Visions: Celebrating Black History Month
This week on Visions, I celebrate Black History Month with the creators, innovators, and current shapers of jazz. Since jazz...
The Metro: Detroit’s Tyree Guyton talks life, legacy and 40 years of the Heidelberg project
Since 1986, The McDougall-Hunt Neighborhood on Detroit's east side has been home to the Heidelberg Project, an environmental art installation...
Black-led birthing center provides alternative options for families
Birth Detroit is Black-led, community-based midwifery practice and the first free-standing birth center in Detroit.The organization’s co-founder, Elon Geffrard, says...
Detroit Evening Report: The loss of a legend, Ismael Ahmed
Listen to the latest episode of the “Detroit Evening Report” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your...
The Metro: A year into the MAHA era, local health departments try to pick up the pieces
Public health decisions touch homes, classrooms, and workplaces across Michigan, but the system behind those decisions is under extraordinary strain....
The Metro: Have protests against ICE been effective?
Many have been actively engaging and organizing against federal immigration enforcement and the killings of Americans at the hands of...
The Metro: The humility and light of Albert Kahn
Of all the architects in Detroit, one of the best known may be Albert Kahn. He designed some of the...
Big Sonic Heaven: Celebrating The Cure’s Grammy wins, new music by Whitelands, Cigarettes for Breakfast + more
In this episode of Big Sonic Heaven, we kicked off February with a track from the brand new Whitelands album,...
Acoustic Café: Shovels & Rope play their latest work, new Mumford & Sons, and duets from 2016!
On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, in-studio guests Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, aka Shovels & Rope, play...
Remembering Ismael Ahmed
Our friend, colleague, and one of Detroit’s great connectorsWe’re deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Ismael...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: New music from Detroit’s Dames Brown, Rosetta Pebble, The Legal Matters, plus Mahalia Jackson revisited with Kronos Quartet
This week on Rob Reinhart's Essential Music a couple cuts from a fascinating new album from Kronos Quartet and Mahalia...
The Big Tree Hunt contest has come to a close. What did participants find?
After two years of collecting entries, non-profit ReLeaf announced winners of their Big Tree Hunt this fall in a well-attended...