In February, I launched my podcast which is entitled Tales of Southwest Michigan’s Past. It is a new way that I can share stories of history from the local region which I enjoy researching.
To begin I will be releasing new episodes on Tuesday and Fridays weekly, but starting in April I will be adding an additional episode on Sunday. The Sunday episodes I intend to release my interviews with local historians about history in the area, to offer a new dimension to the podcast.
So not only will I be telling unique stories about the region, I will also be inviting guests to join me and talk about unique stories in Southwest Michigan history.
To find the podcast Tales of Southwest Michigan’s Past, it is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Overcast, Radio Public, Castbox, Anchor and many other podcast applications. So whatever app you prefer, you should be able to find it. If there is an app you discover my podcast is not on, feel free to contact me and tell me which one it is, and I will make every effort to add it.
Although many of my videos on my YouTube channel tend to focus on the pioneer period in Michigan, I also plan to include many different stories from different eras, as well as locations around the Southwestern counties to vary the content. Soutwest Michigan is a fascinating area of the state, as the lower counties were the first organized counties into the interior of emerging state and with the exception of the eastern side, it offers some of the oldest stories one will find. There are of course exceptions in various areas of the state, as there were French settlements and trading posts scattered throughout the North prior to the lower counties being organized in 1829, but in following the stories of the wave of settlers to the region, the Southwest offers a treasure trove of tales to be told.
I hope you will listen in, and join me as I explore Tales of Southwest Michigan’s Past.
Hi, Michael. I’ve been listening to your podcast for several months and have truly enjoyed many of the topics. Although I was born and raised in an eastside suburb of Detroit, I lived in the Kalamazoo area (including Richland) for 45 years and taught interior design courses at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek. All to say, I’m both familiar with and also curious about many of the towns and topics of your ‘tales’. Thanks so much for bringing the past and often the present to life for your listeners. I really appreciate your passionate interest in the history of southwest Michigan!
My husband and I have been following your Cemetery shows. We live in Bedford, MI. I moved there in1967. I grew up left moved back, bought my father’s Hine which has now been in my family for 50 years. (Across from the Cemetery. My question is in the Bedford Cemetery youtube at the end you show a picture of a headstone the was a square stone thing sitting on a pedestal. That headstone by chance could it be from a Cemetery in Kinderhook, Mi? Or us it from Bedford as I’ve never seen it. It looks like the one my father filled with bird feed as a young child.
Thank you