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Daily interviews and essays about politics and current events with newspaper columnist Jack Lessenberry. Primary Format : Language : Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: Flamenco New Age Nouveau Flamenco World Music User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Michigan Radio: Jack Lessenberry: Jack's Take Podcast Podcasts Methings.com listings of Michigan Radio: Jack Lessenberry: Jack's Take Podcast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Michigan Radio: Jack Lessenberry: Jack's Take Podcast Politics As Usual A new poll came out yesterday about what people are looking for in a Governor. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks the poll actually shows us what kind of campaign we should NOT want... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Facing Reality The University of Michigan's annual economic forecast got plenty of attention last week for its job loss predictions. But Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry says the real news from the seminar was largely overlooked... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting It Done The legislature is still in session, and U of M's annual economic forecast indicates we've got more hard times ahead. Senior Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has a suggestion as to how we might get beyond this. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rearranging the Deck Chairs Governor Granholm is asking students to pressure state lawmakers to restore funding to the Michigan Promise Scholarship. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks we need to focus on the long-term problem of school funding... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | China Daze President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | China Daze President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Mayor and the Attorney General Some Democrats think former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal problems may hurt Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry explains... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pay Back General Motors announced this morning that it intends to start paying its taxpayer loans back early. But Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks there's more to this deal than there seems... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Now For the Hard Part Governor Granholm and the state Legislature finally agreed on a budget last week... but it's a document that no one seems happy with. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry looks at what it really means... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ford and the Future Rank-and-file union members at Ford overwhelmingly turned down a new round of contract concessions yesterday. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry says we shouldn't be all that surprised by the news... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Voting For Taxes A funny thing happened in yesterday's elections. Voters in Detroit and elsewhere actually voted for higher taxes. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks he knows why... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Political Courage Detroit Mayor Dave Bing romped to an easy re-election victory this week. But Senior Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry note that he did so even after taking some highly unpopular stands. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | One Cheer for the Governor The state house of representatives passed a bill yesterday that would use the remaining federal stimulus money to restore some of the cuts to public schools... However, it may not pass the senate. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at what's going on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lest We Forget Veterans Day is Wednesday. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry suggests we think a little more about what the day really means. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Roads in Ruin A major new study shows that the state's roads are rapidly falling apart. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at what's going on... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Psychoceramics This year's budget was finally passed... but the governor has been urging a last-minute revenue increase to replace cuts to the public schools. Republicans, however, are refusing to consider it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry looks at what's really going on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Time for An Independent Governor? In recent years, Maine and Minnesota have elected independent governors. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry wonders if it could happen here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Past Forgetting They say that those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry worries that today's students know far less than they should. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Educating Michigan A number of Michigan school districts planned not to let their students watch the president's speech to school kids today. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio's senior political analyst, wonders about this. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Saving the Lakes The nation's focus may be on health care, but behind the scenes, the Obama Administration is close to winning passage of a massive bill to clean up the Great Lakes. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at why the bill is so important. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |