GM's "Google Years" of Designers Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell
Release Date: 04/16/2015
Lynn Eads--Online Parenting Coach and Author
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Author Lynn Eads, featured in the new book The Truth About Success (on Amazon) shares her experiences as a mom, grandma, nanny and entrepreneur--including her parenting-lessons and general life-lessons featured on her website www.learnwithlynne.com. Topics include the importance of failure, having a business plan, when to let go and synergizing income streams.
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WandaVision Roundtable
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The phenomenon of WandaVision is explored along with the magic of 5 decades of sit-coms and the nostalgia of anticipation in the days before streaming and binging.
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The Cinema of Hamilton with Cinematographer Declan Quinn
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We visit the Hamilton movie's acclaimed cinematographer Declan Quinn—whose career has spanned now five decades with such memorable work as director of photography for major films such as Leaving Las Vegas, In America, Vanity Fair and Monsoon Wedding along with David Lettermans’ Netflix series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”.
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20 Years of Arizona Charter Schools
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Kevin Walsh hosts David Wells, Ph.D, co-founder of the non-partisan research group The Grand Canyon Institute who co-authored with Curtis Cardine Following the Money: Twenty Years of Charter School Finances in Arizona the first of three reports which reveals that up to 77 percent of Arizona’s charter school holders use their state taxpayer funds for potentially questionable financial transactions.
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Detroit Blues Society
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Join Digging Detroit host Pete Kalinski from Royal Oak's Boo's Music Bistro inside Mr. B's Restaurant as he welcomes two of the city's foremost fans and promoters of Detroit's legendary blues legacy--President of the , Steve Soviak and Vice President Tom McNab. It's first meeting in 1985 began a multi-decade of transformations to increase public interest in the Society. Large-scale events included a number of indoor and outdoor concerts and school workshops. Increased membership and a more organized approach allowed the Society to embark on special projects. Educational...
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Archivist Round 2 with Digging Detroit
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Tune in to our latest podcast, another Archivist's Roundup as we visit with four archivists and historians about Detroit's rich and varied Jewish history. The archivists share how they collect and preserve the stories of Detroit's Jewish community and also how they help connect today's generation with their heritage. ...
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Fascinating Women of Michigan History - 2 of 2
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In this second of 2 episodes featuring fascinating women of Michigan history, Digging Detroit host Thomas J. Reed, Jr. is joined by Samantha Lawrence, Sabrina Nelson, Emily B. Corwin and Bailey Sisoy Isgro–each sharing their favorite women of Michigan history–ranging from a supreme court justice, a surgeon, an artist to a brothel-owner.
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Fascinating Women of Michigan History - 1 of 2
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In this first of 2 episodes featuring fascinating women of Michigan history, Digging Detroit host Thomas J. Reed, Jr. is joined by Samantha Lawrence, Sabrina Nelson, Emily B. Corwin and Bailey Sisoy Isgro--each sharing their favorite women of Michigan history--ranging from a supreme court justice, a surgeon, an artist to a brothel-owner.
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Detroit in WWII - Author Gregory Sumner
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A look inside the "Arsenal of Democracy" as Professor Gregory Sumner of University of Detroit Mercy joins Digging Detroit's Thomas J. Reed Jr. and ' Bailey Sisoy Isgro at Detroit's historic . Sumner previews his upcoming book-signing, Detroit in WWII, at Abick's on November 10, 2015. ...
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Playwright Frank Anthony Polito and B.F.s!
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Playwright Frank Anthony Polito shares his journey from blue collar Hazel Park Michigan to New York's theater scene, then back again, nearly 20 years later with a drama about his teenage years with his best friend--both discovering they are gay in the late 1980s. For two more weekends--through October 4th, audiences can share this remarkable show in Hazel Park at the the Slipstream Theatre Initiative's production of "B.F.s!" (. Topics include: Frank's journey home Writing a play (from an original novel) Basing characters on real people--and merging them...
info_outlineKen Pickering, GM's retired Executive Director, Engineering and Design Services, joins Digging Detroit's Kevin Walsh and Pete Kalinski to discuss his career in the exciting years of design in the 1950s and beyond.
- Moving from western Pennsylvania to WWII to GM
- Hard work combined with some great breaks
- Harley Earl & Bill Mitchell
- How long a car takes from design to production
- Women in design via Harley Earl
- The Corvette SR2 created in 5 weeks for Earl’s son
- Henry Ford, Willow Run and the Arsenal of Democracy
- Motorama—Harley Earl’s Manhattan Runway
- Man’s love-affair with cars
- David Temple's new book Motorama: GM's Legendary Show & Concept Cars