February 22, 2018
PODCAST: How Indianapolis funded transit, became an Amazon finalist
If you listened to our recent episode on Amazon’s snub of Detroit (and you totally should), you’ll recall that several...
Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast
February 13, 2018
LISTEN: Melody Baetens discusses Paczki Bombs, Detroit restaurants and roll-and-roll
Melody Baetens is a woman of many hats. By day, she covers entertainment and restaurants for The Detroit News. By...
February 1, 2018
LISTEN: Will a new regional transit proposal make the ballot in 2018 in Detroit?
Last night we attended the annual meeting of the advocacy group Transit Riders United, where the fate of the Regional...
January 24, 2018
PODCAST: Detroit missed out on Amazon HQ2. What does that tell us?
I last wrote here about why it’s perfectly OK that Amazon didn’t pick the Detroit-Windsor bid for its list of...
January 7, 2018
PODCAST: Clearing the smoke from Michigan’s fast-changing medical marijuana industry
There have been a lot of changes recently in Michigan’s nearly decade-old medical marijuana industry. The Legislature passed new laws...
December 27, 2017
PODCAST: Construction chief Todd Sachse talks Detroit development, past, present and future
As the founder and CEO of Sachse Construction, Todd Sachse has been involved in many of Detroit’s biggest development projects...
December 12, 2017
8-Wood Blog stars in new Daily Detroit video about redeveloping I-375
After writing about the state’s proposal to redevelop I-375 in Detroit as a surface-level boulevard, I partnered with my podcast...
November 25, 2017
PODCAST: The future of Michigan’s auto industry with MICHauto chief Glenn Stevens
While I spend a lot of time on this blog advocating for more urban, pedestrian-oriented development, there’s no denying that...
October 29, 2017
PODCAST: Talkin’ beats with the ‘Godmother of House,’ Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale has been making house music out of Detroit since the 1980s, when the city was better known...
October 10, 2017
PODCAST: Detroit Hispanic Media partnership aims to find ‘strength in numbers’
The Detroit area’s Hispanic population is growing and now numbers an estimated 280,000 residents. It’s been riven by fear in...
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