TALK MIDLAND
105 episodes listed below
Midland conversations with practical local stakes.
TALK MIDLAND is a community-facing interview show built around Midland people, projects, and businesses. Conversations range from a public school and excavation work to athlete mindset, pickleball growth, mental health service in Rwanda, and AI infrastructure.
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TALK MIDLAND is a grounded interview show about the people, businesses, nonprofits, schools, and projects moving through Midland. It is local in the most literal sense. Episodes often start with a simple introduction and quickly turn into the practical realities behind a guest's work. Sarah Ladwin explains the timeline, curriculum, enrollment, and building plans for Founders Grove Classical Academy. Justin Finney talks through excavation, fuel, equipment transport, septic work, safety, and the reality behind a family-run operation. Mike Rose brings the court-level view of tennis and pickleball, including the scale required to attract a major event. Kelsey Gustafson moves the conversation into youth sports psychology, especially the emotional weight of the car ride home after a game. Krista McGowan brings a wider frame through Ubuntu Wellness and mental health services in Rwanda. Dan Dimitroff connects the region to AI infrastructure, data centers, energy use, and national competition. The show works because it keeps big topics attached to named people and local decisions. It is not polished from a distance. The pacing feels conversational, with room for clarification, course correction, and the occasional imperfect intro. That informality becomes part of the appeal. The questions are plain, but they often pull useful detail from guests who know their terrain. Business owners explain how work actually gets done. Community organizers describe what has to happen before a public launch. Sports and nonprofit voices talk about the human consequences behind familiar community routines. The result is a portrait of Midland as a place where infrastructure, athletics, education, service work, and entrepreneurship overlap. It is especially useful for listeners who want to understand local momentum before it becomes a headline or a public launch.
Made for: Best for Midland-area listeners, small business supporters, parents, community observers, and community-minded people who want local context from the people doing the work.
What sets it apart: The show connects neighborhood-scale interviews to larger questions, from AI infrastructure and education models to nonprofit trauma care and youth sports culture. Its strength is concrete detail delivered through relaxed local conversation.
A podcast with a mission to promote small businesses in the Midland, Michigan community. The show is hosted by Logan Richetti, the managing broker of Modern Realty, the largest real estate brokerage in Midland. He has a passion for supporting small business leaders in our area, and this podcast is a spotlight for their stories. Follow along to learn more as we #talkmidland.
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A grounded look at Rwanda, trauma recovery, and the practical work of showing up.
Krista McGowan's work with Ubuntu Wellness gives the conversation its focus. It follows mental health care for people in Rwanda, shaped by a recent trip and by accounts that include genocide survivors, victims, and perpetrators.
A grounded look at a school launch still moving through its early steps.
Talk Midland follows the work of opening Founders Grove Classical Academy in Midland. Sarah Ladwin says the school is aiming for a fall 2026 opening as a licensed Hillsdale curriculum school for kindergarten through fifth grade, with open enrollment starting in February.
The ride home can matter more than the final score.
Logan Ricchetti and Kelsey Gustafson center the discussion on a simple but loaded question: what do parents leave young athletes with after the game ends? The episode keeps circling back to the ride home, where criticism and pressure can linger longer than the score itself.
Candid paddle talk for serious pickleball gearheads.
A steadier mind for better pickleball.
Tennis, argued over properly, by two friends.
Squash conversations from the tour, the sidelines and the archives.
Brendy Lange says Midland’s “quiet crisis” reflects inflation rising 46% while wages rose 35%.
Jason Story of the Midland Business Alliance explains why a vision should describe what an organization wants rather than how it will achieve it.
Logan Ricchetti interviews Rachel Helmrich about Open Academy, a Midland micro school planned for 18 mixed-age students from kindergarten through third grade.
Part of me accepting any assignment is me accepting the film study that comes after it, up until midnight.
Talk Midland w/ Logan Ricchetti follows Krista McGowan of Ubuntu Wellness as she describes bringing mental health services to Rwanda and training Rwandan organizations in emotional regulation, burnout prevention, and trauma care.
Logan Ricchetti talks with Sarah Ladwin, president of the board of directors of Founders Grove Classical Academy, about a new public charter school planned for Midland.
Host Logan Richetti interviews Dan Dimitroff about the growth and regional impact of data centers driven by AI.
Talk Midland w/ Logan Ricchetti centers on Kelsey Gustafson's warning that kids remember the 'crappy car ride home' more than the game.
This episode features an interview with Justin Finney of Finney Trucking, discussing his family-run excavation business, its history since 1972, and the challenges and operations involved in heavy equipment work.
Logan Ricchetti interviews Mike Rose about upcoming pickleball events and the transferable skills from tennis to pickleball.