Detroit Public Television Debuts PFAS Special “The Forever Chemicals” Thursday Night

Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Public Television's initiative Great Lakes Now debuts a new half-hour special about PFAS chemical contamination Thursday night. Great Lakes Now is...

Detroit Incinerator Shuts Down After Years of Controversy

Jake Neher/WDET It seemingly came out of nowhere on Wednesday -- the facility known by most of us as the Detroit Incinerator...

How Do You Value a Podcast Sponsorship?

  There is an interesting blog from the smart folks at Jacobs Media titled "Where Is Podcasting In The Game...

2019 WDET Munch Madness: Road to the Final Fiesta

WDET CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET Detroit Public Radio. The 2019 WDET Munch Madness: Taco Showdown bracket has...

Exploring the Latin Cuisine of Southwest Detroit with a Longtime Local

Courtesy of Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from...

The Music of Matthew Sweet Comes to the Detroit Public Theatre

Chuk Nowak Photography / Detroit Public Theatre Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs...

Why Supporting WDET Matters

As a non-profit organization, WDET is powered by listener support. From in-depth community reporting to national news coverage from NPR,...

Activists, Lawmakers Working to Keep Detroiters in Their Homes

Jake Neher/WDET Much of last year on Detroit Today was spent exploring all the ways that housing insecurity drives poverty. Even people...

Under the Radar Michigan Guys Talk Favorite Spring Break Spots

Jake Neher/WDET March means Spring Break. While many people flock to warmer climates, those of us who know a thing or...

L. Brooks Patterson Diagnosed with Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer

Alex McLenon Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  The career public servant was in good...

Moral Complexity—and Dragons!— How ‘Game of Thrones’ Can Teach You To Be a Better Person

HBO Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2...

Meet the Civil Rights Activist Who Took Over a Neo-Nazi Group in Detroit to Destroy It

James Stern It sounds like the plot out of a fantastic Hollywood movie. A black civil rights activist finds a way to...