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.

Getting Away From The Gig: New App Aims To Help Touring Musicians Stay In Recovery

Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  The path to substance recovery is difficult for...

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne Quietly Funded Detroit’s Arts & Culture Scene for Years

Michelle Krebs Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m.  You’ve likely heard the news that...

Milo Minute: Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Britney Stoney, and Siamese

Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m.  Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s...

Get Beyond the Mainstream This Weekend in Hamtramck

Vidlings and Tapeheads Film Fest Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. The Vidlings and Tapeheads...

The Milo Minute: Michigan Glass Project, Shady Groves, Honest to Goodness

Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo has been plugging...

Working Out The Kinks: With New Music on the Horizon, a Look Back at The Kinks’ Capricious Career

Listen to CultureShift weekdays at noon on WDET. One of the most influential rock bands of the 60s has announced a...

When Heaven was a Dance Floor in Detroit

Detroit Sound Conservancy Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.   In the early '90s Club...

Milo Minute: The Paybacks, Blackmail, and Sugar Coats

Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m.  Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff...

It’s a Ship….No, It’s a House…Wait, It’s a Congressional District?

Click the audio player above to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Back in 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry approved...

Milo Minute: Detroit River Days, “Unheard,” and Undesirable People

Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m.  Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff...

This Week in Music: June Birthdays, Anniversaries, and More

Click on the audio player above to listen.  Two 60s Rock Icons celebrate another year around the sun, Queen Latifah...

Last Call at Tom’s Tavern: Owner Ron Gurdjian Passes Away at 78

Click on the audio player above to hear the conversation. Detroit lost a local legend this weekend. Tom's Tavern owner and...