313 or 679 Area Code? // Should WSU Have More Housing? // Skyscraper Auction // Pro/Rel USL (and more)
Release Date: 03/20/2025
Why Mary Sheffield wants to be Mayor of Detroit
Daily Detroit
In the third in our series of conversations with candidates for Mayor of the City of Detroit, I sit down with current Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield on a number of issues from entrepreneurship to transit to much more. So you know, my plan and hope is to talk with every candidate at least once ahead of the primary about the important things facing the city in the next few years, to help you make the best choice. A lightly edited transcript is to come on our website. As always, if you have questions, feedback or ideas, dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or leave a...
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Your Michigan Central questions, Let's make transit work (and Go Pistons!)
Daily Detroit
Devon, Norris, and Jer respond to your listener feedback on recent stories - specifically around Michigan Central seeming to be very quiet, and the prospects for improved transit in the city and area - and get hyped about the Tigers and Pistons. Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: Or sign up for our newsletter:
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Two old friends go down memory lane about Metro Detroit
Daily Detroit
Pull up a chair, and listen to two old friends talk about Metro Detroit. I recently was a guest on the IT in the D podcast a bit back with Bob Waltenspiel. As always, we don’t agree on everything - but we’ve known each other through the podcasting world for many years. Bob, through IT in the D events, they’ve gotten countless people jobs; thrown a bunch of networking events, and more. He went to Wayne State in Detroit, is often in the city and works in the city.. but lives in the suburbs. His podcast, IT in the D, has been on the virtual air pretty much weekly for...
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Scoop vs. Scoop: Hudsonville Ice Cream, Ranked
Daily Detroit
Shianne, Randy and Jer sit down at the studio at TechTown and rank Michigan-made Hudsonville Ice Cream flavors against eachother to decide which flavor reigns supreme in our very unofficial taste test. The entrants: Traverse City Cherry Fudge, Brownie Batter Cookie Dough, Mint Deer Traxx, Tropical Twist, Coffee Chip, and Peach Cobbler. Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot com and 313-789-3211, leave us a voicemail for the podcast Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: Or sign up for our newsletter:
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Can Small Businesses Survive the Squeeze? (ft. Joe Hakim)
Daily Detroit
There's a story we often tell ourselves about the American economy, particularly when we talk about trade, manufacturing, and small business. It is often simplified in political debates – one focused on bringing jobs back, on buying American, on protecting local industries through measures like tariffs. But the reality, as lived by the people actually making things, sourcing ingredients, and meeting payroll, is often far more complex, tangled in global supply chains and buffeted by forces far beyond their control. Homes, families, and livelihoods are at stake while people up top seem to be...
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Superstitious sign? Downtown plan scales back, and a new bagel spot
Daily Detroit
A superstitious sign tied to the Tigers re-appears in Corktown, a major downtown Detroit development plan scales way back, and a new bagel spot is coming to Core City. More show notes to come. Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: Or sign up for our newsletter:
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Tuning In to Healing: Meet Passenger Recovery Radio
Daily Detroit
Creative communities, on one hand, offer spaces for connection, self-expression, and profound meaning-making – all awesome things. But on the other, particularly in scenes built around music and nightlife, they can become entwined with cultures of substance use, creating environments that are difficult, even dangerous, for those navigating addiction or seeking recovery. So how do you build support within those communities? How can the very tools of culture – the music, the art, the shared experience – become instruments of healing and connection for those who need it most? And can you...
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Some good news
Daily Detroit
On today's show, we talk about what makes a great comedy night on Detroit's west side, to the Pistons making the playoffs — to Daily Detroit over the weekend being the top local daily news podcast in America on Apple. Feedback as always - dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot com and 313-789-3211, leave us a voicemail for the podcast. Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: Or sign up for our newsletter:
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Let's talk about the Hands Off protests in Detroit
Daily Detroit
Locally, the Hands Off protests filled the sidewalks of Woodward Avenue with thousands of people, running from the DIA to Little Caesars Arena and back on Saturday, April 5. They also popped up across Metro Detroit - from Ferndale to Wyandotte - and in many cities across the country. Not only did we go, we talked to people on the streets of Detroit. We discuss the wider things that are happening that are directly impacting Metro Detroit, Michigan and the nation at this crucial time. We get into some thorny issues: Why a lot of Black people are sitting out of protests in general, to...
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We're Gonna Need One Another
Daily Detroit
On today's show... Where we've been: Sepia Coffee and Four Vagabonds Responding to listener feedback and sobering talk on the reality of big projects that need Federal money like transit, rail, and more the next few years How things do not feel stable in the wider world and we're gonna need one another more than ever Why Devon is glad the Lions practice facility is staying in Allen Park (well, mostly Dearborn) Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Find us on Apple Podcasts: Or sign up for our newsletter:
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New Area Code: 679 is getting added to the City of Detroit and nearby suburbs in Wayne County due to the exhaustion of numbers in the 313 code.
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Ren Cen Tower Auction Price: Turns out neither of us had the coin for the $9 million price tag on the 21-story tower off to the side of the Renaissance Center. More: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/renaissance-center-600-tower-lands-92m-high-bid-auction
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Wayne State Housing: Jer discusses an article in the Free Press that highlights that very few of the Wayne State students live on campus. Norris and Jer discuss that having a large student population in midtown would vitalize that area of the city and further contribute to the culture in the city. More: https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2025/03/18/wayne-state-students-commute-for-a-mix-of-campus-city-life/82310609007/
- America's Best Pizza Cities: According to one list, Detroit is not number one. Rochester, New York is at the top of a recent list. Detroit should be higher, emphasizing the city’s unique square pizza and the fact that several national chains originated in the area.
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Soccer: Detroit City FC is having a good season and the United Soccer League (USL) is considering a promotion and relegation system.
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DCFC is looking to raise $10 million.
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USL approved a promotion and relegation system. It needs approval from US Soccer (the Federation).
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Jer and Norris discuss how all of this could improve and give opportunities to the City of Detroit.
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Jer notes the Brownfield credits have been approved.
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Schedule Change Announcement: The Daily Detroit show will be switching from a 5 day per week format to 4 days per week format. To make the show better, but also give a measure of balance back to the production crew.
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