Host Nancy Derringer talks with guests, pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorneys Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. The lawyers on our panel discuss how wise it is to let Jennifer Crumbley testify at her own trial; the New Hampshire Primary and what it means; Florida Legislator proposes that the State subsidize Trump's Defense Fund; Crumbley’s mother Wants son to testify at her trial; Oklahoma proposes sweeping anti-p...
Jan 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with Christine Beatty, Kwame Kilpatrick's former chief of staff, about her return to Detroit and her new start in life after her big fall from grace years earlier. They also talk to Mark Craighead, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder and served time, and his lawyer Russell Ainsworth.
Jan 20, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein on the challenges of being a blind judge, wrongful convictions and expungements.
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with lawyers Bill Seikaly, Joel Sklar and Steve Fishman, Beverly Watts, president of BME Consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Services Department, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Michigan's Jim Harbaugh possibly rejoining the NFL; Michigan Senate hopeful Mike Rogers endorses Trump; Trump argues for presidential immunity; Nikki Haley target of...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Allan Lengel of Deadline Detroit talks with DetroitLions.com writer Mike O'Hara and sports aficionado Marty Greenberg about Matt Stafford, Jared Goff and the season. They also offer their predictions on Sunday's game between the Lions and the Rams at Ford Field.
Jan 10, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Skar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay; Israel kills Hamas leader in Beirut; Is war with Hezbollah inevitable? South Africa files genocide complaint against Israel at International Court of Justice; Former Michigan House staffers plead not guilty to embezzlemen...
Jan 06, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about: Is the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Unfair to Black Judges? Will redistricting hurt Democrats?
Jan 06, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick, 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: Is Ronna Romney McDaniel in trouble for the Wayne County phone call with Trump? Trump booted from ballot in some states, but not Michigan; Trump dinner guest Nick Fuentes calls for death of non-Christians'; Fi...
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about the big stories in 2023 and the spillover in 2024 like the U.S. Senate and presidential race and the Middle East war. They also talk about who might run for Detroit mayor in 2025.
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with guest Eric Brown, a literacy advocated, about getting parents more involved in their children's education. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Frank Szymanski talks about alternative treatment for juveniles including meditation. "This should be the first treatment option we turn to, not the last," he says of meditating.
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, retired Detroit homicide detective and Hollywood consultant Ira Todd, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the Colorado Supreme Court keeping Trump off the ballot; Trump well ahead in polls, but Nikki Haley catches DeSantis; Georgia Judge grants plaintiff request for expedited payment in Giuliani case; The ...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Nancy Derringer talks with guests, attorneys Bill Seikaly and Steve Fishman, labor activist Barb Ingalls, Beverly Watts, president of BME Consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Services Department and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Gaza crisis expands: Israel moving toward the South; Four: Top GOP candidates spar in latest debate; Liz to the Rescue: Cheney ponders third party run for presidency; Pushback for 2024: Schmuck of the Week.
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel, Jim Nardone and Eric Brown talk with Mark Craighead who was wrongfully convicted of a 1997 murder in Detroit. He's free and tells his story. The crew also talks with former Macomb County prosecutor and judge Carl Marlinga, a Democrat, who is trying for a second time to unseat Republican Congressman John James in the 10th Congressional District. Last time, the Democratic Party made little effort to win that Macomb seat. Marlinga says this time ...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Vanessa Moss, Jim Nardone, Allan Lengel and Eric Brown talk with Detroit's Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison about the city and the latest projections on the demolition program. They also talk to attorney Robert Brown, former student manager for the University of Michigan football and hockey teams, who addresses the school's scandals.
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with author and longtime Detroit radio personality Peter Werbe, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about the death of King Henry Kissinger; media coverage of Gaza; Congress votes to boot George Santos; Pence spills the beans to Jack Smith on pre-Jan. 6 conversations in White House: Another candidate claims AIPAC offered him...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with TV crime reporter Chris Hansen about his crime show streaming on TruBlu TV. Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick talks about why he thinks ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is the same old Kwame Kilpatrick, who can't be trusted.
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorneys Joel Sklar, Bill Seikaly and Steve Fishman; Adolph Mongo, host of the podcast, "Detroit in Black and White," labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Ceasefire in Gaza. for now; Hollywood stars comments on the Gaza War and consequences; Putin hints at end of war in Ukraine? House speaker makes trip to Mar-a-Lago; Will it be Haley? Former SC go...
Nov 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel and Eric Brown talk about Democratic politics and Black voters in Michigan. They also talk with Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree about taxes and how people can save their homes.
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Nancy Derringer talks with attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, Beverly Watts, president of BME Consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Services Department and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. (Regular host Saeed Khan is on the road.) They talk about the brutal Israel-Hamas war and what comes next; Trump stays on the ballot in Michigan; The Supreme Court adopts code of conduct; Has this Oklahoma senator lost ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, former Channel 7 investigative reporter Jim Kiertzner, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Blinken in the Middle East: Shuttle kiplomacy over Gaza; Rashida Tlaib censured by House; Pete Meijer running for Senate; Dem strategist Axelrod calls for Biden to drop out of 2024 race; and Schmuck of the Week.
Nov 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with actor Harper Hill, who tells them why he's running for U.S. senate, and about the Democratic Party's push to back his opponent in the primary. Hill, a Detroit resident, is best known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in CSI: NY, Agent Spelman Boyle in Limitless, and Dr. Marcus Andrews in The Good Doctor. He earned a law degree from Harvard and owns the Roasting Plant Coffee shop in downtown Detroit. They also talk to Toinu R...
Nov 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk about politics and the Middle East and whether some of our Washington representatives are doing enough for constituents. They also talk about ex-Detroit Lion Lem Barney and caregiving for parents.
Nov 04, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk to Congressional candidate Adam Hollier and Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison. Hollier hopes the primary field is less crowded this time around. Last time, too many Black candidates paved a path for Shri Thanedar to win. Bettison talks about Halloween and places kids can get candy including police precincts, fire stations and city recreation centers. They also talk to Theresa Rich, a Democrat running for mayor of Farmington Hills....
Oct 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with 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: Israeli ground troops roll into Gaza; the human toll. More guilty pleas in Trump's Georgia case; The House gets a Maga speaker; Detroit synagogue President Samantha Woll murdered; The latest in the UAW strike; Charlie LeDuff fired from the Detroit News for the C word. Schm...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with former state Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson about proposed state legislation that would allow Michigan cities to tax the value of land separately from property. Johnson opposes the bill, insisting it won't benefit residents.
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Trump's attorneys in Georgia copping pleas and cooperating; Adam Hollier challenges Shri Thanedar in the 13th Congressional District; The battle in the Gaza; New poll shows American disillusionment with Democracy and believe violence acceptable and Schmuck of the Week....
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo and Allan Lengel talk to 13-year-old author Damarius Summers, artist Dana Hanson, 16, Detroit Fire Chief James Harris and former Metro Detroiter Michael Papas, who is visiting Jerusalem with his Israeli wife. Detroit author Damarius Summers wrote "I Miss You, " a book about his great grandfather William Summers who died, and how painful his passing has been. Arist Dana Hanson, a student at Detroit School of Arts, talks about her art work. Chief Harris talks about som...
Oct 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Gaza, Hamas, Israel and the Benjamin Netanyahu government; The lost Republican House that can't find a speaker; A new poll that Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in Michigan but behind Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; New charges against Congressman George Santos; and Schmuck of the Week.
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with Macomb County politician and former judge Carl Marlinga, who is running once again for Congress, and former state lawmaker Sherry Gay-Dagnogo. Marlinga, a Democrat, lost in the 2022 race to Republican John James. He thinks he can unseat James this time and tells why. Gay-Dagnogo talks about redistricting so Blacks can be better represented in state and national politics.
Oct 07, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Bill Seikaly, Ira Todd, retired Detroit homicide investigator and Hollywood consultant; Jim Mcfarlin, former longtime Detroit News music and media critic and frequent contributor to the Metro Times and HOUR Detroit; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Trump goes to Court in New York; Baseball legend Miguel Cabrera finally retires; Did he play too long? McCarthy out as House Speaker; Former T...
Oct 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
