Watch Live: Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett would fill...
Here’s Detroit Health Department’s New Citywide COVID-19 Order
Detroit is issuing a new city-specific public health order for COVID-19. The move is meant to cover the gap left by a...
Between Takes: The Motown Sound That Started in the Upper Peninsula
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
Essential Cooking: 100th Anniversary of Prohibition
What did Prohibition have to do with America’s appreciation of Italian food? A lot, it turns out. Essential Cooking host...
Exploring America’s Historic Thirst for Crap
In Wendy A. Woloson’s new book “Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff In America,” she connects our present day consumption...
How Anti-Lockdown Protestors Led the FBI to Hartland Township
Six people have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and leave havoc in their...
It’s Not Just Militias. Right-Wing Extremist Groups Have a History in Michigan.
Over the last century a number of extremist movements have found a home in Michigan. Some scholars say the activity of militias in...
Conservatives Face Criticism For Rhetoric After Whitmer Abduction Plot Foiled
This week, federal and state law enforcement announced they had disrupted a plot to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and attack other...
Hang Out With WDET (Virtually) at the 2020 Detroit Podcast Festival
The Detroit Podcast Festival returns this year as a virtual conference. A weekend full of workshops and panel discussions will...
The Motor City’s Techno Legacy Arrives at the Detroit Historical Museum
When the Movement electronic music festival launched in 2000 under the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) banner, no one knew...
Whitmer Responds To Kidnapping Plot: “We Are Not One Another’s Enemy. This Virus Is Our Enemy.”
Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a brief statement this afternoon, addressing the plots to kidnap her and attack the Capitol in...
Read Gov. Whitmer’s Full Response After Kidnapping Plot Unveiled
Today, federal and state officials unveiled charges against 13 people who are accused on conspiring to kidnap the governor and...
