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**Listen in, Michigan**

“Listen In, Michigan” is an audio storytelling feature brought to you by the online alumni magazine, Michigan Today. From historical features and alumni dispatches to campus news and provocative opinions, “Listen In, Michigan” will entertain and inform, helping to keep you connected to the University of Michigan — today.

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The band plays on, feat. John Pasquale Nov 27, 2019

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Michigan Marching Band

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John Pasquale

How we went blue Albert Ahronheim, onetime drum major of the Marching Band, deconstructs the iconic "Let's Go Blue" tune, starting with his initial conversation with George Cavender in the early '70s.

Strike up the band When he was just a sophomore in the early 1950s, Jerry Bilik (who barely passed the MMB audition as 17th of 18 trombones) discovered a talent for writing and arranging that would transform the Michigan Marching Band forever.

There were bells, feat. Tiffany Ng Sep 26, 2019

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Music featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

Circle of Life from "The Lion King"

Nut -- Goddess of the Night Sky by Trevor Weston

Hypnos -- by Phyllis Chen

Woodstock: An acoustic synthesis of the ’60s Aug 30, 2019

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Music samples were pulled from the Woodstock film trailer at YouTube.

Talk about 'music to your ears' Jul 19, 2019

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The artists featured in this episode are (in order of appearance):

Snarky Puppy performing "Bad Kid"

Tarek Yamani Trio performing "Hala Land"

[Emerson String Quartet]() performing "Bartok String Quartet No. 5"

Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" recomposed by Max Richter

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Dave Sharp: Getting snazzy and jazzy on Main Street Jun 14, 2019

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Bassist and local jazz enthusiast Dave Sharp has found a new groove on Main Street as musical director of the Blue LLama Jazz Club. The elegant new venue already has hosted such artists as Ravi Coltrane, Joey DeFrancesco, and Kurt Elling.

Being not-rich at U-M Apr 12, 2019

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Being not-rich at Michigan has been adapted by college students at other universities nationwide. It's a valuable resource for students and parents of all incomes, with great information about jobs, internships, mentors, community support, and more.

Locked in at the Bentley Mar 14, 2019

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Brian Williams, assistant director and archivist at U-M's Bentley Historical Library, is a font of U-M facts and trivia. History nuts and people who like old stuff, quite literally, should enjoy this episode of “Listen in, Michigan."

Here are links to some of the extraordinary items that Williams:

Fielding Yost’s 1901 contract to become the first football coach at
U-M https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl017701/bl017701
The 1817 draft of the act to establish the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/walker/874.0001.002/1#?s=0&cv=0
The original notecards Lyndon B. Johnson used to deliver his “Great Society” speech to U-M graduates in 1964
Bentley Historical Library https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs13927/hs13927
The Bentley Historical Library
https://bentley.umich.edu/

And now for the highlights! Feb 01, 2019

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The best of Listen in, Michigan

Welcome to the 25th episode of Listen in, Michigan. In celebration of the miracle that I have actually survived making 24 of these podcasts, no small feat for a print journalist working alone in a recording studio, I have cut together some of my favorite snippets from the podcast so far. If you haven’t listened or subscribed yet, I hope you will. As you’ll hear, I have a lot of fun with my subjects.

Episode 23: Football's Valhalla

Episode 21: I Witness

Episode 20: The Best of Bacon

Episode 15: Strike Up the Band

Episode 13: Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor

Episode 6: The Wind is Very Much Up

We Can Be Heroes Dec 14, 2018

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He was brilliant, brave, and curious — and his tale unspools like a thrilling mystery. Architect Raoul Wallenberg, ’35, protected thousands of Jews from the Nazis in World War II. And then he vanished off the face of the earth. Details of his disappearance remain a mystery to this day, but he likely was murdered in a Russian prison shortly after the war ended. And though he is gone, the descendants of those Wallenberg saved continue to walk this earth, thanks to his courage and ingenuity.

Each year the University confers its Wallenberg Medal to those individuals who demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to stand up for the helpless, defend the integrity of the powerless, and speak out on behalf of the voiceless.

The 2018 Wallenberg Medal recognized two youth organizations working to end gun violence. Representatives for the Chicago-based youth organization B.R.A.V.E. and the student activists behind March For Our Lives in Parkland, Fla., accepted the honors Nov. 14 in Rackham Auditorium.

Read full story at Michigan Today

View video of the 2018 medal ceremony and speeches by the youth leaders

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Dan Chace: Football's Valhalla, The Bob Ufer Story Dec 14, 2018

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Filmmaker Dan Chace, BA ’83, shares the labor of love that manifested as a beautiful documentary about beloved Wolverines football announcer Bob Ufer. The film is called "Footballs's Valhalla: The Bob Ufer Story."

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