The Beginning of the End

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WDET's original podcast featuring stories about when, how and why things end, told by the people who have to live with what happens next.

  1. 08/17/2016

    Short: The End of the World's Largest Stove

    Before Detroit was known for cars, it was known for stoves. And The World's Largest Stove was birthed in the late 19th century at the peak of the country's stove fever. Beginning of the End producer Laura Herberg explores its bizarre life and death.

    22 min

  2. 12/27/2015

    10. The End of Obsession

    [21:43] A man that worked for two decades to preserve the legacy of the Motown musicians known as the Funk Brothers.

    23 min

  3. 12/04/2015

    The End of 'The Beginning of the End'

    [2:20] Alex has a short message for our listeners on how you can keep our show kicking it into the future.

    3 min

  4. 11/13/2015

    08. The End of Pride

    [28:04] Meet Satori. A famed storyteller facing the end of her breast and finds the grace to rewrite her own story.

    29 min

  5. 10/13/2015

    09. The End of Utopia

    [27:01] Meet Emil Baur. After becoming fascinated with utopian societies and transcendentalism, Baur decided to lead a group of German Methodists into a swampy region of Michigan to start a new utopian society from scratch.

    28 min

  6. 10/05/2015

    07. The End of Dominance

    [21:22] We explore the story of how two larger-than-life musical movements came to their demise.

    22 min

  7. 09/17/2015

    Short: The End of Cont@ct

    A woman choses to permanently end her relationship with an inanimate object that some of us consider our best friend.

    15 min

  8. 09/03/2015

    The End of Self-Doubt

    A Detroit high school teacher doubts his ability to make a difference and help his students.

    23 min
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WDET's original podcast featuring stories about when, how and why things end, told by the people who have to live with what happens next.

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