{"podcast":{"title":"Michigan Minute","slug":"michigan-minute-6463805","podcast_index_feed_id":6463805,"rss_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9983a9a/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F1e%2Fa510ad994aa0a9e5e9bac3db120c%2Fmichigan-minute-logo-1400x1400.png","author":"WKAR Public Media (streaming@wkar.org)","episode_count":363,"summary":"WKAR’s Jamie Paisley presents intriguing stories for each day in Michigan history. From name changes and iconic cities to arcane laws, Michigan Minute covers a wide variety of fascinatingly true tales from the Great Lake State. Interested in supporting the Michigan Minute?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-27T08:22:12.763942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805"},"episode":{"title":"First Flight in Grand Rapids | September 12","slug":"first-flight-in-grand-rapids-september-12","published_at":"2026-09-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/first-flight-in-grand-rapids-september-12","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-09-12/first-flight-in-grand-rapids-september-12","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2024/09/miminute0912.mp3","summary":"On this day in 1911, J. Clifford Turpin made the first flight over Grand Rapids at the West Michigan State Fair. His Model B plane, with wheels for takeoff and landing, soared above Comstock Park. Also today, in 1942, Michigan opened its first expressway along US 12 to support wartime production at the Willow Run Bomber plant.","meta_description":"On this day in 1911, J. Clifford Turpin made the first flight over Grand Rapids at the West Michigan State Fair. His Model B plane, with wheels for takeof…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":60,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michigan-minute-6463805/episodes/first-flight-in-grand-rapids-september-12/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/first-flight-in-grand-rapids-september-12.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}