{"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":"2026-07-01T14:22:05.944833+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805"},"episode":{"title":"Top Gun's Debut & Jordan's Medal| May 16","slug":"top-gun-s-debut-jordan-s-medal-may-16","published_at":"2026-05-16T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/top-gun-s-debut-jordan-s-medal-may-16","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-05-16/top-guns-debut-jordans-medal-may-16","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2025/04/miminute0516.mp3","summary":"On this day in 1986, Top Gun opened and became a smash hit. Written by Michigan State professor Jim Cash and his former student Jack Epps Jr., the film was a product of their remote collaboration. And today in 2016, John Willie Jordan of Farmington, Michigan, received the Congressional Gold Medal. Jordan was one of the first Black Americans to join the Marines in the 1940s, serving as one of the Montford Point Marines. He reflected, “I thought I had been forgotten.”","meta_description":"On this day in 1986, Top Gun opened and became a smash hit. Written by Michigan State professor Jim Cash and his former student Jack Epps Jr., the film wa…","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/top-gun-s-debut-jordan-s-medal-may-16/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/top-gun-s-debut-jordan-s-medal-may-16.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}