ML Soul of Detroit

Mar 07 2025 300 ep. 81 mins 366

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Andy Dirks & Jerks (Replay) – March 7, 2025

Mar 07 2025 101 mins

We’re revisiting a show from October. Erika Erickson is back and we’re talking with Tigers broadcaster Andy Dirks… while Shawn is cleaning his dirty drawers in Cleveland. STRAIGHT DOPE: Fresh off his appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, ML starts the podcast with a tribute to his favorite host of the Carlos & Shawn podcast … Mr. Monarrez. Former Ti

The Devin and the Details – February 25, 2025

Feb 25 2025 82 mins

Devin Scillian is retired so he has nothing better to do than write for the Free Press and hang out with ML and Marc at Red Shovel Network HQ … while Shawn looks for toilet paper in somebody else’s crib. STRAIGHT DOPE: ML welcomes fellow Local 4 (WDIV-TV) legend Devin Scillian to the show. When Marc questions why ML considers himself a Channel 4 icon, he gets a sur

Stall Tales – February 18, 2025

Feb 18 2025 45 mins

Shawn is running a little behind and has trouble wiping away his embarrassment before joining ML and Marc for a show that ML hopes you are not listening to at work … and that he prays his mother never hears (because he was reared better). STRAIGHT DOPE: As you know, Shawn is very modest, and would never brag about his accomplishments. Still, ML and Marc were surprised to

The Elephant Man – February 11, 2025

Feb 11 2025 86 mins

An ambassador who wants to lead the Michigan Republican Party joins ML and Marc to talk about his plans for his party … as well as his visit to Bird Shit Island. STRAIGHT DOPE: Joe Cella was a Donald Trump skeptic in 2015 who became such a convert that Trump named him ambassador to Fiji in 2016. ML asks him to explain how he came full circle on the president, and whe

Yacht Rocks – February 4, 2025

Feb 04 2025 75 mins

Yacht rock gets a whole lotta love when two local musicians drop in to hype their upcoming gig before the world premiere of a new music video in Room 7609. STRAIGHT DOPE: TRIGGER WARNING: ML compares one of the commercials on Sirius XM’s POTUS channel with an inappropriate headline he saw in The Onion during the Clinton Administration.Marc’s intro suggests Shaw

Pardon-Palooza – January 28, 2025

Jan 28 2025 74 mins

The lead prosecutor in the Kwame Kilpatrick public corruption trial schools ML, Marc and Shawn on the pardon process – and how Biden and Trump have exercised their “divine right of kings.” STRAIGHT DOPE: Mark Chutkow zooms in to educate ML, Marc and Shawn on how the pardon process is SUPPOSED to work, which is news we can all use, because Joe Biden and Donald Trump s

Cryin’ Lions – January 21, 2025

Shawn says he saw Dan Campbell weep after the Commanders mastered the Lions, which didn’t bother ML, who considered cursing them after they messed up his charity hockey game. Marc is appalled. STRAIGHT DOPE: After overcoming the Lions’ efforts to derail his annual outdoor charity hockey game at Clark Park, the weather joined the conspiracy to ruin ML’s best-laid plan

Garbage Day – January 14, 2025

Jan 14 2025 73 mins

Mike Rataj and the Piece of Garbage reunite to reminisce about the origin of their charity hockey game at Clark Park after Marc comes up with the perfect intro and before Shawn zooms in. STRAIGHT DOPE: It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since ML and Mike Rataj dominated the news with their spirited legal discussion during the Kwame Kilpatrick corruption trial. Tha

Donkey Show – January 7, 2025

Jan 07 2025 81 mins

Mike Duggan and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer take some friendly fire when a couple of jackasses join ML and Marc – and by “jackasses,” we mean Democrats. STRAIGHT DOPE: The jackass is one of the symbols of the Democratic Party ginned up by cartoonist Thomas Nast more than a century ago. Some folks think it’s an especially apt mascot after the Democrats lost Michigan to Do

Bond. James Bond. James Bond Show Redux – December 31, 2024

During the holidays there are a lot of James Bond films on TV and not all of them are worth your time, but we value your time. So check out this archived episode in which we help you find the best James Bond episodes. Do we expect you to die? No, we expect you to listen. And please consider becoming a soulmate. That’s our Patreon supporters group. It keeps the