigan Advance’s MichEconomist Rick Haglund; Canadian Wildfires; and Mike Duggan as Nerd 2.0

August 7, 2025 Here’s Episode #143 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-13:37: Canadian Wildfires/Betsy Coffia ICE Mask Ban Pat Johnston begins the show pointing-out the sheer ignorance and hypocrisy by some Michigan MAGA Republicans who are really upset by these Canadian Wildfires polluting Michigan’s summer skies. If only they’d review their own anti-climate change voting…

$1 Billion In Corporate Subsidies Fail Michigan w/ Bridge Michigan’s Paula Gardner

#podcast #politics #Michigan #Democrats #progressives #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #CorporateWelfare #WorkingClass #Lobbying #DonorBase #CorporateAuthoritarianism #Trump #ElonMusk #Whitmer #MattHall #Republicans #LeftOfLansing Here’s Episode 131 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast for May 1, 2025! 00:00-21:41: Trump’s Low #’s/Slotkin & Oligarchy The first segment features Pat Johnston detailing how Michiganders, and America, are giving Trump a failing grade after his…

Left Of Lansing Podcast: Episode 5–Rick Haglund from Michigan Advance

Here’s Episode 5 of the Left of Lansing podcast! This week, Rick Haglund joins us to talk Michigan economics. Rick is the business columnist for the fantastic Michigan Advance news site. I’m telling you, check it out. They do some awesome work over there. I talk about how conservatism is no longer based on solid…