Get ready for a new podcast and content channel focused on the upcoming elections in Detroit!
For the first time in 12 years, Mike Duggan won’t be a candidate for Detroit mayor. The city’s political future is up for grabs, and residents will need critical information about candidates and issues before they make electoral decisions in 2025.
That’s why BridgeDetroit, in collaboration with Detroit is Different, is launching a podcast and content channel that will focus, in particular, on the policy questions and implications that should be shaping the races for mayor, city council and other posts.
The new platform is called Detroit Next, and the podcast will be hosted by BridgeDetroit City Hall reporter Malachi Barrett and myself. BridgeDetroit Engagement Editor Bryce Huffman and Khary Frazier, executive director of Detroit is Different, will provide content, production support and serve as fill-in hosts when needed.
WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE HERE:
Prefer a podcast? LISTEN HERE:
The show is about the elections, but it’s also about the various issues Detroiters face on a daily basis and the ways that public policy might address them. Some of these issues include over-assessed property taxes, equitable use of public resources, sustainable city-led initiatives, the tensions between the downtown business community and the rest of the city, and much more.
You can find all of the Detroit Next content on our YouTube page, on bridgedetroit.com, on Facebook, X, Mastodon, BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok as as well as the social media platforms managed by Detroit is Different.
Prefer an audio version? Subscribe to the podcast at detroitnext.podbean.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
We also want to hear from our audience regularly. So tell us what issues you’d like us to cover on the podcast and what questions you have about this moment in Detroit’s history! Email us at info@bridgedetroit.com or leave us a voicemail at (313) 284-6407.
Thank you for reading, watching and listening!
Stephen Henderson
Co-Founder of BridgeDetroit