• The Week That Was: Are the Debates Really Over? The Cats and Dogs Craze
    Sep 14 2024

    Host Saeed Khan talks with public relations specialist and former Free Press reporter Darci McConnell, attorneys Steve Fishman, Joel Sklar and Bill Seikaly, Beverly Watts, president of BME consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Service Department, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.

    They talk about the Trump-Harris debate; the Michigan Supreme Court says RFK Jr. and Cornell West will be on the November ballot; Former U-M football players sue NCAA, Big Ten Network for wrongful NIL (name, image and likeness) use; Remembering James Earl Jones, a true one-off; Schmuck of the Week.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Detroit in Black and White: The Trump-Harris Debate -- Did It Make Any Difference?
    Sep 14 2024

    Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about the winners and losers in the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris Debate.

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    36 mins
  • Detroit in Black and White: 2 Michigan Supreme Court Candidates, Nominated by Democrats, Talk About the Race
    Sep 14 2024

    Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with Michigan Supreme Court candidates, current Justice Kyra Harris Bolden and Kimberly Thomas, a University of Michigan law professor. Both were nominated in August by the Democratic Party.

    The hosts also talk about the presidential campaign issues including anti-Democrat fliers being mailed in Detroit, aimed at Black voters who smoke menthol cigarettes.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Detroit in Black and White: Charging Parents in School Shootings. And 'The Mother of the East Side of Detroit.'
    Sep 7 2024

    Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and special co-host, Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison talk with Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, a former state rep and Detroit City Council member, who Vanessa Moss calls "The Mother of the East Side of Detroit."

    Tinsley-Talabi is the founder of Mack Alive, a non-profit dedicated to the upward mobility of residents in Detroit, with a particular focus on Southeastern Village residents.

    The panel also talks about irresponsible parents with guns and whether it makes sense to charge parents of school shooters.

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    1 hr
  • The Week That Was: Pollster Talks About Michigan's Presidential Race. Local Media Slow to Report on Similarities in Crumbley-Georgia Shootings.
    Sep 7 2024

    Host Saeed Khan talks with pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorneys Joel Sklar and Bill Seikaly, community and labor activists Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.

    They talk about: the presidential race in Michigan and RFK Jr.'s impact; Liz Cheney throws support for Harris; Detroit media was slow to the draw to see similarities between the Oakland County Crumbley case and the parent charged in the Georgia school shooting; Poll shows Michigan voters find Walz helps Harris more than JD Vance helps Trump; Lawsuit alleges DMC ignored unsafe conditions that enabled psychiatric patients to b raped; Schmuck of the Week .

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Detroit in Black and White: John James in Howell. Lame Local Coverage of Election.
    Sep 5 2024

    Co-hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel discuss the final stretch in the election, the lame local media coverage of the election season and Congressman John James appearance in Howell, the former KKK capital of Michigan.



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    34 mins
  • The Week That Was: Trump's Questionable Abortion Stance. CNN's Interview With Harris and Walz.
    Aug 31 2024

    Host Saeed Khan talks with pollster Ed Sarpolus, attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, Beverly Watts, president of BME consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Service Department, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.

    They talk about the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Interview on CNN; Special prosecutor modifies indictment in Trump election interference case; former Detroit Council President Saunteel Jenkins considers run for mayor; court determines company former Piston Vinnie Johnson owns wrongly stripped of minority certification; Ford, Deere, Harley Davidson and Lowe’s among companies scaling cack on DEI Programs; and Schmuck of the Week.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Detroit in Black and White: Kristina Karamo's Ejection and Her Ongoing Fight With GOP Officials
    Aug 31 2024

    Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with ex-Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo about her getting escorted out of the state convention and her ongoing battle with the Republican Party officials.

    She refers to some of the people at the party convetion as "goons" for Pete Hoekstra, the current state party chair.

    The hosts also talk to former Detroit City Councilwoman Sheila Cockrel and McShane's Irish Pub co-owner Bob Roberts about their campaign to save the red bricks that pave part of the road on Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood.

    They argue the state wants to remove them and alter the road, which will harm businesses and residents.

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    1 hr and 16 mins