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…

Fossil Fuel Pushed Big Lie About A Northern Michigan Solar Panel Farm

January 30, 2025 Here’s Episode 118 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-14:16: Peters Not Running/MAGA Misinformation Machine Pat starts out of the gate lamenting about Michigan Democrats joining MAGA Republicans on watering-down minimum wage and paid sick leave in the state. He next turns his attention to Michigan Democrats in Congress, like Congresswoman Kristin McDonald-Rivet…

Episode 93: Democratic Rep. Carrie Rheingans On Keeping Michigan Trifecta Blue

Here’s Episode 93 of Michigan’s premier progressive podcast! 00:00-17:10: Pat’s talks about the debate within Michigan’s Democratic Party on whether or not President Joe Biden should step aside in the 2024 campaign. He repeats his take that Biden should step aside for the good of democracy. If he doesn’t, he hopes Joe proves him wrong!…

Michigan Tops In PFAS In Nation. We’re Number…One?

This is a list the state of Michigan doesn’t want to win. Unfortunately, as Michigan Advance notes, we are “winning”: Michigan has the most sites in the country known to be contaminated with the group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS, according to a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group. The environmental and…