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 fifty-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 sits down with Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, civil rights attorney Angie Martell who serves on the ACLU Washtenaw County Lawyers’ Committee; U-M School of Social Work, William Lopez, who has been studying the health outcomes of local Latino communities in periods of aggressive enforcement, and AM1700 radio personality Manny Lagunes to discuss recent raids in the area by US Immigration, Customs & Enforcement. They discuss this issues people of color can expect to face under a President Donald J. Trump presidency. In the second hour, performance artist Holly Hughes joins Mark to talk about her coalition of artists, activists, and performers called "Bad And Nasty". Released 04 March, 2017 Recorded live at AM1700 Radio in historic,

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the fifty-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 calls upon his daughter, Clementine, to help fill dead air while he waits for 2018 gubernatorial candidate, Gretchen Whitmer, to phone in and talk about the Women's March On Washington: Lansing Edition. After she makes a pointed and witty comment about him, he brings Desirae Simmons to the microphone to talk about the Ypsi March For Love, Resistance and Action held earlier in the day in Downtown Ypsilanti. The two discuss the the preparation that led up to the event as well as what the next steps are for organizing locally. Gretchen Whitmer then calls in to talk about the Lansing march before Mark finishes up with Desirae. Mark then plays a twenty-two minute interview with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. She gives her impression of both the Women

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the fifty-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 University of Michigan Professor of Political Science, Vincent Hutchings, to talk about the results of the 2016 Presidential election. Dr. Hutchings relays the fact that the voting patterns in this election were not that much different than any in the past forty years. Later in the hour, Susan Smith from the League of Women Voters joins Mark to discuss the possibility of non-partisan redistricting in Michigan. In the second hour, Jermaine Dickerson stops by to talk about the Ypsi High Superhero Program. Finally, Linda Ann Jordan drops in to give us an update on what we can expect from Mittenfest XI. Released 17 December, 2016 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 fifty-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 Brewer, former head of the Michigan Democratic Party joins Mark to discuss the changing political landscape in Michigan. Representative Jeff Irwin and Representative-Elect Yousef Rabhi join the conversation to provide a local view the impact of the recent Presidential election. In the second hour, Mark Fancher, from ACLU Michigan, calls in to further discuss the election and what we can expect to see in the future. Released 12 November, 2016 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 fifty-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. Scott Hagerstrom, the Michigan director of the Trump Pence 2016 campaign joins Mark in the first segment. Scott talks about the events that took him and his family from Inskter to Indianapolis and why he's backing Donald Trump. In a very civil and pleasant discussion, Mark and Scott surprisingly agree on a number of points regarding the direction the country is headed. Next, Brandon Dillon, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, calls in to talk about the Michigan House and Senate races and whether or not control on the two bodies could change hands. Brandon also talks about what is being done at the State level to support the Clinton Kaine 2016 ticket. In the second hour, Scott Menzel, Superintendent of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, sits down with Ma

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the fifty-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. Gregory Fournier, author of the "Terror In Ypsilanti", sits down with Mark to talk about infamous Ypsilanti serial killer John Norman Collins and the impact he had on the community back in the late sixties. Next, Thylias Moss, professor emerita at the University of Michigan and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, injects some much needed energy into the show as she touches on almost every topic imaginable. D'Real Graham joins Mark to discuss the Washtenaw County Prosectuor's Office. The show ends with Erin Anderson-Ruddon and Jen Mumford talking about the Zine Show opening at 22 North Gallery. Released 01 October, 2016 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 fiftieth 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. University of Michigan professor and Star Trek aficionado Juan Cole joins Mark to breakdown why the PBS Newshour does not provide alcohol for its guests. He also explains why community radio is a much better medium than cable news. Up next, radical political activist and rock photographer Leni Sinclair sits down with Mark to discuss, among other things, escaping East Germany, police entrapment, her ex-husband Jon, who should or shouldn't take credit for bombing things, as well as her desperate search for her replacement as head of the Detroit Artists Workshop. The show ends with Adriana Zardus and Jeri Rosenberg of WonderFool Productions talking with Mark about exciting new ways Washtenaw County is spending Act 88 monies as they lay out their plans for a Downtown Ypsila

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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. This week, the legendary John Sinclair, having just returned from Amsterdam in order to enjoy the Michigan autumn, joins Mark in the studio. John touches on everything ranging from his love of cool jazz and hard bop and R&B music to his disdain for today's hipster kids. He talks about his time with the MC5, living in Ann Arbor during the sixties, and how pedestrian John Hayden and the SDS were. Mr. Sinclair lets it all fly, no-holds-barred. And in case you were wondering, he was super high. Up next, Dr. Benjamin Edmondson, superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools and long-time friend of the station, stops by the settle a bet with Mark and give him an Ohio State cap to wear. The show ends with Cash Harrison and his crew sitting down with Mark to discuss the i

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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. This week Mark talks with Nkrumah Steward about a recent trip he took to Wavering Place, an old plantation in South Carolina where several generations of his family lived and worked as slaves. He tells the story of sitting down with Robert Adams, a plantation owner and distant cousin, and what he's come to learn from his experience. Up next, Washtenaw County Sheriff Deputies Derrick Jackson, LaShayne Bynum, Eugene Rush, and Jeremiah Richardson, as well as Jason Gold from the Ann Arbor Police Department. Together they share their experiences on what it's like to be African-American police officers in 2016. The show ends with Detroit police detective Ira Todd joining Mark for a discussion about the case of Davontae Sanford and just how an innocent, challenged, young m

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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. This week Mark talks with Virginia Lozano about her technology start-up, Leesta, which aims to teach young children American History through the stories of women. She updates Mark on the progress the company is making with their first module on Grace Lee Boggs. Up next, Gregory McIntosh stops by the station to drop off a CD from his new project, Loose Teeth. Mark and Greg chat a little bit before playing an AM1700 radio world premiere of "The Jagged Edges Of Big Ideas", a song that he played live in the studio as part of Episode #037 of The Saturday Six Pack. Long-time friend of the station Melissa Coppola of JUNGLEFOWL fame joins mark to talk about her new, non-profit venture, Girls Rock Detroit wherein young girls are taught to harness their creative spirits in o

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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. This week Mark talks with Ben Stupka from the Regional Transportation Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA), Gillian Ream Gainsley from the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AAATA), and Megan Owens of Transit Riders United about the RTA's regional master plan, the expansion of bus service, commuter rail, this November's millage election, and just who is going to pay for the train platform in Depot Town (hint: the RTA). Up next is University of Michigan art professor, Nick Tobier. He and Mark really blow our minds as they discuss his book, "Utopia Toolbox: An Incitement To Radical Creativity", off-ramp marching band welcoming parties, tiny economic summits on even tinier hilltops, and the pursuit of gentrifying Ypsilanti through real estate development. The sho

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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. This week Mark helped celebrate Totally Awesome Fest XII. Rather than getting bands to play on the rooftop like a David Bowie cover band, the studio was jam-packed with rock and roll. Disinformants blow out the windows of the station, interrupted briefly by a Pete Larson, Kenya-infused telephone call song. Crime Victims are up next with with ethereal, snyth pop that lulls the audience into a dream-like state. NODATA, the one-man band fronted by Nick Zomparelli tests the limits of a loop pedal as well as Chris Isaak's propensity to sue. The show ends with Steve Jolley flip-flopping between driving strangers back to his home in Brighton.. Released 30 April, 2016 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 forty-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 University of Michigan lecturer, Dr. Bruce Conforth. Dr. Conforth was also the founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, serves on the Executive Board of the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation, and is also the Director of the Blues Heritage Foundation. The two explore such topics as Jann Wenner's office, growing up in the 1950's New York folk scene, and myths about Robert Johnson. Dr. Conforth even picks up his guitar and educates the audience on different styles of blues guitar. In the second hour, Frank Uhle joins Mark to talk about his collection of 16mm educational films upcoming show of found film. The two enjoy a good laugh at Donald Duck's expense as Frank describes a film wherein Donald is nearly killed

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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, New York Times best-selling author Shaka Senghor stops by the AM1700 studio as he concludes a whirlwind tour that included visiting with Oprah, being a guest on The Daily Show, and being part of a White House briefing. Shaka talks about his upbringing in Detroit, the events that led him to prison, and his subsequent transformation. He explains what led him to start a journal and become a writer as well as the pact he made with some fellow inmates including friend of the show Calvin Evans. In the second hour, civil rights attorney Dick Soble joins Mark to talk about growing up in Boston, his time in AmeriCorps' VISTA program, his involvement in the Red Squad case, and his current work with juvenile lifers. Finally, filmmaker Donald Harrison talks wi

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the forty-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, Josie Parker, Director of the Ann Arbor District Library, joins Mark to discuss the evolving role of the public library. In the second hour, Beth Kwiatkowski calls in from Florida to talk about the renovations occurring at 908 North Congress Street as she prepares to open The Little Bird Cafe. Next, Beth Ernat, City of Ypsilanti Director of Economic Development, updates everyone on the progress being made to secure a stop in Depot Town for Amtrak's Wolverine line. The show ends with a classic Chris Sandon man-on-the-street segment that has everyone in the studio talking about which Presidential candidate they'd like to have sex with. Released 12 March, 2016 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 forty-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, Mark is joined by Cassandra Sheriff and Karla Graessley from Ypsilanti Community Schools to discuss the announcement that Adams Elementary will be reimagined as an International Baccalaureate school. They discuss the next steps in the transition. Steve Neavling from The Motorcity Muckraker calls in to discuss the future of journalism in the region. In the second hour, Tori Tomalia, the co-founder of the improv comedy space Pointless Brewery & Theatre stops by talk about what's new at her space. Finally, Cara Talaska and Teresa Gillotti talk with Mark about the renewed effort to put a playground in Riverside Park. The show ends with the three of them discussing what types of features they'd like in a giant glass penis. Released 05 March, 2016 R

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the fortieth 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 Jamall Bufford talk about the Athletic Mic League, The Black Opera, and getting The Black Nirvana production ready for audiences. Later, LeeAnne Walters calls in to update everyone the ongoing Flint Water Crisis. She also shares her experiences testifying before Congress. In the second hour, Yanna Lambrinidou, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, calls in to talk about the shortcomings of the EPA's Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) and how lead-in-water problems are missed using current test methods. Up next, Judith Kullberg and Howard Bunsis discuss the new Eastern Michigan University President, EMU's tremendous spending on athletics, and the EAA. The show ends with Judith saying the Facul

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-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 and Ypsilanti City Council member Anne Brown discuss her campaign to become the next State Representative from Michigan's 54th District. They discuss her platform and what it's like to be a Democrat in Michigan's Legislature. In the second hour, Grammy Award-winning rock and roller Ivan Král stops by the station to enthrall listeners with stories about working for Apple Records and Allen Klein, hanging around with the likes of The Beatles, David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Blondie, and glam rock. The show ends with Ivan explaining why Iggy Pop's 1981 album, Party, unfortunately turned out the way it did. Released 06 February, 2016 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 thirty-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, Mark chats with Ethan Lowenstein, Director of the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition. The two discuss place-based education as well as the worst places to dump tires in Detroit. Later in the hour State Representative Jeff Irwin joins the show to talk about beer league hockey and his effort to repeal the Emergency Manager law in the wake of the Flint water crisis. Jeff fails, however, to discuss House Bill 4423 and his role in increasing speed limits on some of Michigan's highways and whether or not legislative immunity should protect those who vote in favor or increasing speeds that will surely lead to more deaths on our State's roads. In the second hour, Craig Johnson and Victoria Weeber of the band Spelling stop by to explain the intricat

From an old converted barbershop inside the area’s largest all-nude strip club comes the thirty-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 has a pleasant conversation with investigative reporter for the ACLU, Curt Guyette. The two discuss the Flint Water Crisis as Mark tries to explain how he got Curt's phone number. Next, Andrew Epstein drops by to discuss the last three and a half years of renovating the old Elbow Room and his rush to open this summer. In the second hour, Gregory McIntosh plays as many songs as he can remember in between talking about life as a new homeowner and which Monger brother he could beat up in a fist fight. Released 23 January, 2016 Recorded live at AM1700 Radio in historic, downtown Ypsilanti, MI.