Slash Detroit

09/23/2015

Check out this week's episode of Slash Detroit with Raquel Castaneda-Lopez, City Councilwoman of Detroit District 6, plus our regulars Nancy Kaffer and Vaughn Derderian.
http://www.pishposh.tv/shows/slash-detroit/episodes/pigs-popes-and-pot

Detroit Council Member Raquel Castañeda-López, Free Press columnist Nancy Kaffer, and The Anchor Bar’s Vaughn Derderian join Ben Duell Fraser to talk local politics.

09/10/2015

Mitch Albom and Nancy Kaffer of the Detroit Free Press chat with Ben about the week's news! https://soundcloud.com/slashdetroit/tax-foreclosure-the-worst-of-both-worlds

Mitch Album & Nancy Kaffer join Ben to talk about the Courser Gamrat scandal, the looming Tax Foreclosure crises, locals sports, and local charities!

09/03/2015

Get caught up on this week's Detroit news and politics!
https://soundcloud.com/slashdetroit/rise-from-the-ashes

On this week’s Slash Detroit, we talk fire in Detroit, Islamophobia in Sterling Heights, and the Confederate Flag at Macomb Community College.

09/02/2015

Alex Alsup from LOVELAND currently in studio giving us the details of their new Fire Report. http://makeloveland.com/fire Check it out tomorrow on the next Slash Detroit podcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/tc/podcast/slash-detroit/id680257797?mt=2

Between January 1st and July 31st 2015 more than 1,600 properties across Detroit suffered a structure damaging fire. The effects of each of these fires were evaluated by LOVELAND Technologies surveyors. Properties that were occupied homes at the time of the fire were revisited several months later t…

09/02/2015

So for the first time, I (Ben Duell Fraser) finally found the driver of a confederate flag truck and got to talk to them. It went differently than I imagined. Article here, but beware of that comment section: http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/09/01/conversation-guy-flies-confederate-flag-truck/71483782/

08/27/2015

And the Slash Detroit quote of the week goes to?
“Bernie Sanders is just not electable, he’s far far far left of most Americans. He’s not a horse that can run in this race.” - Nancy Kaffer
“Everybody thinks that their views are the one’s that are representative of America.” - Nolan Finley
“The conservative religious movement have been calling feminists and free-thinkers Satanists and witches for centuries, so we’re just really owning up to that and saying we have a voice.” - Jex Blackmore
“Desegregation was the worst thing to happen to black businesses in America, period.” - Ben Duell Fraser
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/08/26/slash-detroit-satanic-temple/32450277/

The Freep's Nancy Kaffer joins The Detroit News's Nolan Finley and The Satanic Temple's Jex Blackmore on the latest installment of Slash Detroit.

08/21/2015

Well guys, we know half hour podcasts can be a bit of a commitment. So here's a 30 second video we shot out of our window of a Ford Fusion driving through a giant cake. Either it's for a commercial, or it's fine art. We can never tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecj03EFJmcw

08/20/2015

On this week's episode of Slash Detroit, we talk body cams on cops, Wayne State's indoor/outdoor smoking ban, and whether should ever attempt to host the summer Olympics again. We also get sidetracked and reminisce on the Detroit's hosting of the Superbowl. Guests: Portia Roberson from Detroit's Human Rights/Ethics Division, Nancy Kaffer of the Detroit Free Press, and Vaughn Derderian. This one's a keeper! Don't miss it!
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/08/20/slash-detroit-police/32058573/

This week, the Slash Detroit podcast roundtable talks body cameras for cops, a (theoretical) Detroit Olympic bid and the Wayne State smoking ban.

08/13/2015

In this week's episode, Slash Detroit finds itself in a hole and keeps on digging, with Fox 2 News's M.L. Elrick, the Detroit Free Press's Mike Thompson, and Deadline Detroit's Allan Lengel. Topics include the jobs desert in Detroit neighborhoods, the salacious scandal consuming Lansing, the GOP debates, and vs U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.

In this week's episode, Slash Detroit finds itself in a hole and keeps on digging, with Fox 2's M.L. Elrick, the Free Press's Mike Thompson, and Deadline Detroit's Allan Lengel. Topics include the job

08/07/2015

Nancy Kaffer, Noah Stephens, & Ryan Felton join Ben Duell Fraser to talk about Greektown going carless, the local election almost no-one paid attention to (or voted in!), the push to defund Planned Parenthood, and yes, we finally, somewhat reluctantly, somewhat gleefully, talked about The Donald.
https://soundcloud.com/slashdetroit/finewellsaytrump

Nancy Kaffer, Noah Stephens, & Ryan Felton join Ben Duell Fraser to talk about Greektown going carless, the local election almost no-one paid attention to (or voted in!), the push to defund Planned Pa

07/30/2015

FOX 2 Detroit's M.L. Elrick and the Detroit Free Press's Nancy Kaffer join Ben for this week's episode of Slash Detroit. They chat Satan, Wayne County, the newly selected Ombudsman, and how M.L. denied the Marouns something they desired... https://soundcloud.com/slashdetroit/baphometfordetroitcityombudsman

Fox 2's M.L. Elrick and the Free Press's Nancy Kaffer join Ben to talk about the Satanists' statue in Detroit, Wayne County's declaration of financial emergency, and the city's newly selected Ombudsma