While The Daily J crew takes a much-deserved Labor Day break, enjoy this in-case-you missed it episode — one of our listeners' favorites in 2023! New episodes will return on Tuesday.
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(WWJ) There are many things tied to our identities as Michiganders: saying pop - not soda, eating coney dogs and Detroit-style pizza, and of course, playing euchre.
It’s a Michigan thing. Many of us learned how to play at family holiday gatherings or at the cottage Up North.
But the further you get away from Michigan and the Midwest, the fewer people you’ll find who know and love the game. On this "Best Of" edition of the Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Brian Fisher looks for answers as to why the card game is so popular in Michigan, but almost non-existent outside the Midwest.
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