Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked with WDET's Stephen Henderson about his interview with Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert, more than eight months after Gilbert suffered a debilitating stroke. The interview aired live on Feb. 17 on WDET's "Detroit Today." Gilbert is the chairman and founder of Quicken Loans and owner of Cleveland Cavaliers professional basketball team.
Feb 17, 2020•21 min•Ep. 212
Read more about the stories here: The day everything changed: Dan Gilbert opens up on his stroke recovery Building Hudson's tower is Gilbert's ‘No. 1 priority' after recovery Transcript: Dan Gilbert on life after a stroke, underpaid nurses and his Hudson's skyscraper (subscriber exclusive) Art Van said to explore sale, possible bankruptcy; founding family may be in negotiations...
Feb 17, 2020•9 min•Ep. 211
Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert granted Crain's his first interview since suffering a stroke in late May that caused temporary paralysis in the left side of his body. Gilbert spoke with Crain's Managing Editor Michael Lee and Senior Editor Chad Livengood for this exclusive interview. This interview has been edited for clarity.
Feb 16, 2020•18 min•Ep. 210
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood speaks with WDET's Stephen Henderson about how Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature's reforms of Michigan's auto insurance law are taking shape ahead of July 1, when the new law goes into effect.
Feb 10, 2020•14 min•Ep. 209
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue.
Feb 10, 2020•8 min•Ep. 208
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET's "Detroit Today" about how a proposal to issue bond debt to fund Michigan's school employee pension fund could free up money for classroom instruction and be linked to a bigger deal between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican-controlled Legislature over long-term road funding.
Feb 03, 2020•22 min•Ep. 207
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Feb 03, 2020•9 min•Ep. 206
Auto Club Group CEO Joseph Richardson Jr. talks with Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood on the Crain's Conversations podcast about the Dearborn-based property-casualty insurer and travel club's merger with AAA Carolinas and how Michigan's AAA insurer is preparing for major changes to the state's no-fault auto insurance law.
Feb 02, 2020•21 min•Ep. 205
Melissa Osborn, a regulatory affairs specialist at the Michigan Credit Union League, is the third woman who works in and around the state Capitol to accuse state Sen. Peter Lucido of workplace sexual harassment. She talked about experience on WDET's "Detroit Today" along with Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood, who wrote about Osborn's allegations. They talked with WDET's Stephen Henderson.
Jan 27, 2020•24 min•Ep. 204
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue.
Jan 27, 2020•7 min•Ep. 203
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer talks about this week's top stories.
Dec 09, 2019•7 min•Ep. 202
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Dec 02, 2019•7 min•Ep. 201
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.
Nov 25, 2019•7 min•Ep. 200
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue.
Nov 18, 2019•8 min•Ep. 199
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood discusses his report on the City of Flint's financial outlook and underfunded pension system on WDET's "Detroit Today" with host Stephen Henderson.
Nov 11, 2019•16 min•Ep. 198
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Nov 11, 2019•8 min•Ep. 197
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET's "Detroit Today" show about how the innovation center and satellite campus the University of Michigan wants to build in downtown Detroit could help the city lure and retain talent for business and population growth.
Nov 04, 2019•23 min•Ep. 196
Crain's Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Nov 04, 2019•7 min•Ep. 195
Henry Ford Health system physician Rana Awdish, M.D., speaks on her experience as a patient in her own hospital and what it taught her about healing in a talk at Crain's 2019 Health Care Leadership Summit.
Oct 28, 2019•43 min•Ep. 194
Former Aetna Inc. CEO Mark Bertolini on how fixing the health care system starts far outside the hospital doors.
Oct 28, 2019•51 min•Ep. 193
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Oct 28, 2019•8 min•Ep. 192
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Oct 21, 2019•8 min•Ep. 191
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood spoke with WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about his article on data center giant Switch Inc.'s request to the Legislature for additional tax breaks for its Grand Rapids-area data center and conflict it's creating with public school groups.
Oct 14, 2019•37 min•Ep. 190
The State of Michigan Retirement Fund's pension account, worth more than $70 billion, ended its relationship with the investment firm of Ken Fisher in the latest backlash to offensive remarks the billionaire made last week at an investment conference. Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked about the state Treasury Department's move Monday in an interview with Kevin Dietz on WJR 760 AM.
Oct 14, 2019•6 min•Ep. 189
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Kevin Deitz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Oct 14, 2019•9 min•Ep. 188
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Kevin Dietz on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories.
Oct 07, 2019•8 min•Ep. 187
Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talks with WJR's Guy Gordon about the $947 million in line-item vetoes that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made to a $60 billion state budget in a budgetary standoff with the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Oct 02, 2019•8 min•Ep. 186
After investing more than $100 million in schools in Detroit, Michigan paving magnate Bob Thompson and his wife, Ellen, are prepared to invest $200 million more — this time for scholarships, not buildings. Crain's Senior Reporter Sherri Welch talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET about the scholarship program Thompson is creating for graduates of the University Prep charter schools he founded.
Oct 01, 2019•15 min•Ep. 185
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Kevin Deitz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.
Sep 30, 2019•9 min•Ep. 184
Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue.
Sep 23, 2019•9 min•Ep. 183