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Daily Detroit
What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit! We have conversations that push Detroit forward and share local stories about restaurants, business, development, local government, policy, technology, things to do, transit and more. All in about 22 minutes a day.
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Daily DetroitMeet Pingree Detroit, A Maker Of Leather Goods That Isn't Shinola
Today we're taking a look at a company that's making high-end leather goods right here in the city of Detroit, putting Detroiters and veterans to work. We're…
Daily DetroitFirst Impressions Of The Reimagined Como's In Ferndale
Como's, a longtime mainstay of downtown Ferndale, has been reimagined by Chef Zack Sklar. The chef is doing something really cool in elevating pizza and having…
Daily DetroitFarewell, Hated Livernois Median: One Of 7 Things To Know Around Detroit
Good Wednesday afternoon, and welcome to a super Detroit-y edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we walked over to the Avenue of Fashion, where Mayor Mike…
Daily DetroitDetroit Bike City? This Ranking Says No, Plus 3 Things To Know Around Town
Detroit: A great bike city, or the best bike city? We dive into that superwonky argument in the wake of Detroit's abysmal showing in PeopleForBike's annual…
Daily DetroitAnother Greektown Shooting Plus 9 Things To Know Around Detroit
What is it with Greektown and the rise in shootings lately? We talk about that in the wake of another shooting late Sunday that injured two, though not…
Daily DetroitPreviewing Detroit City FC's Big 2019 Season With Fletcher Sharpe
Between hiring a new head coach to replacing the turf surface at Keyworth, and preparing to embark on its first-ever season of professional soccer, 2019…
Daily DetroitBreaking Down HBO's takedown of District Detroit plus the legacy of Judge Keith
The HBO show "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" last week turned its lens on the District Detroit, the Ilitch family's mostly unrealized plan to redevelop 50…
Daily DetroitPreviewing The Detroit Music Awards With Howard Hertz
Today is a conversation with Howard Hertz, previewing the Detroit Music Awards that are happening this Friday. The annual event has been a lynchpin of the…
Daily DetroitSaving Detroit's Neighborhood Memories And History With Karen Dybis
Because of disinvestment, changing demographics and the construction of the new bridge to Canada, the Detroit neighborhood of Delray is disappearing. Local…
Daily Detroit81 New Townhomes Coming To Lafayette Park Plus 6 Things To Know
Farmington Hills-based homebuilder Hunter Pasteur Homes says it plans to build 81 new housing units in Lafayette Park on five acres near St. Aubin and East…
Daily DetroitDetroit's Palmer Park Is Drawing Controversial Interest From Developers Plus 3 Things To Know Around Town
On your Daily Detroit for Monday, April 22, we dig into a proposal to develop part of Palmer Park as "Palmer Square," a mixed-use development featuring luxury…
Daily DetroitYzerman Returns Reactions And Predictions With Walt Barnes Of In The Box
The news on Good Friday in Detroit was that Steve Yzerman is returning to the Detroit Red Wings as General Manager. As we do, we like to bring someone who's…
Daily DetroitMeet Method, Developing 5 Buildings In Detroit's Milwaukee Junction
There's a new real estate development team in town and they have grand designs for a big chunk of property in Detroit's historic Milwaukee Junction. Today…
Daily DetroitOne Regional Transit Fare Card Is Coming Plus 5 Things To Know Around Detroit
On our edition of the Daily Detroit podcast for April 17, 2019: Finally, at long last, there will be one united bus fare card in Metro Detroit. It's going to…
Daily DetroitNew Affordable Senior Housing Opens Across From Ransom Gillis House
Remember that beautiful old house on the TV show Rehab Addict? The one with Nicole Curtis? If you remember from that show, there was a lot of space around it…
Daily DetroitTim Robinson Of 'Detroiters' Has A New Show Plus 4 Things To Know
Tim Robinson, one half of the duo behind the recently canceled Comedy Central series "Detroiters," has a new Netflix show coming out. "I Think You Should Leave…
Daily DetroitNorthern Soul Lives On At The Motor City Soul Club With Dan Austin
In Detroit, we live surrounded by legends. The musical history of our city is deep, and it's in multiple genres. Today's guest is helping people keep dancing…
Daily DetroitShould Detroit Join The War On Cars?
The car is synonymous with Detroit. It is, after all, the Motor City. You might even be listening to this in your car. But what if there was a different way…
Daily Detroit6 Things To Know Around Metro Detroit
This update edition of the Daily Detroit podcast for April 9, 2019 includes… The city of Detroit's Office of the Inspector General is opening an investigation…
Daily DetroitPatient Steals Ambulance In Detroit Plus 5 Things To Know
Welcome to Monday, April 8, 2019. The weekend is over, that girl is totally not gonna call you, and your dreams are crushed. On today's show, Consumers Energy…
Daily DetroitThe Future Of Detroit The Mobility City With Glenn Stevens
People's preferences are changing. There very well may be a day in the not too distant future where a majority of people do not own their own cars. Younger…
Daily DetroitWe Try Coney Pasties Plus 5 Things To Know Around Detroit
On today's episode, hear firsthand what it's like to bite into a coney pasty. That's a pasty, the traditional U.P. pastry, filled with a Detroit-style coney…
Daily DetroitFreep Film Festival Preview With The Story Of Creem Magazine Plus A Detroit Techno Documentary
The Freep Film Festival starts next week with a gala screening April 10 for "Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine" at the Fillmore Detroit. On today's…
Daily DetroitYour Guide To The Detroit Tigers' 2019 Opening Day Both On And Off The Field
It's April, and that means baseball season has arrived to help chase the final remnants of winter out of Detroit. The Tigers play their first home game of the…
Daily DetroitAuditing Secretive Fund A Good Starting Point To Fixing Michigan's Broken Auto Insurance System, Expert Says
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state's insurance regulator to audit the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association after it said on Wednesday it would raise…
Daily DetroitCome Dance On The Grave Of Detroit's Trash Incinerator Plus 10 Things To Know Around Detroit
If you've ever event spent any time outdoors within a mile's radius of it — say, in Midtown or Eastern Market — then you've no doubt smelled the sickly sweet…
Daily DetroitRiverfront Property In Detroit To Become A Big Parking Lot Plus 5 Things To Know
Welcome to your Tuesday edition of Daily Detroit, where we deliver two pieces of big news: 1. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he has stage…
Daily DetroitHotel-A-Palooza Comes To Detroit Plus 3 Things To Know
At least three boutique hotels are coming to Detroit, bringing a dose of luxury to still-gritty parts of the city. The Mid will take shape next to the old…
Daily DetroitThe Michigan Marijuana Business With Rush Hasan, The Reef
This is a bonus interview edition of your Daily Detroit and this episode is all about cannabis - a potcast, if you will. Marijuana is poised to become a big…
Daily DetroitInside The Beautiful Brakeman Beer Hall At The Shinola Hotel
The last piece of the new Shinola Hotel will open its doors Monday when The Brakeman starts pouring beers inside its new digs on the corner of John R and…
Daily DetroitSpeed of the Game Podcast Coming, Coyotes In Detroit Plus 4 Other Things To Know
A den of coyotes has taken up residence near downtown Detroit — specifically, in that weird no-man's-land site of the old Brewster housing projects where I-75…
Daily DetroitDetroit Has A Winery Plus 8 Things To Know Around Detroit
Welcome to Tuesday, March 19 and the final day of winter, YAY! On the show today, we run down the news that not only does Detroit have a homegrown winery, but…
Daily DetroitYour Chance To Rename The Golden Butthole Plus 9 Things To Know
It's Monday, and your weekend warrior dreams have been dashed. Back to work, automatons! Oh, and the city of Sterling Heights would like the public to help…
Daily DetroitResidential Recycling Is Being Dumped In Landfills, Faces A Crisis
On a recent episode of this podcast, I went on a brief side rant praising my local Meijer store for accepting plastic bags for recycling and had a minor…
Daily DetroitA Shipping Container Home In Ferndale Lists For $450k Plus The Measles Are Back
There's a new house in a modest neighborhood of northeast Ferndale, made of shipping containers, that is listing for $450,000. Is Ferndale about to become like…
Daily DetroitHow We Could Do Better With 313Day Plus 7 Things To Know Around Detroit
It's March 13, or written another way, 3/13, or #313Day. It's become quite a thing locally on social media. And it's become, in Jer's words, "a meme holiday."…
Daily DetroitDetroit Is Apparently Too Boring For NFL Free Agents Plus 6 Things To Know
"Weather and sex are huge factors." That's the, uh, money quote from a Sports Illustrated piece about the best and worst NFL cities as perceived by free…
Daily DetroitMeet Detroit's New Nature Center At Palmer Park With Jac Kyle
It's been a looooooooooonnnnnng winter, comrades. So your intrepid Daily Detroit team was intrigued to see a new sign outside the former Palmer Park Golf…
Daily DetroitMarch Detroit Food & Restaurant Roundup
Though it's still technically winter, it's never too early to look ahead to springtime. And in Detroit, the pace of restaurant openings is continuing apace. On…
Daily DetroitDetroit's Coding And Development Job Skills Gap With TechElevator's Anthony Hughes
Today we're talking about the skills gap in Metro Detroit when it comes to coding and development. Our conversation today is with TechElevator's CEO Anthony…
Daily DetroitH&M Is Coming To Detroit Plus We'll Serve You Soup At The Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Happy Hump Day, errrrybody. Today's episode features a series of conversations. There's big news for downtown Detroit's emerging retail shopping scene, as…
Daily DetroitWhitmer Unveils Plan To Fix The Damn Roads, Plus A Local Makes The Voice
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today released her first proposed budget before a joint meeting of House and Senate appropriations committee members, and she's…
Daily DetroitThe Return Of WLLZ And District Detroit WTF?
On today's show, we have some fun discussing the return of the WLLZ call letters to Detroit's FM airwaves, and by listener request we talk about the elephant…
Daily DetroitMeet Detroit's Winter Beach
Yes, there's a "beach" you'll be able to visit in Detroit through the middle of April. The Beach Detroit is located in 1001 Woodward, and it's a fanciful…
Daily DetroitWhat's The Vision For Detroit In 2030?
We spent the day at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Detroit Policy Conference. Though we'll be sharing more of the interviews in their entirety in future…
Daily Detroit5 Things To Know In Detroit Plus Dinner And A Chat At The Rattlesnake
We recorded today's episode at The Rattlesnake, which is joining as a sponsor of your Daily Detroit. We have some more tasty more details on the new Buddy's…
Daily DetroitNew Jeep Plant And Buddy's Pizza In Detroit, Plus 7 Other Things To Know
Another day, another truckbed-full of news in Detroit. Fiat Chrysler made arguably the biggest splash with its announcement that it plans to invest $4.5…
Daily DetroitShinola At The Oscars, A New Detroit Bodega And 7 Things To Know
A Hollywood film director makes a giant splash at the Oscar Awards when he says Shinola is "saving Detroit" and the interweb asplodes. We talk about what that…
Daily DetroitDennis Archer Jr. On Keeping Detroit's Comeback Moving And The Detroit Policy Conference
On a bonus interview episode of Daily Detroit, our guest is Dennis Archer, Jr. He's the owner of Ignition Media, proprietor of the successful Central Kitchen…
Daily Detroit$15 Million For Detroit Neighborhood Development, Michigan's Standing In Trump Suit, Vocal Defense Workshop
On today's show, Chase Bank makes a $15 million commitment to neighborhood redevelopment efforts in Detroit. The money — $10 million in long-term, low-cost…
Daily DetroitWhy Albert Cobo's Legacy Is A Racist One, With Detroit Historian Ken Coleman
Detroit's Q*Bert-esque convention center has been named after former Mayor Albert Cobo since it opened in 1960. That's set to change, with today's announcement…
Daily DetroitDick Purtan Returns To The Airwaves To Raise Money To Feed The Hungry Plus 6 Things To Know
On today's show, Jer tags along with the Salvation Army's Bed and Bread truck, which delivers 3,800 meals each day to hungry Detroiters. He also speaks with…
Daily DetroitOpenTable's Top 10 Southeast Michigan Restaurants For February, Plus 5 Stories Around Detroit
On today's show, we break down the top 10 restaurants in Southeast Michigan as determined by users of Open Table for February. Of note: None of them are in the…
Daily DetroitHope For Abandoned Lee Plaza Plus 7 Other Things To Know Around Detroit
The city of Detroit has announced plans to sell Lee Plaza, the hulking and abandoned former apartment tower on West Grand Boulevard near Linden, to a pair of…
Daily DetroitThe State Of Our State's Transportation Plus 4 Things To Know Around Town
On today's pod, we cover a bunch of transportation-related news. First up: Rivian, the electric vehicle startup we've covered in a Detroit Public Television…
Daily DetroitI-75 Road Construction Announced Plus 5 Things To Know Around Detroit
Today on the podcast, an eight-and-a-half-mile section of I-75 that has been falling into third-world disrepair lately is set to see reconstruction soon. The…
Daily DetroitPopular Places For Valentine's Day Plus 8 More Things To Know
On today's show, we cover the funeral arrangements for former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, who died Friday at age 92. Dingell, a Dearborn Democrat, was the…
Daily DetroitLegendary Motown Funk Brother Paul Riser On Working With Stevie Wonder & How The Music Biz Has Changed
Paul Riser has played trombone, wrote songs and arranged music with some of the biggest names in popular music. As a member of the fabled "Funk Brothers," the…
Daily DetroitHow Michigan Needs More Money For Roads Plus 6 Other Things To Know
Paul Ajegba, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nominee to head the Michigan Department of Transportation, faced a grilling in a state Senate committee on Tuesday. And he…
Daily DetroitCars, Bus Fares, Parking Rates And Bridges Plus 6 Things To Know
Busy show for you podcast listeners today. Ford is laying off 1,000 employees at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, but offering them positions in other Ford…