Let's Go Michigan!

FULL EPISODE aired on WJR Radio 760AM: Jeff, Kristin, and Mark speak with (08:31) Margaret Fleming, Business Insider, Sports Betting Among College Students Creates New Culture of Gambling and (19:39) Melissa Frick, MLive, Your classmate could be an AI student at this Michigan. Highlights: State of the State art contest winner, How the Lions playoff run benefits the city of Detroit, the Brrrmingham Blast event, and finally Want to get away? How about a trip to space.

Melissa Frick, MLive, enlightens Jeff and Kristin on the latest students to hit the campus at Ferris State University.

Jeff and Kristin speak with Lindsay Moore, MLive, about her recent interview with David Lorenz's, Pure Michigan, list of hidden gems to visit in Michigan.

Studies show that the biggest surge in fundraising and applications tend to come when football programs achieve sudden success. U of M football is an economic juggernaut that runs on a $50 million budget!!! Paula Gardner, BridgeMI, breaks it down with Jeff and Kristin.

FULL EPISODE aired on WJR 760AM radio: Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, Mark Pastoria cover issues & stories from business to lifestyle, events & culture that celebrates our great state. (09:35) Paula Gardner, BridgeMI, Michigan football to make millions for the university (19:15) Lindsay Moore, MLive, 3 Michigan Cities to visit in 2024 (31:32) The health benefits of dog ownership

As aired on WJR 760AM radio: 2024 is off to a great start. Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, and Mark Pastoria highlight some of Michigan's success in the new year in sports, our minimum wage, cheese, the lottery, and best places to visit list. (5:44) Michael Spath, shares the excitment of the University of Michigan football championship game (16:14) Michael Spath, discusses the Detroit Lions as they move on to the playoffs.

'JR Mornings holiday breakfast joined by the StartupNation team, Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, and Mark Pastoria.

Mike Parson and Renee Vitale, WJR's First Thing, speak with our own, Jeff Sloan and Mark Pastoria, about the joys of hosting a 5am radio show.

FULL EPISODE aired on WJR 760AM Radio: Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, Mark Pastoria review the week and discuss all things Christmas; shopping, travel, tipping, and Amazon. (07:27) Jodie Kirshner, Professor, NYU, Why Some Students are Skipping College, (15:54) Bartie Scott, Insider, Rising Home and Car Insurance Expenses Will Americans Billions.

As aired on WJR 760AM radio: Bartie Scott, Insider, Rising home and car insurance will cost Americans billions in the new year.

As aired on WJR 760AM Radio: Jodie Kirshner, Research Professor, NYU: "The pandemic has exposed and perpetuated inequalities in higher education. Americans can no longer pretend that trying to equalize college access with postcollege approaches will be sufficient. Families desperately need the hope and opportunity that education provides. That starts with recognizing their unwillingness to take on debt."

Is the economy improving? Will 2024 be a better year to small businesses? Well, while there are signs that things may be heading in the direction indeed of an improving climate, small business owners are just not feeling it yet, and the US Small Business Sentiment Index makes that clear.

FULL EPISODE aired on WJR 760AM radio: Jeff, Kristin, & Mark weigh in on Time's Person of the Year, Battling Buyer's Remorse, and Michigan's Top Ski Resorts, (08:00)Shopping Deals Need to be 40% off to be good for Consumers, Cork Gaines, Inisder, (18:07) Kathleen Davis, Fast Company, Embracing the 32-Hour Work Week.

Kathleen Davis, Deputy Editor of Fast Company & host of The Way We Work, reveals a winning solution for a work life balance in a 32 hour work week.

Cork Gaines, Business Insider, Many retailers are extending holiday shopping discounts to record levels and for longer periods of time. Unless you are getting a 40% discount, you are just getting an everyday discount that you can get other times of the year.

Christian Miller, A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a lie.

Aki Ito, Business Insider, "At its core, overemployment represents a new social contract being forged in an era that has left the old, unspoken agreement in tatters"

As aired on WJR 760AM Radio: We discuss the latest on doom spending, report the #1 spot for viewing the most Christmas lights in Michigan, send out a PSA on seatbelt use, (07:09) Aki Ito, Insider, Inside the Strange Secretive Rise of the 'Overemployed', (18:04) Christian Miller, How Many Times Do People Lie in a Day? And finally reveal Merriam Webster's word of the year.

As aired on WJR Radio 760AM: Jeff, Mark, and Kristin highlight local mainstreets and merchants that provide the magic for this holiday season. (01:00)Julie Sloan, ShopLoyal, talks about the local communities and merchants to visit this season (08:50) Sabah Ammouri, Card Network & Carlo Koza, Red Wagon of Troy, talks to us about the partnership of companies servicing the small business community to that retailers can serve customers better (19:09) Julie Crorey, The Friendship Factory, a woman run entrepreneurial success story sharing the joy of friendship

Julie Crorey, Founder, The Friendship Factory, has left her 30-year career in media to focus on the business and grow the brand nationwide. The Friendship Factory celebrates its 10th anniversary. From a single store to a thriving business, The Friendship Factory is now the premier Metro Detroit destination for girls to create, learn, celebrate, and shop.