Thirteen Dogs Found Abused and Abandoned in Detroit. Here’s How You Can Help.
Rebel Dogs Detroit Last week, an unusual situation unfolded in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. More than a dozen Shih Tzu dogs were found...
Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, a former Morning Edition host at WDET, and a former host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.
She’s reported on stories as diverse as the decriminalization and therapeutic research of psychedelic substances, how Motown mourned the sudden death of musician Michael Jackson, the economic and environmental impact of mineral mining in Wyoming, how anomalous phenomena and research into UAPs has affected the lives of some people in the Southwest, and the impact of President Barack Obama’s historic 2008 election night in Detroit.
Amanda is also a creative writer, artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader. Amanda was raised in a mythical Great Lakes forest by Bryan Ferry and a prehistoric wolf, on a strict diet of gummy bears and early electronic music.
Black Arts Movement Poet Nikki Giovanni Discusses Her New Book and the Art Community
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Meet the Woman Diversifying Psychedelic Culture
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It’s More Than Exhaustion: You’ve Reached “Surge Capacity”
After eight months of pandemic-related self-isolation, illness, and disruption of daily life, it's no surprise that many of us are...
Finding Help For Nearly 200,000 Michiganders With Dementia
Nearly 190,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s or a form of dementia in Michigan. With that, there are an estimated...
Drawing On Global Languages To Find New Ways to Be Happy
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Meet ‘1A’ Host and Detroit Native Jenn White
Coming of age on Detroit’s westside, Jenn White’s mother wanted her children to experience all that the city had to...