Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRoad to Success | October 29
Episode 2065
On this day in 1901, Roy D. Chapin embarked on a challenging journey from Detroit to New York in a Curved Dash Oldsmobile, overcoming multiple mechan…
20 hours ago
Firsts in Love and Leadership | October 28
Episode 2064
On this day in 1912, stunt pilot Art Smith and Aimee Cour made history with the first aerial elopement after crashing their plane en route to Michiga…
1 day, 20 hours ago
Upper Peninsula Milestones | October 27
Episode 2063
On this day in 1992, the Keweenaw National Historic Park was established in Calumet, MI, honoring Michigan's rich mining history. Also, in 1876, afte…
2 days, 20 hours ago
From Jackson to the Erie Canal | October 26
Episode 2062
On this day in 1975, Paula Faris, journalist and TV personality for ABC News, was born in Jackson, Michigan. Faris co-anchored Good Morning America f…
3 days, 20 hours ago
A Day of Firsts in Michigan | October 25
Episode 2061
On this day in 1918, Lucy A. Sloan, a Michigan scholar, educator, author, and suffragist, passed away in Mt. Pleasant. Sloan was a champion of women'…
4 days, 20 hours ago
The Heroine of Niagara | October 24
Episode 2060
On this day in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor, a widowed schoolteacher from Bay City, Michigan, made history by becoming the first person to go over Niagar…
5 days, 20 hours ago
Ballooning Heights and Legal Milestones | October 23
Episode 2059
On this day in 1934, Jean and Jeanette Piccard launched a balloon from Dearborn, Michigan, reaching 10.9 miles in altitude before landing in Ohio, ac…
6 days, 20 hours ago
Harry Callahan & Michigan State's Historic Marker | October 22
Episode 2058
On this day in 1912, Detroit-born photographer Harry Callahan was born. Initially working for Chrysler, he shifted to photography after hearing Ansel…
1 week ago
Sleeping Bear Dunes & Will Carleton | October 21
Episode 2057
On this day in 1977, the stunning Sleeping Bear Dunes, inspired by a Chippewa legend of a mother bear and her cubs, officially became a National Lake…
1 week, 1 day ago
Milo Radulovich and the Red Scare | October 20
Episode 2056
In the 1950s, 26-year-old WWII veteran Milo Radulovich, a meteorology student at the University of Michigan, was dismissed from the Army Reserves as …
1 week, 2 days ago