Today, we start in Dearborn. We discuss the news that Miller's is for sale, and what tweaks might need to happen next. Plus, there's a new food hall opening up on Michigan Avenue near another development we talked about recently. Devon ranks his top three Dearborn burgers, honoring a place that's gone and a place Jer hadn't heard of but needs to try. Plus, a couple of affordable housing projects that are actually kinda neat are happening. One, the Cathedral Apartments that look like a UFO could ...
Oct 08, 2021•18 min•Ep. 850
Today's show is in two parts. First, someone from the insurance company side who's willing to come on air and talk in detail about insurance rates in Detroit and how they might come down. Eric Poe heads up Cure auto insurance, a not-for-profit carrier that's entered the Detroit market and says they can signficantly reduce car insurance rates. I'm interested to see what you think when you kick the tires. Plus, Dr. Michael Lutz from the MIU Men's Health initiative previews Saturday's free health s...
Oct 07, 2021•23 min•Ep. 849
Oct 06, 2021•20 min•Ep. 848
Today, Fletcher Sharpe talks all the things Detroit City FC. From the drubbing Le Rouge gave to New Amsterdam (and their goalie situation), to a 0-0 draw, we cover the on the field play. Then we get into a piece in Sports Illustrated focusing on the club and giving it some national press. There's also the new smoke jerseys and a community initiative to help raise up soccer in the Detroit Public Schools. At the very end, by listener request, we talk about the mean streets of Bloomfield Hills. Or ...
Oct 06, 2021•26 min•Ep. 847
Today's conversation is with Anthony Adams, candidate for mayor of the city of Detroit. He has a long career in public service, and we dive into the issues the city of Detroit faces and how he'd approach them. Some of the topics we touch on include education, policing, flooding, transit, mobility, lowering (or maybe eliminating) Detroit's residential property tax, campaign finance, and universal basic income. His website: https://anthonyadamsformayor.com/...
Oct 04, 2021•31 min•Ep. 846
Oct 01, 2021•22 min•Ep. 845
Today's feature conversation is with sculptor Austen Brantley. Website: https://www.austenbrantleysculpture.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austenbrantley/ Also in the back few minutes, I share a couple quick things to know around town: - Local officials are worried about the city's low (43.9%) vaccination rate and a November/.December COVID-19 surge in the region. So far, Metro Detroit has been relatively spared. - The Starbucks at Woodward and Montcalm in the Fox Theater building qui...
Sep 30, 2021•15 min•Ep. 844
The Detroit Grand Prix could be moving downtown. It's big news, as many Detroiters have had a mixed view of the race. Many are supportive of the race as it's the Motor City, but also not too pleased about the impact to Belle Isle. To look at the pros, the cons, the racing angles of taking the race back downtown after 32 years - Eric Trytko. He's got 30+ years of experience as a motorsports announcer, 20+ years covering motorsports and has raced cars and motorcycles himself. We also talk about Mo...
Sep 29, 2021•27 min•Ep. 843
Today's show: -Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey pleads guilty as part of a widening corruption probe - A Detroit Firefighters union official is alleged to have taken $220k in union funds - Mom's Spaghetti is opening permanently in downtown Detroit And our feature conversation is with Fletcher Sharpe. We talk Detroit City FC's 1-0 win over the Force and preview upcoming games and against New Amsterdam and Maryland. Plus, his Lions thoughts and the Detroit Pistons are one of only two NBA teams...
Sep 28, 2021•22 min•Ep. 842
As we run up to the November Detroit election, we're doing some candidate interviews. One of them is M.L. Elrick. He's running for District 4 on Detroit's east side. We talk about his ideas around keeping flood waters out of basements, ethics, his plan to remove the perk of a city-provided car for council members, development, Detroit's bus problems, and more. His website: https://ml4detroit.com/ Note: We will have an automated transcript up on our website this week. To be clear, we are not offe...
Sep 27, 2021•29 min•Ep. 841
Sep 24, 2021•18 min•Ep. 840
Sep 22, 2021•26 min•Ep. 839
Sep 21, 2021•15 min•Ep. 838
Today's show is in two parts. First half, Jer and Shi break down a Detroit Regional Chamber poll released today that talks about how the state feels about the economy, mask mandates, Afghan refugee resettlement and more. You can read the data for yourself here: https://www.detroitchamber.com/sept-michigan-priorities-poll/ On the back half, Fletcher Sharpe and Jer catch up to talk about Detroit City FC's first loss in a year to Stumptown AC on Saturday night and preview the important game that is...
Sep 20, 2021•20 min•Ep. 837
Sep 17, 2021•24 min•Ep. 836
Sep 16, 2021•25 min•Ep. 835
Sep 15, 2021•26 min•Ep. 834
Fletcher Sharpe is in the North End studio today. From a bicycle kick victory goal on ESPN SportsCenter to NISA season shifts, there's a lot of soccer news. Plus, Fletcher gives an athlete's perspective on the road ahead for injured Lion Jeff Okudah. Who were the greatest Pistons? Fletcher's piece in Hour runs through it and on the show he shares his pick for best Piston of all time. Detroiter Chris Webber is in the NBA Hall of Fame. There are strong thoughts. Detroit Neighborhood Softball Leagu...
Sep 14, 2021•27 min•Ep. 833
Sep 13, 2021•14 min•Ep. 832
New Holland v Coppercraft v Two James A no fear, no favor review of Michigan-made canned craft cocktails available for public purchase at the time of recording.
Sep 10, 2021•32 min•Ep. 831
Sep 09, 2021•24 min•Ep. 830
Sep 08, 2021•18 min•Ep. 829
Sep 07, 2021•16 min•Ep. 828
Sep 03, 2021•25 min•Ep. 827
Sep 02, 2021•19 min•Ep. 826
Sep 01, 2021•25 min•Ep. 825
Today we visit the Eddystone in downtown Detroit. We share some history, then talk to Keith Bradford. He's the Senior VP of Development at Olympia Development. More: https://eddystonedetroit.com/ Remember, we have our 2021 annual listener survey: http://dailydetroit.com/survey
Aug 31, 2021•12 min•Ep. 824
Today's feature conversation with Duncan Campbell, talking about the Oudolf Garden on Belle Isle. It was designed by Piet Oudolf. Plus, five stories to know around town from Rivian setting up to go public to Korean Fried Chicken chain Bon Chon coming to the region. We do this for our listeners. We've been growing a lot lately, so it's time for our annual 2021 listener survey: http://www.dailydetroit.com/survey
Aug 30, 2021•13 min•Ep. 823
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Aug 26, 2021•20 min•Ep. 821
