Don’t Miss the Best in Contemporary Mexican Cinema This Month in Detroit
Cinema Lamont Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Contemporary Mexican cinema is having a renaissance. Directors Alfonso...
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.
Growing Up Creative in Detroit: Panel Discussion Aims to Unravel How Detroit’s Creative Community Has Changed
Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Detroit’s Month of Design continues tonight, September 26,...
REVIEW: Michael Moore’s New Documentary, ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Lacks Singular Focus
Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Filmmaker Michael Moore’s latest documentary is out in theatres....
Milo Minute: Shadow Show, Jacob Sigman, and Strange Beautiful Music Festival
Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s...
Common Ground Art Fair Returns to Birmingham
James Parker Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. As summer winds down, the...
Love and the Universe: Comedian Matthew Starr Looks to the Sky for Relationship Advice
Matthew Starr Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Science fans and comedy lovers...
A Musician and Friend Remembers The Queen of Soul
Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon on 101.9 WDET. Dozens of artists will pay tribute to Aretha...
The Milo Minute: Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, Double Winter, Saxophonist Tia Fuller at the Detroit Jazz Fest
Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s byline appears in publications...
The Milo Minute: Alexandria Berry, Deadbeat Beat, and Carl Craig
Courtesy of Jeff Milo Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s...
Detroit’s Algebra Mothers Perform Live at the WDET Studios
This month, Third Man Records will re-release a hard-to-find gem of Detroit’s early punk rock scene. Fueled by the late...
Milo Minute: Motor City Muscle, Pancho Villa’s Skull, and Emily Rose
Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff...
In The Groove: Television’s Richard Lloyd
Wikipedia Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon on 101.9 FM and wdet.org. The band Television...