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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: How a fake study shaped 25 years of pesticide policy
Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes helped retract a 25-year-old study that declared Roundup safe after documenting that Monsanto ghostwrote the paper and it was cited by regulators worldwide without caveat—even years after the deception was exposed.
The Metro: Paczki Day highlights Polish culture and history
Fat Tuesday or Paczki Day has become a staple celebration in metro Detroit since Polish immigrants first migrated here in the 1910s.
The Metro: How the Negro Leagues transformed baseball and American culture
Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, joined the show and details the Negro league’s lasting legacy in baseball, in sports and in American culture.
The Metro: Fear is the new recession. How immigration enforcement is affecting small businesses
Small businesses across metro Detroit’s immigrant communities are under pressure as federal immigration enforcement reshapes daily life.
The Metro: A positive perspective on Michigan’s economy
MENA Chamber of Commerce CEO Faye Nemer offers insights into how the Trump administration’s economic strategy could benefit everyone.
The Metro: Expert tips for keeping kids safe online
Online child exploitation comes in many different forms, including grooming, enticement and solicitation.
The Metro: President Trump won’t regulate pollution. Can Michigan do that on its own?
As the EPA takes a major hit to its ability to regulate pollution, Michigan has to find ways to keep a clean energy future from growing dim.
The Metro: Ann Arbor’s bid to dump DTE and go public
A grassroots group is collecting 6,500 signatures to get the question of public power on the 2026 ballot — amid rising DTE rates, mass shutoffs, and the worst outage restoration record in the country.
The Metro: How connection strengthens community and civic life
Journalist and organizer Ian Solomon talks about how being an active part of a community draws people into civic responsibility.
The Metro: The pioneer who founded the Negro Leagues
President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Bob Kendrick joins the show to discuss the league’s founder, Rube Foster and how he revolutionized the world of baseball.
The Metro: A 93-year-old pipe flooded Southwest Detroit. Now GLWA wants historic rate hike
GLWA is proposing water and sewer rate increases that have raised alarm among advocates and low-income residents. The public hearing is Feb. 25.
The Metro: Metro Detroit’s transit gap is wide. RTA’s plan to close it is slow by design
Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan Executive Director Ben Stupka outlines what the RTA hopes to accomplish this year to connect neighborhoods and people.
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