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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 June 6, 2016

Mike Klug shows off one of the native plants in his yard
Rebecca Thiele, WMUK

On WestSouthwest, concerns about what the loss of soil means for the world supply. And campaign finance records indicate an expensive race for state House. 

Retired Michigan State University Microbial Ecologist Mike Klug is worried about disappearing soil. Klug will speak at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute on Thursday. He tells WMUK's Rebecca Thiele that vanishing soil has potential implications for growing enough food to feed a growing world population. 

Michigan Campaign Finance Network Director Craig Mauger says this could be a very expensive year for state House races in Michigan. Mauger says the pace of fundraising by Michigan Political Action Committees is ahead of this point in 2012. 

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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