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Please click on this week’s “Small Talk with Mark S. Lee” podcast link as we discuss new tools for educators and students for the upcoming school year, a program focused on helping professionals become educators and to entrepreneurs making a difference.  “Small Talk” can heard Sundays, 8-9am ET, via radio.com and on WXYT 1270.

Please click on this week’s “Small Talk with Mark S. Lee” podcast link as we discuss an entrepreneur’s option for providing water during the Flint water crisis, funding to technology-based small businesses driven by universities and to entrepreneurs making a difference.  “Small Talk” can heard Sundays, 8-9am ET, via radio.com and on WXYT 1270.

The 3rd Annual I See You Awards kick off this weekend, honoring local independent film makers.

Royal Oak Police have apologized for stopping a black man who was making a white woman feel uncomfortable.

Brimingham Groves alum Khalil Dawsey is headed to play football at Harvard, and his mom is headed there, too, for the Nieman Fellowship.

Stocks fell dramatically Wednesday after a bond market indicator pointed to a renewed risk of recession. WWJ spoke live with David Sowerby, Portfolio Manager with Ancora Investments in Bloomfield Hills.

The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s is holding a fundraiser at Sound Board in the MotorCity Casino Hotel in October. The baseball great stopped by WWJ to talk about the Tigers, and living with Parkinson's, with WWJ's Dr. Deanna Lites.

Three weeks before the start of a new school year, WWJ Citybeat Reporter Vickie Thomas talked one-on-one with Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Dr. Nicholai Vitti. Listen to what he says about, among other things, security and active shooters, new schools and new 3rd grade reading standards.

Please click on this week’s “Small Talk with Mark S. Lee” podcast link as we tell you how your business can potentially when $100k in Detroit, talk to two physicians offering healthcare services as part of an unique business model, catch up with what's happening with Flint's entrepreneurs and to those making a difference.  “Small Talk” can heard Sundays, 8-9am ET, via radio.com and on WXYT 1270.

Ted Coutilish has been named Executive Director at Full Circle Foundation of Grosse Pointe. The  non-profit helps individuals with special needs learn through practical experiences to become more independent.

He spoke recently with WWJ's Ron Dewey: