Daily Detroit
What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit! Keep up on what matters 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, serving the region. Posts every weekday in time for your commute home.
Episodes
The future of rail and buses to and from other cities and Detroit may be here.
Detroit's new multi-modal transit hub plans to include Amtrak service, with an expanded Wolverine Line connecting to Windsor and Toronto; as well as consolidate both the Amtrak station in Detroit's New Center and the intercity bus terminal on Howard in Detroit.
$40 million has been allocated for the project, and site evaluation and design work is beginni...
Longtime show contributor Devon O'Reilly is running for Dearborn city council.. and I caught up to talk about why, what his priorities are for his hometown, what he loves about Dearborn, and more.
More: https://oreillyfordearborn.com/
Feedback as always - dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com or leave a voicemail... 313-789-3211.
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Your all-local daily podcast on Detroit and Southeast Michigan is back with anothe one!
Jer and Norris get into everything...
The Set List:
01:24 - New intercity transit station for Detroit.. even more details: https://youtu.be/UxWMbsrrZDE?si=P5bdzA3uTYSyDF0O
05:14 - Michigan may freeze new Marijuana licenses
09:00 -Stellantis investing in Metro Detroit
11:57 -Noel Night on Pause
15:44 - Detroit Mayoral Debate Takes
Feedback as alw...
The Set List: 01:42 - Norris went to the new club, Ora - and the Detroit Free Press Marathon is this weekend. We also discuss the likely closure of One Mic Comedy Club.
12:24 - Has Michigan's marijuana industry lived up to expectations? We discuss jobs, access, business, and price on the heels of a topic thats hot with our listeners - increasing the wholesale tax on weed.
26:26 - The Gordie Howe Bridge to Canada opening has been d...
Jer and Fletcher talk about some feelings after staying up to watch the Tigers lose in 15 innings while continuing to be unable to hit a baseball to save their lives (or season)... and the Detroit Lions never really found the vibe in their loss to the Chiefs. We end with a discussion on whether Detroit sports fans need to ask more of our owners to go for titles.
The Set List:
00:42 - Lions lose to Chiefs: Taking accountability
08:1...
Jam-packed show for you today, as Annalise Frank from Axios Detroit joins us to talk about hot stories around town... and what might be your new favorite horror film shot in Detroit from the 1970s, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.
The Set List:
00:58 - Cannabis wholesale tax, maybe? A lawsuit on this important deal to fund roads is underway
04:11 - Inside the New Hudson's office tower
09:10 - The Sister Pie Path Forward and retail in ...
Hello and welcome back to your Daily Detroit.
On today's show we talk about everything from the new area code (679) to new retail opening this weekend (Tecovas) to a listener question about Michigan's future prospects.
Links:
Toast of the Town fundraiser: https://toastofthetowndet.com/
Tecovas Opening Weekend stuff: https://www.tecovas.com/events/detroit-grand-opening_detroit
It's a beautiful Monday in the Motor City.
On today's all-local daily podcast, three main topics with Jer and Fletcher:
02:29 - Fifth Third buying Comerica Bank, with all kinds of local impacts (plus maybe a stadium name change?)
06:34 - Detroit Tigers Series 1-1 with the Seattle Mariners, gotta find those bats
10:34 - Lions Beat Bengals, Get Ready for Kansas City. Lions are ready for this fight.
On a special Friday edition of the show, I'm joined by Robin Runyan and Fletcher Sharpe to talk about a couple things in Detroit development and the Detroit Tigers playoff run!
The set list:
03:09 - Discussing the disappointment of the scaled back Gratiot Life Science project Downtown Detroit development. The I-375/Gratiot site has had a series of setbacks over the last decade plus. Here's our story: https://www.dailydetroit.com/t...
We’ve covered the news of Ford moving their headquarters to a shiny new facility… and demolishing the Glass House on Michigan avenue from a couple of angles.
First, economic development and the business reasons. Second, the history of Ford’s impact on Dearborn, going back a century.
Now, in the third and final installment of the series, we’re getting into the history of the Glass House itself. The significance of its architecture a...
On your Daily Detroit, we talk about how the Belle Isle Alligator is lucky City Slicker didn't get ahold of it.
Your Show Set List: 01:22 - CAVA in Detroit is now open, they were out of stuff
02:28 - Fun last weekend: Black Tech Saturdays Digital Empowerment Summit, Detroit Month of Design Closing, Bonobo and Norm Talley
08:25 - Alligators might need to watch out for Detroit, not the other way around
12:22 - Broderick Tower has new...
Fletcher Sharpe is in on the eve of the Detroit Tigers wildcard playoff round to discuss what the team needs to do to win and how he's feeling about the series.
Plus, we get into the Lions seeming to get their season back on track as they soundly beat the Cleveland Browns, taking advantage of their mistakes. And we acknowledge the terrible shooting over the weekend in Grand Blanc that's the national focus right now.
We'll dive deep...
Devon O'Reilly is in on this Friday for a fun epsiode covering where we've been, a fun thing to do the next week, and development news in Detroit.
Your Show Set List:
01:43 - Where we've been: The new QARGO Coffee in West Dearborn: https://www.qargocoffee.com/stores/dearborn-michigan-av
05:52 - Where we've been: Saffron De Twa in Detroit: htt...
Fletcher Sharpe is in and we're sharing Detorit memories and sports stories
Your Show Set List:
01:05 - Metropolitan is moving out and needs to find a new spot... we both talk about our personal connections to that space in West Village as Fletcher's uncle ran a spot there.. and get into recent quality places that have had to pause operations and how to fix that in one of Detroit's up and coming neighborhoods
09:42 - Can the Detroi...
Today's an action packed episode of your Daily Detroit, the best all local news and culture podcast in the world that is produced at latitude 42.365191996134264 and longitude -83.0729420582006.
Since we made it through the supposed rapture, here's your show set list:
01:30 - There's a looming possible double government budget shutdown- both state and federal - that could have massive impacts and also close Belle Isle temporarily.
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For a quarter century, Transportation Riders United (or TRU) has been advocating for better and more transit and transportation options for Detroiters, Metro Detroiters, and Michiganders.
Their 25th anniversary gala is coming up this week, so I thought I'd check in with TRU Executive Director Megan Owens on eveyrthing from the history of the nonprofit organization, to the accomplishments, to the challenges ahead... and the unique o...
What were our first impressions of the new Apple Store in Downtown Detroit? We got a sneak peek this morning on Woodward Avenue.
Norris Howard joins Jer and Randy Walker to discuss the store and it's possible impact on the area, as well as how it could help draw others to shop and enjoy the city.
Daily Detroit is Metro Detroit's all-local podcast sharing what to know and where to go in Southeast Michigan.
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With the news of the new Ford Headquarters, we're looking at the impact of the Glass House and the new campus from various angles.
Today, historical land and development that helped shape the Dearborn we know today. Mason Christenson of the Dearborn Historical Museum joins me to talk about how Ford impact Dearborn's history from a land and development perspective over more than a century of shared history.
Daily Detroit is Metro De...
The Apple store in Downtown Detroit is opening Friday. So if you're going to the opening - or frankly, on any Friday night - where should you get dinner or go out downtown? Get a bite to eat? Have a fun time? Norris and Jer have some thoughts.
Plus, Jer went out to Belle Isle to get an idea of what's happening with the Belle Isle Commons project that's ahead. It's still in early stages and looking for a lot of community feedback.
T...
The “big story” around town is that the demolition clock has started on the Glass House in Dearborn, as Ford is moving their global HQ three miles down the road to a beautiful new building.
Opened in 1956, the last time I visited the Glass House it was a bit long in the tooth for a company the stature of Ford.
But, nostalgia is a thing and so many west siders are used to seeing it off of Michi...
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