VVK Podcast | How Detroit Leaders Build Real Workforce Readiness
A high school diploma doesn’t automatically translate into a stable job, and pretending it does leaves Detroit youth carrying the risk of a system that hasn’t kept up. We sit down with Michelle Reaves (Executive Director, DAPCEP), Jessica Hauser (Executive Director, Downtown Boxing Gym), and Laila Bell (VP of Learning and Impact, Skillman Foundation) to […]
VVK Podcast | Preserving Detroit’s Character: Growth, Change and the Future of Authentic Neighborhoods
“Authentic Detroit” gets used as a compliment, a warning, and sometimes a weapon in development debates. We wanted to slow that word down and ask what it actually means on the ground, especially in two places that Detroiters care about deeply: Midtown and Eastern Market. Craig Fahle is joined by Melanie Markowicz, Executive Director of […]
VVK Podcast | Detroit’s Startup Moment: AI, Capital and the Future of Innovation
Detroit has always been a place that builds. What’s different now is the speed, the tools, and the stakes. In this episode of the VVK Podcast, we sit down with Mike Mattacola, CEO of Advaita Bio, and Patti Glaza, EVP for Venture and Managing Director of ID Ventures at Invest Detroit, to discuss what’s actually […]
VVK Podcast | Teaching People to Think, Not Just Work
At a time when higher education is increasingly focused on job training, what are we losing? In this conversation, Craig Fahle sits down with Roosevelt Montas and Rishi Jaitly to explore the enduring value of a liberal education—and why it may matter more than ever in the age of AI. They discuss what it means […]
VVK Podcast | Attention Spans, Algorithms, and the Future of News
Local news fuels nearly every conversation we have, from politics to schools to the stories we share at work, yet the system that produces it is under real strain. In this episode, we sit down with Katy Locker of Bridge Michigan and BridgeDetroit, Annalise Frank of Axios Detroit, and Zoe Clark of Michigan Public to […]