Current State #234 | January 16, 2014

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published January 16, 2014 at 11:29 AM EST

Today on Current State: recent Flint emergency manager Michael Brown returns to Prima Civitas; a post-antibiotic era; roasting coffee beans in Lansing; and a review of “Our Picnics in the Sun” by Morag Joss.

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