Current State #189 | October 28, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published October 28, 2013 at 3:53 PM EDT

Today on Current State: Governor Rick Snyder testifies at Detroit's bankruptcy eligibility trial; MSU's Fairchild Theater's new acoustic system; futurist Daniel Burrus and a mid-Michigan man's connection to the 1938 radio classic "The War of the Worlds."

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