Wednesday, Feb. 8 — This week's guests include Jay Kaplan, attorney for the ACLU of Michigan's LGBT Project; MSU Board of Trustees Chairman Joel Ferguson; Lori Black, the mother of murder victim Shayla Johnson; and MIRS Editor Kyle Melinn.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 — City Pulse radio guest former Mayor David Hollister explains his decision to lead the college scholarship program that would be funded from wagers at a proposed tribal casino despite his serious qualms about gaming. Also, gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger talks about his Michigan roots. We Are The People spokesman Zach Pohl argues against Right to Work legislation similar to that which the Indiana Legislature approved today. And Chad DeKatch sings a number of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” which opens Thursday. Hosted by Berl Schwartz.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 — Guests include Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero; Bill Castanier and Aaron Payment of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians; Dan Young and Baby Gaga of Spiral Dance Bar; Douglas Sills, star of "The Addams Family"; and poet Bob Hicok.

Jeff Gibson, owner of Superior Growers Supply, says misconceptions are rampant about his business, which is serving an ever-increasing interest in hydroponics, including but hardly limited to growing marijuana. MSU Professor Eric Freedman, co-author of "Presidents and Black America: A Documentary History," says many presidents were racist but some rose above it, although often for political reasons. Novelist/short story writer Bonnie Jo Campbell and MSU English Professor Edward Watts discuss the making and use of meth in rural America, the subject of an upcoming panel discussion that examines literature and real life.

Scott Keith, president and CEO of the Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority, discusses the 25th anniversary and budget questions about the Lansing Center; Lansing City Councilman Brian Jeffries on his recent election as Council president; and Jeffrey Zaslow on his new book "The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters."

Monique Goch of Michigan Pride and Doug Meeks of Equality Michigan; judicial candidate Jim Jamo; Elva Reyez of Lansing for Cesar Chavez; State Rep. Rick Jones

Lansing City Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar describes a traffic stop she and two other Council members charge was an example of DWB — Driving While Black.

Democratic congressional candidate Lance Enderle; political blogger Ari Adler; former Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis; psychology Professor Spee Kosloff

Guests include political columnist Kyle Melinn on issues to look for in the state Legislature in 2012; Marcia Crawley, marketing manager for the Broad Art Museum, on the modern art museum's planned opening in April; Pam Jodway and Owen Anderson on the Lansing Marathon in April; and Billy Woodward, who plays Elvis Presley in the upcoming Wharton Center play, "Million Dollar Quartet."

Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan\\'s LGBT Legal Project discusses HB 4770 and its potential implications; Rob South discusses his guest column in this week\\'s issue of City Pulse on a forthcoming Grand River Avenue/Michigan Avenue corridor study; Jerry Ambrose, Lansing\\'s finance director, on leaving his post to join the Emergency Manager team in Flint; and Joan Nelson, executive director of the Allen Neighborhood Center, on a new year-round farmers market and community kitchen coming to the Eastside Neighborhood.