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Happy Halloween from Team DET! 🎃🦇 Pictured left to right: Volunteer Ruby, Events Manager Nicole, General Manager Mary, Reporter Amanda, Audio Engineer Conor, Office Services Clerk Felicia and Membership Associate Baraka 📸

WDET was happy to host a delegation of journalists from Lithuania at our studios yesterday! The journalists’ visit was coordinated by GlobalTies Detroit through the Open World Program of the US Department of State. While at WDET, the journalists got a behind-the-scenes tour of the station, learned about operations and the challenges of raising money for a free service. The Lithuanian journalists and their translators met many on-air hosts and watched a live broadcast of The Metro. Here’s to international connections!

We’re excited to announce that The Metro officially has a new co-host: Robyn Vincent! Before returning home to Detroit, Robyn was a reporter, producer, editor and executive producer for NPR stations in the Mountain West. She amassed several awards for her work, which often focuses on structural inequities and abuses of power. Robyn is a lifelong listener of WDET, a graduate of Wayne State University, where she studied journalism, and a lover of Detroit techno. She’ll be on-air with Tia Graham every Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to noon. Welcome to the team, Robyn 🥳

Did you catch 'In The Groove' host Ryan Patrick Hooper on WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit yesterday? He and Batch Brewing Company owner Stephen Roginson went on air to talk about our upcoming beer release party, continuing the celebration of our 75th year 🥳🍻 Join us at Batch on Friday to try it for yourself: https://lnkd.in/geFZsJXE 🎟

Ronald Stevenson, a professor of forensic debate at Wayne State University, and political strategist Dennis Darnoi joined #CreatedEqual to discuss how formal debates are won and whether political debates are judged in the same way.

On this episode of #MILocal, host Jeff Milo is joined in the studio by metro Detroit musicians who run a fantasy football league comprising mostly of local bands. Plus, hear world premieres from Josie Palmer, Rowan Niemisto and more.

There are nearly four million Muslims in the United States, including about 240,000 in Michigan. In the 2020 presidential election, American Muslims were a big part of why Joe Biden won Michigan by just 155,000 votes. This year, some say they feel politically homeless — not understood or welcomed by either Republicans or Democrats.

The Black Artists Archive (BAA) aims to ensure all people’s stories are preserved. The Detroit based-initiative fosters creativity, exhibition, learning, and the preservation of Black art history and visual culture. BAA Founder Dr. Kelli Morgan joined #TheMetroDET to discuss how the organization is preserving history in the city.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has been hitting the campaign trail all over the state of Michigan, including multiple stops in Detroit. He says it’s making a difference with Black voters.

We're still basking in the afterglow of reaching our 2024 Fall Fundraiser goal! Thanks to everyone in metro Detroit who helped us raise over $330,000 to keep Detroit Public Radio alive! Also a HUGE thank you to our staff — both on-air and behind the scenes — who worked tirelessly to help pull this fundraiser off.