Daily Detroit

What an episode. From Donut Kastle to Ladder 4 Wine bar, places to go.

From a DSO season preview with the president of the orchestra to a new octopus on Belle Isle, where to go.

And for a dash of absurdity, we discuss our zombie preparedness level.

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A set of stories today plus a bonus link at the end of the podcast that's business in the front and party in the back.

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Today's feature conversation is with Eric Trytko, who traveled to Vietnam to learn more about emergent electric car maker VinFast.

We take the opportunity to talk more about the wider space and if Eric thinks automakers are going to hit their targets of selling only electric vehicles.

Here's Eric's piece on Fuse: https://fuseautotech.com/blog/speed-scale-intent

Then, I share three quick stories you should know around Detroit today.

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Lots to talk about today, but first we try the new Vernors Black Cherry flavor and put it in cocktails.

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Dr. Paul Thomas from Plum Health Direct Primary Care joins us to talk about:

• What we need to know about Monkeypox;
• The low childhood vaccination rates that leave us vulnerable to the possibility of a measles outbreak
• And the high cost of insulin and what he's doing about it in his practice and what to do about it overall

More: https://www.plumhealthdpc.com/

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Here's an idea: Because of the changing nature of what retail is, the new Gucci store coming to downtown Detroit doesn't have to sell very much directly to be a success.

There's been a lot of talk about downtown Detroit's retail situation as some businesses have closed up shop or left.

But, it looks like it may be part of a bigger shift nationally and internationally around what retail in downtowns is and what kinds of things activate those spaces.

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From very south of Woodward, your Daily Detroit.

Jer chimes in from the road and Devon's at home. We talk about:

Dolly Parton to her Imagination Library book program that serves kids 0-5 in select Detroit zip codes (and parts of the rest of the nation); Plus the Lily Tomlin photo in downtown Seiverville (she's from Detroit, ya know).

As to actual stories, Chroma Detroit had an open house and Devon went.

Wyandotte is apparently making big moves in being a downtown people want to live in; and Northville is permanently shutting down two of their downtown streets for businesses, drinking and dining.

Little studio note: We're doing three episodes next week as we need time to work on the studio and for Jer to get out of the Smokey Mountains.

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The 2022 Michigan primary happened. So what's next? Were we right on our predictions? Where do things go from here? Steve Friess returns to unpack it.

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Shianne's in the studio to talk about the things happening around metro Detroit.

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It's Primary Election Day in Michigan!

Steve Friess is here to help unpack it and make some predictions relevant to Metro Detroit. Then, we'll look back at it later this week and see how we did and what surprises there were in 2022.

• We'll talk about the new 13th District involving Portia Roberson, Adam Hollier, Shri Thanadar and others.
• The race between Andy Levin and Haley Stevens in Oakland County
• As well as the gubernatorial race and how recent events have changed the odds, and some others around the state.

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Steve's latest work for Newsweek: Detroit May Not Elect a Black Person to Congress for First Time in 70 Years - https://www.newsweek.com/detroit-may-not-elect-black-person-congress-first-time-70-years-1729434

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