Authentically Detroit

By Donna & Orlando

Authentically Detroit is the leading podcast in the city for candid conversations, exchanging progressive ideas, and centering resident perspectives on current events.

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Authentically Detroit episodes:

February 18, 2020 Philanthropy In Black Cities w/Kevin Ryan (Ford Fdn) and Meredith Freeman (Fisher Fdn)
Donna is back! This week we sat down with Kevin Ryan of the Ford Foundation and Meredith Freeman of Fisher Foundation to talk about how philanthropic institutions show up in Black cities like Detroit. Who's at the board table, who is in c-suite, who gets to make the decisions? We asked all of the juicy questions you've always wanted to ask to demystify the philanthropic world.
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1h 28min
February 11, 2020 A "SWEET" Spot in History w/ Kalisha Davis & Andrew Colom
Donna we missed you! This episode Orlando sat down with Kalisha Davis of the Detroit Historical Society and Andrew Colum, filmmaker and principal at Century Partners to talk about how they are collaborating to honor the legacy of Dr. Ossian Sweet this Black History Month!
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February 04, 2020 Two on One with Detroit's Chief Storyteller Eric Thomas
The City of Detroit has a new Chief Storyteller and his name is Eric Thomas!. We spent this episode speaking with our friend Eric talking about his tumultuous journey to finally obtaining his dream job!
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1h 15min
January 29, 2020 Black All Over The World: A Candid Conversation About Transatlantic Exchange! [LIVE EPISODE!]
Authentically Detroit is live at Co.Act Detroit in partnership with Urban Consulate to talk about Orlando's globetrotting experience traveling across the world to Europe as a Marshall Memorial Fellow (MMF) with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He is joined by Yodit Mesfin Johnson, CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work who was also apart of the Detroit Delegation last Fall. Yodit and Orlando share their experiences being recent Fellows with veteran MMF alums Marlowe Stoudamire, Founder of Roster Detroit and Kirk Mayes, CEO of Forgotten Harvest! This conversation is one for the books!
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1h 37min
January 28, 2020 This One Is For Kobe!
This episode we sat down with Gary Anderson, Founder of Plowshares Theatre who just celebrated their 30th organizational anniversary last year and is the only professional African American Theatre company in Michigan. Michael Rafferty, CEO of New Detroit Inc. and Lauren Hood who is the new Program Director also joined us!
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1h 29min
January 21, 2020 Happy MLK Day! Unconstitutional Property Tax Foreclosures In Detroit with Christine MacDonald: Part Two
This is part two of the special episodes dedicated to the property tax foreclosure crisis in Detroit. This episode we sit down with Christine MacDonald of The Detroit News. Christine co-authored a compelling article entitled " Detroit homeowners overtaxed $600 million" and the report "Pay owners who lost homes to "illegal" Detroit foreclosures."
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1h 11min
January 21, 2020 Unconstitutional Property Tax Foreclosures In Detroit with Bernadette Atuahene: Part One
This is part one of two special episodes dedicated to the property tax foreclosure crisis in Detroit. This episode we sit down with the amazing Bernadette Atuahene from the Coalition To End Unconstitutional and Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. She shares her research in Detroit and how she used that research as an impetus to do real intervention work in Detroit and the state of Michigan.
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1h 29min
January 21, 2020 Unconstitutional Property Tax Foreclosures In Detroit with Bernadette Atuahene: Part One
Part 1 of two episodes dedicated to unpacking the Property Tax Foreclosure Crisis in Detroit.
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1h 29min
January 07, 2020 Our Black Stories Told By Our Black Journalists in Our Black City with Candice Fortman, Kat Stafford & Branden Hunter. Happy New Year!
This episode Donna and Orlando sat down with Candice Fortman of Outlier Media, Kat Stafford and Branden Hunter of the Detroit Free Press to talk shop!

Happy Birthday to Candice!
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1h 5min
January 07, 2020 Our Black Stories Told By Our Black Journalists in Our Black City with Candice Fortman, Kat Stafford & Branden Hunter. Happy New Year!
Black Journalists in Detroit Talk About Covering Stories In Their Hometown
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1h 5min

FAQs about Authentically Detroit:

How many episodes does Authentically Detroit have?

The podcast currently has 278 episodes available.

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