Detroit
3 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 23, 2020 by Melissa Butler · said 105 times in 33 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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brought up most by Guy Raz (52), Melissa Butler (17), Darina Garland (4), Troy Carter (3), RJ Scaringe (3), Monique Rodriguez (3), Jonathan Poneman (3), Hamdi Ulukaya (2)
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2026 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.
- Advice Line with Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation
- Advice Line with Hernan Lopez of Wondery
- Spinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M
- Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
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2025 10 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet
- Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
- Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel
- (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
- Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022)
- Whisker/Litter-Robot: Brad Baxter
- Advice Line with Alberto Perlman of Zumba
- Advice Line with Lyndon Cormack of Herschel Supply Co.
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2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 34 mentions in 4 episodes 9 per episode
2022 9 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2020 35 mentions in 5 episodes 7 per episode
2019 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about Detroit, oldest first
Nov 23, 2020 positive
Nov 23, 2020 positive
Butler: Returned to Detroit to ensure Black inclusion in city's resurgence
“I knew that New York didn't need me and that I could do a lot more in my hometown. You know, I never thought that Detroit really Deserved the bad reputation that it had gotten, and I wanted to be a part of, like, this new thing, and to meet the movers and shak…”