Episodios

  • How do you teach positive masculinity to boys?

    How do you teach positive masculinity to boys?
    Jul 25 2024
    Today on "The Metro," author Ruth Whippman joins the show to discuss her new book: “Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the age of impossible masculinity.” We also discuss Kronk Boxing Gym's history in Detroit and connection to the Olympics with Chief Operating Officer John Lepak and Former Professional Boxer Tarick Salmaci.
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  • New historic marker remembers the Algiers Motel, Detroit Rebellion of 1967

    New historic marker remembers the Algiers Motel, Detroit Rebellion of 1967
    Jul 24 2024
    Today on "The Metro," we talk to civil rights historian Danielle McGuire about a new historic marker remembering police brutality at the Algiers Motel and Detroit Rebellion of 1967. We also learn about the new documentary "Detroit’s Olympic Uprising" from writer Silke Weineck and director Stefan Szymanski.
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  • Inaugural HBCU Student Film Festival is coming to Detroit

    Inaugural HBCU Student Film Festival is coming to Detroit
    Jul 23 2024
    Today on "The Metro," we’re joined by Rochelle Riley, director of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship, to discuss the first ever HBCU student film festival coming to Detroit next month. Also on the show, Detroit Horse Power Founder and Executive Director David Silver joins to discuss a new equestrian center they’ll be breaking ground on.
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  • How Michigan's insurance reform laws failed to protect Detroit drivers

    How Michigan's insurance reform laws failed to protect Detroit drivers
    Jul 22 2024
    A recent report by The Markup and Outlier Media found that the average cost of auto insurance in Detroit is $5,300 a year — more than any other big city in the country. State reforms were supposed to bring relief by prohibiting insurers from considering certain factors — like zip codes — when setting rates. However, the investigation shows just how little the reforms did to stop insurers from using where people live to set their rates. To discuss this, Outlier reporter Koby Levin and Melissa Love, a Detroiter who’s been paying through the nose for auto insurance, both join "The Metro."
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  • The Metro: Hoopfest takes over Northwest Goldberg

    The Metro: Hoopfest takes over Northwest Goldberg
    Jul 19 2024
    The second annual Hoopfest celebration kicks off Friday in Detroit's Northwest Goldberg neighborhood. Daniel Washington, executive director and founder of Northwest Goldberg Cares, joins "The Metro" to share more about the three-day community event. Also, Tammy Black, founder of the Manistique Community Treehouse in Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood, joins the show to discuss her goal of creating more community spaces.
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  • Concert of Colors festival wants 'peace, love and understanding'

    Concert of Colors festival wants 'peace, love and understanding'
    Jul 18 2024
    Concert of Colors founder and WDET's "This Island Earth" host Ismael Ahmed joins "The Metro" to discuss details about the long-running Detroit festival and the meaning behind this year's theme. Ahmed also shared positive news about the future of the festival related to funding.
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  • Jazz concert at the Aretha to pay tribute to Ed Love

    Jazz concert at the Aretha to pay tribute to Ed Love
    Jul 17 2024
    On this episode of "The Metro," legendary jazz radio personality and host of WDET's "Destination Jazz," Ed Love, joined the show to reflect on his career ahead of the July 24 tribute show at The Aretha headlined by Cassandra Wilson.
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  • New Black-owned beauty supplier is 'breaking barriers'

    New Black-owned beauty supplier is 'breaking barriers'
    Jul 16 2024
    Though Detroit — a majority Black city — is known to many as the "hair capital of the world," there are few Black-owned beauty suppliers in Detroit proper. Ariell “Ari” Jones — a native Detroiter and the founder of Ari Party Hair — wants to change that. She joins "The Metro" to share more about her new brick and mortar business coming to Detroit's Dexter/Davison neighborhood. Also, Detroit Golf Club President Michael Pricer joins the show to discuss a $16 million renovation at the club.
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