Today's Daily Detroit is about being real with each other and with this city we love.

Norris and I start with the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, what he meant to Detroit, and how

On today's show with Devon, Norris and Jer talking all things Detroit:

01:04 - Where we've been: Empire in Midtown Detroit

03:21 - Where we've been: Mother Handsome in Oak Park

04:

On today's Daily Detroit, Jer and Norris talk about three big changes in the city: a loved restaurant closing, a historic building maybe turning into a hotel, and a new business district along the

On your Daily Detroit, we learned that owning a tank is apparently legal in Michigan. Should we get one?

Plus, Detroit's the City of the Year, Michigan Central has a new thing, and we

Devon, Norris, and Jer tackle three topics live at the Detroit Policy Conference. First, we get into lunch spots we like and are disappointed by recently.

Then, there's a proposal to provide transit to

The rundown:

02:07 - Michigan's population is growing, we discuss

05:13 - Amazon Fresh fizzles out in Metro Detroit, leaving a number of empty potential storefronts

09:11 - MOCAD is reopening in April after

Today's podcast conversation is in two parts.

First, we dig into USA Today (formerly Gannett) buying the Detroit News - just a month after a joint operating agreement ended between the two papers and bringing

What was Detroit like 10 years ago? 

On today’s Daily Detroit, inspired by the trend on social media, we’re taking a warm walk through a very specific era: Detroit in 2016 and

On today's all-local podcast with Jer and Norris:

00:28 - Dittrich Furs ran out, but found more furs: Norris asks... is fur a cultural garb of Detroit?

03:20 - China is about to

Today's show is a trifecta where we get Norris, Devon, and Jer all in the studio at once talking local stuff.

Here's the rundown:

01:43 - Shout out to Northern Lights

02:35

Jer and Norris talk Detroit nightlife nostalgia and a viral TGI Fridays "club" promo, a wild DDOT discipline case, where auto trends are really heading in 2026, and Jer's feature in Hour Detroit on

Detroit's stories in today's show are on the riverfront, in Corktown, in our startup labs, and even inside a nearly century-old neighborhood theater. From a $71 million defense-tech hub on the

We got a ton of feedback on the Packard Plant project announcement and plans last week, so we sort through it with our thoughts.

Plus, Norris keeps it a buck on people who want Detroit

In this pre-Thanksgiving Daily Detroit episode, host Jer Staes and co-host Norris Howard unpack a rare, candid conversation between Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Rocket Companies founder Dan Gilbert about the future of

Jer and Norris are in with hot takes and hot stories around Metro Detroit!

03:12 - Sweetgreens opening day annoucement

05:32 - Belle Isle news: Zoo to be demolished and the historic Boat House will

Norris and Jer are in... here's the set list of stories around Metro Detroit:

03:35 - General Motors comes in with strong results

08:07 - Hunter House is moving down Woodward

09:13 - Andiamo

The Set List: 01:42 - Norris went to the new club, Ora - and the Detroit Free Press Marathon is this weekend. We also discuss the likely closure of One Mic Comedy Club.

12:24 - Has

Hello and welcome back to your Daily Detroit!

On today's all-local show we talk about everything from the new area code (679) to new retail opening this weekend (Tecovas) to a listener question

Today's an action packed episode of your Daily Detroit, the best all local news and culture podcast in the world that is produced at latitude 42.365191996134264 and longitude -83.0729420582006. 

Since we

What makes it worth it for you to get in the car and head out to somewhere new? What makes a place, whether it's a restaurant, a dog park, an attraction... driveworthy?

We have

One of the ways to address inequality is making sure you have the tools to do it.

In today's episode, we talk about a recent report that Detroit (and other cities) should consider a

Once a month we're going to start answering your questions in an "Office Hours" format with Jer, Norris, and special guests. 

Here are six Detroit-related or project-related questions from you, this

What does downtown Detroit need? What do residents want? How could we encourage more people to live there?

Norris Howard is a native born Detroiter and a current downtown Detroit resident, and between him, listener