Daily Detroit News Byte

Detroit-based pizza purveyor Buddy's is on the way to opening their second Detroit location and first downtown. So Sven and Jer stopped in to check it out, try some pizzas and chat with their new-ish CEO, Burton Heiss. Plus: The end of the licensing agreement between Kid Rock's Made in Detroit restaurant and Little Caesars Arena has made national news. We give you a rundown on what happened, and then some thoughts. Also, here's a map of the 2019 Noel Night festivities. And here's the Noel Night website. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 Everywhere else: http://www.dailydetroit.com/podcast

Now that we're in December, we're in the holiday season. And one of my favorite events in Detroit is Noel Night. Now in its 47th year, it has swung the doors of Midtown open to crowds and revelry, cheer and merriment. And this year, it promises to be better than ever. Today is a preview of that event that's coming Saturday, December 7, 2019 with Annmarie Borucki from Midtown Inc. who organizes the extravaganza. Have a listen to the podcast in the player below: Also, here's a map of the 2019 Noel Night festivities.  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 Everywhere else: http://www.dailydetroit.com/podcast

Welcome back to the week! On today's podcast: The UAW and Fiat Chrysler have a tentative deal, meaning 7,900 more jobs and an additional $4.5 billion in investment. The Palace of Auburn Hills is being demolished. Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack has died. Beaumont Hospital has brought back their Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams. Register here to join. The first day of recreational marijuana sales has come and gone, here are the numbers. Downtown Hamtramck has free parking for the holidays, we talk about a few of our favorite stops. Montgomery, Alabama honors Rosa Parks with a statue downtown. Why don't we have one? She moved here in 1957, after all. And Starr Allen-Pettway from Bethany Christian Services joins us to talk about the critical need for more foster homes, especially in Detroit. There are just two that are registered, and keeping kids near things they know is important. New to the podcast? Don't miss another episode. We're wherever fine podcasts are found: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! What's the big thing that happens around town this weekend? Sports! So first Jer talks about the Lions 24-20 loss to the Bears and wonders if getting rid of Jim Caldwell was such a good idea, and if the curse of Bobby Lane is still in effect. Then, Sven Gustafson and Fletcher Sharpe talk Pistons and reminisce about the Malice at the Palace. It was Fletcher's first NBA game.  Our show is every weekday on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit-news-byte/id1220563942?mt=2 And Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Greetings, comrades! I'm back from my week-long visit to Minsk, Belarus, halfway around the globe and a world away, as a guest of the good people at Press Club Belarus and the U.S. Embassy Minsk. It's good to be back and rolling with the podcast. We're planning to release an entire episode devoted exclusively to my visit to the former Soviet republic and what I learned about one of Detroit's seven sister cities, sometime in the coming weeks. But on today's show, we discuss my visit to Minsk and what it was like there. We also spend some time diving into a few big stories that broke here while I was in the same time zone as Moscow, eight hours ahead: The renewed push for a new Regional Transit Authority plan that would cover the city of Detroit and Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties, but not Macomb. It's an approach we've long advocated. Tesla's polarizing new Cybertruck, unveiled last week in Los Angeles. Will this electrified geometry-on-wheels find anything beyond a niche market of tech enthusiasts? And

On today's podcast, we visit the new Viola flagship cannabis retail operation near the old Boblo Boat docks. Viola, owned by NBA veteran Al Harrington, is a national cannabis company that's going to invest up to $10 million in the space, with a goal of creating more than 60 jobs as he rolls vertical integration into the facility. We sit down with Harrington on the podcast and get an idea of what's in store. We have pictures up on http://www.dailydetroit.com Also, we cover some interesting stories around town in our headlines section: I-75 reconstruction is delayed between the weather, project additions, and a bad concrete mix that will have to be redone. The Detroit demolition bond proposal is dead through the spring. The aftermath of slain Detroit Police officer Rasheen McClain is getting messy, and it includes an allegation of the Chief's signature being forged. Detroit buses are getting upgrades. New fareboxes, and a set of new bus shelters. A train has been idling in Bloomfield Hills for days. It should b

Today's episode is a first taste, if you will, of a new set of dining and drinking concepts that are to open today at the very top of Detroit's most iconic building, the GM RENCEN. They're called the High Bar, Hearth 71, and Highlands. There is also an event space. Of course, they'll have some amazing views, being the highest point in the state. But do they have culinary promise? We check it out on the podcast. Of course, as with all early access things to restaurants, this isn't a review. it's more of a peek. So grab your fork, and let's dive in. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 If you want to support independent media, join us as a member on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Our guest on the podcast today is Steve Gursten. He's the head of Michigan Auto Law and has been named one of Michigan's top lawyers by multiple publications. Today's episode is a response to many listeners who are seeing their auto insurance rates go up in metro Detroit, anywhere from 10 to 30 percent.  That's in stark contrast to what politicians, including Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Shirkey and promised on the big porch on Mackinac Island earlier this year.  They were reacting to mounting public pressure to do something about auto insurance rates. But so far, it seems that it's turning out to be more selfies than substance. Our guest says that things like redlining and gender discrimination will continue, all legally. Gursten lays out a case that Michigan elected leaders basically got outplayed by Lansing lobbyists, leading to a situation where affordable car insurance, especially in the city of Detroit, isn't going to be a thing. Subscribe to the sho

On today's podcast: - We share details on what happened on Wyoming Street in Detroit that resulted in the death of Detroit officer Rasheen McClain. It's the 239th in the department's history. - UAW President Gary Jones resigns - General Motors is suing FCA - Shianne and Jer make a trip down to the new H&M in downtown Detroit and check it out. We talk with Ezinne Kwubiri and Patrick Shaner. Shianne has her thoughts. - And a yacht crashed into the GM Riverwalk.  Like the show? Tell a friend! We're on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit-news-byte/id1220563942?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 And, thanks to our Patreon members who make this possible: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

On today's show: Our feature conversation is a deep dive into the proposed $250 million demolition bond that was denied by Detroit City Council this week. What was it? Why did it fail? And what's next? We chatted with Chase Cantrell from Building Community Value. The organization is on the ground providing tools to help Detroiters rebuild their city. You can find out more about them and sign up for their classes here: http://www.bcvdetroit.org/ Also around the region: A new scorecard is out for LGBTQ support in various cities around town from the Human Rights Campaign. Some scored well and some very much did not. There are layoffs in Taylor at a sugar refinery. A new road bridge opened in Canton Township, relieving a two and a half year detour. And, the Detroit Saturday Night building in downtown Detroit is coming down. So we get another 12 parking spaces on a surface parking lot. There are photos up on http://www.dailydetroit.com Like the show? Don't forget to tell a friend to subscribe free in Apple Podcast

On today's show for Tuesday, November 19, 2019: Two big stories. More mass transit may be moving ahead in Southeast Michigan - minus Macomb County. Shianne went to Royal Oak to learn more. And Greg Migliore of Autoblog joins me to talk about the brand new Mustang Mach-E from Ford. It's an answer to Tesla and was even revealed next door to Tesla property. Mach-E Ridealong: https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/17/ford-mustang-mach-e-ride-along-video/ More Mach-E Coverage: https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/18/ford-mustang-brand-family-of-vehicles/ Even more Mach-E, including 300 miles of range: https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/17/2021-ford-mustang-mach-e-revealed-la-auto-show/ Like the show? Don't forget to tell a friend to subscribe free in Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9 Really like the show? Become a member on Patreon. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

On today's show (yes, we're moving to mornings! Finally!) - A film focusing in part on a Detroit automaker, "Ford V. Ferrari," takes the top spot at the box office - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Israel - Gas price update from AAA - Taxpayers are on the hook for free health care for Warren's elected officials for life. In depth here: https://www.macombdaily.com/news/local/new-perk-for-warren-elected-officials-free-health-insurance-for/article_c6cc821a-070a-11ea-babc-070b87802b9a.html - The UAW ratifies a new contracts with General Dynamics - Lyon Township has doubled in population recently. Some are trying to curb sprawl to the township 50 minutes from Detroit. In depth here: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/south-lyon/2019/11/14/lyon-township-considers-buying-property-development-rights-slow-growth/4181856002/ - CNN has named a Dearborn woman as a top 10 hero. You can vote for Najah Bazzy to win here: https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/ - A massive bond to pay for demol

Michigan is the Great Lakes State. Detroit is literally named the city of the strait - our river. And one of the most important assets we have, and resources to protect, is our water and our environment. So when I heard Tracie Baker at TEDxDetroit talk about the contaminant soup we live in, my ears perked up. they perked up double when the Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as well as the department of Pharmacology said that those contaminants can even impact our DNA, changing the course of future generations. This is episode 378 of your Daily Detroit. Tracie was kind enough to stop by the north end studio and talk about her work at Wayne State with me and Sven Gustafson. it's an eye-opening conversation about contaminants, fatbergs. But also, there's hope as there are people are starting to do to take action.

On today's show: Internationally acclaimed photographer and Detroit resident Kenny Karpov joins us to talk about his upcoming photo exhibit, "Despite It All, We Never Learn." T he photos take you on a journey with Karpov on a refugee boat in the Mediterranean. It's quite the story, and the opening event is at M Contemporary Gallery in Ferndale. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1422062574620647/ Also, Sven - a former print journalist - and Jer talk about the news that apparently three reporters and a photographer are going to be laid off at the Detroit Free Press, ahead of a corporate mega-merger that will see local journalists lose their jobs across the country. This isn't the first - cuts have been going on for more than a decade - and it won't be the last. So what could stop the death spiral of major paper local news? We discuss and we'd love to hear your feedback about what you're looking for in local news. 

Happy snowmageddon, Detroit! Hope you're all staying nice and warm. On today's episode, we dig out of the early and record-breaking November snowstorm and dig into a few of the things that aren't working around town. Specifically, we talk about: That WXYZ investigation into a Detroit landlord whom the city has forgiven more than $1 million in unpaid taxes, fees and other fines he owes. It was part of the land swap the city orchestrated to pave the way for the new Fiat Chrysler auto assembly plant on the city's east side. Now he's screwing over families buying homes on land contracts. The Ilitches are at it again in District Detroit. Thanks to the Detroit Greenways Coalition, we know that the Ilitch family wants the city to grant it an easement over Henry and Sproat streets, which both run right alongside the Little Caesars Arena. Good idea? Or The Best Idea? And there's a shortage of liquor, fueled by software glitches at one of the three companies the state authorizes to distribute booze to bars, restauran

It might surprise you that the 2.1 square miles of Hamtramck is the densest, as far as residents per square mile, of any in the state. With roots to before 1800, the city has seen a succession of immigrants. founded by French Canadian Commander Jean Francois Hamtramck, the township was settled by people from what we know today as the province of Quebec in Canada. Since then, it's become a village of German farmers. And then, with Polish immigrants as the automobile industry rose in the first quarter of the twentieth century. By 1922, Hamtramck had turned itself into a city to stop it from being annexed by the city of Detroit. Today, it has a very diverse population, including those germans and poles… African American… and immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Yemen, and many more. it's also very walkable, unlike most of metro Detroit. There are corner bars and grocery stores. Churches and mosques. Hardware stores. Community festivals. Walking the streets of Hamtramck, I see the physical cityscape of Detroit t

That's the voice of Rob Paulsen. Born in Detroit, raised in Michigan and now with a voice known to millions, the singer and actor is the kind of person that can light up a room with just a few words. Whether it is as the voice of Pinky in Pinky and the brain, on the Animaniacs, or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it's magic. He has more than 250 animated voices and a thousand commercials under his belt. Rob comes back from time to time, and we caught up with him at TEDx Detroit for a wide-ranging conversation about not just his career, but his life. After all, there are many facets to the man. Paulsen is an author with a moving book called "Voice Lessons" about his journey through stage three throat cancer and host of the podcast, "Talkin' Toons" on the Nerdist network. That conversation, recorded in the Masonic Temple, is today's show. Like what we're doing? Leave a review or tell a friend on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit-news-byte/id1220563942?mt=2 Also, our Patreon: h

On today's show: We cover four things to know around town in our headlines, then we chat with the artist behind Sareytales. Sarey Ruden turns the creepy, scary, terrible and misogynistic messages she gets on a regular basis while online dating into art. The pieces (some that you can view here) will stop you in your tracks and shines a light on the dark side of online dating. Like what we're doing? Don't forget to share the Daily Detroit podcast! It's the best way to push Detroit's conversation forward.  Really like what we're doing? Support us on Patreon. Community-supported media can stay fiercely independent. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit  

Despite a steady trickle of leaked recordings of him being horrible, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was re-elected to a fourth term on Tuesday. On today's show, we talk about and what it says about Warren. Then, we highlight some other races from around the region and discuss what they say about those cities, from Ferndale to Flint and Eastpointe to Livonia. Finally, we speak with Colleen Martin and Saharsh Hajela, two University of Michigan graduates who co-founded Shout. That's a brand-new, non-partisan mobile app aimed at making it easier for regular citizens to find and contact their elected representatives. We ran into them in the Fountain Ballroom of the Masonic Temple at TEDxDetroit, where we recorded today's show. Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you're hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.

On today's show: An old train depot in Holly from 1886 gets a big preservation grant Two metro Detroit communities get top billing as places to retire An annual festival in Oakland County will be back at least through 2024 H&M in downtown Detroit finally has an opening date Dr. Paul Thomas from Plum Health Direct Primary Care comes on to talk about their new office in Detroit's Corktown And a Detroit teacher is driving Uber to pay for sweaters for her students whose parents can't afford them  Like the show? Tell a friend or leave a review on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 Love the show? Consider becoming a Patreon member. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit