Host Saeed Khan talks with regular guests, attorneys Bill Seikaly, Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Mr. Zelensky Comes to Washington; President Trump's address to Congress; Trump's executive order to eliminate Deptartment of Education; The ups and downs of implementing tariffs and the cost of living; Jennifer Crumbley's attorney goes after the O...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about President Trump's on-and-off tariffs that are fueling resentment in Canada; the high cost of groceries and the costly dental bills that have forced some folks to go to other countries like Mexico and Turkey to get work done.
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about education in Detroit, President Trump's speech and the Dems reaction and more.
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan chats with guests, former WDIV anchor Devin Scillian, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, public relations specialist Beverly Watts, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Trump fires chairman of joint chiefs; New FBI Director Kash Patel making his mark, and not necessarily in a good one; Republicans reject President Trump's pick for chair of the Michigan G...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal III about why he thinks he should be the next mayor of Detroit. He talks about housing, crime and managing a big city.
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about voting rights, what the Dems and the Republicans need to do in Michigan to improve their parties; and why don't Detroit developments include a clause about improving schools.
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, pr specialist and former Detroit Free Press reporter Darci McConnell, attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, Beverly Watts, president of BME consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Service Department, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about President Zelensky rejecting President Trump's proposal for half its mineral resources; Trump's tariffs. Trump's cuts of federal wo...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown discuss the children that were abandoned in the house in Pontiac and the two children who froze to death in a van in a Greektown casino garage. Did the media treat the two cases differently? Did the media display a bias against Detroit?
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about the week's events. They also talk with special guest George Jackson, former President and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, about the best uses for the RenCen. "In terms of functionality, it really missed the mark...this is a real opportunity here to correct the Renaissance center," Jackson said. "You've got to make it part of the city instead of a fortress."...
Feb 15, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about the two children who froze to death Monday in a van on the 9th floor of the parking garage for the Hollywood Casino at Greektown in downtown Detroit. They also discuss whether the deaths have brought up issues that will be raised throughout the mayoral campaign this year.
Feb 13, 2025•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, Republican strategist Jason Roe, former Detroit Free Press reporter and pr specialist Darci McConnell, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Trump calls for Gazans to be permanently displaced and for the U.S. to take over the territory; Trump tries closing USAID; Gilchrist for governor; El-Sayed for Senate?...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Eric Brown talk about the Detroit Public Schools and the need for the Detroit mayor to take over the schools.
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with former Fox 2 anchor Huel Perkins, attorneys Bill Seikaly, Joel Sklar and Steve Fishman, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: ABC's and Meta's huge lawsuit settlements amount to nothing more than bribes to President Trump; Gary Peters announces he won't run in 2026, leaving open the question: Who will run? RFK Jr.’s rough confirmation hearings, while co...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with interim Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison and Trenton Police Chief Mike Hawkins about crime, recruiting officers and other issues. Bettison talks about cracking down on gas stations illegally selling tobacco products to minors. The hosts also talk with pollster Ed Sarpolus about the races for governor and mayor, Marc D'Andre of 7Mileradio.com and attorney Maurice Morton, the uncle of missing Macomb County mother Ashley ...
Feb 01, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with George Jackson, the former President and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, about the RenCen; mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins tells why she thinks she should be Detroit's next mayor, and University of Michigan Law Professor Michelle Adams talks about her book on the history of integrating Detroit schools.
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown discuss Donald Trump's deportations, his ending security details on people like Dr. Fauci and the governor's and mayoral races and Lt. Garlin Gilcrhrist II.
Jan 25, 2025•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with public relations specialist and former Detroit Free Press reporter Darci McConnell, attorneys Bill Seikaly, Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: the Trump Inauguration and his executive orders; Joe Biden's last minute preemptive pardons; the Bishop who stood up to Trump; the Gaza ceasefire, can it last? Jocelyn Benson announces bid ...
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Nancy Derringer talks with guests, former WXYZ investigative reporter Jim Kiertzner, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly, Joe Sklar and Todd Perkins; Beverly Watts, president of BME consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Service Department, and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Trump nominee confirmation hearings; The Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal; Attorney General Merrick Garland simply messed up by moving so slow. Crumbley attorney claim...
Jan 18, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo and Allan Lengel talk to Richard Wershe Jr., aka, "White Boy Rick," about his cannabis distribution business, "The 8th by White Boy Rick," more than three years after he launched it. Wershe, 55, started the business after he was released from prison in July 2020. The hosts also talk with Brianna Simpson, who runs a Detroit nonprofit, The Mothercraft Institute, which trains 'doulas," birth professional who help families have safe, healthy and posit...
Jan 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Marc D’Andre, a community reporter who operates “7 Mile Radio," and Detroit Ombudsman Bruce Simpson talk about Michigan politics, children going missing and more.
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk about the legacy of the late President Jimmy Carter.
Jan 09, 2025•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with Martin Drouillard, host of the 'Taylor Uncovered Podcast," who discusses the tow truck scandals in Taylor and the political landscape there. They also talk with Marc D'Andre, a community reporter who operates "7 Mile Radio."
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with Anthony Browder, author, publisher, cultural historian, artist, and an educational consultant, who has been to Egypt 68 times. He talks about that country's history and the archeological digs he's been involved with. The hosts also talk about the most important events of 2024. Browder will be speaking Sunday at Detroit Unity Temple at 17505 2nd Ave. in Detroit at 10 a.m. At noon, he'll be doing a workshop and a book signin...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Saeed Khan talks with guests, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick, attorneys Bill Seikaly, Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Top Schmucks of 2024 (Besides Donald Trump); House Ethics Report exposes Matt Gaetz for alleged state law violations involving minors; Biden commutes 37 of 40 Federal Death Row sentences; Honda and Nissan Annou...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with George Jackson, the former President and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and board member of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. He talks about development in Detroit under his watch and why he doesn't get the credit he deserves. He also talks about the FBI's search to determine if more than William Smith, the CFO, was involved in the theft of $40 million from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. Th...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone discuss the issues of the week on our Friday night podcast.
Dec 21, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with Sam Robinson, a former Axios reporter and author of Substack's "Detroit one million;" attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They'll talk about: Ukraine assassinates top Russian general; Disney/ABC News Settles Defamation case with Donald Trump; Trump and Elon Musk objections threaten government shutdown before Christmas; BBC R...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel, Vanessa Moss and Jim Nardone talk about the media in Madison, Wisconsin and a shooting at a Detroit gas station.
Dec 19, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about the gubernatorial and mayoral races and how Mayor Mike Duggan's decision to run as an Independent could change the landscape of Michigan politics.
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with entrepreneur Myles Wilson, attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about : Syrian rebels oust Assad; Civil suit accuses Jay-Z of underage sex as Diddy scandal grows; United Healthcare CEO’s murder suspect arrested; Michigan Democratic leaders criticize Mike Duggan for running as Independent for Governor; Detroit City Council President Mar...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
