Radio Free Flint Podcast
526 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe 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.
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#32 Schools & Pandemic: Michigan State Rep Sheryl Kennedy Discusses the Plan
July 23, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBState 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 Appropriations Committee where she serves on subcommittees for School Aid & Education, Corrections and Agriculture. Sheryl spent a career in education as a teacher in the Davison School District and later as a school administrator in Oakland County. She has earned the trust of her colleagues as wel...
Voter's Guide: Flint's Diana Phillips Candidate for State Rep District #34
July 22, 2020 02:14 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBProfessor Diana Phillips has taken an unusual path toward politics in her effort to serve as State Representative for the 34th District. She is the owner of the Knob Hill Bed & Breakfast in the City of Flint. Diana recently retired from Kettering University after 39 years. She served as the Chemistry Program Director and later as the first head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. She also worked as a Sr Engineer at IBM. As a single mother of two children, she had begun her gradua...
Flint Public Art Project, Murals, Goodbye Graffiti
July 19, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBFlint 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 needed to make that vision a reality. Local and international muralists have come to Flint and transformed many parts of the city with beautiful and thoughtful murals. This projects has evolved into a activity for those who want to tour the city. Each mural has a computer code enabled to give tou...
#31 Murals & Graffiti: Flint Public Art Project
July 19, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBFlint 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 needed to make that vision a reality. Local and international muralists have come to Flint and transformed many parts of the city with beautiful and thoughtful murals. This projects has evolved into a activity for those who want to tour the city. Each mural has a computer code enabled to give tour...
Murals & Graffiti: Flint Public Art Project
July 19, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBFlint 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 needed to make that vision a reality. Local and international muralists have come to Flint and transformed many parts of the city with beautiful and thoughtful murals. This projects has evolved into a activity for those who want to tour the city. Each mural has a computer code enabled to give tour...
Harry Barrett on the Historic Flint Golf Club
July 16, 2020 09:12 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBThe 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 Michigan Pro and Amateur championships. There is a reason that PGA golfers, PGA Tour Officials, weekend duffers and others love this course. Harry Barrett is one of those reasons. He has worked with some of the best names in golf (Amy Alcott, Ken Venturi, Greg Reynolds, etc) over his 50 year career ...
Harry Barrett FGC Golf Teaching Pro
July 16, 2020 09:12 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBThe 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 Michigan Pro and Amateur championships. There is a reason that PGA golfers, PGA Tour Officials, weekend duffers and others love this course. Harry Barrett is one of those reasons. He has worked with some of the best names in golf (Amy Alcott, Ken Venturi, Greg Reynolds, etc) over his 50 year career a...
#30 Harry Barrett's 50 Years a Golf Teaching Pro
July 16, 2020 09:12 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThe 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 Michigan Pro and Amateur championships. There is a reason that PGA golfers, PGA Tour Officials, weekend duffers and others love this course. Harry Barrett is one of those reasons. He has worked with some of the best names in golf (Amy Alcott, Ken Venturi, Greg Reynolds, etc) over his 50 year career a...
#30 The Historic Flint Golf Club: Harry Barrett's 50 Years Teaching Golf
July 16, 2020 09:12 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBThe 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 Michigan Pro and Amateur championships. There is a reason that PGA golfers, PGA Tour Officials, weekend duffers and others love this course. Harry Barrett is one of those reasons. He has worked with some of the best names in golf (Amy Alcott, Ken Venturi, Greg Reynolds, etc) over his 50 year career a...
The Historic Flint Golf Club: Harry Barrett's 50 Years Teaching Golf
July 16, 2020 09:12 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBThe 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 Michigan Pro and Amateur championships. There is a reason that PGA golfers, PGA Tour Officials, weekend duffers and others love this course. Harry Barrett is one of those reasons. He has worked with some of the best names in golf (Amy Alcott, Ken Venturi, Greg Reynolds, etc) over his 50 year career a...
#29 Michigan Murder Mystery: A Confession but No Bodies?
July 09, 2020 10:52 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBIn 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 time to live. He had been diagnosed with HIV-Aids. His conscience was not clear and he did not want to die without revealing his responsibility for the murder of two men. The Prison letter writer wanted a trip to Michigan to show where he disposed of the dead bodies. He claimed he dumped one bo...
Mystery of Two Unsolved Michigan Murders
July 09, 2020 10:52 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIn 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 time to live. He had been diagnosed with HIV-Aids. His conscience was not clear and he did not want to die without revealing his responsibility for the murder of two men. The Prison letter writer wanted a trip to Michigan to show where he disposed of the dead bodies. He claimed he dumped one bo...
Michigan Murder Mystery: A Confession but No Bodies?
July 09, 2020 10:52 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBIn 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 time to live. He had been diagnosed with HIV-Aids. His conscience was not clear and he did not want to die without revealing his responsibility for the murder of two men. The Prison letter writer wanted a trip to Michigan to show where he disposed of the dead bodies. He claimed he dumped one b...
The Zen Judge: Jessica Hammon, Exciting, Smart and a Yoga Teacher for Delinquent Kids
July 05, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBJudge 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 Center for Youths. There she has introduced those youths detained to trauma based yoga. The idea being the yoga experience will help deal with the stress and trauma they experienced. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 her appointment of Jessica J. Hammon, age 38, a priv...
Meet the Judge: Jessica Hammon, Exciting, Smart and a Yoga Teacher for Delinquent Kids
July 05, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBJudge 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 Center for Youths. There she has introduced those youths detained to trauma based yoga. The idea being the yoga experience will help deal with the stress and trauma they experienced. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 her appointment of Jessica J. Hammon, age 38, a priv...
#28 Judge Jessica Hammon: Exciting, Smart and a Yoga Teacher for Delinquent Kids
July 05, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBJudge 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 Center for Youths. There she has introduced those youths detained to trauma based yoga. The idea being the yoga experience will help deal with the stress and trauma they experienced.Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 her appointment of Jessica J. Hammon, age 38, a private...
Judge Jessica Hammon: Exciting, Smart and a Yoga Teacher for Delinquent Kids
July 05, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBJudge 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 Center for Youths. There she has introduced those youths detained to trauma based yoga. The idea being the yoga experience will help deal with the stress and trauma they experienced. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 her appointment of Jessica J. Hammon, age 38, a privat...
Mary's Sunshine Dairy: Flushing's Murders Straight Out of Hollywood
July 02, 2020 15:43 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBMary's 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 of the most sensational robbery-murders in Genesee County history, It was a triple murder execution style in the sleepy bedroom community of Flushing, Michigan. Party stores have become the focus of community outrage, upset and protest at times over the past 40 years. Mary's Sunshine Dairy was an iconic c...
Flushing's Murders and Mary's Sunshine Dairy: Straight Out of Hollywood
July 02, 2020 15:43 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBMary'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 of the most sensational robbery-murders in Genesee County history, It was a triple murder execution style in the sleepy bedroom community of Flushing, Michigan. Party stores have become the focus of community outrage, upset and protest at times over the past 40 years. Mary's Sunshine Dairy was an ...
Cold-Blooded Murders at Mary's Sunshine Dairy: Straight Out of Hollywood RFF#202027
July 02, 2020 15:43 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MBMary'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 of the most sensational robbery-murders in Genesee County history, It was a triple murder execution style in the sleepy bedroom community of Flushing, Michigan. Party stores have become the focus of community outrage, upset and protest at times over the past 40 years. Mary's Sunshine Dairy was an ...
Cold-Blooded Murders at Mary's Sunshine Dairy #20027
July 02, 2020 15:43 - 10 minutes - 7.1 MBMary'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 of the most sensational robbery-murders in Genesee County history, It was a triple murder execution style in the sleepy bedroom community of Flushing, Michigan. Party stores have become the focus of community outrage, upset and protest at times over the past 40 years. Mary's Sunshine Dairy was an ...
#27 Flushing's Murders and Mary's Sunshine Dairy: Straight Out of Hollywood
July 02, 2020 15:43 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MBMary'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 of the most sensational robbery-murders in Genesee County history, It was a triple murder execution style in the sleepy bedroom community of Flushing, Michigan. Party stores have become the focus of community outrage, upset and protest at times over the past 40 years. Mary's Sunshine Dairy was an ...
At 92,Harry Binder, Finishes His Last Crim Road Race.
June 28, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBAt 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 owned a radio station, WAMM-AM along with Reliable Furniture Store. His cousin Julius Binder owned Binders' Big and Tall Mens Store. He tells of his file growing up on McFarland Avenue in Flint with other Jewish families. He is a humanitarian raising funds for the needy in Flint and even has a Crim ...
Oldest Crim Racer , Harry Binder, 95, Tells His Story About Flint's Glory Days!
June 28, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBAt 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 owned a radio station, WAMM-AM along with Reliable Furniture Store. His cousin Julius Binder owned Binders' Big and Tall Mens Store. He tells of his file growing up on McFarland Avenue in Flint with other Jewish families. He is a humanitarian raising funds for the needy in Flint and even has a Crim...
#26 Oldest Crim Racer , Harry Binder, 95, Tells His Story About Flint's Glory Days!
June 28, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBAt 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 owned a radio station, WAMM-AM along with Reliable Furniture Store. His cousin Julius Binder owned Binders' Big and Tall Mens Store. He tells of his file growing up on McFarland Avenue in Flint with other Jewish families. He is a humanitarian raising funds for the needy in Flint and even has a Crim ...
Life Lessons from My Flint Journal Paper Route
June 25, 2020 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBArthur Busch, does some storytelling by once again sharing an entertaining story about his Dixieland Subdivision of Flint, Michigan. He recounts the fine art of collecting from his customers, avoiding grouchy dogs, eating too many cookies and much more. He tells of the lessons he learned as a newsboy for the Flint Journal. While technological change has nearly wiped out home delivery of newspapers. But the lessons working class kids learned were important to their success later in life. ...
#25 From Carpenter to Super Lawyer to Judge: Chris Christenson's Story
June 24, 2020 16:06 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBChris 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 when he decided to give up nails and planks for law books. He worked his way through law school as a union carpenter. Recently named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Chris has built his career around community service and activism in the legal profession. He is an expert in constructi...
#25 From Carpenter to Super Lawyer: Flint Attorney Chris Christenson
June 24, 2020 16:06 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBChris 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 when he decided to give up nails and planks for law books. He worked his way through law school as a union carpenter. Recently named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Chris has built his career around community service and activism in the legal profession. He is an expert in constructi...
From Carpenter to Super Lawyer: Flint Attorney Chris Christenson
June 24, 2020 16:06 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBChris 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 when he decided to give up nails and planks for law books. He worked his way through law school as a union carpenter. Recently named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Chris has built his career around community service and activism in the legal profession. He is an expert in constructi...
Judge Chris Christenson. His Path to the Bench.
June 24, 2020 16:06 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBChris 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 when he decided to give up nails and planks for law books. He worked his way through law school as a union carpenter. Recently named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Chris has built his career around community service and activism in the legal profession. He is an expert in constructi...
From Carpenter to Super Lawyer: The Story of Flint Attorney Chris Christenson
June 24, 2020 16:06 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBChris 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 when he decided to give up nails and planks for law books. He worked his way through law school as a union carpenter. Recently named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Chris has built his career around community service and activism in the legal profession. He is an expert in construct...
Criminal Justice Reform: How is it possible?
June 21, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBFormer Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, Craig DeRoche R-Novi, discusses criminal justice reform and sentencing reform. He also shares his personal story . Craig now works for Prison Fellowship Ministries, a national faith based group, who seek better understanding in how we see offenders and the criminal justice system. Craig advocates the justice system treat drug and alcohol offenders as a public health problem and not using traditional methods of our criminal justice sy...
Treating or Jailing Drug Offenders, Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Sentencing?
June 21, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBFormer Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, Craig DeRoche R-Novi, discusses criminal justice reform and sentencing reform. He also shares his personal story . Craig now works for Prison Fellowship Ministries, a national faith based group, who seek better understanding in how we see offenders and the criminal justice system. Craig advocates the justice system treat drug and alcohol offenders as a public health problem and not using traditional methods of our criminal justice sy...
Scott & Me: #2: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers #24
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- Send...
Flint's Boomer Memories: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers.
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
Growing Up Flint: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers. Boomer Chat.
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
Flint's Boomer Memories #2: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers #24
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
Faygo Red Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts, photo boths: Boomer Zone 2
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThis is the second of the Boomer Zone reviews. 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
Flint Boomers talk Faygo Dawn Donuts, SS Kresege, photo boths and Olive Burgers
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThis is the second of the Boomer Zone reviews. 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers. Boomer Chat.
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane. --- ...
#24 Flint's Boomer Memories: M&S Pop, Dawn Donuts, Kresege Store Selfies and Olive Burgers.
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBThis 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's at Kresge's Department Store in downtown Flint, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Dawn Donuts the Flint's legendary chain of donut shops people grew up on in the 1960s and 1970s. The talk goes to the essence of boomer culture and memories. So listen in and take a stroll down memory lane.
Toxic Tadpoles and Curious Kids: Flint's First Lead Crisis
June 14, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBGeneral 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 dirty deed was covered up with bulldozer and a little dirt. Then in 1953, the area known as the Dixieland Subdivision was built on top of and around this lead laced toxic chemical stew. Testing done in the area showed extremely high levels of lead at 200,000 parts per million in certain areas. In ...
#23 Toxic Tadpoles and Curious Kids: Flint's First Lead Crisis
June 14, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBGeneral 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 dirty deed was covered up with bulldozer and a little dirt. Then in 1953, the area known as the Dixieland Subdivision was built on top of and around this lead laced toxic chemical stew. Testing done in the area showed extremely high levels of lead at 200,000 parts per million in certain areas. In...
Gritty Flint: George's Gambling Joint, Armed Robbery and Pinball:
June 11, 2020 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBMost 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, Michigan. In his story, he of delivers the Flint Journal to a bar on his paper route and stumbles onto a robbery. Arthur then faced down the burglar who had sawed off shotgun in hand. The story of the "strip" as it was known to the neighborhood kids is about life in a factory town in the 1960's. ...
Gritty Flint: George's Gambling Joint, Armed Robbery and Pinball #20022
June 11, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBMost 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, Michigan. In his story, he of delivers the Flint Journal to a bar on his paper route and stumbles onto a robbery. Arthur then faced down the burglar who had sawed off shotgun in hand. The story of the "strip" as it was known to the neighborhood kids is about life in a factory town in the 1960's. ...
#22 Gritty Flint: George's Gambling Joint, Armed Robbery and Pinball:
June 11, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBMost 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, Michigan. In his story, he of delivers the Flint Journal to a bar on his paper route and stumbles onto a robbery. Arthur then faced down the burglar who had sawed off shotgun in hand. The story of the "strip" as it was known to the neighborhood kids is about life in a factory town in the 1960's. ...
Welcome to Flint: Charlie's Drug Store Murder #20021
June 07, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBArthur 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 the armed robbery and murder. The murder took place in a 1950's style drug store complete with a soda fountain. He recounts his mother's trauma and what unfolded afterwards. Flint, Michigan was once a wealthy town now has been harmed by globalization, drugs, public health crisis and crime. To...
#21 Welcome to Flint: Charlie's Drug Store Murder on S. Saginaw St.
June 07, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBArthur 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 the armed robbery and murder. The murder took place in a 1950's style drug store complete with a soda fountain. He recounts his mother's trauma and what unfolded afterwards. Flint, Michigan was once a wealthy town now has been harmed by globalization, drugs, public health crisis and crime. T...
Welcome to Flint: Charlie's Drug Store Murder on S. Saginaw St.
June 07, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBArthur 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 the armed robbery and murder. The murder took place in a 1950's style drug store complete with a soda fountain. He recounts his mother's trauma and what unfolded afterwards. Welcome to Flint outlines what has occurred 65 years later to Flint. The once wealthy town has been overtaken by globali...
In the U.S. Supreme Court: Flint's First Criminal Case
June 03, 2020 21:49 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBLawyers 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 United States Supreme Court, in March 2003. Arthur Busch shares his diary by telling the story of his historic experience.. His story includes what growing up in Flint taught him about winning and lawyering. It is a behind the scenes look at what a lawyer thinks and does to get ready for the biggest c...