Synopsis
Meet CuriosiD - a series for the inquisitive. Our news team works with listeners like you to find answers to great questions about Detroit and the region. Are you curious about the Detroit region or the people who live here?
Episodes
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![How A 1900s Black Detroit Community Was Razed For A Freeway]()
How A 1900s Black Detroit Community Was Razed For A Freeway
19/10/2015 Duration: 06minAn entire Detroit neighborhood vanished to make way for the future. Here’s Black Bottom’s story.
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![Where Did the Michigan Left Come From?]()
Where Did the Michigan Left Come From?
05/10/2015 Duration: 07minCuriosiD explores the history of the pesky, head-scratchingly prevalent traffic design known as a Michigan Left
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![Why is Detroit Auto Insurance SO Expensive?]()
Why is Detroit Auto Insurance SO Expensive?
21/09/2015 Duration: 06minThis week’s CuriosiD tackles the question any Detroiter is asking - why is my auto insurance so expensive?
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![When Detroit was Armed with Nuclear Missiles]()
When Detroit was Armed with Nuclear Missiles
24/08/2015 Duration: 06minListener Steven Gold remembers seeing a Nike missile base in Detroit as a kid. “Am I crazy?”
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![What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?]()
What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?
10/08/2015 Duration: 06minThis week’s installment of CuriosiD looks at 1930s Detroit poverty and the events surrounding the “Ford Massacre"
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![Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?]()
Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?
27/07/2015 Duration: 05minWDET investigates the confusion behind just how we should be saying and spelling Lahser Road.
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![Former Tenant of this Man’s Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry]()
Former Tenant of this Man’s Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry
10/07/2015 Duration: 06minListener Josh Wilt’s asks, “What was the history of Norton Company located in Woodbridge?”
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![Who is Louis Stone in Detroit’s history?]()
Who is Louis Stone in Detroit’s history?
15/03/2015 Duration: 06minWDET answers Joseph Kakos’ question, “Who was Louis Stone in Detroit’s history?”
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![The History of Detroit’s Water Works Park]()
The History of Detroit’s Water Works Park
06/11/2014 Duration: 04minAnna Sysling answers listener Barbara’s question about the Detroit water park’s history.
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![Why do Hamtramck and Highland Park exist inside the city of Detroit?]()
Why do Hamtramck and Highland Park exist inside the city of Detroit?
19/09/2014 Duration: 04minLydia Whitehead asked WDET’s CuriosiD why Hamtramck and Highland Park exist inside the borders of Detroit.
