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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 DetroitDetroit Restaurant Week And 7 Other Things To Know
It was an especially bad start to the week for many salaried employees at General Motors, as the automaker started handing out pink slip in a bid to eliminate…
Daily DetroitCold Weather Problems, Gas Tax Hike Floated And Bridge's Truth Tour
Well, it's cold out. Anyone noticed? If you're like us, you no doubt noticed the emergency push alert sent to your mobile device Wednesday night, asking you to…
Daily DetroitInside Rivian, Detroit's Newest (And All-Electric) Automaker
You may have seen that Daily Detroit recently made its Detroit Public Television debut with a profile of Rivian, the electric vehicle maker that caught the…
Daily DetroitArctic Temps, PFAS And 4 Other Things To Know Around Detroit
A new polar vortex is bearing down on Michigan and the upper Midwest, forcing widespread school closures, forcing Wayne State University and Michigan State…
Daily DetroitCBD Cocktails, Pretzel Crust Pizza Plus 6 Other Things To Know Around Detroit
Greetings, fellow snow-bound Detroiters. We didn't let the weather interfere with our podcast plans today and delivered this show from the Royal Oak studio of…
Daily DetroitDetroit's Packard Plant Is On Wayne County's 2019 Foreclosure List
A bonus pod this Friday, January 25, 2018. Despite its new owner's promises to build a brewery, office space, a hotel and more, Detroit's infamous Packard…
Daily DetroitCollapse Of The Packard Plant Bridge Spotlights The Plant's Colorful Past And Uncertain Future
On Wednesday, the Packard Plant's bridge collapsed onto East Grand Boulevard. On today's show, we talk about that and what we know about why it happened. And…
Daily DetroitNew Report Indicts Michigan's Inadequate School Funding, Plus DIA Campus To Be Redesigned
Greetings from Detroit, which today looks like a snowglobe-turned-dismal outdoor slushie amid a brief thaw. On today's show, we discuss a new report from the…
Daily DetroitMDOT Says I-75 Emergency Repairs Will Continue Until Spring, Detroit Property Values Rise
On today's episode, we speak with Diane Cross, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Transportation, about the still-unfolding transportation apocalypse…
Daily DetroitI-75 Is Crumbling Plus 11 Things To Know Around Detroit
We thought when we went into the office today, it'd be a short day. We were wrong. Here's what to know around town: I-75 is crumbling. Both the Northbound and…
Daily Detroit6 Things To Know Plus 3 Places To Go Around Detroit
Questions? Comments? Email us at dailydetroit@gmail.com Former Governor John Engler is indeed out as interim president of Michigan State University. Replacing…
Daily DetroitWhy Engler Failed, Baker College Coming To Ferndale Plus 7 Other Things To Know
First, huge news from East Lansing, where former Gov. John Engler is expected to resign as interim president of Michigan State University in the wake of…
Daily DetroitYour 2019 Detroit Auto Show Highlight Guide
For today's Daily Detroit, we talk everything North American International Auto Show with our Sven Gustafson who spent a couple days on the floor at Cobo…
Daily Detroit4 Things To Know Around Detroit
A major water main break in Detroit is causing havoc for residents, nearly a hundred thousand downtown Detroit office workers…. and auto show attendees staying…
Daily DetroitHow The Mixed-Use 'dot' Parking Structure Will Change Downtown Ferndale
On today's show we focus on everyone's favorite suburb, Funky/Fabulous/Fashionable Ferndale. There, the city is preparing to break ground on a $28 million…
Daily DetroitWhat Caused The Massive $75M Sinkhole In Macomb County?
A single-family home, leaning to the one side, swallowed up by the ground on Christmas Eve. It's a visual people won't forget. And it made national news. Today…
Daily DetroitSome Big Bike And Trail Projects Are Coming In 2019, With Todd Scott, Detroit Greenways Coalition
Happy Tuesday, automatons! Today your Daily Detroit gets wonky and talks all about bike lanes and trail projects with Todd Scott of the Detroit Greenways…
Daily DetroitTalking Detroit City FC's New Coach W/ Fletcher Sharpe, Warren's Rat Fight, And 5 Restaurant Openings and Closings
On today's episode, we check in with soccer correspondent Fletcher Sharpe about Detroit City FC's new coach, Trevor James, and what it means for the club as it…
Daily DetroitJohn Sinclair's New Pot Hangout & 5 Things To Know Around Town
A ritual of regional togetherness is no more. The annual "Big Four" gathering of the Detroit Mayor and the three county executives from Wayne, Oakland and…
Daily DetroitYour Detroit Headlines And Diving In On Lansing's Lame Duck Results With Emily Lawler
Happy New Year! We've made it to season 2! On to the stories: Detroit Police James Craig told the Detroit News on Tuesday there were 261 criminal homicides in…
Daily DetroitThe Best New Bars And Restaurants Of Detroit 2018
The end of the year is fast approaching, and Daily Detroit is starting to look back at this crazy year, which was an eventful one for the city. On today's…
Daily DetroitMaker Of Coats For The Homeless Expands, 2 Historic Buildings Renovated On Eastside
The Empowerment Plan is a great nonprofit organization that provides jobs to homeless women making coats that double as sleeping bags and are distributed to…
Daily DetroitDetroit's Metropolitan Building Gets New Life With Developer David Di Rita And Historian Dan Austin
Developers on Monday took the wraps off the redeveloped Metropolitan Building, which will re-open soon as the 110-room Element Hotel by Westin after four…
Daily DetroitDrag Queen Storytime Controversy, I-696 Update And Lincoln Brings Back Suicide Doors
It's Monday, Dec. 17 in the mystical land known as Detroit. Here's what you get when you listen to your beloved Daily Detroit podcast today: Lincoln has made…
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Drag Queen Storytime Controversy, I-696 Update And Lincoln Brings Back Suicide Doors
It's Monday, Dec. 17 in the mystical land known as Detroit. Here's what you get when you listen to your beloved Daily Detroit podcast today: Lincoln has made…
Daily DetroitGround Breaks On Dan Gilbert's Monroe Block Development. We Discuss Its Past, Present and Exciting Future
The big news around Detroit today is the groundbreaking on the Monroe Block. That's the two-block site adjacent to Campus Martius where Dan Gilbert and Bedrock…
Daily Detroit4 Things To Know, 1 Place To Go Plus Honoring Detroit's Best Bars & Restaurants
On today's show: In Michigan, drug overdoses kill more people than traffic and gun deaths combined. Nearly 2,700 people died from overdoses in 2017, and more…
Daily DetroitComedy Central Axes 'Detroiters,' Doner Agency's Actual CEO Weighs In
It's a sad day for Detroiters who were fan of the TV show of the same name. Comedy Central today opted against bringing the buddy comedy "Detroiters" back for…
Daily Detroit$35M To Help Detroit Neighborhoods, Condado Tacos Coming To Royal Oak, Mosaic Founder Retires
Happy Monday, worker drones! On today's show: Detroit's Strategic Neighborhood Fund gets a $35 million infusion from seven companies in what's said to be the…
Daily DetroitThe Weed Is Freed In Michigan Plus 6 Things To Know Around Detroit
On the show: Michigan is the first state in the midwest and the tenth nationally to legalize recreational marijuana. The ballot measure passed last month with…
Daily DetroitNew Purpose Awards Aims To Highlight People Doing Good Work In Detroit
There are a lot of people doing good work in Detroit. Folks that put their shoulder to the wheel and are making things happen and making the community better…
Daily DetroitMichigan Central Depot Progress, Lame Duck Update & Lyft's Most Popular Detroit Destinations
On today's show: Jer was back at Michigan Central Station today and checked in on the progress of the restoration and renovation as phase one kicks off. The…
Daily DetroitJeep, Rivian Electric Cars And Sven's L.A. Auto Show Wrap-Up
In a very special episode of the podcast recorded on Noel Night at the Podcast Detroit studios in the Detroit Shipping Company, we run down the Detroit…
Daily DetroitA Block In Detroit's North End Neighborhood Makes A Beautiful Transformation
Big fancy towers downtown get all the press, but today we take you to Detroit's North End neighborhood and check out a revitalization project on John R between…
Daily DetroitEsquire Highlights Two Area Restaurants, Winter Blast Expands, Bike Share Report And Hard Rock Cafe Closes
On today's show, we talk about the news that Hard Rock closed. Also, the bike share service MoGo shared a new report of ridership and usage. The Winter Blast…
Daily Detroit5 Things To Know In Detroit Plus Shianne's Noel Night Guide
On today's show: President Trump is taking aim at GM's electric car incentives that were going to sunset anyway Ford's incentives for their $740 million…
Daily DetroitGM's Monday Massacre And The Closing Of Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly
General Motors dropped a bomb on Monday, saying it will likely close three assembly plants including Detroit-Hamtramck in a pre-emptive move to cut costs and…
Daily DetroitDetroit City FC Is Becoming A Pro Soccer Team. Here's What's Next With Fletcher Sharpe
Detroit will get a professional soccer team, but in a different way than many expected. No, Major League Soccer isn't coming to Detroit — not yet anyway —…
Daily DetroitDan Gilbert's Point Man Jared Fleisher On Reforming Auto Insurance In Michigan
Dan Gilbert made headlines this week when he issued an ultimatum to state lawmakers: Find a fix for Michigan's broken no-fault auto insurance system by…
Daily DetroitBehind Downtown Royal Oak's New Ad Campaign With Mark Lantz
There's a lot of competition between Metro Detroit area downtowns lately. Detroit, Ferndale, Royal Oak and others are aiming for shoppers, diners and residents…
Daily DetroitFirst Look At The New Restaurant Besa, Most Instagrammable Places In Detroit For The Holidays And The Best Drinkware
Devon O'Reilly, international man of intrigue, is Daily Detroit's Man About Town. He joins us today for a week-ending episode devoted to the things that truly…
Daily Detroit6 Things To Know In Detroit
Your show for November 14, 2018: Greektown Casino will be sold to Penn National. Dan Gilbert's going to take the cash and invest in more Detroit properties…
Daily DetroitHow To Successfully Crowdfund With Overworld Board Game Designer Nemo Rathwald
Today we do a deep dive into a corner of Detroit. One that's making board games. Jer's guest is Nemo Rathwald. He's the designer and creator of the board game…
Daily Detroit4 Things To Know And 3 Places To Go In Detroit
Welcome to the work week, automatons! Here's what to know: 1. We talk about the report Moody's Investors Services released on Detroit, which essentially asks…
Daily DetroitFord's Sunny Madra Talks About Buying Spin, Karen Dybis Is Chronicling Detroit's Delray And More
On November 8, 2018: Ford made news today by buying Spin, an e-scooter mobility company. Jer head to the Ford World Headquarters to talk with the VP of Ford X…
Daily DetroitMichigan's Blue Wave And Legal Marijuana, Explained
It was a big Election Day here in Michigan, where the much-discussed "blue wave" helped sweep Democrats — all of them women — into the top statewide elected…
Daily DetroitI-696 Construction May Not Be Finished By Christmas, Election Day & More Detroit News
Happy Election Day, Detroit! On today's show, we run down some news about long lines and voting machine hiccups across the region. Reports of long lines are…
Daily DetroitHotel Strike Ends, New DIA Asian Art Wing, Detroit-Style Pizza & More
Welcome to Monday, friends. Here's your Daily Detroit for Nov. 5: The workers strike at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel is over, as the Unite Here union…
Daily DetroitNew Pistons Threads, Madonna, Knight Foundation Invests In Art And Our Nov. 6 Picks
On today's edition of your Daily Detroit podcast, the team goes deep on the major statewide races and ballot issues that will appear on next week's Nov. 6…
Daily DetroitDetroit Says Goodbye Devil's Night, GM Buyouts, Plus The New Hazel, Ravines & Downtown
This is your Daily Detroit for October 31, 2018. Happy Halloween! A few of the stories on today's show. GM is offering buyouts to 18,000 workers. An update to…
Daily DetroitChef Godwin Talks About His New Restaurant, Matt Friedman On Ilitch Sports TV, Golden Tate Gone
This is your Daily Detroit recorded on October 30, 2018. On today's show, more than 200 medical marijuana businesses face closure in Michigan. Golden Tate is…
Daily DetroitMayor Mike Duggan, Richard Florida And More At CityLab Detroit
From the CityLab Detroit conference, this is your Daily Detroit podcast for October 29, 2018. We have four major components of our show today: First, Detroit…
Daily DetroitIlitchVision? Pewabic Opens Expansion, Sanders And Kar's Tie Up And News
Your Detroit stories: The Ilitch organization is talking about launching its own regional sports network (and we discuss other sportsy news, including soccer…
Daily DetroitTasting Detroit's Food With Pati Jinich, Scooters Expand Across City, Openings & News
This is your Daily Detroit for October 24, 2018 from the Podcast Detroit studios at the Detroit Shipping Company. If you're anything like us, then you're a…
Daily DetroitStrike Pushes Big Conference To Move, Substitute Teachers Left Out, Royal Oak Parking Woes And More
Your Daily Detroit podcast sharing what to know and where to go in Detroit recorded on October 23, 2018: The ongoing strike by workers at the Westin Book…
Daily DetroitPolice Investigate Detroit Funeral Homes After Remains Found, Ford Taps Bryan Cranston For New Ads & New Life For An Old Detroit Mall
Here's your Daily Detroit podcast recorded in the Paris of the Midwest on Monday Oct. 22: Two Detroit funeral homes are under investigation after police found…
Daily DetroitPolice To Get Raises, Greektown Changes, Body Positive Cycling Studio To Open
Our feature interview today is with Amy Latawiec. She's the founder of a new body positive indoor cycling (or spin) studio on the east side of the city called…
Daily DetroitDetroit Riverfront Gets Huge Grant For Park, Michigan Leads Nation In Identity Theft Complaints & More
Your stories for October 17, 2018: - Detroit's riverfront just took another major step forward. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is making a $50 million…
Daily DetroitMike Clark Dies, The High Cost Of Auto Insurance In Michigan w Steve Gursten & News
Big show for you today. Our feature interview is with Steve Gursten. He's an auto law attorney and breaks down the breakdown in Michigan's insurance system…
Daily DetroitChecking In On Belle Isle With Michele Hodges Of The Belle Isle Conservancy
As we hit the fall season, we thought it appropriate to check in with Michele Hodges about Detroit's beloved Belle Isle State Park. She heads the Belle Isle…