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On a recent episode of this podcast, I went on a brief side rant praising my local Meijer store for accepting plastic bags for recycling and had a minor freak-out over the looming global environmental crisis over our increasingly all-plastic everything. That caught the attention of Joe Munem, a Daily Detroit podcast listener who works as director of government affairs and …

There's a new house in a modest neighborhood of northeast Ferndale, made of shipping containers, that is listing for $450,000. Photo via Realtor.com Is Ferndale about to become like Midtown Detroit? Oh, SNAP! Also on today's show, we discuss the new measles case identified in Oakland County, and we speak with Dr. Nicholas Gilpin, an infectious disease specialist and …

Hey there all you cool cats! This weekend is almost here and I can't be happier about it. There are some great events happening this weekend. Let's take a look... The Detroit Musical In honor of 313 Day yesterday, Planet Ant will be doing a limited run of The Detroit Musical this week at the Ant Hall. The Detroit Musical follows the LaMerde family from the …

It's March 13, or written another way, 3/13, or #313Day. It's become quite a thing locally on social media. And it's become, in Jer's words, "a meme holiday." Although it's great to spread positivity, it could be a lot better. He's got a different proposal to try and infuse some more action into it. We talk about it on the podcast. There's lots of real news we cover on …

"Weather and sex are huge factors." That's the, uh, money quote from a Sports Illustrated piece about the best and worst NFL cities as perceived by free agents. Detroit fares poorly, ranking in the bottom five for NFL cities, dinged for its dysfunctional locker room but also because we're seen as having boring nightlife. We discuss. A second white Detroit police officer …