Daily Detroit
The show for everyone who chooses Detroit! Every day, we share what to know and where to go in Southeast Michigan. Keep up on what matters, who's interesting, and what's happening around town. What's that new thing being built? What's the best food in town? Who are the most interesting people? What are the best stories? Our all-local independent podcast talks about what pushes Detroit and Southeast Michigan forward. Produced by your neighbors in the city of Detroit, serving the region. Posts every weekday in time for your commute home.
Episodes
Today, an essay and a line-by-line reality check about recent statements about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a link crucial for Michigan and Metro Detroit's economy.
I take my 10+ years of experience watching this project, doing interviews, and keeping notes to break down what's fact from fiction from a list of grievances on Truth Social.
Original post: https://www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-for-the-bridge-trump-wants-ha...
On today's Daily Detroit from the floor of the Detroit Policy Conference, we're digging into what it really took to get the Gordie Howe International Bridge this close to the finish line — and what it's going to mean for everyday life on both sides of the river later this year.
Are your ready for the weekend? Mr. Friday Devon O'Reilly is in and we've got some recommendations on where we've been — two cheap but good lunch spots. Plus, Devon shares a requiem for Bahama Breeze that after April 5 will leave this earth. Then, we get into the mess that is Stellantis and what might happen to some brands that have a lot of Detroit history.
Here's the rundown:
01:11 - Detroit's gotten double the snow this year, an...
On your Daily Detroit, we learned that owning a tank is apparently legal in Michigan. Should we get one?
Plus, Detroit's the City of the Year, Michigan Central has a new thing, and we open the floor to your ideas for attracting more career-aged and younger people to choose Michigan.
03:45 - Should we get a tank?
07:00 - Detroit is the City of the Year
09:56 - New Thing at Michigan Central
12:08 - How do we get more career-aged peop...
Justin Onwenu is a Detroit-born organizer, environmental justice advocate, and attorney who is now running for State Senate in Michigan's newly redrawn District 1, which stretches from neighborhoods on Detroit's west side through downtown and into a number of downriver Metro communities.
He's worked in environmental justice, in labor and minimum wage campaigns, and in economic development at the city level...
Today, we're taking you inside the Second Baptist Church of Detroit — the oldest historically Black church in Michigan, a former last stop on the Underground Railroad, and now a hub for human trafficking awareness and free STEAM education for Detroit kids.
I'm joined by Pastor Lawrence Rodgers to talk about nearly 190 years of history, how Greektown is transforming, and what it means to build a beloved community in Detroit right no...
Devon, Norris, and Jer tackle three topics live at the Detroit Policy Conference. First, we get into lunch spots we like and are disappointed by recently.
Then, there's a proposal to provide transit to all of the cities in Wayne County, as currently a number of communities have no connecting service. We talk about hwo this is the base layer to the cake of transit.
Then, there's some ideas around overhauling the city of Detroit's ta...
The rundown:
02:07 - Michigan's population is growing, we discuss
05:13 - Amazon Fresh fizzles out in Metro Detroit, leaving a number of empty potential storefronts
09:11 - MOCAD is reopening in April after renovation
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Today's conversation is in two parts.
First, we dig into USA Today (formerly Gannett) buying the Detroit News - just a month after a joint operating agreement ended between the two papers and bringing the Detroit Free Press and news under the same ownership umbrella. They say they'll continue as separate publications, but based on the track record of those involved, we have our personal skepticism.
We also get into the precarious s...
What was Detroit like 10 years ago?
On today's Daily Detroit, inspired by the trend on social media, we're taking a warm walk through a very specific era: Detroit in 2016 and how it stacks up to 2026.
On today's show:
00:28 - Dittrich Furs ran out, but found more furs: Is fur a cultural garb of Detroit?
03:20 -China is about to break into the Canadian car market, that hurts Detroit
11:02 - Michigan canabis market shrinking
14:34 - MAILBAG: Expand People Mover to Grand Boulevard?
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Coming to you from the studio at TechTown after a long weekend, today's show is all about what's happening in Detroit's food and drink world — the good, the bad, and the "wait, that closed already?"
I'm joined by our engineer of both audio and alcohol, Randy Walker, to dig into some big changes at longtime favorites, why some promising spots didn't make it, and where you should actually spend your money right now.
We'll talk rum ba...
Today's show is a trifecta where we get Norris, Devon, and Jer all in the studio at once talking local stuff.
Here's the rundown:
01:43 - Shout out to Northern Lights
02:35 - There are some maybe possible Detroit People Mover expansion routes shared with the public. Where would you want to see it go?
11:17 - A fake CEO fools some in the media
19:00 - Responding to listener questions: Where is Gov. Whitmer on hot issues? She seems...
Show notes to come.
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On today's Daily Detroit, our conversations is with Joanna Whaley, a Democrat running in the primary for State House District 2, covering Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale and Southgate.
Whaley is not a typical candidate. She's a former evangelical pastor, a...
What should we expect at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show? Sam Klemet, the Executive Director of the event, joins me to walk through what's happening at Huntington Place.
From cars, to interactive experiences, to performances — there's a lot to look for.
The public show days are January 17-25. Tickets available here.
Then, I bring you 5 things to know around town so you're caught up and what to know and where to go for your Monday.
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On a weekend edition of your Daily Detroit, we unpack how national news has pushed its way into local conversations, why we're limiting our social media lately and why it's more important than ever to get together in person.
03:37 - Minneapolis, terrible violence, and how national news and federal forces are forcing their way into local
04:13 - Why we're spending way less time on social media
08:30 - Are Happy Hours dead? Also, we...
Local media across America is in its most tumultuous moment in decades, and Detroit is at the center of it.
From the end of the joint operating agreement between the Free Press and the News, to shifts in public media funding, to the chaos around how you watch t...
Jer and Norris talk Detroit nightlife nostalgia and a viral TGI Fridays "club" promo, a wild DDOT discipline case, where auto trends are really heading in 2026, and Jer's feature in Hour Detroit on Michigan politics and social media.
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Today, a conversation about what happens when a clever design school project turns into something much bigger.
From a 20‑pound prototype stitched in a grandparents' bedroom to a 21,000‑square‑foot facility on Detroit's east side… and 100,000 coats later... Empowerment Plan has become a made‑in‑Detroit way of literally keeping the world warm.
These are coats that turn into sleeping bags, sewn b...
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