Detroit is Different

“I’m vested in Detroit,” Portia Powell says, and that line carries the power of this whole conversation. In this Detroit is Different episode, One Detroit Credit Union President & CEO Portia Powell shares a story rooted in Black Detroit family legacy, Eastside resilience, and the financial wisdom she first witnessed through her mother’s life. From growing...

“It tattooed something on my brain about public service and tragedy.” That line from James White sets the tone for a deeply personal and powerful Detroit is Different conversation about trauma, service, healing, and the future of community care in Detroit. The CEO of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network opens up about being raised by his grandparents o...

“I’m happy to be here with you” sets the tone for a powerful Detroit is Different conversation with Leseliey Welch, CEO of Birth Center Equity and co-founder of Birth Detroit, Detroit’s only Black-led self-sustaining birth center. In this rich dialogue, Leseliey reflects on family roots stretching from Detroit’s east side to Mississippi and Louisiana, her jou...

“I really knew that I could do something with it when I started making money with it,” Jason Phillips shares in this rich Detroit is Different conversation, opening up about how artistry became both his balance and his pathway to opportunity. Rooted in four generations of Detroit family history and shaped by the West Side around Myers and Joy Road, Jason refl...

“Detroit has definitely created its own ecosystem for the film world,” and in this Detroit is Different conversation, Return Mark “MJ the Don” Jackson brings that truth to life with the sharp vision, humor, and hard-earned wisdom of a creator growing into his next chapter. Revisiting the podcast to build beyond earlier talks centered on music, MJ opens up abo...