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The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit

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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."

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Allan Lengel / Deadline Detroit

Episodes

The Week That Was: Is Kristina Karamo a Deadly Blow for the Michigan GOP in 2024? 24.02.2023 1:05:52

Host Saeed Khan talks with pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorney Joel Sklar, Adolph Mongo, the host of the new podcast "Detroit in Black and White," veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Kristina Karamo heading up the Michigan GOP; Ron DeSantis up by five over Trump in Michigan; Could chatty Georgia grand jury foreperson hurt Trump case...

The Week That Was: Time for the Democratic Michigan Legislature to Address Gun Violence 17.02.2023 1:02:22

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorney Mike Rataj, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick, public relations specialist David Rudolph, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the MSU shooting (M.L. Elrick is live from East Lansing); UFO shoot-down over Lake Huron; Nikki Haley announces presidential run and Schmuck of the Week.

The Week That Was: It's All About Changing Police Culture 11.02.2023 1:03:13

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorney Steve Fishman, retired Detroit Homicide detective Ira Todd, pollster Ed Sarpolus, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Biden speech and 2024; What does police reform look like? The Chinese balloon; Michigan GOP lawmakers lead anti-vax protest at Pfizer HQ; the politics behind Whitmer's “Inflati...

The Week That Was: Why the Scorpion Unit? 03.02.2023 54:00

Host Nancy Derringer chats with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joe Sklar, Focus:HOPE director Portia Roberson and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Memphis Police Department's 'Scorpion Unit,' who will replace Sen. Debbie Stabenow? The crazy Republican House, Tom Brady's retirement and Schmuck of the Week.

The Week That Was: Is Michigan Gov. Whitmer Presidential Material? 27.01.2023 59:23

Host Saeed Khan chats with guests, attorney Steve Fishman, 910 AM radio host Adolph Mongo, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about 2024 and Whitmer: Trump endorses Matt DePerno for Michigan GOP chair; Meta lets Trump back on; More classified docs at chez Biden… and now, casa Pence as well; Whitmer's state of the state; Ron DeSanti...

The Week That Was: Is the Ilitch Group Going for Another Taxpayer Money Grab? 20.01.2023 1:00:46

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, Charlie LeDuff, veteran investigative reporter and host of the "No BS News Hour," ex-federal prosecutor Michael Bullotta who prosecuted Kwame Kilpatrick and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Ilitch group's latest proposed project and the cost to taxpayers; Biden's document fallout; How ugly with debt battle get? Tru...

'The Week That Was:' Animal Sacrifice In Hamtramck 13.01.2023 1:04:39

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, pr specialist and former Duggan Chief of Staff Alexis Wiley, Jeff Timmer, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Biden's classified document mess; GOP's Rules Committee and key changes; Hamtramck City Council okays animal sacrifice; Citizens Unite:...

The Week That Was: Who Will Replace Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow? 06.01.2023 1:04:48

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Tiffany Ellis, 910 AM host Adolph Mongo, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about who will replace Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who is not running for re-election; the Kevin McCarthy mess; new laws in Lansing go into effect; Ottawa County has taken a hard right and the AG is investigating, and Schmuck of...

The Week That Was: What Is Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Really Asking For? And Elon Musk In 2023. 30.12.2022 1:00:06

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorney Steve Fishman, automotive writer Paul Eisenstein, editor and publisher of The Detroit Bureau, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Southwest Airlines' problems, Elon Musk in 2023; Congressman-elect George Santos comes clean-ish; What is Kwame Kilpatrick really asking for? Meadows the Pyromaniac? f...

The Week That Was: How Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock Helped the Dems Win in 2022 23.12.2022 1:01:39

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Mike Rataj, 910 AM radio host Adolph Mongo, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Jan. 6 committee's criminal referrals, how Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock helped Democrats in Michigan in 2022; Zelensky comes to Washington; Musk, Tesla and Twitter and Schmuck of the Week.

The Week That Was: Should the Crumbley Parents Still Be in Prison? 16.12.2022 1:06:06

Host Nancy Derringer chats with guests, Detroit Free Press columnist M.L. Elrick, 910 AM host Adolph Mongo, attorney Steve Fishman and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. (Regular host Saeed Khan is traveling) They talk about the Donald Trump collectables; whether the Crumbley parents should still be behind bars; the crazy border; big donors at MSU and UM and nominees for Schmuck of the We...

The Week That Was: Trump's Secret Love of Battling the DOJ 25.11.2022 1:01:38

Host Saeed Khan chats with retired Detroit homicide detective Ira Todd, his son Brian Todd, a web editor at the Detroit Free Press, attorney Joel Sklar, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Donald Trump's love of battling the DOJ; Whitmer appoints first Black woman to the Michigan Supreme Court; the World Cup in Qatar; Musk reinsta...

The Week That Was: Dave Chappelle, The Blacks And The Jews 18.11.2022 1:01:52

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, public relations specialist David Rudolph and veteran journalist Nancy Derringer. They weigh in on the controversial Dave Chappelle monologue and Blacks and Jews, Donald Trump's new bid for president, his VP pick, Ron DeSantis and nominees for "Schmuck of the Week."

The Week That Was: The Dems Great Performance and How they Blew the John James Race 12.11.2022 1:00:01

Host Saeed Khan talks with public relations specialist Greg Bowens, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Dems overperforming, how the they blew knocking out John James, Biden's future, the Trump factor in the election and more.

Retired FBI Agent Addresses Talk of a Civil War, Domestic Terrorism and Attacks on the Bureau 08.11.2022 39:12

Tom O’Connor, who worked 23 years in the FBI’s Washington Field Office, specializing in domestic terrorism and extremist groups, addresses talk of a U.S. civil war, whether we’ll see more politically-motivated violence like Jan. 6, attempts to demonize the bureau and election deniers. O’Connor talks with ticklethewire.com Editor Allan Lengel, who is also co-founder of Deadline Detroit.

The Week That Was: UM-MSU Incident Wasn't A Brawl, It Was a Beating 04.11.2022 1:05:20

Host Saeed Khan speaks with attorney Steve Fishman, 910 AM host Adolph Mongo, journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Biden’s speech on Democracy, the UM-MSU fight; Trump lawyers banked on Clarence Thomas overturning the election; DOJ to give limited immunity to Trump loyalist Kash Patel; Elon Musk and Twitter and nominees for "Schmuck of th...

The Week That Was: Did Michigan's Whitmer-Dixon debate Even Matter? 28.10.2022 1:00:25

Special host Nancy Derringer talks with attorney Mike Rataj, Detroit Free Press columnist M.L. Elrick, Luther Keith, executive director of ARISE Detroit! and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Whitmer/Dixon debate and the one in Pennsylvania and whether they'll impact the elections; Did the prosecutor in the Crumbley parents' case play dirty? More Convictions i...

The Week That Was: The Dems Always Take Detroit For Granted in Big Elections 21.10.2022 1:04:32

Host Saeed Khan talks with pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorney Tiffany Ellis, 910 AM radio host Adolph Mongo, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Trump signing a false court document; Michigan's key races tighten; the Dems always take Detroit for granted; the impact of newspaper endorsements and the nominees for "Schmuck of the Week...

The Week That Was: Should Michigan Gov. Whitmer Have Bothered Debating Dixon? 15.10.2022 59:23

Host Saeed Khan talks to attorney Steve Fishman, former state GOP co-chair Jeff Sakwa, music writer and author Susan Whitall, public relations specialist Greg Bowens and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Whitmer-Dixon debate, the damaging Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday, Kanye West's anti-Semitism, the latest on the Crumbleys, book bans in Dearborn and the many nominees...

The Week That Was: Why Facts Don't Matter to Republican Leaders In Herschel Walker's Case 07.10.2022 1:03:45

Host Saeed Khan talks with former Duggan chief of staff Alexis Wiley, public relations specialist Greg Bowens, pollster Ed Sarpolus and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. (Regular Nancy Derringer continues to travel) They talk about Republican leaders' blind support for Herschel Walker, the biker commercial Tudor Dixon loves, the upcoming test for the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump's...

The Week That Was: Will Trump Actually Go to Prison if Convicted? 30.09.2022 1:03:25

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Steve Fishman, Tiffany Ellis and Joel Sklar, and 910 AM host Adolph Mongo and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They weigh in on Trump's investigation; criminal attorney Steve Fishman talks about whether Trump would actually go to a real prison if convicted; Mitch McConnell's support of the electoral count act; the Dearborn libraries and cal...

The Week That Was: Are the Michigan Races All About Abortion and Trump? And a Detroit Coney Island Update. 23.09.2022 1:06:56

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 Bowens. They talk about the influence of abortion and Trump on this year's races, Trump's mounting legal woes, the Democrats big leads in the polls in Michigan and Ken Burn's documentary on...

The Week That Was: Michigan GOP's Meshawn Maddock and the Homophobic Tweet 16.09.2022 1:02:16

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. Lindsey Graham's National Abortion Ban, MI GOP's Meshawn Maddock and the Homophobic Tweet, the death of Ken Starr; MSU President on the Ropes and nominees for "Schmuck of the Week.&qu...

The Week That Was: The Battle to Get Abortion Issue on the Ballot 09.09.2022 1:04:12

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 Saeed Khan is traveling this week) They talk about the Queen, Trump and the special master; Steve Bannon indicted in New York, Michigan Supreme Court rules to put abortion issue on ballot and and n...

The Week That Was: Did President Biden Go Too Far Going After 'MAGA Republicans' 03.09.2022 1:03:27

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 panelist debate the wisdom of President Biden going after the MAGA Republicans and talk about the ongoing drama involving the Mar-a-Lago raid, the death of Gorbachev and his 1998 Pizza Hut commercial,...