The D Brief

Allee Willis, the Detroit songwriter behind legendary hits like Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" and the Rembrandt's "I'll Be There for You" talks about her love for the Motor City.

Amy Cooper talks to Seth and Jag about her upcoming art exhibit at the Tangent Gallery. Also, RJ Fox discusses his latest book, Awaiting Identification, about unidentified bodies in the Wayne County morgue.

Todd Scott, the Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, drops by the podcast to talk about the efforts to make Detroit a more bike-friendly city.

Seth, Becky, and Jag talk to music writer Gary Graff about the upcoming Detroit Music Awards and learn the history of the Yankee Air Museum. Plus, celebrity interviewer Greg Russell talks about Avengers: Infinity War.

Rio Scafone, lead singer of the Detroit Americana band, Rio & the Rockabilly Revival, talks about her latest musical adventures. Also, the horror films and movie stars on display at Motor City Nightmares.

Karen Dybis, the author of Secret Detroit: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, stops by the podcast to talk about her new book. Also, author Karen Dionne talks about the prospect of her best-selling novel, The Marsh King's Daughter, getting turned into a major motion picture. Kevin Peterson and Jane Larsen talk about Sfumato and Castalia, their Midtown fragrance company that doubles as a craft cocktail bar.

The team is in the lab retooling the podcast. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode about the Detroit arts and entertainment scene.

Seth, Mike, and Becky offer up some of their best interviews of 2018, including Ann Delisi of WDET, the cast of The Detroit Cast, Piper Carter and Mahogany Jones, and Jeremy Allen of the Shattered podcast.

Matt Nahan and Natasha Beste of Living Arts talk about the arts education their non-profit organization does for Detroit schoolchildren. Steve Byrne, Executive Director of the Freep Film Festival, discusses this year's festivities. And Podcast Detroit owner Dave Phillips shares the shows produced by his network.

Detroit public transportation advocate David Gifford drops by the podcast to talk about the need for a regional transit authority. Francis Grunow, Producer of the Marche du Nain Rogue, talks about the parade to resist the red dwarf. Plus, Barry Cogan, Chair of the Collections Committee at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, discusses the museum's new Porter Collection of cars.