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
Ferndale Pride isn't just a single day in May. It's a months-long celebration of joym community, and giving back that has its roots in a meeting at Soho 16 years ago.
In this episode, I talk with Ferndale Pride executive director and longtime listener Julia Mus...
New polling of Michigan voters shows a massive gap between how people feel about the state and where we actually rank.
We dig into why voters think Michigan is middle‑of‑the‑pack while we're near the bottom on reading, income, and unemployment, the huge awareness gap on data centers (4 in 10 Michiganders haven't even heard of them), and what it all means for the 2026 governor's race where a new poll puts former Detroit Mayor Mike D...
Today, we are at the table in Techtown for a fast‑moving conversation on how Metro Detroit goes out now.
We start with the closure of Mutiny Bar and ask if Detroit's modern tiki bar era has quietly ended, even as tiki continues in places like San Diego and Palm...
Today's Daily Detroit is about being real with each other and with this city we love.
Norris and I start with the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, what he meant to Detroit, and how his generation of civil rights leaders helped shape our city and our lives.
It's budget season in Detroit and in Lansing, and the choices leaders make now will shape city services and state programs for the next few years. On today's Daily Detroit, we talk with Steve Watson of the consulting firm Watson & Yates about where the money comes from and where it might go. Read more
On today's show with Devon, Norris and Jer talking all things Detroit:
01:04 - Where we've been: Empire in Midtown Detroit
03:21 - Where we've been: Mother Handsome in Oak Park
04:47 - Where we've been: Avenue Bistro in Wayne
09:36 - Data Centers coming to Wayne County (Van Buren Township) and Michigan with bipartisan support (but lots of people aren't happy)
17:39 - Does the City of Detroit need a Wal-Mart?
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On today's Daily Detroit, Jer and Norris talk about three big changes in the city: a loved restaurant closing, a historic building maybe turning into a hotel, and a new business district along the river.
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...
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