Show overview
East Lansing Insider, brought to you by ELi on Impact 89FM has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 98 episodes. That works out to roughly 50 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 31 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 34 episodes published. Published by Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM.
From the publisher
A weekly show from the folks at East Lansing Info breaking down all the news and happenings in East Lansing, Michigan.
Latest Episodes
View all 98 episodesLGBTQ+ history in East Lansing
A conversation about communication in the city with former East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens
News Roundup: City manager put on leave, calls for transparency in policing
A look at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center
News Roundup: School threats, a special election and the city budget
The MSU Bikes Service Center reflects on 20 years on wheels
Talking with Small Talk Children’s Advocacy Center for Child Abuse Prevention Month
East Lansing City Budget
Ep 92Flooding in East Lansing
East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols and Managing Editor Lucas Day talk about the recent heavy rainfall in East Lansing and the flooding that has occurred. They talk about solutions to flooding problems the city is considering and what residents have been dealing with.
Ep 91April is Autism Acceptance Month: A Conversation with Acorn Health
On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks about autism awareness and acceptance with Paul Doher, National Director of Clinical Quality for Acorn Health, which has ABA autism therapy centers in several states including here in the Capital area.
Ep 90Mental Health in College and East Lansing
Conversations about mental health have been on the rise in recent years. This week on the East Lansing Insider podcast, East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty spoke with Michigan State University student Andelina Storm Grossi who recently published her first book, Sanity in the Storm: Faith, Healing, and Hope for the Anxious Soul. He also spoke with City Councilmember Kerry Ebersole Singh about what has spurred an increase in mental health issues in our communities.
Ep 89A conversation with MSU Hillel about the impact of the Temple Israel attack
On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks about the widespread impact of the March 12 attack on Temple Israel in Metro Detroit. She is joined by Robyn Hughey and Jonathon Koenigsberg of MSU Hillel in East Lansing who share their perspectives on the incident and offer insight on how communities can respond to incidents of anti semitism.
Ep 88Housing and development in East Lansing
East Lansing Info’s Managing Editor Lucas Day joins East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols on this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider to talk about recent development proposals in East Lansing and what challenges developers face in the city.
Ep 87East Lansing perspective on Iran
On this week’s episode of East Lansing Insider, East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols takes a closer look at the rapidly escalating conflict in Iran following recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. To better understand what this moment means for people here in mid-Michigan, this week’s episode features two local voices with personal and community ties to Iran. Michigan State University graduate student Farzaneh Holasu reflects on how the conflict is being experienced by Iranians and members of the Iranian diaspora. Thasin Sardar, a leader at the Islamic Center of East Lansing, shares another perspective on how the local Muslim community is processing the news and discusses the global implications of the strikes.
Ep 86Ramadan in East Lansing
East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty hosts a special Ramadan episode of East Lansing Insider, talking about the importance of the holy month for East Lansing Muslims.
Ep 85Consideration for proposed camping and loitering bans continues with East Lansing City Council
This week, ELi Managing Editor Lucas Day and Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols continue discussion surrounding camping and loitering bans being considered by East Lansing City Council. The bans have drawn considerable controversy as some residents, researchers and housing advocates say the bans would unfairly target homeless people and perpetuate cycles of poverty.
Ep 84Love in East Lansing
East Lansing Info Reporter Dustin DuFort Petty hosts a special Valentine’s Day episode of East Lansing Insider
Ep 83East Lansing proposed camping and loitering bans
This week on East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center Executive Director Khadja Erickson about bans on loitering in parking areas and camping housing advocates are saying would criminalize poverty and ensure individuals remain unhoused.
Ep 82A conversation about Black History Month and the NAACP
East Lansing Info Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with the president of the NAACP Lansing Branch Harold A. Pope about Black History Month and the NAACP’s history and how it operates today.
Ep 81East Lansing, Michigan’s last sanctuary city
East Lansing is the only remaining Michigan jurisdiction on President Donald Trump’s administration’s list of sanctuary cities the Department of Justice says violates federal immigration laws. This week on East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info’s Deputy Editor Anna Liz Nichols talks with staff attorney for ACLU of Michigan Jay Kaplan about the state of immigration enforcement in Michigan in the aftermath of the killing of American citizen Renee Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents in Minneapolis earlier this month, which has sparked outrage across the country.