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"The Bed That Eats" (From Detroit!) + 4 Stories To Know Oct 09, 2025

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Jam-packed show for you today, as Annalise Frank from Axios Detroit joins us to talk about hot stories around town... and what might be your new favorite horror film shot in Detroit from the 1970s, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.

The Set List:

00:58 - Cannabis wholesale tax, maybe? A lawsuit on this important deal to fund roads is underway

04:11 - Inside the New Hudson's office tower

09:10 - The Sister Pie Path Forward and retail in Detroit

12:39 - How to buy local cowboy boots

14:14 - Spooky Cinema Shot in Detroit... Death Bed:The Bed That Eats and the long-gone mansion you might spot in the film. Here's a trailer.

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New Retail This Weekend; WNBA Facility Update; On Michigan's Growth Oct 08, 2025

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Hello and welcome back to your Daily Detroit.

On today's show we talk about everything from the new area code (679) to new retail opening this weekend (Tecovas) to a listener question about Michigan's future prospects.

Links:

Toast of the Town fundraiser: https://toastofthetowndet.com/

Tecovas Opening Weekend stuff: https://www.tecovas.com/events/detroit-grand-opening_detroit

Bridge Michigan article discussed on state budget cuts to growth programs: https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-lawmakers-reject-money-for-gretchen-whitmers-population-growth-office/

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Big Bank Merger Impacts Michigan; Tigers Battle Mariners in Playoffs + Lions Lead the NFC North Oct 06, 2025

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It's a beautiful Monday in the Motor City.

On today's all-local daily podcast, three main topics with Jer and Fletcher:

02:29 - Fifth Third buying Comerica Bank, with all kinds of local impacts (plus maybe a stadium name change?)

06:34 - Detroit Tigers Series 1-1 with the Seattle Mariners, gotta find those bats

10:34 - Lions Beat Bengals, Get Ready for Kansas City. Lions are ready for this fight.

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Detroit Development + Tiger Talk Oct 03, 2025

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On a special Friday edition of the show, I'm joined by Robin Runyan and Fletcher Sharpe to talk about a couple things in Detroit development and the Detroit Tigers playoff run!

The set list:

03:09 - Discussing the disappointment of the scaled back Gratiot Life Science project Downtown Detroit development. The I-375/Gratiot site has had a series of setbacks over the last decade plus. Here's our story: https://www.dailydetroit.com/the-incredible-shrinking-downtown-detroit-project/

13:34 - Fletcher recommends the Hamtramck Arts Fest on Saturday

14:28 - Playoff Tiger Talk: Bye Cleveland, Hello Seattle.

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Ford's Glass House History (And A Little-Known Futuristic Plan For Dearborn) Oct 02, 2025

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We've covered the news of Ford moving their headquarters to a shiny new facility… and demolishing the Glass House on Michigan avenue from a couple of angles.

First, economic development and the business reasons. Second, the history of Ford's impact on Dearborn, going back a century.

Now, in the third and final installment of the series, we're getting into the history of the Glass House itself. The significance of its architecture and the time in Metro Detroit in the country.

We're also going to talk about fanciful plans that were drawn up for Ford more than fifty years ago that would have remade the look of the city into something almost out of science fiction.

Dearborn might have gotten it's own rapid transit hub… and its own People Mover… as part of a massive redevelopment of that middle of the city that was Henry Ford's old land into everything from shopping to industrial to company campus.

Our guest is Mark Nickita, FAIA. He's an Architect, Urban Designer, and President of ArchiveDS. He's also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

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Belle Isle Alligator, Tasty Updates + More Oct 01, 2025

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On your Daily Detroit, we talk about how the Belle Isle Alligator is lucky City Slicker didn't get ahold of it.

Your Show Set List: 01:22 - CAVA in Detroit is now open, they were out of stuff

02:28 - Fun last weekend: Black Tech Saturdays Digital Empowerment Summit, Detroit Month of Design Closing, Bonobo and Norm Talley

08:25 - Alligators might need to watch out for Detroit, not the other way around

12:22 - Broderick Tower has new owners

15:50 - Redsmoke in Greektown on pause

18:55 - Toastique and avacado toast is on the way

22:07 - Mailbag: Northville is where the nightlife is in Western Wayne county, Norris reacts

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What Will It Take For The Tigers To Beat Cleveland In The Playoffs? Sep 29, 2025

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Fletcher Sharpe is in on the eve of the Detroit Tigers wildcard playoff round to discuss what the team needs to do to win and how he's feeling about the series.

Plus, we get into the Lions seeming to get their season back on track as they soundly beat the Cleveland Browns, taking advantage of their mistakes. And we acknowledge the terrible shooting over the weekend in Grand Blanc that's the national focus right now.

We'll dive deeper on a future episode as facts are still coming together.

Your Show Set List:

01:11 - Quick word about what we know about the Grand Blanc mass shooting

04:41 - The Detroit Lions season looks to be back on track

07:51 - What do the Detroit Tigers need to do to beat the Cleveland Guardians?

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Coffee Chat! Plus Developments in Eastern Market and Corktown Sep 26, 2025

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Devon O'Reilly is in on this Friday for a fun epsiode covering where we've been, a fun thing to do the next week, and development news in Detroit.

Your Show Set List:

01:43 - Where we've been: The new QARGO Coffee in West Dearborn: https://www.qargocoffee.com/stores/dearborn-michigan-av

05:52 - Where we've been: Saffron De Twa in Detroit: https://saffron-de-twah.square.site/

09:48 - Dearborn Coffee Week is here! More: https://dearborn.gov/dearborn-celebrates-its-rich-coffee-culture-dearborn-coffee-week

14:08 - A bunch of Eastern Market properties for sale, one important purchase and changes to the area

18:39 - 9-story mostly residential development propsed in Corktown: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/andra-rush-and-sons-propose-9-story-building-corktown

23:26 - A happy programming note, but it means for the next few weeks Devon will be on the show irregularly

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Pizza Place On Pause, How The Lions Won, Tigers Free Fall Sep 25, 2025

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Fletcher Sharpe is in and we're sharing Detorit memories and sports stories

Your Show Set List:

01:05 - Metropolitan is moving out and needs to find a new spot... we both talk about our personal connections to that space in West Village as Fletcher's uncle ran a spot there.. and get into recent quality places that have had to pause operations and how to fix that in one of Detroit's up and coming neighborhoods

09:42 - Can the Detroit Tigers stop the free-fall? We sure hope so.

15:03 - Lions roar into Baltimore and get an unexpected win. What did they do right? What's next? Fletcher Sharpe has you covered.

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Double Shutdown Possible, Hotel Yorba Closes, And Is Norris Ungrateful To Apple? Sep 24, 2025

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Today's an action packed episode of your Daily Detroit, the best all local news and culture podcast in the world that is produced at latitude 42.365191996134264 and longitude -83.0729420582006.

Since we made it through the supposed rapture, here's your show set list:

01:30 - There's a looming possible double government budget shutdown- both state and federal - that could have massive impacts and also close Belle Isle temporarily.

09:28 - The well-known Hotel Yorba in Southwest Detroit forced to shutter due to being unsafe. We get the attention thanks to the visibility and the White Stripes song of the same name... But, there are others we should look at, too.

15:47 - Mailbag: People are Mad at Norris about the fact he said he doesn't Apple products, though he is glad for the investment in the city; and why Ford should NOT move to the city of Detroit even though we got tons of comments that they should.

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