Liner Notes: Exploring the Genius of Digable Planets’ “Blowout Comb”
Welcome to Liner Notes, a collection of audio thumbnail essays that tell the story behind seminal albums that you know...
Theo Parrish Pushes the Boundaries of Electronic Music
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Chicago, multi-instrumentalist Theo Parrish grew up surrounded by music. Influenced by Chicago’s electronic...
Detroit Today’s Annual Festivus Show Has Never Felt More Necessary
From unprecedented mail delays to toilet paper hoarding, 2020 may go down in the Festivus hall of fame as the...
Created Equal: Harriet Washington Unpacks Environmental Racism
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
Ed Love Honored With “Spirit of Detroit” Award
Ed Love has received the City Council of Detroit's Spirit of Detroit Award, commemorating his 60 years on the air....
Tribute from Joe Davidson
Submitted By: Joe Davidson Before graduating from Mumford High in 1967, before I and my friends could drive, we would...
Between Takes: How Motown Production Shaped Rodriguez’s “Cold Fact”
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
BridgeDetroit Reporters Tackled Pandemic, BLM, Gun Violence and More in First Year
The pandemic created a year unlike any other, and in Detroit, life amid COVID-19 was both turbulently heartbreaking and sometimes inspiring,...
Best of 2020: The WDET Playlist
For most of 2020, we were unable to pack into concert venues or onto dance floors, but that didn't stop...
Looking Back At The Year In Michigan News
In two weeks, 2020 will finally be behind us. "We didn't know what we were in for." - Chad Livengood,...
New Year Means New Democratic Majority on State Supreme Court
A new year means big changes for the Michigan Supreme Court (MSC). Justices nominated by Democrats won a 4-3 majority...
Detroit Voters Approved Prop N. Now What?
In late October, Detroit Today's Stephen Henderson looked into Prop N, a city-led initiative to borrow $250 million dollars in bonds...