GOP’s DeShawn Wilkins Hopes to Stop Betty Jean Alexander’s Unlikely Trajectory Toward State Senate
Jake Neher/WDET Last week, one of the more surprising results from the primary elections in Michigan was the Democratic contest...
Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number: How the Michigan Senior Olympics Keeps Seniors Active
Bruce Beck Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Since 1979, the Michigan Senior...
‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids
WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...
CuriosiD: Where Does Detroit’s Yard Waste Go?
Listener Noah Link has a question about the branches and leaves his neighbors put on the street for pick-up: "I’m...
The Progressive Underground Show 276 feat. JEAN LUC-PONTY, CEDRIC MCDOUGLE (SUMMER OASIS FEST) & TEAM CHARIVARI
Progressive Productions This installment of The Progressive Underground features exclusive interviews with legendary jazz/fusion violinist JEAN LUC-PONTY (in advance of...
Wayne Kramer Talks About His Memoir “The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities”
Wayne Kramer talks with Ann Delisi about the criminal justice system, being self-obsessed and ultimately finding his way to selflessness and...
Detroit Songwriter and Storyteller Emily Rose Releases a New Album, “Wake Up Brave”
Emily Rose performs songs from "Wake Up Brave" and has a lively chat with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about waiting...
MichMash: ‘The Ballad of Betty Jean,’ Michigan’s Real Life Political Mystery
WDET Digital One result from Tuesday’s primary elections has local reporters and political watchers scratching their heads. One of the...
Drivers Start Your Engine: Detroit Grand Prix Confirmed On Belle Isle
Alex McLenon The Detroit Grand Prix will return to Belle Isle through the year 2021, with an option to extend...
How Alice Cooper Helped Change Punk Rock Forever
Rob Fenn Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. If you were born and...
StoryCorps Detroit: Someone I Could Be Myself With
Detroiter Spencer Barefield first met his wife, Barbara, while playing at Cobb’s Corner, a now shuttered jazz club in the...
Oakland Exec Prefers ‘Joining the Klan’ to Helping CEO’s Drive Investment to Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET The head of Oakland County’s government says he would rather be part of the Ku Klux Klan than...