UMich Retirees Podcast

Professor Mary Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Institute in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan. She is also a Research Associate Professor at the Center for Political Studies for the Institute for Social Research also at U-M

Mary is an expert in Chinese politics, law and society, and labor politics. A U-M faculty member since 2000, she directed U-M's Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies from 2008 to 2020. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, was a Fulbright Research Scholar at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, and, in 2012-13, was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Professor Gallagher is the author of Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State, and Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China. She also co-edited three other books: Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China; From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China; and Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies. Additionally, she has published many articles in academic and non-academic publications, including World Politics, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Dr. Gallagher is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and has consulted for the World Bank, the U.S. State Department and Department of Labor, and many other international organizations. In 2018, Professor Gallagher received a U-M Faculty Recognition Award for her contributions to the understanding of China and autocratic regimes, her teaching, and her leadership.

The Thursday Murder Club is an intelligent mystery about a group of senior citizens who find themselves in the center of a murder investigation.

Janet Macunovich, owner, author, and landscape architect at Gardens A - Z in White Lake, Michigan, talks about the best techniques,  and timing, as well as the do's and don'ts, as you begin your fall gardening chores.  You will also learn how to protect your plantings, and at the same time create fall/winter landscapes that are visually enjoyable until new growth appears in the spring.

The End of Miracles is a twisting, haunting story about the drastic consequences of a frustrated obsession. This emotionally gripping novel is a suspenseful journey across the blurred boundaries between sanity and madness, depression and healing.

In this fascinating biography, Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, creates a vibrant portrait of Crazy Horse, his time and his legacy.

Chris Kolb is the Vice President of Government Relations at the University of Michigan. Prior to accepting this position, Kolb served as Governor Whitmer's State Budget Director. Vice President Kolb led the Michigan Environmental Council for ten years. He is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives serving from 2001–2006 and he served over six years on the Ann Arbor City Council, and as Mayor Pro-term from 1994 - 2000. Kolb is an alum of the University of Michigan.