Stateside: Monday, Aug. 25, 2025

First, an expert from the University of Michigan weighed in on the potentially dangerous effects of the Trump administration’s changes to personnel in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Then, we heard from a curator of a new materials exhibition at Michigan State University detailing campus life during the Vietnam War. Plus, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, born a Detroiter, gave an inside look into the Vatican’s relationship with the stars.