The Metro: Umoja Fine Arts hosting youth art workshops during Black History Month
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Art in all its forms, from the written word to an...
John Filbrandt
Jack Filbrandt is an assistant producer on WDET's daily news, arts and culture program, The Metro. He grew up on Lake Michigan and has called Detroit home for seven years. He's also a Detroit Documenter, covering local government meetings in the city. He previously worked for Wayne State's student newspaper, The South End, and The Battering Ram.
The Metro: Umoja Fine Arts hosting youth art workshops during Black History Month
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Art in all its forms, from the written word to an...
The Metro: Detroit nonprofit renovating vacant school into east side community hub
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Roughly 200 public schools have closed in Detroit between 2000-2015. These...
The Metro: Clark Park Coalition keeping ice hockey alive in southwest Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s a hidden gem in Southwest Detroit that's keeping hockey, ice...
The Metro: Detroit students navigate a new political climate
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. President Donald Trump said he will shut down the U.S. Department...
The Metro: ‘Rust Belt Reporter’ John Gallagher releases memoir
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Detroit Free Press Reporter and columnist John Gallagher had a front...
The Metro: The rise of women’s sports and the WNBA’s potential return to Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The 2024 WNBA provided some of the highest viewership and attendance...
The Metro: Detroit Public Theatre’s latest production explores history in conversation with the present
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at the Detroit Public Theatre, the new stage play “Confederates”...
The Metro: How is the project to cap I-75 going?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Downtown Detroit Partnership is developing a project to cap the...
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: Tuning in on media habits in Trump’s second term
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. President Donald Trump ran on promises to shrink the federal workforce,...
The Metro: Pope Francis Center opens emergency warming shelter during extreme cold
When temperatures dipped dangerously low during the recent polar vortex, the Pope Francis Center opened a 24-hour emergency warming center...
The Metro: Black history is celebrated year round at the Charles H. Wright Museum
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Charles Wright Museum of African-American History is one of the...