Daily Detroit

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Where we've been:

01:33 - Trying Dox Grillhouse in St. Clair Shores

Website: https://www.doxgrillhouse.com/

05:42 - Trying Hungry Howie's new Detroit Style Pizza

What to know:

10:05 - Is the Detroit apartment rental market about to collapse? New reporting shows trouble. We discuss and put it in context for the rest of the region as well.

Outlier Media: https://outliermedia.org/detroit-rental-market-multifamily-apartment-buildings-foreclosure/

Detroit News: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2025/09/11/detroit-poverty-rate-rises-highest-number-since-2017-citys-comeback-median-income/86060538007/

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Today, we're talking about the architecture of power in Detroit. We've got Andrew Lapin back with us – he's a journalist whose recent work with 99% Invisible on the Ambassador Bridge really gets into an important story about Detroit. It's a conversation about privatization, about legacy, and how decisions made generations ago are still shaping our lives today.

We're going to be unpacking the historical baggage, the political machinations, and the almost unbelievable story of one family's grip on a vital piece of infrastructure.

To me, it's a cautionary tale, but it's also a story about resilience, about what happens when a city starts to reclaim its narrative.

Link to our studio open house on Saturday, Sept. 20: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-donuts-conviviality-talking-detroit-stuff-studio-open-house-tickets-1681305482959?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Talking everything from Apple store progress, to Michigan budget issues, GM pumping brakes on EVs, Ann Arbor being an AI hub, and Wayne State's new research building.

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We're living in a moment of major transition, of businesses re-imagining themselves and our relationship to technology rapidly evolving.

Today's conversation dives into that complexity with someone on the front lines of that change.

Jose Flores, CEO of Ancor, is an interesting case study.

He took over a traditional automotive supplier and has not only navigated the uncertainties of the market, but redefined the company's role and vision.

We're going to talk about rebranding, AI, leadership, and what it really means to build something lasting in Michigan's ecosystem. This isn't just about a company; it's about the bigger forces reshaping our state and world and how maybe to adapt to change.

01:38 - What is Ancor? Why transition away from being only an automotive supplier?

05:10 - What is data labeling, and why do people pay good money for it?

07:47 - How does a Michigan business owner navigate a dynamic business environment?

10:11 - How does a Michigan employer adapt to incoming AI?

12:08 - What does it mean to know yourself as a business leader?

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The Detroit Lions dropped a terrible performance to open the 2025 NFL Season, losing 27-13 at Lambeau Field.

Should we be worried yet, what needs to be tuned up, and what might be ahead? Fletcher Sharpe joins us to get into the gridiron and help sort it all out.

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What makes it worth it for you to get in the car and head out to somewhere new? What makes a place, whether it's a restaurant, a dog park, an attraction... driveworthy?

We have some suggestions and let you in on what we're working on behind the scenes.

Plus, we want your feedback on what you think makes a place worth going to.

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One of the ways to address inequality is making sure you have the tools to do it.

In today's episode, we talk about a recent report that Detroit (and other cities) should consider a tax on tickets to big sporting events and concerts.

Many other cities do this to raise money that flows from the action downtown to the neighborhoods.

The idea is a huge "maybe" as local sales taxes are prohibited in Michigan, and would need legislation in Lansing to even truly consider. But we're looking at the ways structurally things don't happen here that in other places, they do... and what reforms would be needed to fix things.

We also talk about a visit to the new Saturn Coffee and Norris gets into his dislike of denim for fancier events.

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Ranked Choice Voting — where voters can rank their candidates in order of preference - has been gaining steam in parts of the country.

But in Michigan? Though some local communities have voted to have it, the state's constitution is in the way. That could be changed through the ballot box - if RankMiVote is successful.

The goal would be to give voters more choice, and have elections that more accurately reflect what voters want.

Pat Zabawa, the Executive Director of RankMiVote, stops by to talk about why the time is now for Michigan to move to Ranked Choice Voting, or RCV, and the benefits.

More info: https://rankmivote.org/

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And we're back from the holiday weekend! Fletcher Sharpe is in...

00:29 - Celebrating the Hamtramck Yacht Club Canoe Race Champion Fletcher Sharpe (and Whiskey in the Jar)

06:44 - Lions Packers Game Preview

10:09 - 3 Keys To Tigers Season Success

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If you listened to radio in the 90s and early 2000s, and were into rock music, 89x was a regular stop on the dial.

The blast of nostalgia of them coming back after a time as a country radio FM station on the air this week felt good as a pair of Millenials (one, an elder, on the cusp of Gen X).

So we get into our favorite memories, local Detroit bands they played - from those more well known like Sponge and the veritable one-hit wonders, Charm Farm. 89x was always a platform for local music, seemingly to play more than other spots.

Plus, the DJs, the Canadian Exports. All of it. And our first CDs we ever bought.

Plus - Jer and Devon both went to the new Alo and have thoughts, plus the new Lunch at Olin in Downtown Detroit in our regular "Where we've been" segment, highlighting places we've actually tried or visited.

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