Daily Detroit

Our guest on the podcast today is Steve Gursten. He's the head of Michigan Auto Law and has been named one of Michigan's top lawyers by multiple publications. Today's episode is a response to many listeners who are seeing their auto insurance rates go up in metro Detroit, anywhere from 10 to 30 percent.  That's in stark contrast to what politicians, including Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer a...

On today's podcast: - We share details on what happened on Wyoming Street in Detroit that resulted in the death of Detroit officer Rasheen McClain. It's the 239th in the department's history. - UAW President Gary Jones resigns - General Motors is suing FCA - Shianne and Jer make a trip down to the new H&M in downtown Detroit and check it out. We talk with Ezinne Kwubiri and Patrick Shaner. Shianne...

On today's show: Our feature conversation is a deep dive into the proposed $250 million demolition bond that was denied by Detroit City Council this week. What was it? Why did it fail? And what's next? We chatted with Chase Cantrell from Building Community Value. The organization is on the ground providing tools to help Detroiters rebuild their city. You can find out more about them and sign up fo...

On today's show for Tuesday, November 19, 2019: Two big stories. More mass transit may be moving ahead in Southeast Michigan - minus Macomb County. Shianne went to Royal Oak to learn more. And Greg Migliore of Autoblog joins me to talk about the brand new Mustang Mach-E from Ford. It's an answer to Tesla and was even revealed next door to Tesla property. Mach-E Ridealong: https://www.autoblog.com/...

On today's show (yes, we're moving to mornings! Finally!) - A film focusing in part on a Detroit automaker, "Ford V. Ferrari," takes the top spot at the box office - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Israel - Gas price update from AAA - Taxpayers are on the hook for free health care for Warren's elected officials for life. In depth here: https://www.macombdaily.com/news/local/new-perk-for-w...

Michigan is the Great Lakes State. Detroit is literally named the city of the strait - our river. And one of the most important assets we have, and resources to protect, is our water and our environment. So when I heard Tracie Baker at TEDxDetroit talk about the contaminant soup we live in, my ears perked up. they perked up double when the Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environmental Heal...

On today's show: Internationally acclaimed photographer and Detroit resident Kenny Karpov joins us to talk about his upcoming photo exhibit, "Despite It All, We Never Learn." T he photos take you on a journey with Karpov on a refugee boat in the Mediterranean. It's quite the story, and the opening event is at M Contemporary Gallery in Ferndale. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/14220...

Happy snowmageddon, Detroit! Hope you're all staying nice and warm. On today's episode, we dig out of the early and record-breaking November snowstorm and dig into a few of the things that  aren't  working around town. Specifically, we talk about: That WXYZ investigation  into a Detroit landlord whom the city has forgiven more than $1 million in unpaid taxes, fees and other fines he owes. It was p...

It might surprise you that the 2.1 square miles of Hamtramck is the densest, as far as residents per square mile, of any in the state. With roots to before 1800, the city has seen a succession of immigrants. founded by French Canadian Commander Jean Francois Hamtramck, the township was settled by people from what we know today as the province of Quebec in Canada. Since then, it's become a village...

That's the voice of Rob Paulsen. Born in Detroit, raised in Michigan and now with a voice known to millions, the singer and actor is the kind of person that can light up a room with just a few words. Whether it is as the voice of Pinky in Pinky and the brain, on the Animaniacs, or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it's magic. He has more than 250 animated voices and a thousand commercials under hi...

On today's show: We cover four things to know around town in our headlines, then we chat with the artist behind Sareytales. Sarey Ruden turns the creepy, scary, terrible and misogynistic messages she gets on a regular basis while online dating into art. The pieces ( some that you can view here ) will stop you in your tracks and shines a light on the dark side of online dating. Like what we're doin...

Despite a steady trickle of leaked recordings of him  being horrible , Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was re-elected to a fourth term on Tuesday. On today's show, we talk about and what it says about Warren. Then, we highlight some other races from around the region and discuss what they say about those cities, from Ferndale to Flint and Eastpointe to Livonia. Finally, we speak with Colleen Martin and Sah...

On today's show: An old train depot in Holly from 1886 gets a big preservation grant Two metro Detroit communities get top billing as places to retire An annual festival in Oakland County will be back at least through 2024 H&M in downtown Detroit finally has an opening date Dr. Paul Thomas from Plum Health Direct Primary Care comes on to talk about their new office in Detroit's Corktown And a Detr...

Gregg Garrett, our guest today, shares that four million jobs are going to be eliminated through autonomous vehicles from the U.S. economy. On the flip side, $7.8 trillion of value will be created. So how does not just our country, but our region that is the home of the automotive industry, deal with that? Whether it's this or a litany of other stuff that's happening that we discuss, there's a tra...

We've made it to the weekend! On today's show: We break down the proposed FCA/PSA Peugeot merger deal. A lawsuit involving a popular brewery, Founders, has been settled out of court The new Hotel Cambria is coming to Detroit in the old WWJ Building on West Lafayette Ford and the UAW have a tentative deal, avoiding a strike but closing a plant Sven and Jer chat about the details we now know on bike...

The big news this week in development in Detroit is the announcement of a new University of Michigan Innovation Center, bankrolled and supported by billionaires Stephen Ross and Dan Gilbert. The $300 million building on a $750 million campus will transform a site that was originally planned to be a jail. But that old jail project was a mess and became the infamous Fail Jail through mismanagement a...

On today's show: Turns out the demolishing a theater might not be a requirement to get financing for a redevelopment project that has preservationists up in arms. Nancy Schlicting steps down from the Michigan State University board. Sven breaks it down and talks about putting wins on the field or court over everything else. Some Wayne State University board members aren't happy with a pledge for a...

Lead in our drinking water has been in the news, with quite a few suburban communities learning they have levels of lead that require action. To help explain what's actually happening, our guest on the show is Elin Betanzo. In August of 2015, Elin played a critical role in uncovering the Flint Water Crisis by encouraging Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Flint pediatrician, to conduct a study that discove...

In this episode of the Daily Detroit podcast, we're talking about the raging inferno of controversy that has engulfed Founders Brewing Company in Detroit. We quickly run down the latest developments following a racial discrimination lawsuit - and then we're going to play a new game on the podcast we're calling "Waaaaaaaiitttt a minute." Inspired by Lovett or Leave It's "OK Stop," where a news clip...

On today's show, a piece on Vice focusing on Warren, their mayor and his survival despite scandal has been making national rounds. We have the journalist who wrote it, Trevor Bach, on to talk about it. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/d3ak5j/james-fouts-mayor-macomb-county-michigan-racist-tape-scandal Also: - The theater portion of the historic United Artist Theatre is in danger of being demolis...

On today's show: - A big pledge from Wayne State to give free tuition to Detroit high school graduates - The largest periodic table in the world  - Lead in the water concerns spread to Dearborn Heights - The Detroit Historic Museum is going to start charging, add Thursday hours - A local language learning company, Mango Languages, is working to help save an almost-lost Native American language - O...

On today's show: - Findings of an Inspector General report don't look good for Mayor Mike Duggan and Chief of Staff Alexis Wiley  - Founders Brewing is finding itself at the center of controversy again, making national news with absurd testimony. Now, businesses are starting to stop carrying the popular Michigan-made brew over the issue. - And Fletcher Sharpe joins us to wrap up the Detroit City F...

On today's show: - Sven helps us understand the UAW/GM Tentative Agreement nearly 50,000 striking GM workers are reviewing - It looks like by 2024 I-375 in downtown Detroit will become a boulevard. It's the focus of our most recent piece on Detroit Public Television's One Detroit, and we break down our thoughts. Here's the DPTV piece:  http://www.dailydetroit.com/2019/10/18/i-375-in-detroit-planne...

On today's show:  - Detroit City FC are NPSL Members Cup champions - One of Detroit's larger employers, Strategic Staffing Solutions, to move to the Fisher Building - Ford is rolling out a charging network for their electric cars - The UAW plans to take a tentative strike deal to members - Rafi and Nina is a restaurant in Atlanta that serves Detroit-style pizza. How does it stack up? Take a listen...

Joining me on the podcast is chief New York Times television critic James Poniewozik. The Monroe, Michigan-born author has a new book out, "Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America." So if you haven't figured out by now, I'm a total media geek. Over the last two decades, I've seen upfront the power that media has, for better or for worse. I'm fascinated by the decis...