Daily Detroit

Detroit lays claim to a rich musical legacy going back decades, including Motown Records, a vibrant jazz scene, techno music and more than one generation of booty-shaking garage rock. But it's been a while since it was home to an actual music magazine.

That's changing with the debut of Maggot Brain, a new full-color quarterly print magazine launched by Third Man Records. That's the retailer, record press and label founded by Jack White. We speak with the magazine's editor and longtime music writer, Mike McGonigal.

You can subscribe here or pick it up at a variety of local stores.

ALSO:

Turns out no permits were issued for a piece of Detroit riverfront that collapsed into the waterway. More here.

And Kermit the Frog is going back on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts after a long hiatus. We have all the green details.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Although the show will always be free, our members help make it available for everyone else. Become a member on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

New research is out that ties economic issues can tie to health issues, specifically when it comes to auto plant closures.

On today's show, we speak to Dr. Atheendar Venkataramani from The University Of Pennsylvania. He joins Jer to talk about the study by him and his colleagues in The Journal Of The American Medical Association, there were a stunning 85 percent more deaths related to opioids in communities where automotive factories closed.

Then, two more stories you should know about:

An update on more ooze - this time found in the City Of Detroit.

And another large project in the area is being scaled back due to skyrocketing construction costs.

Don't forget we're in all your favorite podcast apps, including:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Become a member on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Happy Friday! On today's show:

• The Detroit News has a new report out that says that many City of Detroit homeowners have been overcharged at least $3,700 a year in property taxes since 2010. Find the story here.
• Could the Federal Government take over the United Auto Workers? According to U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider, it's a possibility.
• Pier One is downsizing, and it looks like its location on Woodward is on the chopping block.
• Bottom Line Coffeehouse has set up a GoFundMe appeal to help raise money to reopen the Midtown coffee shop.
• Illinois based Cooper's Hawk is opening in Troy this spring. It will be its third location in Michigan.
• A new Chic-Fil-A opened in Allen Park on Thursday. People lined up around the restaurant and down the street to get chicken sandwiches and lemonade.
• Up in Birmingham Hazel, Ravine's and Downtown will be rolling out a new pop-up later this month. Hazel's Crab Trap will celebrate all things crab from January 21 through February 16.
• In Eastern Market News, Mike's Coney Island has closed and one of the loft's in the former Detroit Fire Department building is asking for $470K.
• The Kroger in Milford is open again after having an extensive renovation.
• And Randy Walker shares some of the new restaurants and places that he's looking forward to trying this year.

Don't forget we're in all your favorite podcast apps, including:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Although the show will always be free, our members help make it available for everyone else. Become a member on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

On today's show, we're talking with Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller about that green ooze on I-696 and how it impacts neighbors, as well a questions about if sites in Metro Detroit haven't been properly cleaned up, and, despite the city and county boundaries you see on a map, how we're all, quite literally, connected.

If you don't know Miller, before this role, the St. Clair Shores native has had a long history of elected service.

The Republican has been Michigan Secretary of State, Macomb County Treasurer, Harrison Township Supervisor and a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Also on the show:

Updates on other sites owned by Gary Sayers, the owner of the shuttered Electro Plating in Madison Heights. Stories mentioned on Channel 4 here about a Detroit location and on WXYZ here in regard to Sanilac, including one about a mom and a 13-year-old possibly cleaning up the stuff in Detroit.

The City of Detroit is expanding its taxpayer assistance program to help keep low-income Detroiters in their homes. They say the program has already helped more than 7,600 homeowners. This round, depending on income levels, would exempt 25% of the taxes. Here's a link to apply.

And we have details on the new commuter Detroit to Ann Arbor bus route that aims to have a pilot going this year.

Don't forget we're in all your favorite podcast apps, including:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Although the show will always be free, our members help make it available for everyone else. Become a member on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Today's episode is about a condition that has stayed in the shadows, and a filmmaker looking to bring it into the light.

Hidradenitis Suppurtiva Foundation - or HS for short - is one of the most severe conditions in dermatology, according to the HS Foundation.

HS is also known in the European areas as Acne Inversa (AI), and is a chronic, non-contagious, painful and quality of life-impacting skin disease that causes boils to form in the folds of the skin, and can cause tunneling wounds.

Because of its physical scarring, it's often not talked about and hidden. However, HS is not rare. Somewhere between 1% and 4% of the population have it, with it impacting more African American women than other subgroups.

Many doctors don't know how to deal with it or misdiagnose it.

Joining us in the studio is Jasmine Ivanna Espy, a filmmaker from Detroit who has directed a new piece involving her story and others, "My Gold Lining, A Documentary on Hidradenitis Suppurativa."

Although the event has solid out, it is being shown this Friday at the Next Wave Media Film Lab in Troy. Go here to RSVP and find out more information.

On today's episode, we wrap up 2019 auto sales with Michelle Krebs, executive analyst at Autotrader. The industry finished the year above 17 million cars and trucks for the fifth straight year, the first time it's ever gone that long above that number. We go over results at each of the Detroit automakers, including surprising troubles for some of Ford's popular SUVs and how Ram trucks have leapfrogged the Chevy Silverado in popularity.

Then, we talk recycling. The city of Detroit just got grants from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit, to expand curbside recycling and recycling education. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to boost Michigan's abysmally low 15% recycling rate. We discuss.

Also we check in with sports correspondent Fletcher Sharpe to discuss a few big storylines with the ailing Pistons, including what Blake Griffin's season-ending injury means and how likely it is that Detroit actually trades Andre Drummond.

Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you're hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.

Here's what to know and where to go around Southeast Michigan:

An update on the green ooze that spilled onto I-696 just east of I-75 in Madison Heights

Target is the target of thieves, with four stores getting hit in total in the region

Vinsetta Garage is getting their long-awaited parking lot out back, and neighbors are none too happy. (Go read more here) could there have been a better solution? Maybe in a different region.

Bistro 82 in downtown Royal Oak is closing. That part of town has been taking it on the chin as far as closures as of late.

Cleanup of a petroleum spill or dump continues at the Red Run Drain. 75-100 gallons of possible gasoline was spilled into the water system on Friday.

Novi joins Dearborn, Eastpointe, Ferndale, Oak Park, Roseville and Southfield in being certified "Redevelopment Ready"

Little Caesars now offers delivery through their app. Kinda crazy the third largest pizza chain in the country didn't deliver.

Better Made has a new flavor of popcorn - Jalapeno cheddar.

And, there's a Star Wars-themed skate in downtown Farmington this weekend at Riley Park Ice Arena. Details here.

Like the show? Tell a friend! We're on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

And if you love the show and can spare it, consider becoming a member on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Today's episode is from the vault in April.

The automobile is synonymous with Detroit. It is, after all, the Motor City.

But what if there was a different way forward than a vehicle for every man, woman and even sometimes, child?

What if instead of a half hour at the gym then a half hour in your car, you could bike or walk and get to where you're going?

Or, like here in Michigan, get around without paying the highest car insurance in the nation?

It seems like crazy talk, I know. But it's a growing movement in car-dominated America, and here in Metro Detroit. Both the city and some suburbs are making improvements aimed at making more walkable and bikeable neighborhoods.

Our guest today is Doug Gordon. He's a co-host of The War On Cars podcast and a long time advocate of safe streets — think bike and pedestrian safety. I'd add that Gordon pushes for city life that actually experiences the city you live in instead of whizzing past it at 70 miles an hour.

Thanks for listening! The Daily Detroit podcast is everywhere fine podcasts are found.

On Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9?si=U6qjJ6_mQG2yY43pH5EUMQ

Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

On today's episode, we hit the vault to re-tell a story originally aired in May.

We're taking a look at a company that's making high-end leather goods right here in the city of Detroit, putting Detroiters and veterans to work.

We're talking about Pingree Detroit, based just about a block away from the well-known Shinola. Pingree is a worker-owned company formed as an L3C — a special type of company that puts both the bottom line and the social mission of the company first.

And when there are profits, 77 cents of every dollar is shared with the workers.

Pingree just made their 100th pair of Mayor sneakers. Why Mayor? Because the company is named after shoemaker and former Detroit mayor and Michigan governor Hazen S. Pingree.

Considered Detroit's best mayor, he has a fascinating back story.

But back to the present day. The company is based out of an old Albert Kahn bank building, and that's where we met Pingree Detroit founder Jarret Schlaff.

Pingree founder Jarret Schlaff and our Sven Gustafson toured the facility and talked about the project, the sacrifices made to create a worker-first company, the ups and downs of business and the optimistic view Jarret has for the future.

The company was founded after meeting jobless veterans in the city.

On Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9?si=U6qjJ6_mQG2yY43pH5EUMQ

Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Happy New Year!

On today's show:

Yes, it looks like we're getting a Robocop statue in 2020. Here's more: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imaginationstation/detroit-needs-a-statue-of-robocop/posts/2721312

Dilla's Delights is raising money to move and keep open: https://www.gofundme.com/f/preserving-the-donut-shop

And, we visit one of your most listened to episodes, our mini documentary about the change and transformation of Capitol Park in Downtown Detroit.

Like what we're doing and feeling generous? Become a member! Just a few bucks a month really makes a difference. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Or tell a friend about the show.

On Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9?si=U6qjJ6_mQG2yY43pH5EUMQ