What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
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On today's episode, we wrap up 2019 auto sales with Michelle Krebs, executive analyst at Autotrader. The industry finished the year above 17 million cars and trucks for the fifth straight year, the first time it's ever gone that long above that number. We go over results at each of the Detroit automakers, including surprising troubles for some of Ford's popular SUVs and how Ram …
Today we're discussing the news that Ford will invest $1.45 billion into plants in Wayne and Dearborn to build the new 2020 Bronco and the Ranger small pickup truck. Both are resuscitations of beloved automotive brands that went away for the past couple of decades. Then, Jer tells us about his visit to the new Rocket Fiber broadcast studio at the Detroit Pistons' new …
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. (In case you're wondering, that's me outside of Niasvizh, a castle that dates to 1583, located to the southwest of Minsk.) It's good to be back and rolling with the podcast. A giant …
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 …
Hello friends. Today we're covering StateBudgetPalooza, in which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed all 16 budget bills sent at the 11th hour by Republicans, but only after making 147 line-item vetoes totaling nearly $1 billion, unleashing hilarity on the Great Lakes State. Is this any kind of way to do state budgeting? We discuss. Elsewhere, soccer correspondent Fletcher Sharpe …
On April 8 and 9 at Detroit’s Tangent Gallery/Hastings Ballroom, the first Detroit International Festival of Animation (DIFA) will celebrate and showcase a wild diversity of animations from animators and filmmakers who are local as well as those international. Organizers plan it to be an annual event going forward. DIFA will feature 93 minutes of animated …
