The State of Superior

For Yoopers, this project is an audio love letter and a story map. For everyone else, it’s a glimpse into an obscure corner of America. Created by Breesa Culver and Jason Powers.

9 Episodes

Announcing: U.P. Dream Days
9/25/2025
2:36
We recorded this in Marquette, on the lifeguard stand near McCarty’s Cove, one night last summer after attending a raucous house show on Crescent. You can hear Lake Superior lapping in the background.Anyhoo, you can learn more about U.P. Dream Days at updreamdays.com.Soundtrack by the Terminal Orchestra. Thanks, Jesse!
Episode 8: The Fortunes of the Community
1/4/2020
28:14
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Episode 7: Someplace Special
6/14/2019
24:37
A story about the finest roadside attraction in the Upper Peninsula. And sisu.
Episode 6: Corpse Pose
5/3/2019
20:31
A story about noticing and documenting the tiny deaths that surround us
Episode 5: In Search of the Mouth of the Sleeping River
4/12/2019
15:42
A story about a two a.m. run-in on a two-track in the Keweenaw
Episode 4: Women's Work
3/22/2019
23:03
Vision, ambition, and the intertwined lives of two women who never met, one following a string of clues left by the other.
Episode 3: Shooting the Loop
3/2/2019
11:00
A story about three teenaged boys, a half-wrecked car, and a ballgame.
Episode 2: The Artists in the Woods
3/1/2019
19:05
A young couple move to Ontonagon looking to get away from people and live off the land.
Episode 1: Welcome to the State of Superior
3/1/2019
9:16
An idiosyncratic and personal introduction to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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The State of Superior

The State of Superior

9 Episodes

Announcing: U.P. Dream Days

Episode 8: The Fortunes of the Community

Episode 7: Someplace Special

Episode 6: Corpse Pose

Episode 5: In Search of the Mouth of the Sleeping River

Episode 4: Women's Work

Episode 3: Shooting the Loop

Episode 2: The Artists in the Woods

Episode 1: Welcome to the State of Superior