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Authentically Detroit

Authentically Detroit is the leading podcast in the city for candid conversations, exchanging progressive ideas, and centering resident perspectives on current events.Hosted by Donna Givens Davidson and Sam Robinson. Produced by Sarah Johnson and Engineered by Griffin Hutchings. Check us out on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @AuthenticallyDetroit!

Keys 2 Life with Darell “Red” Campbell

58 mins; June 11, 2024

Building a Brilliant Detroit with Cindy Eggleton and Guest Host Chase Cantrell

58 mins; June 04, 2024

Celebrating the Detroit Diaspora with Drake Phifer and Guest Host Kat Stafford

56 mins; May 21, 2024

Using Yoga to Strengthen Mind, Body, and Soul with Michelle Renaud from Urban Solace

60 hours 14 mins; May 14, 2024

Building Inclusive Community Health with Detroit Area Agency on Aging

70 hours 36 mins; May 10, 2024

NFL Draft in Detroit w/ Charity Dean and Channing & Aja Crowder

60 hours 14 mins; April 26, 2024

Embracing Development, Dissent and DEI with Stefen Welch

60 hours 19 mins; April 23, 2024

DEYA Launch Awards with Rick Sperling and Nafeesah Symonette

69 hours 56 mins; April 17, 2024

Introducing the Detroit People’s Food Co-Op with Akil Talley, Lanay Gilbert-Williams, and Malik Yakini

71 hours 19 mins; April 02, 2024

From Pain to Triumph with Patrice Wilson-Graham and Guest Host Charity Dean

62 hours 51 mins; March 26, 2024

What Makes Authentically Detroit Different?

96 hours 12 mins; March 19, 2024

Georgella, Marilyn, and Antonice - The Women Moving 98Forward with Guest Host Charity Dean

69 hours 56 mins; March 14, 2024

Asking Jenn with Jennifer Onwenu

62 hours 24 mins; March 05, 2024

Book Club: Michael Harriot’s “Black AF History”

73 hours 48 mins; February 28, 2024

Electoral Equity with Anthony Eid and Hill Harper

74 hours 9 mins; February 20, 2024

Hometown Hero Mama Shu of Avalon Village

68 hours 5 mins; February 13, 2024

Blade Said What Up!

62 hours 30 mins; January 23, 2024

Public Safety Narratives with Kamau Jawara

69 hours 33 mins; January 19, 2024

Governor Gretchen Whitmer on State Population

12 mins; January 16, 2024

Say ‘Black’ with Lawrielle West and Guest Host Charity Dean

61 hours 34 mins; January 09, 2024

For The Benefit of Whom w/ Charity Dean & Ned Staebler

58 mins; December 19, 2023

Pathways to Justice at the 2023 Eastside Summit

60 hours 11 mins; December 12, 2023

Investing at Home with Jerjuan Howard

58 mins; November 28, 2023

Detroit Really Is Different w/ Khary Frazier

65 hours 40 mins; November 21, 2023

Computer Science Education in Detroit

70 hours 44 mins; November 15, 2023

Stop Managing Poverty and Build Bridges to Opportunity with Cheryl P. Johnson and Kim Janey

58 mins; November 07, 2023

Honoring Heroes from the Grassroots with Peter Blackmer, Lloyd Simpson and Antonio Cosme

63 hours 13 mins; October 24, 2023

The Half Hasn’t Been Told: Homeless in Detroit

58 mins; October 10, 2023

Healing Hands for Black Bodies with Dr. K

61 hours 13 mins; October 03, 2023

Freedom Dreams with Rich Feldman

70 hours 1 min; September 26, 2023

Striking and Collapsing with Camille Johnson and Armond Harris

55 mins; September 19, 2023

Transcending Trauma through Self-Care and Community: Reflections by Orlando and Donna

76 hours 42 mins; September 13, 2023

Building Sustainable Communities with Glenn Wilson and Renee Kent

63 hours 22 mins; August 15, 2023

Vaulted Youth Voices: Something Relevant

117 hours 0 mins; August 08, 2023

Envisioning Housing Equity with David Alade

70 hours 44 mins; August 04, 2023

Where’s the Love? Promoting Peace with Dr. Christal Lawson

64 hours 46 mins; July 18, 2023

To Be Black and Proud - The 40th Anniversary of the African World Festival and the Legacy of Joann Watson

79 hours 2 mins; July 11, 2023

Breaking the Wheel of Injustice w/ Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison

73 hours 36 mins; July 05, 2023

Trauma Narratives in College Admissions with Aya Waller-Bey

59 mins; June 13, 2023

Return to the Mack! (Part 1)

51 mins; June 07, 2023

Return to the Mack! (Part 2)

97 hours 55 mins; June 07, 2023

Return to the Mack! (Part 3)

99 hours 14 mins; June 07, 2023

Strategic Escape w/ Cheetara Heath

61 hours 59 mins; May 16, 2023

Down Payment Assistance w/ David Palmer

68 hours 45 mins; May 09, 2023

Capital Impact on Equitable Development w/ Michelle Matthews and Elizabeth Luther

60 hours 52 mins; May 02, 2023

Vaulted Voices: What About Us?!

67 hours 48 mins; April 27, 2023

Love is Required

62 hours 17 mins; April 18, 2023

Truck Butts and Toxic Emissions with Aaron Mondry and Jena Brooker

68 hours 35 mins; April 11, 2023

Outage Outrage and Energy Justice with Jackson Koeppel

59 mins; April 04, 2023

Youth Voices: Vaping, Relationships, and Cancel Culture

59 mins; March 29, 2023

ShotStopping & Shotcalling with Dr. Eddie Connor

59 mins; March 21, 2023

Path to Homeownership with Bargain Block and CFCU

51 mins; March 14, 2023

Money in the Right Hands with Darnell Adams

66 hours 0 mins; March 07, 2023

The Building of Black Power in Detroit w/Jamon Jordan

96 hours 44 mins; February 22, 2023

Critical Youth Theory with Jeremiah Steen

60 hours 16 mins; February 14, 2023

Pimpin’ with Tinisha D. Brugnone

57 mins; February 07, 2023

Policing, Land Grabs & Reparations w/ Charity Dean

62 hours 41 mins; January 31, 2023

Youth Voices Matter

42 mins; January 24, 2023

Buy Back The Block with Anika Goss and Dr. Andre Perry

67 hours 33 mins; January 17, 2023

Prioritizing Justice

58 mins; January 10, 2023

Lobbying for Equity in 2023

60 hours 7 mins; January 04, 2023

Life’s Sentences with T.J. Edwards

56 mins; December 20, 2022

Growing Up with T.J.

61 hours 19 mins; December 14, 2022

Let The Record Show

60 hours 24 mins; December 06, 2022

Detroit Jazz at the Wright

61 hours 20 mins; November 29, 2022

Confronting Car Culture and Re-Connecting Detroit Communities - with Paul Jones III

60 hours 11 mins; November 15, 2022

Soapbox Justice

63 hours 31 mins; November 07, 2022

Digital and Data Justice in Detroit with Tawana Petty

58 mins; November 01, 2022

Black Culture and Community: The Ties that Bind Detroit and New Orleans

57 mins; October 26, 2022

Taking and Pushing - the Power of Money

55 mins; October 18, 2022

Protesting Police Violence and Mapping Detroit

62 hours 56 mins; October 11, 2022

Power of the People vs. Power of Wealth

56 mins; October 05, 2022

The Financialization of Detroit

69 hours 30 mins; September 27, 2022

The Making of Black Detroit

66 hours 59 mins; September 19, 2022

Still Becoming with Kirk Mayes

62 hours 53 mins; September 07, 2022

Unpacking The Primaries with Queen & Slim

57 mins; August 11, 2022

Live Episode: Elections & Fractured Representation

83 hours 33 mins; August 05, 2022

Candidate Series: Decoding the Platform of Sam Riddle

60 hours 56 mins; July 27, 2022

Economic Justice Candidate Forum Recap with Detroit Action

78 hours 48 mins; July 21, 2022

Economic Justice Candidate Forum Part 1

111 hours 17 mins; July 21, 2022

Economic Justice Candidate Forum Part 2

45 mins; July 21, 2022

Back to Black: The African World Festival Returns to Hart Plaza with Njia Kai

61 hours 43 mins; July 13, 2022

Moving Mountains with Black Philanthropy w/Tosha Tabron & Meredith Freeman

77 hours 23 mins; July 06, 2022

Two Things Can Be True at the Same Time w/Danielle Atkinson of 'Mothering Justice'

57 mins; June 29, 2022

Mackinac Island Chronicles #1 w/Charity Dean, Latrice McClendon, & Michael Griffie

62 hours 52 mins; June 16, 2022

Mackinac Chronicles #2 w/Darnell Adams, Camille Walker-Banks, Antoine Bryant, Kirk Mayes, & Latisha Johnson

88 hours 55 mins; June 16, 2022

Candidate Series: Just Call Him John... Conyers That Is

57 mins; June 09, 2022

Detroit Teens: Feeling Seen & Heard w/Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

60 hours 1 min; May 25, 2022

Candidate Series: Continuing the Fight with Sherry Gay-Dagnogo

83 hours 55 mins; May 18, 2022

Candidate Series: Serving On Behalf Of... with Portia Roberson

61 hours 53 mins; May 13, 2022

Candidate Series: On the Record w/Adam Hollier

66 hours 25 mins; April 27, 2022

Detroit Teens: No Snitching & Surveillance

42 mins; April 26, 2022

Masterplan Update & Data Democracy w/Councilwoman Latisha Johnson & Noah Urban

45 mins; April 20, 2022

Finding YOUR Voice & Telling YOUR Story with Satori Shakoor!

63 hours 14 mins; April 13, 2022

Checking In with Antoine Bryant, Detroit's Planning Director...

37 mins; April 07, 2022

Challenges, Wins, & Solutions with Anika Goss & Jeanette Pierce

57 mins; April 06, 2022

Can New 'Rights' Be Created for Detroiters?

50 mins; March 30, 2022

State of the City, Foreclosures, & Buying Vacant Lots with Savana Brewer

68 hours 8 mins; March 18, 2022

Detroit Teens: Our In-School Experience

38 mins; March 10, 2022

Tackling Racial Disparities in COVID with Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist

28 mins; February 28, 2022

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