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Detroit Beer on the Frontier

Untold Detroit

Release Date: 02/17/2021

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Untold Detroit

Untold Detroit: The Hustle focuses on the long tradition of entrepreneurship in Detroit’s Black community and how the Black economy has evolved in the face of deindustrialization, white flight, and economic hardship since the 1960s. It sheds insight into Detroit’s tumultuous times through interviews with community elders and business leaders like Akosua Barthwell Evans, CEO of the Barthwell Group, Ederique Goudia, owner of In the Business of Food, and A Nzere Kwabena, executive director of LGBT Detroit. Untold Detroit: The Hustle is supported by Bank of America, produced by the...

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Untold Detroit

For a hundred years, Detroiters have been proud to call Northwest Detroit home. From shopping along Grand River to hiking in Rouge Park, Northwest Detroit has something to offer everyone. But as Detroit fell on hard times, so did these neighborhoods. Listen to community developer John George of Detroit Blight Busters, JeNiece Freeman-Holt of Grandmont-Rosedale Development Corporation, and illustrator Sherrie Savage, owner of Naturally ILLustrated share how Northwest Detroit is bouncing back and building for the next generation. John George is the co-founder of Detroit Blight Busters, a...

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Detroit’s westside is home to a rich tapestry of neighborhoods, parks, and dedicated residents.  Here the story of how Westsiders reinvented business districts and recentered community as white flight and suburbanization shuttered businesses and hollowed out neighborhoods. Listen to community elder A Nzere Kwabena, executive director of LGBT Detroit, Nezaa Bandele of the Live6 Alliance, and ceramist M. Kay Willingham, owner of Art in Motion share the story of how the westside has changed since the 1960s and where it is going today. A Nzere Kwabena is the executive director of LGBT...

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Detroit’s Eastside is home to iconic landmarks, historic neighborhoods, and tenacious residents. Hear the story of how residents banded together to keep the Eastside open for business as factories shuttered and businesses moved out. Listen to historian and journalist Ken Coleman, chef and business owner Ederique Goudia, and entrepreneur Ricky Blanding share what makes the Eastside hustle. Ken Coleman is a historian and journalist. A prolific chronicler of Black life in Detroit, he was a senior editor at the Michigan Advance and served as a segment host for American Black Journal on Detroit...

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Woodward Avenue is the heart of Detroit. For generations, Detroiters have shopped along the avenue for everything from essentials to entertainment. But as Detroit declined, so too did Woodward Avenue. In the face of hardship, Detroiters have not given up on Woodward or the communities that line it. To shed insight into what’s happened and what’s happening, we’re joined by historian Jamon Jordan, owner of Black Scroll Network History and Tours and official historian for the City of Detroit, Angeline Lawrence, the former director of Entrepreneurial Education at TechTown Detroit, and Janet...

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Prior to the Great Migration, Detroit’s Black community was relatively small, but vibrant. The mass migration of Southern Blacks to Northern cities remade Detroit. New arrivals from all walks of life arrived in Detroit and together with the city’s Black residents built neighborhoods, businesses, and community. To help us understand how dramatically Detroit changed we’re joined by historian Jamon Jordan, owner of Black Scroll Network History and Tours and official historian for the City of Detroit; historian and journalist Ken Coleman, and Akosua Barthwell Evans, CEO of the Barthwell...

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Detroit is a craft beer leader, so how has the industry evolved since craft beer took off? Hear from current industry insiders Eric Briggeman, Kristy Melquist Smith, Angie Williams, Dave Engbers, and Annette May on current issues in brewing – including diversity, selling out, and seltzers. 

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Big beer has fallen, and the craft brewing renaissance has begun. National heavyweights like Stroh's collapsed, and the last of the German brewing families are no more. This episode traces the roots and rise of the craft brewing - from Detroit to Grand Rapids. Rex Halfpenny, former president of the Michigan Brewers Guild, Angie Williams, president of Fermenta, a women's craft beer collective, Larry Bell, founder of Bell's Brewing; John Linardos, president of Motor City Brewing Works and Scott Graham, curren

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Beer is becoming a big business, and Detroit is thriving. Stroh, Goebel, and Pfieffer rule the brewing scenes. Some brands stayed local, expanded regionally, and even became national brands – but some didn't survive. Learn how they fared against big brands including Budweiser, Miller and Pabst. in the post-prohibition world and hear from beer historian Gregg Smith, John Stroh, and Detroit History Podcast host, Tim Kiska.

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Prohibition is in full swing – the brewing industry is illegal. But, Detroit beer can't be stopped by Prohibition. How did the breweries survive, and how did Detroiters get their precious beer? Listen to Joel Stone, Detroit Historical Society Senior Curator, John Stroh, local beer historian Stephen Johnson, and Detroit historian Tom Klug share how Detroit beer survived Prohibition. 

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A frontier outpost with frontier beer, Detroit was at the far end of French colonization in the New World but making its way to become a beer-centric city. As new immigrant populations came to the city, including English, French, German and Polish, they each brought their unique beer styles to the city. changing its landscape forever.  To help us explore Detroit beer's earliest age, we're joined by Joel Stone, Senior Curator at the Detroit Historical Society, beer historian Steve Johnson, and Detroit historian Tom Klug.

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