Detroit River Stories
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S4E2 Detroit's other rivers: exploring the city's buried creeks
Send a textIn this episode, I talk to Joanne Coutts, an activist and cartographer about her work mapping Detroit's buried creeks.Many of the maps we discuss can be found at her website.As always, if…
S4E1 Working on the Water with Coast Guard Sector Detroit
Send a textIn this episode, Bailey Flannery and Rachel Wilson talk to Captain Rick Armstrong, Commander of the US Coast Guard Sector Detroit. Our conversation explores the wide range of…
S3E2 "A little hard to handle" : Sarah Elizabeth Ray and the Fight for Childhood and Play in Detroit
Send a textIn this episode, Bailey Flannery and Desiree Cooper discuss how Cooper's decision to "marry Detroit" (by way of marrying a Detroiter) has irrevocably shaped her as a creative and person.…
S3E1 Little Port, Big Vision : Making Waves in Communities, Climate, and Commerce on the Great Lakes
Send a textIn this episode, Bailey Flannery sits down with Captain Paul Lamarre III to discuss the winding life path that has led him to become the Executive Director of the historic freighter and…
S2E4 Black Power (Boating) in the Motor City
Send a textDr. Juanita Lyons and Steven Johnson recount how their father, Albert Johnson, founded the Motor City Yacht Club in 1960s Detroit to help foster a black power boating community when other…
S2E3 Rooted in the Riverbanks
Send a textLissa MacVean is currently a researcher and lecturer at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, where she studies the physics of water in lakes, estuaries and marine coastal environments.…
S2E2 The Border City
Send a textCity of Detroit Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero discusses how her representation of District 6 stems from her childhood calling to protect the water and fight for justice, from…
S2E1 Sailing the River, Writing Ourselves
Send a textUniversity of Michigan English & Education graduate student Marquise Griffin recounts a summer internship spent sailing a schooner along the Detroit River and Great Lakes that shaped…
S1E4 River Walks, River Talks
Send a textThe final episode of season one features conversations from three chance encounters at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. On August 21st, 2021, Planet Detroit and Friends of…
S1E3 We Are Water People
Send a textFamily Chiefs of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation Sue Szachta and Linda Filipek discuss how the Detroit River has acted as border, connection, and home at various times in the Nation's…
S1E2 Black to the Water
Send a textTepfirah Rushdan discusses her personal experiences with the Detroit River as a site of spiritual connection, ceremony, and cleansing and how this has influenced her leadership in…
S1E1 The River in Her Veins
Send a textErma Leaphart recounts her childhood spent along the Detroit River and how this shaped her sense of connection to and eventual advocacy for the entire Great Lakes water system. She …
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Detroit River Stories has published 12 episodes since February 2022, covering topics in Documentary, Earth Sciences.
Detroit River Stories is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 35m.
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