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What to know around Metro Detroit:
We give an update on the latest Coronavirus numbers as cases and hospitalizations continue to trend up;
Share where to get tested for free in Macomb County;
Run dow…
On today’s podcast – a chat with author Angie Schmitt.
Her book – “Right of way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America” looks at how our built environment – and choice…
Michigan is now at risk of a Coronavirus outbreak. Dr. Paul Thomas helps us break down why and what’s next for this pivotal week; including why herd immunity - as suggested by some local leaders - wo…
On today's Daily Detroit:
A plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been stopped, with charges against six men; as well as seven others for a plot to attack the State capitol.
Plus, conservative…
On your Daily Detroit: Technology expert Tom Lawrence joins me to cut through the clutter on a move by AT&T to no longer offer DSL service. It has a pretty big impact here in Michigan as their altern…
Today’s show is a deep-dive with Sonya Mays. She heads up the non-profit development firm, Develop Detroit.
And I’m going to focus on one word here - non-profit. Which means they need to have a commu…
In the wake of the President being diagnosed with COVID-19, we talk to Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health Direct Primary Care about the situation and what's happening here.
Specifically, due to the incub…
On today’s show:
The city of Detroit – as well as cities across the nation – has an issue with residents not having bank accounts. A study by prosperity now says that almost 20% – or one in five Detroiters – do not h…
Today's show focuses on a second big company in metro detroit going public.
You know them as United Shore, but as this show is being published the giant letters on their Pontiac headquarters are comi…
Black women entrepreneurs are the fastest growing group of business owners in the nation, but they’re also starting with the least amount of capital.
That’s especially important in a city like Detroi…
Dr. Paul Thomas is back to talk Coronavirus and gives more details on the Big Tens’s testing plans and why he has reservations; plus more on Michigan's statewide situation with COVID-19.
Next, the No…
Today, two things. Well, more than two. But we're talking to two people.
First, Erin Allen from the Detroit Podcast Festival joins me to preview that event, highlighting creators and sharing knowledg…
Today’s show is in three parts.
First, some updates around town.
We've lost Tip Toe Shoe Repair for now due to a fire, but Lafayette Coney Island kept serving. The Free Press building as new life as …