Created Equal

Host of CBC Radio’s The National and Cross Country Checkup Ian Hanomansing, joins Created Equal ahead of his live call-in special broadcasting from WDET on Sunday, Oct. 20, to discuss how Canadian politics are changing and how they mirror those in the United States.

Jeremy Hobson, host of NPR's "The Middle," joined the show to discuss the geographical, economic and political characteristics of the American Middle and its impact on national politics overall. Hobson will join Ian Hanomansing, co-host of CBC Radio’s Cross-Country Check-Up, at WDET Studios this Sunday for a special international call-in version of Cross Country Check Up and The Middle.

Preacher Jim Wallis, author of “The False White Gospel,” joins the show to talk about why Christian values are at odds with White Christian nationalism in the United States. 

Dennis Darnoi, founder of political consulting firm Densar Consulting, and Michigan Public Political Director Zoe Clark join the show to break down the final debate between Michigan U.S. Senate candidates U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

Today on Created Equal, we share highlights from this week's episodes, including reflections on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and the Arab American diaspora; neighborhoods in Detroit starting community land trusts and more.

Neighborhoods across Detroit are starting community land trusts; nonprofits run by community members that own property in the area. Jerry Hebron, executive director of the Detroit Cultivator Community Land Trust in Detroit's North End neighborhood; and Mark Bennett, staff attorney at the Detroit Justice Center, joined Created Equal to explain how community land trusts work and what they might do for Detroiters. 

One year since the Hamas attack that killed over 1,200 Israelis, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in Gaza, countless more displaced and injured. More than 1,000 Lebanese have been killed in escalating war. James Zogby from the Arab American Institute and Diana Abouali from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn join Stephen Henderson to reflect on how a year of war in Gaza and now Lebanon is affecting Arab Americans.

Exactly one year ago, more than 1,200 Israelis were killed by forces of the terrorist organization Hamas, and more than 200 were taken hostage into Gaza. Metro Detroit is home to a large and flourishing Jewish community that is still trying to make sense of what happened last October and the ongoing violence and growing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. Today on Created Equal, Downtown Synagogue Rabbi Ariana Silverman and David Kurzmann from Jewish Federation of Detroit join the show to share their thoughts and reflections a year after the Hamas attack on Israel.

Today on Created Equal, we share highlights from this week's episodes, including a dive into Detroiter Alice Randall’s new memoir, “My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future”; Ford’s “BlueOval City” electric vehicle manufacturing complex in Tennessee and more.

JD Vance and Tim Walz squared off on Tuesday in what will likely be the last debate of the 2024 presidential election. It was surprisingly substantive and civil, but how do you judge a candidate’s performance? Ronald Stevenson, a professor of forensic debate at Wayne State University, and political strategist Dennis Darnoi join Created Equal to discuss how formal debates are won and whether political debates are judged in the same way.