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Interviews with news makers and discussion of topics important to Southwest Michigan. Subscribe to the podcast through Apple itunes and Google. Segments of interview are heard in WestSouthwest Brief during Morning Edition and All Things Considered

WestSouthwest August 22, 2016

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On WestSouthwest, we ask why Republicans seem so angry with former governor William Milliken's endorsement of Hillary Clinton. And an update on our monthly feature Why' That.   

Former governor William Milliken has criticized the direction of the Republican Party in recent years. It's led him to endorse Democrats, including John Kerry for President in 2004, and Mark Totten of Kalamazoo for Attorney General two years ago. But Republicans have been more critical of Milliken's announcement that he will vote for Hillary Clinton for President. Gongwer News Service Editor Zach Gorchow explores why Republicans have reacted so strongly to something that shouldn't be a surprise. 

For the past year we've answered your questions about street and city names, the hard water in Kalamazoo and how a tiny park came to be a park. WMUK's Sehvilla Mann fields questions, finds an answer and tells us about it once a month. She joins us to review some of the highlights from the first year of Why's That?

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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