Heat advisory? More like beat advisory! We’re turning up the summer soundtrack with songs to help you keep cool, from Jonathan Richman, Hannah Cohen, LCD Soundsystem, The Cure, Teddybears, Twin Shadow, Talking Heads, and more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above. 

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 14, 2026 

• “I Love Hot Nights” – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 

• “The Lovecats” – The Cure 

• “Lost In the Supermarket” – The Clash 

• “Moon Rocks” – Talking Heads 

• “Lo Life” – Antibalas 

• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious 

• “Be Free. (Joe Goddard Remix)” – NEIL FRANCES 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “Le Grand Soleil De Dieu (Psychemagik Remix)” – Francis Bebey 

• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz 

• “I’m Confessin’” – Fabienne Delsol 

• “Dancer” – Twisted Teens 

• “People Who Died” – The Jim Carroll Band  

• “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” – Tom Waits 

• “New Drink for the Old Drunk” – Crooked Fingers 

• “The Swimming Song” – Loudon Wainwright III 

• “Drivin’ On 9” – The Breeders 

• “That Summer Feeling” – Jonathan Richman 

• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen 

• “Morning Light (feat. Andreya Triana)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic 

• “Cebollas Verdes (feat. Quantic)” – Khruangbin 

• “Buscando Guayaba” – Ruben Blades 

• “Formant Sweep” – LeonxLeon 

• “You Wanted a Hit” – LCD Soundsystem  

• “Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)” – Teddybears 

• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow 

• “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty 

• “Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin 

• “Everybody Daylight” – Brightblack Morning Light 

• “The Beach Party” – Hot Chip 

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Federal judges across the country have been getting pizzas delivered to their homes that they never ordered. It is an intimidation tactic — a way of saying, “We know where you live.” This is happening after judges rule against the Trump administration. Some have also received hundreds of threatening voicemails after doing so. 

These threats are on the rise, and a coalition of judges says they climb each time the Trump administration attacks a ruling.

So this week, something unusual is happening. A group of judges — appointed and elected by both parties — got on a bus. The Justice in Motion tour crossed Pennsylvania and Ohio and are reaching Michigan this week, stopping at the Grosse Pointe Library at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. At these stops, they are doing the one thing their profession trains them not to do: speak out, in public, together, about what is happening to the courts.

Victoria Roberts is among the former judges breaking that silence. She spent 25 years on the federal bench in Michigan’s Eastern District — and she got there as a trailblazer, the first African American woman to lead the State Bar of Michigan. She joined Robyn Vincent on The Metro to pull back the curtain on the judicial system, how decisions are made, and whether this moment feels different.

Hear the full conversation using the media player above.

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Today’s playlist features music from Radiohead, Mazzy Star, and LCD Soundsystem, alongside tracks from Broken Social Scene, TV on the Radio, Massive Attack, Pixies, Björk, The Clash and more, spanning a wide range of sounds from shoegaze to electronic and soul. 

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above. 

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 15, 2026 

• “Only The Good I Keep” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Consulate Case” – Surprise Chef 

• “High and Dry” – Radiohead 

• “We’re Going to Be Friends” – The White Stripes 

• “Long Distance Lover” – Locust 

• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R 

• “Sink or Swim” – Bad Lieutenant 

• “I’m Coming Home” – September Jones 

• “Scarlet (long Version)” – Lush 

• “Deep Harbour (feat. Alfa Mist)” – Commodo 

• “Sweet Soul Revue” – Pizzicato Five 

• “Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio 

• “Chi Ave/A Love Letter To Salvador” – Yussef Dayes 

• “Jody Ryder Got Killed” – Sam & Dave 

• “Radios In Motion” – XTC 

• “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 

• “Sick Of Love” – Lykke Li 

• “I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You)” – Grace Jones 

• “Spanish Harlem” – Aretha Franklin 

• “Teardrop” – Massive Attack 

• “Crutch” – Love Spells 

• “Flowers in December” – Mazzy Star 

• “Pagan Poetry” – Björk 

• “Pilot” – The Notwist 

• “Trompe le Monde” – Pixies 

• “Air of Superiority (Instrumental)” – Sonedo 

• “Only Tongue Can Tell” – Trashcan Sinatras 

• “Time Attacks” – Swervedriver 

• “Macramé (feat. Mei Semones)” – aron! 

• “30 Degrees” – The Fall 

• “CODE” – The Comet Is Coming 

• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 

• “Alma” – deary 

• “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” – Frank Wilson 

• “Intruder” – The Darling Buds 

• “Career Opportunities” – The Clash 

• “Dance Yrself Clean” – LCD Soundsystem 

• “Get It Together” – Jackson 5 

Listen to In The Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org. 

NASA’s Artemis II mission has captured the imaginations of a new generation of space enthusiasts, young and old.

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are  due to splash down in the Pacific Ocean around 8 p.m. EST Friday, April 10 near San Diego. 

When they do, they will step foot on Earth with an extraordinary credential: they’ve been further from Earth than any humans in history, traveling over 250,000 miles and back again.

The 4-person crew will have spent a little over one week in space, with a lunar fly by that produced captivating images of the moon, including a solar eclipse and an earth rise.

The crew was in radio communication with mission control when they broke the record. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, alongside his crew members, took the opportunity to name two craters on the moon’s surfaces that had not been named yet. The first, they called Integrity, the name they had given their shuttle. The second name was deeply personal. The crater “Carroll” was dedicated to the late wife of the mission commander, Reid Wiseman.

In 2028, NASA plans to execute the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17, with the goal of establishing a lunar base on the moon.

Ed Cackett is a professor of astronomy at Wayne State University and the Michigan Science Center’s astronomer in residence. He joined The Metro to discuss the gravity of the moment, and the benefits of space exploration.

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