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Hosts: Tia Graham and Robyn Vincent
Producers: Sam Corey, Cary Junior II
Engineer: Nate Bender
Senior Producer: David Leins
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Recent stories from The Metro
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.
The Metro: A multi-year exhibition honors the legacy of Detroit’s Classical Roots
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra launches a multi-year exhibition celebrating the history, people, music, impact and future of Classical Roots.
The Metro: Detroit’s newest department aims to prevent violence by building peace
Detroit created the Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety in an effort to amplify the success of community violence intervention programs. Director Teferi Brent joins the show to talk about the new office’s responsibilities and goals to further reduce violence.
The Metro: Drones are coming to a police department near you. Is the privacy tradeoff worth it?
Police departments in Dearborn, MI and Warren, MI are using drones as first responders. Police call the technology a game-changer. Are the privacy tradeoffs worth it? Drone researcher and author Arthur Holland Michel joins the Metro to discuss.
The Metro: An outdoor exhibition tackles ICE enforcement and lives lost
A new installation called “ICEBREAKER” by multidisciplinary artist Rogerio Pinto honors the lives lost to ICE and in detention centers.
The Metro: When the grid groans. The fragile geography of home
Why metro Detroit’s aging infrastructure can’t keep up with a changing climate—and why you’re paying more for less.
The Metro: Detroit’s Venice could be underwater. Who should protect it?
A combination of climate change and aging infrastructure is causing massive flooding in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood. The city has a plan to repair sea walls in the area, but what do residents think is needed to prevent disaster?
The Metro: Detroit hip hop hits the stage at this year’s SXSW
Detroit hip hop takes center stage nationally and internationally at South By Southwest’s showcase this year.
The Metro: ICE’s media machine and the voices going quiet
The federal government is manufacturing content while real sources are going quiet. Journalist Maria Hinojosa on the federal government’s information war — and the cost of fighting back.
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