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Hosts: Tia Graham and Robyn Vincent
Producers: Sam Corey, Alex McLenon
Engineer: Nate Bender and Jose Llanas
Senior Producer: David Leins
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Recent stories from The Metro
The Metro: Every department, every dollar — what Documenters are finding in Detroit’s budget hearings
Mayor Mary Sheffield’s first budget contains big promises for young people, seniors, and homeless Detroiters — but with a shortfall in the millions. Detroit Documenters are tracking every hearing.
The Metro: Two artists explore indigo’s ties to the African diaspora
Artists Ashara Ekundayo and Adebunmi Gdadebo talk about indigo’s importance in the African diaspora ahead of their lecture at CCS.
The Metro: Roundup’s safety science is falling apart. The government is protecting it anyway
The study that declared Roundup safe was a fraud. The president just invoked the Defense Production Act to guarantee its production and give its makers legal immunity.
The Metro: More young people have cancer. A Detroit doctor weighs in
Dr. Thomas Kelly from the Karmanos Cancer Institute shares insights as to why more people under 50 are getting diagnosed with cancer.
The Metro: Michigan Science Center experiments with community connection by hosting rave
DJ With Love, Harlow and MI-SCI’s managing Director of Engagement Melanie Depcinski, join The Metro to talk about the upcoming event.
The Metro: Black Bottom Archives continues to grow its storytelling community
Director of Community Engagement and Programs Lex Draper Garcia Bey joins the show to talk about the Preserving Black Legacy Fellowship and the “From the Bottom, Up” exhibition currently on display at the Detroit Historical Museum.
The Metro: Detroit techno legend Carl Craig turns nuclear physics into sound art at MSU
Renowned techno artist Carl Craig is working with scientists at Michigan State University to make nuclear physics into accessible art in a new installation.
The Metro: This local representative is regulating AI. She’s less concerned about data centers
Rep. Tsernoglou spoke with The Metro’s Robyn Vincent about why she works to regulate artificial intelligence, and how we should think about the construction of data centers.
The Metro: Southfield neighbors confront the moral weight of silence
When federal attorneys connected to ICE leased office space in their community, Southfield neighbors organized a movement that is forcing a reckoning about complicity, silence, and what it means to show up for the people next door.
The Metro: Michigan’s Senate primary has become a proxy war for the Democratic Party’s soul
Congresswoman Haley Stevens, State Senator Mallory McMorrow, and physician Abdul El-Sayed are offering three different visions of what the Democratic Party should become.
The Metro: Detroit’s Senate Theater revives the lost art of silent film with live organ performance
The era of the silent film wasn’t entirely silent—many films were accompanied by organ. The Senate Theater is bringing us back to that artform with a performance and workshop by organist and composer Dennis Scott.
The Metro: Women’s baseball has a long history. Can a new league cement its future?
Leslie Heaphy, president of the International Women’s Baseball Center and associate professor of history at Kent State University, joined the show to discuss the past, present, and future of women’s baseball.
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