Shianne, Randy and Jer sit down at the studio at TechTown and rank Michigan-made Hudsonville Ice Cream flavors against eachother to decide which flavor reigns supreme in our very unofficial taste test.

The entrants: Traverse City Cherry Fudge, Brownie Batter Cookie Dough, Mint Deer Traxx, Tropical Twist, Coffee Chip, and Peach Cobbler.

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There's a story we often tell ourselves about the American economy, particularly when we talk about trade, manufacturing, and small business.

It is often simplified in political debates – one focused on bringing jobs back, on buying American, on protecting local industries through measures like tariffs.

But the reality, as lived by the people actually making things, sourcing ingredients, and meeting payroll, is often far more complex, tangled in global supply chains and buffeted by forces far beyond their control.

Homes, families, and livelihoods are at stake while people up top seem to be posting through it.

What does it really mean when tariffs are threatened, implemented, and changed creating uncertainty? How does a third-generation bakery navigate sourcing ingredients like chocolate, which simply isn't grown commercially in the US, or finding replacement parts for specialized European machinery?

What happens to prices, to cash flow, to the viability of a beloved local business when costs for everything from healthcare to shipping surge, and it feels like the people in elected office only care about the biggest, billionaire businesses?

My guest today, Joe Hakim, is the General Manager of Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery, a long-standing institution in the Detroit area.

And he's been doing something relatively unusual: using social media to be remarkably transparent about the granular, often frustrating, day-to-day realities of running his business while dealing with these pressures.

This isn't abstract economic theory for Joe. This is real life.

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A superstitious sign tied to the Tigers re-appears in Corktown, a major downtown Detroit development plan scales way back, and a new bagel spot is coming to Core City.

More show notes to come.

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Creative communities, on one hand, offer spaces for connection, self-expression, and profound meaning-making – all awesome things.

But on the other, particularly in scenes built around music and nightlife, they can become entwined with cultures of substance use, creating environments that are difficult, even dangerous, for those navigating addiction or seeking recovery.

So how do you build support within those communities? How can the very tools of culture – the music, the art, the shared experience – become instruments of healing and connection for those who need it most? And can you create spaces that are genuinely welcoming, that meet people where they are, without demanding they leave behind what shapes their identities?

On your Daily Detroit for Wednesday, April 9th, 2025…. My guests today are wrestling with these questions, not in theory, but through practice, on the ground in Hamtramck, Michigan – a dense, diverse city within Metro Detroit known for decades as a center of music and culture. 

Joining me are Christopher Tait, the founder and director of Passenger Recovery and a longtime musician, and Joshua Lange, the station manager for their community radio station, WHCK, have built something unique. Passenger Recovery started by supporting musicians trying to stay sober but has grown into a broader community recovery organization that uses music and the arts as pathways to support.

Their radio station is, in many ways, an audible extension of that mission – creating community, reducing stigma, and offering resources over the digital airwaves.

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On today's show, we talk about what makes a great comedy night on Detroit's west side, to the Pistons making the playoffs — to Daily Detroit over the weekend being the top local daily news podcast in America on Apple. 

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Locally, the Hands Off protests filled the sidewalks of Woodward Avenue with thousands of people, running from the DIA to Little Caesars Arena and back on Saturday, April 5. They also popped up across Metro Detroit - from Ferndale to Wyandotte - and in many cities across the country.

Not only did we go, we talked to people on the streets of Detroit. We discuss the wider things that are happening that are directly impacting Metro Detroit, Michigan and the nation at this crucial time.

We get into some thorny issues: Why a lot of Black people are sitting out of protests in general, to generational differences around hope, to what's at stake in a greater sense. 

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On today's show...

• Where we've been: Sepia Coffee and Four Vagabonds
• Responding to listener feedback and sobering talk on the reality of big projects that need Federal money like transit, rail, and more the next few years
• How things do not feel stable in the wider world and we're gonna need one another more than ever
•  Why Devon is glad the Lions practice facility is staying in Allen Park (well, mostly Dearborn)

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Norris Howard is in as we talk three interesting stories around metro Detroit:

• Ground officially broke on a project that will reimagine Greektown's streetscape in Detroit
• Warren approved an ordinance without limits on the number of Marijuana dispensaries, we discuss 
• And we get into Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's final state of the city address, a vision for the RenCen and Riverfront, and a personal story on why home values going up means so much to Detroit residents. Duggan is also a master Powerpoint user.

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Today begins our monthly series highlighting the best and most interesting things to do around Metro Detroit. 

From parties to clean-ups to to puppy yoga, we're committing to be your guide to the best Detroit and our region has to offer.

So enjoy the listen with Jer and Fletcher, and we'll have a full text version in our newsletter.

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On today's show, I sit down with Francis Grunow, the guy behind the Greater Detroit Windsor Project.

We dive deep into thinking about a bigger future for our area – not just the city, not just the suburbs, but the whole metro region including our neighbors across the river in Windsor.

Francis challenges us to ask "Why not?" Why do we sometimes limit our own thinking about what's possible here? How do we build a future where the entire region thrives?

When you look down on Metro Detroit and Windsor from space at night — you don't see city limit lines, you just see clusters of light where people live and work — showing how interconnected we really are, even if we don't always act like it day-to-day.

We talk about how we often get stuck in our own bubbles (city vs. suburb, or even suburb vs. suburb) but how things like the economy, history, and family ties link us all together.

Francis argues that if we can embrace this connection and start dreaming bigger together, we can unlock huge potential for everyone. His Greater Detroit Windsor Project is all about sparking that conversation, gathering info with a regional view, and getting people to imagine a more connected and ambitious future.

It's a really thought-provoking chat about shifting perspective and building a better future for all of us in the Greater Detroit Windsor area.

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