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Show Us Your "Mug"

WKAR Public Media

Published May 3, 2017 at 12:24 AM EDT

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WKAR Morning Edition host Brooke Allen (right) with owners of Blue Hat coffee roasters in Coldwater.

Brooke Allen / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Scott Pohl bought his mug at Disney World while chaperoning his daughter’s class trip. "Having worked early mornings for many years and becoming very coffee-reliant, it appealed to me. Mickey having to prop his eye open... been there done that!"";

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Jamie Paisley with his mug from his first public radio station in California.

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Karel Vega makes us say "awww." His mug has a picture of his baby girl on one side and "World's Best Pops" on the other!

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR 's Kevin Lavery holds his mug with a reference that keeps him grounded.

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR Digital News Director Reginald Hardwick holds TWO mugs. They represent the first and last tv stations he worked at before joining the WKAR family. He hopes to earn a WKAR mug soon.

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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Bill Richards, manager on the communications team for WKAR Public Media and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences holds up a mug that should be familiar to longtime fans of the "News Hour" on PBS.

Bill Richards / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Al Martin: "I've attached a selfie of myself posing with my favorite coffee mug. The reason this is my favorite mug is because it represents the pride that I have in my alma mater of Michigan State University."

Al Martin / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Katie Cook with her favorite mug from a Texas road trip she took with her best friend.

Katie Cook / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Jody Knol and Brooke Allen pose with their coffee cups in the WKAR studios

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Brooke Allen and Executive Producer/MSU faculty member Jim Peck pose with their coffee mugs in the WKAR studios

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR listener Lois Furry: "Perking up with WKAR and a cup of jo in my trusty block "S" mug.

Lois Furry

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WKAR listener David Sparty Brown: How I listen to Brooke Allen every morning for the latest in news. This mug was given to me by a co-worker at MSU in the 1980's and remains as one of my favorites. Coffee is good morning and night - and especially at 5:30

David Brown

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WKAR listeners Chuck & Joann Schofield

Chuck Schofield

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WKAR General Manager Susi Elkins

Reginald Hardwick / WKAR-MSU

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WKAR's Peter Whorf (left) and A2SO Music Director Arie Lipsky

Peter Whorf / WKAR-MSU

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Prabu David, Dean of MSU's College of Communication Arts and Sciences

On May 1-5, Morning Edition with Brooke Allen will take a closer look at coffee, from brewing to business.

Our WKAR staffers and others are posing with their coffee mugs and why they love them so much.

Please click here to upload your mug to the WKAR Newsroom Facebook page! Tell us your city or town and why your mug is special to you. Brooke may read your name on air!