The podcast this week is the first of a series I’ve been wanting to do for a while, where I gather expatriates living in the Twin Cities to talk about their former homes. This episode is a group of three people who grew up in Detroit, but now live in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area, talking about what they miss or don’t miss about their home city. Detroit just declared bankruptcy this week, so it seemed like a good time to discuss what Detroit can teach us about our urban futures.

For this podcast, I had the pleasure of talking with Beth Bowman, a painter from Saint Paul, Peter Schilling Jr., a writer from Saint Louis Park, and Joe Mahon, an economist from Minneapolis. We met at the Aster Café in old St Anthony, and all three of my guests had a lot to say about the differences between Michigan and Minnesota, Detroit and Minneapolis, and I think you’ll find the conversation as interesting as I did. One thing’s for sure, Michiganders love talking about Michigan.

The link to the audio is here. Check out the whole factory of them in the archive feed.