Am1700 Presents: The Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-sixth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. Mark delivers his best show to date as he kicks off 2016 with some heavy topics. In the first hour, Mark talks with Ramone Williams and Brittney Barros about teen homelessness as Ramone discusses the struggles of being homeless and attending college at the same time. Brittney shares her past experiences as a homeless high school student. Megan DeVoe from Eastern Michigan University's MAGIC program and Allie Schrader from Ozone House join the conversation to talk about community resources that exist to help people like Ramone and Brittney. In the second hour Mark interviews LeeAnne Walters about the Flint water crisis. LeeAnne shocks the audience as she details the missteps, bumbling incompetence, and tragic indifference displayed by those liable for this disaster fr

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-fifth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the final episode of 2015, Mark pushes the boundaries of what is listenable radio right into a woodchipper. He then douses those remaining fragments with gasoline and lights them on fire in a glorious homage to Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." Throughout the evening Mark is joined by a cast of characters from the past year and engages in conversations ranging from volunteer fire departments in the Lake Erie Islands to the state of improv comedy in Washtenaw County; from even more tree talk to holiday-themed BDSM. Drawing inspiration from Linus' Christmas monologue, the Who Guy gives the audience the highlight of the evening as he walks everyone down memory lane as we relive the past year in crank calls. Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night. Rel

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-fourth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark sits down with Daryl Holman and Darius Simpson to discuss “The Black Student 10-Point Plan” that has been proposed for Eastern Michigan University. In the second hour Mark plays a few clips from an interview he recorded with University of Michigan professor Dr. Paul Edwards. Dr. Edwards was in Paris for the Climate Change Conference. Ethan Wampler from 350.org and UofM student Jim Stehlin discuss the upcoming Michigan Climate March. And Mark calls Dr. Ricky Rood for his take on surviving increasing temperatures (spoiler alert: humans will adapt). Finally, the latest album from The Monkey Power Trio is unleashed on the airwaves. The show ends with Jim Cherewick showing the band how they really should have recorded "Portland Is Doomed (It's Th

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-third episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark and University of Michigan Associate Professor Rebecca Hardin discuss radio programming on a competitor's station before Ben Connor Barrie joins the group for a conversation about the deer cull scheduled to take place in Ann Arbor's parks. Next Mark is joined in the studio by Elizabeth Riggs, Deputy Director of the Huron River Watershed Council, and James Hughes, fly fishing guide at Schultz Outfitters. They discuss the health of the Huron River as well as the need to increase fish habitats along the river in Ypsilanti. Aja Marcato, the conservation programming director at the Organization For Bat Conservation, along with Nikola, a big brown bat, join Mark for a discussion about bats and their importance to our ecosystem. Aja also tries to di

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-second episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark leads a discussion on affordable housing in Ann Arbor with Brett Lenart, Interim Executive Director of the Washtenaw Office of Community and Economic Development, Mary Jo Callan, former Executive Director of the Washtenaw Office of Community & Economic Development and current Director of the Ginsberg Center for Community Service Learning at the University Of Michigan, Michael Appel, Senior Developer at Avalon Housing, and Chuck Warpehoski, Director of the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice and Ann Arbor City Council member The group discusses the status of development for the Platt Road site as well as what steps need to take place in order to keep socio-economic diversity in Ann Arbor balanced. Next Mark is joined in the studio by

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-first episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Paul Hickman and Calvin Evans from Urban Ashes drop by to discuss the evolution of the company from an organization that networked mills together to deal with the emerald ash borer to a company that manufacture products from ash using transitional and disabled labor. Later in the show, Judith Kullberg from the Eastern Michigan University Faculty Senate and Howard Bunsis from the EMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors join Mark to discuss the search for a new President at EMU. They discuss the decision by the Trustees to make the search process non-transparent and more secretive and how that will impact EMU moving forward. Finally, Billy Kangas from the Cultivate Coffee & Taphouse discusses his new venture and what's it'

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirtieth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark sits down with Omari Rush to talk about the public art project, Pop-X. They touch on such topics as where Ann Arbor keeps it's hang-out culture during big events, who would buy a kiosk and turn it into a tiny home, and the A2 Awesome Foundation​ and their desire to give AM1700​ a micro grant. The segment ends with Mark analyzing Omari's dreams. Up next, Mark places a quick phone call to Matt Carmichael, the editor of Livability.com​. They discuss Ypsilanti's place in the nation's singles scene as well as how Alex Haley​—the Pulitzer Prize winning author of such classics as "The Autobiography of Malcolm X​" and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family"—would come to co-found Livability.com. In the second hour, Russ Olwell, the director of Eastern Mic

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-ninth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark sits down with illustrator and University of Michigan​ professor Joseph Trumbey. The two discuss sustainable design, Joseph's straw bale house, his desire to make stuff, and his upcoming plan to butcher a bull. Next, Mark invites local hair entrepreneur Rachel Blistein to sit down for a chat about her company Original Moxie​ and starting a manufacturing business in a non-manufacturing business district, career transition, and self-acceptance from embracing her unique hair. Finally, husband and wife band Yellow Rail Family knock out three spacey songs inspired by camping and the uniform CPA examination but not before a spirited discussion breaks our regarding the rise and fall of the Ypsilanti Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and its hostil

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-eighth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Frank Allison joins Mark for a discussion about the late-80s Ann Arbor music scene, the Ypsi Songfest, ukuleles, and the financial viability of small market movie theaters. In the second hour, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus Dr. Willis Patterson and Kira Monae Turner sit down with Mark to discuss Dr. Patterson's Our Own Thing Chorale and their upcoming performance on October 4th at Ypsilanti's Community Church of God. Ms. Turner gives a small preview, and Dr. Patterson talks about life in post-World War II Ann Arbor as an African-American as well as the first time he met Paul Robeson. Released 26 September, 2015 Recorded live at AM1700 Radio in historic, downtown Ypsilanti, MI.

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-seventh episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark talks with Brenda Dulin, Peri Stone-Palmquist, and Michelle Rose-Armstrong about restorative practices and how they are working in our schools. Next, Mark Ducker and Martin Thoburn talk about the upcoming Ypsi24-Hour Film Shootout and how it's grown over the past three years. Erin Anderson-Ruddon and Katy Shay stop in to discuss their upcoming zine show at the 22 North Gallery. Finally, the kids from Junglefowl play a handful of songs and try and avoid being poisoned by Mark. Released 19 September, 2015 Recorded live at AM1700 Radio in historic, downtown Ypsilanti, MI.

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-sixth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark takes it easy on Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith as they discuss the Board of Commissioners' evil plot to take over the board, the appointment process, and the budget of a new county-wide economic development organization. Conan confides in Mark and tells him the board hasn't done its due diligence on the issue and that he favors tabling the resolution until someone can articulate an actual plan. Next, award-winning investigative journalist Will Potter, formerly of the Chicago Tribune, discusses dissent politics and the state of civil liberties in a post-9/11 America by focusing on eco-terrorists and ag-gag laws. Finally, Saginaw musician Mike Flores talks about his struggles over the years and how they influenced his music as he play

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-fifth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark talks with author / University of Michigan professor, Phoebe Gloeckner about her graphic novel "Diary Of A Teenage Girl", its adaptation for the big screen, her disdain for dirty hippies, and her love of Bull's Eyes. Phoebe also gives much consideration to replacing Mark as the new host of The Saturday Six Pack wherein she would just interview people's mothers. Next, Amanda Uhle of 826 Michigan reveals the plan to bring Mittenfest back to Ypsilanti. Finally, Peter Larson, famed professor of epidemiology and blues musician, warns the audience to always wash their hands before making dinner lest they contract hantavirus. He then goes on to dare the leader of a major hardcore band to a fist fight live on the air. The show ends innocently enough as

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-fourth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. This show finds Mark throwing all applicable national fire code laws in the trash and setting them alight as he fills the AM1700 studio with nearly 30 participants—including two elected officials, two heads of law enforcement, and the superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools—for his most ambitious show to date. He talks directly with teens about issues that affect them and how adults may to help to improve their safety, their educational experiences, their job prospects, and their lives. It was uncomfortable for the adults to hear, but the kids didn't pull any punches as they told their elders exactly what's going on in their daily lives. It was just the kind of straight-talk the adults needed. Whether or not they were actually listening is something the kids wi

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-third episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark discusses looming cuts in mental health in Washtenaw County. First he plays a pre-recorded interview with County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi and asks him where all the money went. Later he has an in-studio discussion about the impact those cuts would have on the region with Nancy Heine of AFSCME Local 3052 and Greg Pratt of MISSION (Michigan Itinerant Shelter System, Interdependent Out of Necessity). Later in the hour, Mark revisits the scandal of Eastern Michigan University having a secret Huron logo on the inside of their band uniforms with Michelle Lietz of EMU's Native American Student Organization and local historian Matt Siegfied. In the second hour, Craig Johnson of Modern Lady Fitness and Spelling fame drops by to play a couple songs on h

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-second episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark talks with the new superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools, Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, about the changes he plans to make to strengthen our schools. Later in the hour as part of an AM1700 programming crossover, Mark interviews Andres from the WICKidz Radio show and receives a lesson on Blackbeard. After a Jim Cherewick cover of The Go-Go's 1982 smash hit "Vacation", the second hour begins with Mark trying to bond with his daughter Clementine as she talks about their recent vacation where they ate in as many Chick-fil-A restaurants in as many states as possible. Clementine also tells the audience the reason she finds her little brother Arlo annoying. Next, The People's History of Ypsilanti segment focuses on the 1860s. Finally, Bee Roll desc

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twenty-first episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Laura Rubin from the Huron River Watershed Council comes by to chat about all the great microbreweries that get their water from the Huron River. Local landlord Hedger Breed pops in to declare Ypsilanti not dangerous enough anymore. In the second hour, Mark and Patrick Elkins read a radio drama that is clearly longer than six minutes. Then mixologist Brigid Mooney finally shows the members of the studio audience her Dirty Mooney. Top cap it all off, in a special-edition third hour, Mark gets super-drunk in the name of marriage equality as he pops champagne corks with Beth Bashert and Eric Wozniak as they plot what's next on the gay agenda. Released 27 June, 2015 Recorded live at AM1700 Radio in historic, downtown Ypsilanti, MI.

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the twentieth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Keta Cowan from Synod Community Services drops in to talk about the success of the Washtenaw ID program. Later in the hour, Michael Jackman, managing editor of the Detroit Metro Times, discusses fictitious zine publishers with Mark before doing his best Alan Almond impression and inviting everyone to come visit his favorite Hamtramck watering hole, The Painted Lady. Next, The People's History of Ypsilanti segment focuses on the 1850s. Finally, Jim Roll, owner of Backseat Productions, joins Mark and tells him what life was like growing up as an all-conference quarterback in suburban Chicago and why he gave it all up in order to take up cycling. Jim treats everyone to "You", his stunning collaboration he did with Denis Johnson. The show ends with Mark an

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the nineteenth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Andy Claydon and Steve Marton stop by the studio to celebrate the ninth anniversary of Minus9. Andy Claydon gives the single greatest performance on The Saturday Six Pack to date as he rails against everything from blogs to breeders to Normal Park to Peter Larson. So not to tire themselves out before their Ninth Anniversary gig later that night, the guys debut a few tracks off of their latest album “Valley Of The Sick & Stupid”. Next Steve Hughes, editor-in-chief of Detroit’s longest running zine, discusses the evolution of Stupor, his son Logan’s new three piece band, and possible vacation plans with the Maynard family. Steve then reads some of his poetry as Minus9 play far-out poetry-reading background music. In the second hour, Marisa Dluge and

From an old converted barbershop inside the area's largest all-nude strip club comes the eighteenth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark talks with author Josh Malerman about what it's like to be a successful author. Josh then reads a selection from his horror novel "Bird Box" and accompanies himself on the organ. During The People's History of Ypsilanti With Matt Siegrfried, Matt tells of the horrors took place in town at the time. In the second hour, Autumn Rae talks about gang life as a member of the Femme Petals and the Ypsilanti NoNos and reveals where her true loyalties lie. Finally, Jim Cherewick sings what is probably the most hauntingly beautiful song ever written about Merona dresses. The show ends with a caller admitting that he bought a house on River Street so he could move to Ypsilanti and be closer to the AM1700 studios. Released 30 May, 2015 Recorded live at AM17

From an old converted barbershop inside the area's largest all-nude strip club comes the seventeenth episode of the Saturday Six Pack With Mark Maynard. Moving from print media, Mark Maynard brings his interview style to the world of AM radio. In the first hour, Mark discusses community policing with Derrick Jackson, the Director of Community Engagement from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office. Former Ypsilanti resident Blake Elliott stops by to chat about Traverse City and play a song before a downtown gig. In the second hour, Mark talks with business owner Mike Nix about how things are going at the Ypsilanti Running Company as well as how deep fried cheese can be a motivator to exercising. The two also reminisce about having lived in some obscure town in Georgia. Finally, Modern Lady Fitness talks about what it's like to fire a bass player in such an uncertain economy. They then enthrall the studio audience with a bunch of songs with their new bass player. Released 16 May, 2015 Recorded live at AM1700