The Metro: Detroit Film Theatre’s long-running Oscar Shorts program is back
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC in March. Buzzed...
John Filbrandt
Jack Filbrandt is an assistant producer on WDET's daily news, arts and culture program, The Metro. He grew up on Lake Michigan and has called Detroit home for seven years. He's also a Detroit Documenter, covering local government meetings in the city. He previously worked for Wayne State's student newspaper, The South End, and The Battering Ram.
The Metro: Detroit Film Theatre’s long-running Oscar Shorts program is back
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC in March. Buzzed...
The Metro: Bassist Marion Hayden named 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Each year, Kresge Arts in Detroit selects and awards one eminent...
The Metro: ‘Broken Hearts and Connections’ event aims to help those dealing with grief find community
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Winter in Michigan is known by many as a time to...
The Metro: Corporate subsidies aren’t working to create jobs like people hoped
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Michigan has tried a few different approaches to help create jobs...
The Metro: Umoja Fine Arts hosting youth art workshops during Black History Month
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Art in all its forms, from the written word to an...
The Metro: Detroit nonprofit renovating vacant school into east side community hub
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Roughly 200 public schools have closed in Detroit between 2000-2015. These...
The Metro: Clark Park Coalition keeping ice hockey alive in southwest Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s a hidden gem in Southwest Detroit that's keeping hockey, ice...
The Metro: Detroit students navigate a new political climate
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. President Donald Trump said he will shut down the U.S. Department...
The Metro: ‘Rust Belt Reporter’ John Gallagher releases memoir
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Detroit Free Press Reporter and columnist John Gallagher had a front...
The Metro: The rise of women’s sports and the WNBA’s potential return to Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The 2024 WNBA provided some of the highest viewership and attendance...
The Metro: Detroit Public Theatre’s latest production explores history in conversation with the present
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at the Detroit Public Theatre, the new stage play “Confederates”...
The Metro: How is the project to cap I-75 going?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Downtown Detroit Partnership is developing a project to cap the...