Jer Staes

Today, I sit down with Highland Park mayoral candidate and Avalon Village founder Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris.  We dig into how she’s turned one of the city’s most notorious blocks into a grassroots hub with streetlights, a homework house, basketball courts, and shipping-container retail. We also talk

The Eastern Market-based craft distiller has opened its first location outside Detroit, adding an outpost inside Foley’s Market in downtown Lexington along Lake Huron (7252 Huron Ave), just in time for the July 4 rush. The project comes together with Detroit-based Roxbury Group, known for developments like

A black bear near Flat Rock, a massive water main break in northern Oakland County, and one of Detroit's most talked‑about restaurants changing course all add up to a busy epsiode of the podcast We start with Norris History Month updates and a few fun picks, from Deluxx Fluxx

An in-depth interview on a range of issues Metro Detroiters tell us they care about

Local media across America is in its most tumultuous moment in decades, and Detroit is at the center of it. From the end of the joint operating agreement between the Free Press and the News, to shifts in public media funding, to the chaos around how you watch the Tigers,

I had a different episode planned for today, as it's Halloween. I wanted to talk about ghosts and ghouls and vampires. Instead, due to the ongoing government shutdown and SNAP funds running out, 1.4 Michiganders are scared about where their next meal will come from. When the news is

Plus World Migratory Bird Day is this weekend

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

In this episode of your Daily Detroit podcast, we welcome Shea Whitfield, a real estate agent, and star of the HGTV show Bargain Block. We discuss her experiences on the show and the Detroit real estate market. Whitfield shares her journey into real estate, highlighting her 20+ years of experience

This week, Ford unveiled a new electric strategy and manufacturing process to a mixed reaction from some. But it might be one of the most important moves the company makes. Sam Abuelsamid, host of the Wheel Bearings podcast and VP of Market Research at Telemetry, joins us for an in-depth,