The Detroit is Different podcast is about exposing artistry, business, ideas, and dynamic people, places, and things that make Detroit a mecca. Tune in weekly and subscribe to get the true stories from the people shaping the culture of an American classic city.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Detroit is Different podcast is about exposing artistry, business, ideas, and dynamic people, places, and things that make Detroit a mecca. Tune in weekly and subscribe to get the true stories from the people shaping the culture of an American classic city.
Recent episodes include "Why Healing Is Not Always Pretty with Alandra Chuney and the Truth About Mental Health" (30 October 2026, 66 minutes), "How 98 Forward's Antonice Strickland Used PR to Help Mary Sheffield Make Detroit History" (30 October 2026, 79 minutes), and "From Street Vision to Street Pass Andre Terrell on Black Business and the Digital Revolution" (30 October 2026, 96 minutes).
Detroit is Different publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 76 minutes across 626 episodes.
Booking probability for Detroit is Different is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Detroit is Different requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Detroit is Different's contact route on record: verified email.
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Detroit is Different is a society podcast with 626 episodes published.
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Detroit is Different
Black women to heal. A Detroit triplet and Cass Tech graduate, Alandra traces her family history back six generations, including a great-great-great-grandmother remembered as an early Black woman realtor near Tireman...
Detroit is Different
“I felt like I could truly have a greater impact if I came back here.” Antonice Strickland’s journey from basketball, to college, to Washington DC, and back home is a story of Black excellence, relationships, and the...
Detroit is Different
“That work ethic that you get from those Southern people, that's in our blood as Detroiters.” Andre Terrell carries that legacy from his grandfather, who migrated from Macon, Georgia, and built Simmons Brothers from a...
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“Voting in your local elections actually matters the most." Sheila Cockrel has spent a lifetime understanding how power works in Detroit and why everyday people must have a voice in shaping it. From growing up in...
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“If my cat or you were hanging over a cliff I’m sorry man.” Jeff Horste returns to Detroit is Different with the kind of conversation where comedy becomes cultural criticism before anybody notices the turn. From...
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“I didn’t know how poor we were until really much later in life.” Wafa Dinaro came to America from Lebanon at three years old and grew up near Wyoming and Warren in East Dearborn, where Detroit was always part of her...
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“When I arrived in Detroit in 1984, I thought I had come to another country.” Desiree Cooper remembers discovering a Detroit the national story rarely showed: Black people owning, leading, creating, gathering, and...
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“I would come down here and tear out the walls and do the demo myself after I got off work from the Bank.” Richard Hosey didn’t enter Detroit development simply moving money—he grabbed a crowbar, sledgehammer and...
Detroit is Different
“I knew instantly that Detroit needed this flavor.” After experiencing a Hearth Summit at Omega Institute in partnership with the Harlem Wellness Center, Dr. Demarra West knew this gathering needed to come to Detroit...
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“I think my non-traditional journey through academia through life is all a result of God’s bigger purpose for my life.” Dr. Madeline Walker Miller’ s story moves through family, faith, environmental justice...
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“I just knew I wanted something different from what I had seen growing up.” Councilmember Latisha Johnson ’s story is about discovering Detroit, serving Detroit, and eventually helping shape Detroit’s future. From...
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“Detroit the city is not a monolith” Norris Howard ’s story moves from Great Migration roots in Birmingham Alabama and Dalton Georgia to a family stretched across Detroit’s east and west sides and his own coming of age...
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“If we don’t care about us who will” Lazar Favors asks, placing the mission behind Taste of Black Spirits Detroit Amplify 2026 in plain language: Black ownership means more when Black communities intentionally build the...
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“Detroit probably had the highest concentration of Black owned retailers anywhere in America.” Rufus Bartell’s story moves from a South Carolina family lineage shaped by the Great Migration to Greater Bethlehem Temple...
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“We have been locked away from our history all these years.” Olayami Dabls ’ journey into Detroit history begins long before the African Bead Museum became a landmark at Grand River and West Grand Boulevard. Arriving in...
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In this special edition of Detroit is Different, Khary Frazier sits down with Marshalle Favors to celebrate the 7th Annual Detroit Black Film Festival and explore the power of Black filmmakers telling our stories...
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“If we don’t care about us who will” Lazar Favors asks, placing the mission behind Taste of Black Spirits Detroit Amplify 2026 in plain language: Black ownership means more when Black communities intentionally build the...
Detroit is Different
“I wanted to come back to the city that raised me.” Jasmine Brooks’ commitment to Detroit students is rooted in a life shaped by family, faith, education, dance, and service. Raised near Aretha Franklin’s childhood...
Detroit is Different
“I had a knack for putting things together with my hands.” Before the architecture schools, international travel, installations, and Studio M, Melinda Anderson was a Detroit child turning shoeboxes into houses, coffee...
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"I'm old school." That simple declaration opens a conversation that quickly becomes a masterclass on why history, creativity, and community are inseparable. Artist, educator, gardener, mother, and cultural storyteller...
Recent guests on Detroit is Different. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
City Council President Pro Tempore, Detroit City Council
co-host of WDET 101.9 FM’s 'The Metro', The Feel Good Club
Public Speaker, Bi-lingual Poet, Visionary Empath Coach, Girl's Advocate, Culture Shift(Hers) Unite™
School-Based Program Administrator, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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