CuriosiD: Why isn’t there a Taco Bell downtown?
This week’s question comes from WDET listener Faisal Hussain. Click on the audio player above to listen to the story....
Laura Herberg is a Reporter for 101.9 WDET, telling stories about people inhabiting the Detroit region and the issues that affect us here. She won a Regional Murrow Award for best Hard News story (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) in 2020 and she was named the Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter for radio broadcasting in 2021, 2020, 2018 and 2017. In 2012, she was awarded a SoundCloud Fellowship for her project, "Listen to Detroit." She also is the creator of Complete Me, a podcast with only three episodes about how she has trouble completing tasks.
Before becoming a radio reporter, Laura worked, among other things, as a buser, a telemarketer, a canvasser and a magician's assistant. She is originally from the Seattle area but lived in five other cities before settling on Detroit in 2010.
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CuriosiD: When Detroit was Armed with Missiles
For this edition of CuriosiD, we tackle a question from Steven Gold. Click on the audio player above or use...
CuriosiD: Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?
For this edition of CuriosiD, we tackle a question from a listener named Dan. Click on the audio player...