Mercedes Mejia
Producer/DirectorMercedes Mejia is a producer and director of Stateside, and has been with the show since it launched in 2012. She is also the host of The Dish podcast. Her reporting and producing centers on the intersection of arts, culture and community. Since 2009, Mercedes has contributed to the station in many roles, including as producer for All Things Considered with Jenn White, and producer of multi-media content. She earned her BA in Journalism and Mass Communication with a minor in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and she began in public radio as a reporter at KUNM in Albuquerque.
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Nina Simone, one of the most arresting voices in 20th century music, is one of those people who are just impossible to capture in one dimension. That’s why scholar and poet Shonda Buchanan blended poetry, memoir, and historical reflection for her book, The Lost Songs of Nina Simone. -
Roundup is widely used on U.S. farms, despite lawsuits, health warnings, and billions in payouts over cancer claims. Circle of Blue Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent Keith Schneider weighs in on the science, politics, and future of glyphosate in Michigan’s agriculture under the Trump administration. -
Rachel Blistein shares how she built an inclusive, non-toxic, and more sustainable hair care brand based in Ypsilanti. -
Josh Schaeding serves up some burgers and local history at the Maple Grille. -
Nationally acclaimed director Nataki Garrett discusses the message in The Central Park Five, a contemporary opera that will play at the Detroit Opera on May 16 and May 18. -
We visit Space Dive, an annual, two weekend Star Wars celebration. -
Students at East Kentwood High School interviewed their family members about their immigration stories in a project marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. They will be sharing those stories this week at events celebrating West Michigan's Vietnamese American community. -
We talk to Raul Alvarez about Unfiltered, a new storytelling event in Grand Rapids. -
A conversation with a Michigan woman whose mother survived the Holocaust. -
"The Dish," Stateside's spinoff podcast for foodies, took a trip to EK's Cheesecakes in Milan, Michigan.
