WGVU’s talks with Mike Wall, Executive Director of Automotive Analysis for S&P Global Mobility.

David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about ‘On the Waterfront,’ the 1954 film starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint, directed by the controversial director Elia Kazan. Kazan had named names before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in Congress. On the Waterfront is a film that grapples with labor issues and organized crime.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business senior writer Mark Sanchez talks about an updated economic forecast for the second half of 2024, and an advocacy group ranks Michigan’s hospital pricing. But first, the latest on small business 2025 health insurance rates.

What if you could make cancer cells act like they have a virus weakening them? Van Andel Institute researchers call it viral mimicry. WGVU spoke with Dr. Ali Chomiak, a Van Andel Institute Scientist working on preclinical research.

The inside story of Alex Saab, his capture and then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap, and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the corruption scandal. WGVU talks with film director, Juan Andres Revell about the work of Armando.info investigative journalist Roberto Deniz.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business senior writer Mark Sanchez talks about a report card grading area hospitals. Kent County voters will decide a lodging tax funding transformational projects. But first, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has come to a close.

Earlier this year, Grand Valley State University unveiled a new statewide, hybrid delivery model designed to meet adult learners where they live. WGVU spoke with Kara Van Dam, Chief Executive of GVSU Omni.

FRONTLINE and the Associated Press investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less-lethal force.” WGVU talks with director Serginho Roosblad.

Advances in public health around the world are grounded in four areas: fluoridation, immunization, water purification and pasteurization. In the 1930s, the U.S. Public Health Service determined tooth decay “an urgent public health problem.” As part of NPR’s series on historical markers, Off the Mark, WGVU revisits Grand Rapids’ fluoride story with two dentists who lived it.

WGVU talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about Michigan long-term care providers new staffing mandates, a West Michigan bank merger and the Federal Trade Commission ruling noncompete agreements should be banned.