Central Michigan Life Podcasts

On the first Maroon and Bold podcast of 2022, sports editor Christian Booher welcomes on beat reporters from around the sports desk to discuss the performance of the various Chippewa teams. Sean Chase breaks down the women's basketball team's struggles, while Ashley Birkeness describes the impact of the men's team's long pause. On the flip side, Megan Youngblood speaks on the wrestling team's hot streak and new reporter Ryan Colores introduces the gymnastics team. All that and more on Maroon and Bold.

On this week’s episode of Raving Geeks, the Geeks talk all things Spiderman: No Way Home. From the big surprises to the small attention to detail, you won’t want to miss this episode! (Spoiler warning to those who have not seen the movie)

On this week’s episode of Level Up Chips, Mike and Max look back on the many 3D collectathon games that made our childhood. They talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly for all things collectathon-based!

In this special extended episode, host Mia Sikkema along with guests Jessica Hetzel and Eleanor Dolata discuss disabled accessibility, and ableism.

This time on Raving Geeks, returning hosts Brendan Valentine, Hope Goodearl, and Isaac Hunter dive into all things Harry Potter related. From the wizard world hijinks that ensue to deciding on classes, it’s an episode that lives up to its geek name.

With the start of a new season, hosts Michael Gonzalez and Max Logan anticipate the games coming out this year. With Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, and so much more releasing - you won’t want to miss this episode!

As the final episode of 2021, The Raving Geeks look back on their favorite parts of geekdom from this year and mention what they look forward to in 2022. What was your favorite geek moment?

In the last episode of 2021 host Mia Sikkema shares holiday sentiments and thanks the Diverse Voices family for their hard work before our holiday break. 

This time on Raving Geeks, the Geeks talk about which shows are the most bingeable. Did your favorites make it in? It’s an episode you don’t want to miss!

As the year wraps up, Mike and Max look back on the games they’ve played and which ones really stuck out as being the best of the best. With news about Titanfall’s drop from online game stores and a Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask recommendation, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Bowl Season is finally upon us!! This week, the squad dives into Michigan winning the Big Ten title and the state of Major League Baseball post-lockout. The gang also discusses the Detroit Red Wings win streak.

It's the Maroon & Bold season 11 finale! In Mitch's final episode, he sits down with Ashley to talk men's hoops loss to Western Illinois, Sean talks women's hoops slowly coming along, Christian previews the Arizona Bowl and staff reporter Megan Youngblood makes her Maroon & Bold debut to talk wrestling's 24-12 win over Rider.

In in this episode of Diverse Voices, Host Mia Sikkema and fellow CM-Life reporter Jill Harington discuss what is sustainable fashion. They cover how to be a sustainable consumer, fast fashion, and the dangers of holidays like Cyber Monday. 

This time on Level Up Chips, Mike and Max talk about Rockstar’s note of apology for the Grand Theft Auto: Remastered Trilogy release, the many party games to check out during the holidays, and the game of the week- Persona 3. It’s an episode you don’t wanna miss!

Christian Booher makes his UC return! The squad talk Michigan's win over Ohio State and the MLB lockout. The gang also discusses the state of the Detroit Tigers after the addition of Javier Baez.

The sports desk is back for the ninth episode of Maroon and Bold's 11th season! Sean discusses women's hoops east coast road trip and Ashley talks about a pair of top-10 matchups that men's hoops faced. Mitch and Christian discuss football's 31-10 walloping of Eastern Michigan and give their end of the year awards.

This week's installment is all about hoops and pigskin. Ashley talks about men's hoops buzzer-beating win over Eastern Illinois, Sean discusses women's hoops clash with Michigan and Christian talks about CMU's 37-17 win over Ball State. The trio also talks about what they're thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving.

With the help of guest Geek Brendan Wiesner, the Geeks talk about the rights and wrongs of The Red Notice. To make things better, a new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer dropped!

On this episode of Diverse Voices, host Mia Sikkema and guest Ayebah Wilson of NAISO, discuss whether or not the United States of America should consider Thanksgiving a federal holiday. 

On this week's episode of Level Up Chips, Mike, Max and Stephanie Chipman talk about the latest GTA Trilogy fumbles, Animal Crossing DLC, and a quick recommendation of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. It's a episode you don't want to miss!