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Detroit River Stories

The Detroit River Story Lab

People think they know the story of Detroit. But what other stories might we hear if the city and its water spoke for themselves? Tune in to the Detroit River Stories Podcast to find out. This podcast is just one small part of the University of Michigan’s Detroit River Story Lab, an interdisciplinary, grant-funded initiative that partners with regional organizations to reconnect communities with the river and its stories. Through collaborative research, education, and engagement projects, our

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31:25

Detroit's other rivers: exploring the city's buried...

Detroit River Stories ·

2025/09/29

Send us a text In 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 you have feedback for us, want to get involved, share your own story or suggest someone for us to talk to, please reach out to us at drsl-admin@umich.edu.

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Working on the Water with Coast Guard Sector Detroit

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2025/08/06

Send us a text In 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 responsibilities and tasks of Coast Guard, focusing on everything from search and rescue to icebreaking along the Detroit River. If you've ever wondered what, exactly, the Coast Guard does in the Detroit area, this is the episode for you! If you have feedback for us, want to get involved, share your own ...

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43:37

"A little hard to handle" : Sarah Elizabeth Ray and...

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2024/10/16

Send us 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. This includes her long journalistic career at Detroit Free Press, which led her to eventually interviewing and documenting the life and legacy of Sarah Elizabeth Ray (also known as Lizz Haskell), one of Detroit's long-forgotten Civil Rights leaders. This conversation covers: Cooper an...

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Little Port, Big Vision : Making Waves in...

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2024/08/16

Send us a Text Message.In 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 museum ship the SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker; the Director of the Port of Monroe; a member of the Board of Directors for the National Museum of the Great Lakes; the President of the American Great Lakes Port Association; and, most importantly, a man who does not waste a single moment and...

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53:14

Black Power (Boating) in the Motor City

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2022/12/14

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35:33

Rooted in the Riverbanks

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2022/11/13

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30:01

The Border City

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2022/10/17

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38:38

Sailing the River, Writing Ourselves

Detroit River Stories ·

2022/09/24

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35:05

River Walks, River Talks

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2022/08/09

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35:23

We Are Water People

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2022/06/02

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Black to the Water

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2022/03/05

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34:19

The River in Her Veins

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2022/02/03

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