<description>Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports joins Marc and Shawn to talk college football, throwing ML into a frenzy. But first, […]</description>

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports joins Marc and Shawn to talk college football, throwing ML into a frenzy. But first, […]

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports joins Marc and Shawn to talk college football, throwing ML into a frenzy. But first, Matt Riley drops in to hype his annual Killer Cares fundraiser for kids. 
 
 
 
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<a href="https://fabricatedcustoms.com/collections/soul-of-detroit-2">Before we start raising money for kids, ML tries to raise money for the show by pushing Soul of Detroit merch. We’ll take orders until Dec. 10, and purchases ship before the holidays. Here’s how to get your order in.</a> 
 
 
 
If you’re wondering where Erika Erickson has been, she’s STILL working the dayshift at WDIV-TV (Channel 4), so she won’t back with us until January. But we hope you’ll still listen to Marc, Shawn, me &#8230; and whoever else we can drag into Drew’s basement! &nbsp; 
 
 
 
<a href="https://killercares.org/">Every year ML, Marc and a host of local media and sports luminaries tend bar at The Lodge in Keego Harbor to raise money for children’s charities. The Killer Cares event started as Matt Riley’s tribute to the late, great Oakland Press sportswriter Tom &#8220;Killer&#8221; Kowalski. Find out more about how you can come out to meet us and support the kids here.</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/tate-myre-is-here-forever-225348822.html">Dan Wetzel drops by to talk about The Big Game, but first Marc asks him about the story he wrote about Tate Myre, one of the Oxford High School students killed by a classmate. It’s an amazing story about a young man with new talent and old values. Read it for yourself here.</a> 
 
 
 
ML dreaded this moment, but the conversation turns to the foot-brawl game in Columbus where Xichigan beat the Team Down South. Shawn says the game has become so toxic that OSU Coach Ryan Day can’t handle it.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2024/12/02/ohio-state-could-learn-from-michigan-footballs-approach-to-coaches/76690735007/">Get Shawn’s take here.</a> 
 
 
 
The sports guys wax and wane about the game while ML tries to keep his head from exploding. He finally loses it when the discussion – once again! – turns to NIL and money in college sports. 
 
 
 
Not surprisingly, ML thinks the UM-OSU game was hard to watch because the football was terrible and ended as many games do, with the Wolverines in a scuffle and blaming everyone else. Surprisingly, one of the other folks on the show agrees with him – but only about the game.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
ML issues an apology to listeners, and salutes his favorite Michigan sportswriter. Listen and hear all about it! 
 
 
 
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GEEK OF THE WEEK 
 
 
 
Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter makes him this week’s geek – a choice so obvious even Shawn agrees! 
 
 
 
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In honor of Killer Cares, and Marc, ML books Radiohead into the New Wave suite to perform “Killer Cars.” Then Marc explains why Thom Yorke hates cars so much! &nbsp;You can also send us your favorite deep cut or obscure band – and a story about them or why they mean something to you – by writing to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a>. 
 
 
 
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Listener Dan wants ML and Mike Valenti to get together to talk Spartan football. ML doesn’t wait for the 97.

Flag Fracas – December 3, 2024

<description>Fox 2 Morning legend-turned-author Alan Lee tells ML and Marc how he went from a reporter in the Virgin Islands […]</description>

Fox 2 Morning legend-turned-author Alan Lee tells ML and Marc how he went from a reporter in the Virgin Islands […]

Fox 2 Morning legend-turned-author Alan Lee tells ML and Marc how he went from a reporter in the Virgin Islands to Detroit TV news icon to thriller-writer taking meetings in Hollywood. Shawn, like Alan’s protagonist, zooms in from an undisclosed location. 
 
 
 
<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://fabricatedcustoms.com/collections/soul-of-detroit-2" target="_blank">WE HAVE MERCH AVAILABLE!! CLICK HERE AND START CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!</a>STRAIGHT DOPE: Alan L. Lee – don’t forget the L – had the sweetest gig in all of journalism, working for a newspaper and television station in St. Thomas, driving a company car, hanging out on the beach, spying Playboy models visiting for a photo shoot, but he STILL wasn’t satisfied. So he took a behind-the-scenes gig in Chicago, at WMAQ (Channel 5), then got back on the air in Evansville, Indiana before heading to Washington, D.C. before landing in Detroit at WJBK-TV (Channel 2), where he would eventually launch the juggernaut Fox 2 Morning show. STILL not satisfied, Alan chucked it all to write spy novels.Alan says there are no sharks or snakes in the Virgin Islands. He explains.Taking risks is nothing new to Alan. Back when he was a student reporter at Purdue University, when everyone else was afraid of bombastic Indiana Hoosiers coach Bobby Knight, Alan made an unexpected friend when he was the only reporter to rise to Knight’s challenge.It seems like everyone has big local morning news shows, but Alan set the pace at Fox 2. He talks about how he helped make the station, and his show, best in class – and set the standard for morning news across America.Fox 2 once asked ML to fill in on the morning show. It was a mistake they didn’t make again. The reason? Two words: “Mistletoe belt.”Alan met loads of famous people anchoring the morning show, but one of the most memorable moments involved Henry Kissinger doing the weather, a story that prompted Marc to bust out his killer Kissinger imitation.ML and Alan discuss the most powerful man in Detroit media – and what he has in common with legendary Today Show weatherman Willard Scott.Katie Couric’s comment about her cleavage caught Alan off-guard, just like he tried to keep Bryant Gumbel on his toes when they would chat on air.Alan’s career as an author may have gotten a major boost when he met his idol, Robert Ludlum, early in his career. The bestselling author gave Alan a piece of advice he’s never forgotten. Listen and learn.Alan has written two Alex Kove novels – “Sandstorm” and “Ashes to Ashes.” He tells ML and Marc what he had to go through to get a treasured blurb from Elmore Leonard for his first novel.Hollywood meetings aren’t like normal meetings, as Alan learned after dressing up for his first encounter with movie moguls.“Not enough sex.” <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://alanllee.com/" target="_blank">That was the feedback Alan got on “Sandstorm.” So he fixed it. Check out his books here.</a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/ml-elrick/2024/11/24/mark-brant-monroe-county-commish-prison/76441216007/" target="_blank">ML’s latest “On Guard” column digs into a county commissioner who will serve the first year of his new term while in prison. Read all about it here.</a>Please support the show by becoming a Soulmate. For as little as $5 a month, you can enjoy benefits like early access to new episodes, the video version of the show, no insertion ads and access to our monthly bonus episode. At the $25 and $60 a month levels, you get free swag and exclusive merchandise. Sign up here: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.patreon.com/MLSoulofDetroit/posts" target="_blank">Get more from ML Soul of Detroit on Patreon</a> GEEK OF THE WEEK: Shawn questions ML’s choice of a multiple murderer for this week’s geek – just in time for the holidays!ROOM 7609: For the first time EVER, ML plays a promo for a gig instead of a song.

Anchor to Author – November 26, 2024

<description>Prosecutors are debating over who should hold Oxford school officials accountable for the tragedy that happened at the high school. […]</description>

Prosecutors are debating over who should hold Oxford school officials accountable for the tragedy that happened at the high school. […]

Prosecutors are debating over who should hold Oxford school officials accountable for the tragedy that happened at the high school. Free Press ace Tresa Baldas (and ML’s wife) joins Marc, Shawn and ML to discuss the latest developments, and how Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel are handling it. 
 
 
 
STRAIGHT&nbsp;DOPE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/ml-elrick/2024/11/17/highland-park-school-board-zakia-gibson-lorne-mcgee/76207058007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ML considers starting the show with a discussion of his latest column, an expose on how the “naughty thoughts” of a Highland Park school board member caused the debt-laden district to pay out $1.8 million to its former chief executive, but realizes he better let his wife do the talking. Again. To read the column, click this link.</a> 
 
 
 
Shawn again objectifies ML, commenting on his appearance and penchant for skinny ties. 
 
 
 
Salzburg is known as one of the most fun towns in Austria, which is why it’s especially puzzling that Shawn knows it for the salt times. 
 
 
 
<a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2024/11/19/michigan-ag-nessel-blasts-prosecutor-over-role-in-oxford-school-shooting/76408850007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tresa discusses the latest in the Oxford High School tragedy and a dispute over the role the Michigan attorney general may play in the case. Read one of her latest exclusives here.</a> 
 
 
 
Marc seizes the opportunity to do one of his favorite things: Dive deep into the legal implications of a case. 
 
 
 
Do different officials have different subpoena powers? Tresa explains. 
 
 
 
Shawn questions how responsible school officials, who oversee hundreds of students, should be held when one of the students acts out. A lively discussion ensues, involving how police and teachers don’t get the credit – and support – they deserve. 
 
 
 
Tresa sets the record straight on something Oakland County officials said after the shooting that just wasn’t true. Listen and learn. 
 
 
 
Shawn, who shares the sunny outlook of the former front man of The Smiths, disses Morrissey anyway. 
 
 
 
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GEEK OF THE WEEK: Netflix is this week’s geek for its handling of the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight, but not before Shawn and Marc wax poetically over the decline of the Sweet Science. 
 
 
 
ROOM 7609:&nbsp;ML’s fellow Smiths fan Kevin books Morrissey into the New Wave suite to perform a cover of “Trash,” then challenges the crew to guess who first recorded the post-punk classic. Send us your favorite deep cut or obscure band – and a story about them or why they mean something to you – by writing to&nbsp;<a href="https://gmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a>. 
 
 
 
FEEDBACK:&nbsp;Mike Duggan, Donald Trump and Mitch Albom are on listeners’ minds. We welcome all your comments – and constructive criticism – at&nbsp;<a href="https://gmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a> 
 
 
 
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Netflix Suckers – November 19, 2024

<description>Eli Zaret visits to drop some wisdom on minor topics like the future of America and an even bigger deal: […]</description>

Eli Zaret visits to drop some wisdom on minor topics like the future of America and an even bigger deal: […]

Eli Zaret visits to drop some wisdom on minor topics like the future of America and an even bigger deal: The future of the Detroit Lions. Then Shawn drops in to share more tales of his misspent youth. 
 
 
 
STRAIGHT&nbsp;DOPE:&nbsp;Eli Zaret is feeling salty after last week’s elections, offering hot takes on how the Democrats got owned. Men playing women’s sports, government-funded gender reassignment surgery and losing touch with working folks are just a few of the things he believes swung the election. Marc begs to differ on some of those issues, while ML says there are some topics Democrats never seem to get to work for them. 
 
 
 
Eli, ML and Marc think the Democrats will be wandering the wilderness until they find a candidate who can reclaim the middle and shed the perception they’re catering to the elites. Eli and ML believe there is one politician who may be the Dems’ next Great White Hope. Listen and learn who they&#8217;re talking about. 
 
 
 
Shawn makes the scene and chimes in that Democrats are suffering because of things like universities offering students Lego rooms and other coping mechanisms for kids traumatized by … life. ML shares that he heard some professors at MSU cancelled classes the day after the election for students struggling with the election results. 
 
 
 
The show goes under its own transformation … from politics to sports, as Eli sounds off on the Lions&#8217; latest amazing victory. (He and ML both missed it because they were already in bed &#8212; but not in bed together!) 
 
 
 
Shawn provides his latest account of Lions fans changing the way airlines operate and taking over flights. Even ML has noticed Lions’ fever, which manifested itself at a local establishment after his latest hockey game (a thrilling 2-1 Bulldogs victory!). 
 
 
 
Eli recounts William Clay Ford’s takeover and mismanagement of the Lions – and the role WCF&#8217;s daughter played in their ascension. 
 
 
 
ML asks how much credit former Lions linebacker Chris Spielman deserves for the team’s success. Eli, Marc and Shawn sound off. 
 
 
 
Eli says every team needs a genius – the owner, the general manager or the coach. Who is the Lions’ genius? 
 
 
 
ML says on the show that he wrote in his show notes “Never-ending baseball talk.” This is that line. The Tigers talk is fine, but when Eli, Marc and Shawn keep rhapsodizing about the 1986 New York Mets, well, you know… 
 
 
 
Marc lauds Shawn for nailing the score of the Lions-Texans game. Later, ML tries to give Shawn credit for his prognostication skills, then instantly regrets it. 
 
 
 
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GEEK OF THE WEEK: 
 
 
 
Mattel’s epic gaffe that referred fans of its new “Wicked” product line to an entirely NSFW – or children – website wins this week’s Geek award. 
 
 
 
ROOM 7609:&nbsp;Without any suggestions from listeners, ML dials up a tribute to Marc’s children with Julian Cope’s “Charlotte Anne.” No one is impressed. Send us your favorite deep cut or obscure band – and a story about them or why they mean something to you – by writing to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a>. 
 
 
 
FEEDBACK:&nbsp;Erik thinks the Spartans got rooked again and Sophia smells a conspi...

Up in Smoke – November 12, 2024

<description>An Only Fans creator running for office, a bold prediction, election deniers and ML reflects on the reaction to the […]</description>

An Only Fans creator running for office, a bold prediction, election deniers and ML reflects on the reaction to the […]

An Only Fans creator running for office, a bold prediction, election deniers and ML reflects on the reaction to the night he got stomped as ML, Marc and Shawn try to avoid talking politics on the most political day of the year! 
 
 
 
STRAIGHT&nbsp;DOPE:&nbsp;We’re trying to avoid politics on election day, but ML nevertheless makes a bold prediction. Then he takes credit for a prediction he made before the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate that was&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;right. 
 
 
 
Well, THIS is embarrassing! On the same day last week’s show posted, in which ML says newspapers should get out of the endorsement game, the Free Press’ owners announced they were getting out of the announcement game! ML explains that he had NO IDEA that news was coming down on the same day he made his comments. 
 
 
 
If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard a political ad on this show, it’s because our policy is not to take any ads – no matter how lucrative – from politicians. Local television stations, on the other hand, are RAKING IT IN!!! 
 
 
 
Are you sick of all the texts and political propaganda? Marc isn’t. He explains why. 
 
 
 
Shawn is back from Iron Mountain, where he stayed to cover the Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers tilt. The reason? Cost. Listen and let us know what you think of the AMAZING deal he got on a flight. 
 
 
 
Marc was too busy to go to Iron Mountain, which is handy, because he was BANNED from that corner of the U.P. back in high school. He explains. 
 
 
 
Marc asks ML and Shawn to talk about their worst assignments from the road. ML shares a story that almost cost him his life. Shawn talks about hanging out on a boat in Greece with a bunch of 80-year-old dudes. 
 
 
 
The way sports reporters file stories has changed dramatically, due to technological changes. ML and Shawn recount some of the challenges they had to overcome, including phone couplers and dictating stories long-distance while using an MCI calling card. 
 
 
 
Dave Portnoy rears his ugly head, spurring a debate between ML and Marc over whether he’s evil or an evil genius &#8212; or both. 
 
 
 
A candidate for the Michigan House made a bundle on Only Fans back in 2022. A discussion over whether being a sex worker should disqualify a candidate morphs into a discussion over the difference between loving porn and the other 99 percent of it. 
 
 
 
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GEEK OF THE WEEK:&nbsp;Poor losers win this week’s geek award. 
 
 
 
ROOM 7609:&nbsp;Mr. Magoo is spot on with his choice of “Politicians in My Eyes” by Death, a great tune from a fantastic band with an even better story – and best of all, they’re local! Send us your favorite deep cut or obscure band – and a story about them or why they mean something to you – by writing to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a>. 
 
 
 
FEEDBACK:&nbsp;Tom misses Erika and hates us. Kim just hates the media. We welcome all your comments – and constructive criticism – at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com">mlsoulofdetroit@gmail.com</a> 
 
 
 
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