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Two J's in a Pod: S1E28 (August 27, 2025)
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Two J's in a Pod: S1E28 (August 27, 2025)

A behind-the-scenes look at what's happening in Ottawa County and how issues nationwide affect us in West Michigan.

The J’s are Mary Ellen Murphy of 92.1 WGHN and Sarah Leach of Ottawa News Network. Subscribe to our YouTube channel.

  • School shooting in Minnesota.

  • National Guard deployments.

  • Federal sex education funding could be cut.

  • Who remembers the 1970s "modest" box with pamphlets and sanitary napkins? Mary Ellen does!

  • Sarah's mom was a nurse and she had open conversations about sex education.

  • Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to announce the causes of autism by September.

  • An update on the Ottawa County administrator search.

  • The far right wants it both ways.

  • Gun violence is going to be the younger generation’s moral crisis because we keep kicking the can here.

  • The J.H. Campbell coal plant will remain open at least until November.

  • Commissioner Sylvia Rhodea sounds off on politics.

  • Where is local rabble-rouser Mac Davis these days?

  • Sarah's kids go back to school after Labor Day.

  • Social Security.

  • Childbearing and childcare.

  • Being a woman is hard.

  • Enjoli perfume? Remember the jingle?

And we're out.

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