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Openings and Closings; The Grand Boulevardier Cocktail and more

Conner Creek Questions Plus 6 Things To Know Around Metro Detroit

Detroit City FC News; Cabrera Closer to 500 Homers; Pistons get first pick

Today’s show focuses on sports. 00:48 Previewing the semi-final between Chattanooga and Los Angeles, the winner who will play Detroit City FC in the final at Keyworth this Saturday. 04:33 Golden Nugget Online Gaming is becoming the training kit sponsor (among other things) for DCFC. But NISA betting in Michigan isn’t a thing. Should NISA – not a development league, but not a premier league – be allowed to be available in sportsbooks? Should betting come to NISA? 10:29 The Women’s DCFC team lost ...

Detroit Flood City and the Impact of Climate Change

Parts of Metro Detroit got as much rain in five hours as they'd normally get in two months, overwhelming our aging sewer and drainage system. I-94, as of this recording, is still flooded. The Fisher Building sits dark without power due to a substation being out. Thousands of basements were filled with water, and countless personal items lost across Detroit, Dearborn, the Grosse Pointes, and elsewhere. There's a lot to this story, and with such a catastrophic failure, there's no one answer. But a...

10 Things To Know Around Metro Detroit

Jamaal Williams on Lions Football, Anime, Motivation and the Microban24 MVP

Detroit Sports Fans Deserve Better; DCFC Womens News; Detroit A Top Hockey City w/ Fletcher Sharpe

Lordstown Lives; The Ford Maverick Might Be The Small Truck You're Looking For w/ Eric Trytko

Main Art Theater Closes Plus 7 Things To Know Around Metro Detroit

DPD wants to stop drag racers; 1880s building may come down; Plus 6 Things to know around Detroit

Remembering a Civil Rights hero from Detroit w/ Desiree Cooper

More than three quarters of a century ago, Sarah Elizabeth Ray was kicked off the Boblo Boat for being African American, as it was a segregated attraction. Her lesser-known case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court and laid the groundwork for later cases involving Rosa Park ands and Brown v. Board of Education. Now Ray's home is on the list of 11 most endangered historic places, and there's an amazing documentary trailer telling her story. Desiree Cooper joins us to talk about it.

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What to know around Metro Detroit plus sports w/ Fletcher Sharpe

Why so many of Detroit's new projects look the same w/ Aaron Mondry

The details on James Oliver Coffee opening in Detroit's Corktown

Kahn-designed warehouse crumbling; Devon discovers Ernie's; Plus 10 things to know around Detroit

Questioning qualified immunity w/ Vince Colella

Detroit City FC Plays LA Force + Sports w/ Fletcher Sharpe

01:05 – Fletcher Sharpe ( @saintfdw on Twitter) previews the LA Force Men’s Detroit City FC match on Wednesday night at Keyworth Stadium 05:37 – The DCFC Women’s team had their first loss against the Chicago Mustangs. Fletch breaks it down and looks forward. 10:51 – Fans across the country have been acting up between dumping popcorn on Russell Westbrook to spitting to a fan running on the Sixers court. Fletcher makes the argument that until fans get it together, we shouldn’t let fans in arenas. ...

Meet the Sapphire Sun cocktail; Diner Demolition; Plus stories around town

It's a Friday edition of your Daily Detroit and Devon O'Reilly joins Jer to send us out to the holiday weekend. 00:20 First up, we talk about our cocktails of choice. Jer talks about what he dubs the "Sapphire Sun," meaning Faygo Arctic Sun and Bombay Sapphire gin. All that's needed is your local party store to pull this one off. Devon's drinking an Americano with a touch of booze. The stories: 02:01 There's generally great news on the COVID-19 front, and unless there's major changes we're final...

#BringDannyHome from Myanmar; Boaz Bikes grows in Detroit

Detroit City FC Women's + Men's; Lions pick up Paulo + more w/ Fletcher Sharpe

Detroit's property tax system is broken. Could a split rate help fix it? w/ Matthew X. Roling

Detroit is only second to New York City when it comes to overall tax burden, according to some estimates. And when it comes to property taxes, due to the systems of incentives, breaks, Neighborhood Enterprise Zones and other financial tools, it’s very possible a loft downtown with a higher value can have a far lower tax rate than a neighborhood house. Matthew X. Roling shares with us on this episode of the Daily Detroit podcast how he thinks a split rate property tax system would slow down land ...

Previewing the Ford F-150 Lightning w/ Eric Trykto; Nicole Curtis wins; Venues reopening

Housekeeping: We're getting a lot of requests for t-shirts. Do you want one? Are you willing to meet us in the middle and cover the cost of yours, or become a member? Listen to the end for more. On today's show, Eric Trytko joins us to break down the Ford F-150 Lightning. How will it stand up to competition? Is there a market for this? What is there to look forward to, and what are the reservations? It's an in-depth, smart conversation on a vehicle that Ford is making big bets on. Plus stories a...

Mask mandates lifting; Plus 6 stories to know around Metro Detroit

Celebrating four years of bike share in Detroit w/ Adriel Thornton, MoGo

Making sense of mask guidance; DCFC Men's news + Women's preview + more

Old factory site to become part Riverwalk; New interim DPD chief; Bon Jovi coming to Michigan drive-ins

Masks off? River Place sold; DCFC News + The dramatic Michigan Stars; Ferndale Radio fundraising to stream

OMGWTFBBQ what an episode. We literally scrapped it three times and then everything happened. First, Devon O'Reilly joins us to talk about the change in mask policy. In Michigan, as of 9am Saturday, it's masks off for vaccinated individuals. But will you? Will he? And in what situations? And we get into what some of the thinking might be behind the moves. We also talk about Bedrock's purchase of 300 River Place and the vibrant neighborhood that is down there at Jos Campau on the river side of Je...

The Complex Line 5 Pipeline Situation, Explained

The whole Line 5 pipeline situation under the straits of Mackinac, as I uncover more and more, seems to be a symptom to a larger, bi-national problem and lack of plan. Proponents say the pipeline critical to the economy and energy infrastructure. Opponents say a double pipeline under the great lakes - especially one that’s not buried - poses a special threat to the unique fresh water resource that is the Great Lakes. What if both concerns are true? And what if I told you that it’s a pipeline tha...

What is the Community Policing Innovation Initiative? w/ Barbara McQuade