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The Detroit History Podcast

Booking Overview

This is a Detroit-focused history podcast built mainly around narrative episodes, with occasional interviews featuring authors, documentary filmmakers, athletes, and people with direct connections to regional history. Credible pitches would include historians, local-cultural authors, filmmakers, archivists, and notable Detroit or Michigan figures with a compelling historical angle; booking difficulty is medium because the show has featured both accessible specialists and prominent subjects.

Metrics

Episodes: 65

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 219 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

detroithistorypodcast@gmail.com

ekiska91@gmail.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Authors, documentary filmmakers, historians, athletes, and notable community or cultural figures with direct expertise or personal connections to Detroit and Michigan history.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or memoirs about Detroit, Michigan, or related cultural history, Documentary films investigating significant regional events, Distinguished professional careers closely connected to Detroit history or culture

Recent Guest Discussions

Ted Lindsay - His Detroit Red Wings Career, The 1950s Production Line, And His Experiences Playing Alongside Gordie Howe And Sid Abel

Andrew Templeton - The Michigan Murders, The Social Climate Of Late-1960s Michigan, Investigative Failures, And His Documentary 1969: Killers, Freaks, And Radicals

Curtis Chin - Growing Up In His Family's Detroit Chinese Restaurant, Chung's, Detroit's Chinatown And Cass Corridor, And His Memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned In A Chinese Restaurant

Recent Topics

History, Detroit History, Automotive History, Music History, Sports History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Detroit History Podcast
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A clip from our new documentary "The Power of the Newspaper: Detroit in the 1960s"

October 10, 2026

A reminder for all of our listeners, our new documentary "The Power of the Newspaper: Detroit in the 1960s" is now up on the Firelake Media YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@firelakemedia). If you didn't listen to our last update, this documentary is produced by The Detroit History Podcast team and is about how the Detroit Free Press covered the 1960s. Being that this covers the 1960s, part of our documentary shows how the Detroit Free Press covered the 1967 rebellion. The Freep's coverage of...

The Power of the Newspaper: Detroit in the 1960s Introduction

September 19, 2026

Next month, on October 4th, on the Firelake Media YouTube channel, The Detroit History Podcast team will be releasing a documentary we've been working on ever since the last season of The Detroit History Podcast and it's called The Power of the Newspaper: Detroit in the 1960s. The premise for this documentary will be how Detroit's two major newspapers covered the 1960s. It's also about how the 60s were not just a pivotal time for Detroit, but also for the news industry, as the media revolutio...

Special Episode- The Ted Lindsay Interview

September 22, 2025

The Detroit Red Wings 100th season will begin soon, so The Detroit History Podcast team thought we'd revisit an interview we did 7 years ago with Detroit Red Wings all-time-great Ted Lindsay. Lindsay was a key part of the 1950s Detroit Red Wings teams that won several Stanley Cups, and was on the same line as Gordie Howe and Sid Abel, a line that Detroit media dubbed "The Production Line." On February 22nd, 2018, a little over a year before Ted Lindsay passed away at age 93, we sat down with ...

Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
The Detroit History Podcast
:

How do I get in touch with The Detroit History Podcast?

Its publicly listed emails are detroithistorypodcast@gmail.com and ekiska91@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Detroit History Podcast?

The publicly listed emails for The Detroit History Podcast: detroithistorypodcast@gmail.com and ekiska91@gmail.com.

How many listeners does The Detroit History Podcast have?

Podseeker estimates The Detroit History Podcast reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Detroit History Podcast?

The Detroit History Podcast typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Authors, documentary filmmakers, historians, athletes, and notable community or cultural figures with direct expertise or personal connections to Detroit and Michigan history. Common among recent guests: Published books or memoirs about Detroit, Michigan, or related cultural history; Documentary films investigating significant regional events; Distinguished professional careers closely connected to Detroit history or culture. Recent guests include Ted Lindsay, Andrew Templeton, and Curtis Chin.

How hard is it to get booked on The Detroit History Podcast?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does The Detroit History Podcast cover?

Recent episodes cover History, Detroit History, Automotive History, Music History, and Sports History. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

detroithistorypodcast@gmail.com

ekiska91@gmail.com

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