The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit
Every week, the crew from Deadline Detroit breaks down the critical news stories of the week. It's solid analysis mixed with a healthy dose of humor, plus weekly nominees for "Schmuck of the Week."
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 759
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Week That Was: Are the Michigan Races All About Abortion and Trump? And a Detroit Coney Island Update.
Host Allan Lengel chats with Charlie LeDuff, host of The No BS News Hour, Detroit Free Press columnist M.L. Elrick; attorneys Tiffany Ellis and Bill Seikaly and public relations specialist Greg Bowe…
The Week That Was: Michigan GOP's Meshawn Maddock and the Homophobic Tweet
Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, 910 AM host Adolph Mongo, political pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorney Joel Sklar and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
They talk about Sen. L…
The Week That Was: The Battle to Get Abortion Issue on the Ballot
Host Nancy Derringer talks with attorney Steve Fishman, former Duggan chief of staff Alexis Wiley, Portia Roberson, CEO of Focus: HOPE and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. (Our regular host …
The Week That Was: Did President Biden Go Too Far Going After 'MAGA Republicans'
Host Nancy Derringer chats with Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens, attorney Tiffany Ellis, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick and Deadline Detroit staffer Allan Lengel.
The p…
The Week That Was: The Crazy Belle Isle Slide and the Michigan GOP Convention
Host Saeed Khan chats with guests, attorneys Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
They talk about the Ma…
The Week That Was: Could Betsy DeVos' Cooperation with Jan. 6 Committee Hurt Michigan's Tudor Dixon?
Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Michael Bullotta, a former federal prosecutor in the Kwame Kilpatrick case, Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derr…
The Week That Was: Was Trump Planning to Do Anything With Those Secret Documents?
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," chats with attorneys Todd Perkins and Steve Fishman, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and …
The Week That Was: Why Black Candidates Can't Get Elected in Detroit's 13th Congressional District
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," chats with attorney Tiffany Ellis, Jeff Sakwa, former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, 910 AM radio host Adolph Mongo and Deadline Detroit staffers …
The Week that Was: Would Indicting Trump be Good or Bad for America?
Host Saeed Khan chats with attorney Bill Seikaly, former Duggan chief of staff Alexis Wiley, Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens and Deadline staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
They talk a…
The Week That Was: The Israel Factor in the Stevens-Levin Michigan Congressional Race
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," chats with attorney Steve Fishman, Detroit Free Press columnist M.L. Elrick, 910 AM radio host Adolph Mongo and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and …
'The Week That Was:' Gubernatorial Candidate Ryan Kelley's Peddling Of The Big Election Lie In Michigan
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," talks with attorney Joel Sklar, Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
They talk about gubernat…
'The Week That Was:' Does Marjorie Taylor Greene Believe Anything She Says?
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," chats with attorneys Steve Fishman and Vanessa Moss, Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
The…
'Defendants Are Getting Younger And Younger,' Says Detroit Judge Kenneth King
In one of the busiest courts in the nation, Detroit 36th District Judge Kenneth is disturbed at what he sees: More heartless violent crimes, particularly against children, committed by people with me…
Is Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene the Next Al Kaline? Will Al Avila Survive? Columnist Lynn Henning Answers.
Detroit News columnist Lynn Henning says it's no coincidence that the Detroit Tigers are winning more lately with the arrival of rookie Riley Greene.
In an interview with Deadline Detroit, Henning is…
'The Week That Was:' Can the Feds Go After Money Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Raises?
Nancy Derringer, host of "The Week That Was," talks with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Bullotta, who prosecuted Kwame Kilpatrick, ex-Duggan mayoral Chief of Staff Alexis Wiley, attorney Todd…
My Former Colleague at the Washington Post Was Listening to the Police Scanner the Night of the Watergate Break-in
Deadline Detroit editor Allan Lengel talks to Martin Weil, a former colleague at the Washington Post, about Watergate on the 50th anniversary of the break-in.
Weil was listening to the police scanner …
The Week That Was: The Damaging Evidence Against Donald Trump and the Lame Heroism of Mike Pence
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," chats with attorney Mike Rataj, Jeff Timmer, former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party and a senior adviser to the anti-Trump Lincoln Projec…
The Week That Was: Ivanka Trump Believes William Barr More Than Daddy
Host Saeed Khan chats with Deadline Detroit columnist Greg Bowens, former mayoral chief of staff Alexis Wiley and Deadline staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel. They'll talk Ivanka Trump's reco…
'The Week That Was:' Our Crazy Politics And Laura Ingraham's Reefer Madness
Host Saeed Khan talks with special guest, Danny Fenster, who spent 6 months in a Myanmar prison, 910 host Adolph Mongo and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy Derringer and Allan Lengel.
They talk about …
The Week That Was: Wimpy Lawmakers and Guns and Michigan's Signature Scandal
Saeed Khan, host of "The Week That Was," talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Sandy Plotkin, retired Detroit homicide detective and Hollywood consultant Ira Todd and Deadline Detroit staffers Nancy …