Check Out These March Releases From Third Man Records
Discovering new music is one of the things you’ve told us you love the most about WDET. To satisfy your...
Michigan Legislature’s Family Leave Policies Fall Behind Rest of State
The Michigan Legislature is coming under new scrutiny for its own family leave policies for lawmakers and staffers. As part of...
Detroit Expands Vaccine Eligibility to All Adults Who Work On-Site in the City
Detroit is expanding its coronavirus vaccine program to any adult who works in the city as well as any Detroiter...
Detroit Organizations Create “Hubs” To Serve Students Learning Outside of School
Felicia Legardy started her first day care 25 years ago. Just as K-12 schools closed last spring because of the...
NPR’s Don Gonyea and Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne Discuss Biden Era Politics
America is at a point of transition in the COVID-19 pandemic and politically. While some leaders in Washington cling to...
The Plight of the Sky Chefs: Essential Labor in the Pandemic Age
Essential and unseen -- the caterers that make sure meals and drinks are ready for your Delta flight. Now more...
Tribute from Harvey Thompson
SUBMITTED BY: Harvey Thompson, U.S. Vocal Jazz Ambassador to Japan I remember sending Ed my first CD, “Jazz Is Anything...
High School Sports, COVID-19 Variants Fueling Spike in New Cases in Michigan
New COVID-19 infections in the state are rising. It is being driven largely by high school sports and the presence...
WDET’s Chris Campbell Says Detroit’s Reach on Music Extends Far Beyond the City
Detroit has always been a superpower of music, with homegrown artists like Aretha Franklin, Jack White and Juan Atkins. Entire genres were born...
WDET Is Going to the Dogs … And Cats
WDET is here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You know who...
Amp Fiddler, Motown’s Progressive Funk and Soul Man, Connects the Dots of Detroit’s Rich Musical Heritage
Growing up as one of five children steeped in Motown, soul and jazz, Joseph "Amp" Fiddler was surrounded by music from...
Harvey Ovshinsky Dives Into Detroit’s Underground and Alternative Media Scene in His New Book “Scratching the Surface”
Harvey Ovshinsky is a veteran educator and a multimedia journalist whose lifelong passion for telling Detroit stories was once described by...