CuriosiD

CuriosiD

44 episodes

You've got Detroit questions, we've got answers. CuriosiD is a podcast from WDET, Detroit's NPR Station. Our reporters answer your questions about the region, like "Who invented the Boston Cooler?" or "Are there really salt mines underneath Detroit?" Something puzzling you about Detroit? Ask about it at http://wdet.org/curious and we might answer your question in a future episode!

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What's the highest point in Detroit?

Published: Feb. 8, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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What's the history behind Detroit's Outer Drive?

Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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What happened to the 'World's Largest Stove' in Detroit?

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes

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What's with all the white tile burger joints in metro Detroit?

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 24 seconds

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What's the story behind Black motorcycle clubs in Detroit?

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds

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How did the Giant Tire end up in Allen Park, MI? And what's it like inside?

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 59 seconds

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What's the story behind metro Detroit's mile roads?

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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What is Superman ice cream? And where does it come from?

Published: July 13, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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How do you catch fish in the Detroit River? And are they safe to eat?

Published: June 8, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds

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Who was Bagley?

Published: May 11, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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What is on Boblo Island today? And what happened to the Boblo boats?

Published: April 13, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Why are there so many Coney Islands in Detroit?

Published: March 9, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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Could Detroit's buried streams see the light of day?

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds

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Why does steam come out of Detroits streets?

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Who made Detroit-style pizza first?

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 5 seconds

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Are Detroit election officials prepared for another 'stop the count' protest?

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 4:52 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds

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Where does the name Hamtramck come from?

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds

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What happened to the swimmobiles in Detroit?

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 23 seconds

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Are the woods in Palmer Park a virgin forest?

Published: July 14, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds

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Corn Real Good

Published: June 9, 2022, 8:20 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds

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CuriosiD: Did you know the Dust Bowl made it to Detroit?

Published: Feb. 19, 2020, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 38 seconds

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CuriosiD: Whats the Origin of the Boston Cooler?

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds

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CuriosiD: We Answered All Your Questions About the Mile Road System

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 48 seconds

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Holocaust Bones Find Resting Place in Massive Michigan Cemetery

Published: July 18, 2019, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Listeners Ask, Why Does DTW Have Those Giant Fans?

Published: June 26, 2019, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 44 seconds

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CuriosiD: Why Isn't Google's Street View of Detroit Up-to-date?

Published: July 20, 2018, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds

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Why Does Michigan Avenue Have Brick Pavers?

Published: July 3, 2018, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds

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Could Electric Cars Increase Pollution

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds

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Rumor of a British Bomber Crash In a Detroit Neighborhood Haunts a Listener

Published: Oct. 24, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 59 seconds

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Why Is Detroit Sometimes Called "The Paris of the Midwest?"

Published: Sept. 13, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds

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What is the History of Detroits Times Square?

Published: Aug. 22, 2017, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 1 second

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How Did Detroit Become a Center for Arabs in the United States?

Published: Aug. 8, 2017, 6:07 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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That Waterway in Detroit, Is it a Strait or a River?

Published: July 25, 2017, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds

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Whats Happened at the State Fairgrounds?

Published: July 13, 2017, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds

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Lewis Cass, Michigan Governor, Architect of Indian Removal

Published: June 27, 2017, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960s?

Published: June 20, 2017, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds

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Who Was John R?

Published: May 30, 2017, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 42 seconds

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Are There Salt Mines Under Detroit?

Published: May 15, 2017, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds

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Who Were the Natives in Detroit?

Published: May 1, 2017, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds

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Whats That Smell?

Published: April 10, 2017, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Why are there 5 Grosse Pointes?

Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds

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What Happens to the Stuff I Recycle?

Published: Oct. 3, 2016, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 8 seconds

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Why Doesnt Detroit Have A Subway Or Elevated Rail?

Published: Aug. 22, 2016, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds

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Who Chooses Detroits Tax-Free Renaissance Zones?

Published: Aug. 11, 2016, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 3 seconds

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Whats the Origin of the Boston Cooler?

Published: July 25, 2016, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 48 seconds

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Did Detroit Ever Have A Gayborhood?

Published: July 11, 2016, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

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Why Does a Private Company Own a Major U.S. Border Crossing?

Published: June 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds

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Whats Up With All These Pheasants?

Published: June 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 1 second

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Whats the Story Behind the NBC Building in Midtown Detroit?

Published: May 23, 2016, 2:27 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 7 seconds

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What Are Water Towers Used for Today?

Published: May 9, 2016, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 2 seconds

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Why Do Police Shoot to Kill?

Published: April 21, 2016, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds

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Why isnt there a Taco Bell downtown?

Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Why Are There Swastikas in Parts of Indian Village?

Published: Dec. 17, 2015, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds

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Where the Bodies are Buried ... Beneath the Streets

Published: Oct. 30, 2015, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds

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How A 1900s Black Detroit Community Was Razed For A Freeway

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds

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Where Did the Michigan Left Come From?

Published: Oct. 5, 2015, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds

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Why is Detroit Auto Insurance SO Expensive?

Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 2:12 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 59 seconds

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When Detroit was Armed with Nuclear Missiles

Published: Aug. 24, 2015, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

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What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?

Published: Aug. 10, 2015, 2:07 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Do You Pronounce the Road Lahser or Lasher?

Published: July 27, 2015, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 52 seconds

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Former Tenant of this Mans Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry

Published: July 10, 2015, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Who is Louis Stone in Detroits history?

Published: March 15, 2015, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds

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The History of Detroits Water Works Park

Published: Nov. 6, 2014, 3 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds

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Why do Hamtramck and Highland Park exist inside the city of Detroit?

Published: Sept. 19, 2014, 8:19 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 36 seconds

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