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Jer Staes
🎧Michigan politicscivic affairs

Michigan's Blue Election Wave (ft. Steve Friess)

A big blue wave swept over Michigan this 2022 midterm election with big wins by Gretchen Whitmer and most all the way down the ballot to reproductive rights and the for the state legislature for the first time in four decades. We dive in with Steve Friess. 01:11 Michigan’s blue wave, and surprisingly the nation is much more moderate than many pundits expected. 03:35 Governor Gretchen Whitmer beats Tudor Dixon by about the same amount she defeated Bill Schuette. 05:37 Breaking down the newly d...

Jer Staes
🎧Detroit developmentUrbanism

Putting The "City" Back In The Motor City By Supporting Small Developers w/ Brian Mulloy

Our deep-dive conversation is with Brian Mulloy. He’s doing small-scale development in the city of Detroit through his Ballet Real Estate, but with a focus on building restoration and urban spaces. His transformation of a building at Bagley and Trumbull (and subsequent development of a property few thought could be built on it behind it) not only has caught attention for its looks but the amount of hassle he had to go through to get it done. So how can Detroit support smaller devel...

Jer Staes
🎧Best ofRoman Mars

Roman Mars Helps Us Discover The 99% Invisible City

If you’re a listener to this show, you may have caught on that one of the reasons we’re here is a love of places. Specifically our places. The Detroit tri-county area includes, well, three counties, made up of more than 130 cities, townships and villages. And yes, even part of a ghost town. You could zoom in again and see countless neighborhoods and block clubs and associations – all the way down to the street you see out your window. In these places, there are stories wherever you loo...

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Jer Staes
Paul RiserMotown🎧

Legendary Motown Funk Brother Paul Riser On Playing With Stevie Wonder & How The Music Biz Has Changed

Paul Riser has played trombone, wrote songs and arranged music with some of the biggest names in popular music. As a member of the fabled “Funk Brothers,” the mostly anonymous house band for Motown Records during its heyday, he worked with the likes of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Supremes and Smokey Robinson. Riser will appear at the Detroit Institute of Music Education on Friday, Feb. 8 2019 from 1-3 p.m., 1265 Griswold, for a “Paul Riser Masterclass” on lessons learned from his in...

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