The Metro: New study shows “gamified learning” could improve youth literacy
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Reading is one of the most beneficial life skills one can...
David Leins
David Leins is the senior producer of WDET’s daily news and culture program, The Metro. He has produced several award-winning podcasts and multimedia series at WDET including Tracked and Traced, Science of Grief and COVID Diaries, which earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. He previously led WDET’s StoryMakers program. David has an M.A. in Media Arts and Studies from Wayne State University, and a B.A. in anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Arabic. David teaches podcasting at Wayne State University and is an alumnus of the Transom Audio Storytelling Workshop.
The Metro: New study shows “gamified learning” could improve youth literacy
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Reading is one of the most beneficial life skills one can...
The Metro: Climate change is impacting weather patterns and snow days
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Snow days are when school districts close schools for a day...
The Metro: Artificial intelligence in education
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into educational environments, there are...
The Metro: What are tariffs? And how could they affect consumers?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. On Tuesday, President Trump’s order to place 10 percent tariffs on...
The Metro: Tonya Mosley can’t stop talking about Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Being from Detroit means a lot of things to a...
The Metro: How Citizens United ruling is driving ‘dark money’ in politics, 15 years later
Money in politics has always been a crack in the foundation of our democracy. Citizens United, a Supreme Court ruling...
The Metro: Potential US TikTok ban weighs national security against free speech
The social media platform TikTok could be banned in the U.S. as early as this week if the Supreme Court...
Created Equal: Conservative politics and the ‘False White Gospel’
It’s no secret that America’s politics are polarized. According to one preacher and educator, they’re not broken beyond repair. Jim...
Created Equal: Can collective land ownership help fix affordable housing in Detroit?
Detroit residents are burdened by the cost of living in the city. A majority of Detroiters spend 30% of their...
Created Equal: Reflecting on Arab American grief in the diaspora
One year since the Hamas attack that killed over 1,200 Israelis, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel...
Created Equal: Ford’s ‘BlueOval City’ EV complex promises jobs, residents want more input
The rural landscape of West Tennessee is undergoing a massive change. Ford’s “BlueOval City” electric vehicle manufacturing complex spans six...
Created Equal: The difficulties of paying (and getting paid) for child care in the US
The cost of child care is an enormous financial burden for parents and guardians of young children in the United...