The Week That Was: Trump Wants to Pick Iran Leader; The Attack on West Bloomfield Synagogue

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests: veteran attorneys Steve Fishman and Bill Seikaly; community and labor activist Barb Ingalls; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.They discuss the terrorist attack at the West Bloomfield synagogue; Trump saying he wants to appoint the next Iranian leader — which host Saeed Khan suggests could be called “The Ayatollah Apprentice”; Trump being panned for wearing a baseball cap to a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base; and Schmuck of the Week.

Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about the attack on the synagogue in West Bloomfield Township and security in other schools. They wonder more money isn't spent beefing up security at schools and paying teachers better salaries. 

Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about sex workers, the Iran war, the Epstein files and President Donald Trump's cult-like following.

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, veteran lawyers, Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.They talk about: US and Israel attacking Iran and the Trump's ever-changing explanations for doing so; Khan, a Wayne State University professor, addresses question as to whether Iran will attack on U.S. soil; Bill and Hillary Clinton each provide depositions to House Oversight Committee on Jeffery Epstein;  DHS Secretary Kristi Noem gets the boot; Lions trade running back David Montgomery to Houston Texans; Schmuck of the Week.

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests: veteran attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.They discuss: a recap of the State of the Union speech; Whitmer’s last State of the State address; a U.S. ambassador to Israel telling Tucker Carlson that Israel should take over the Middle East; whether Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision not to endorse Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist will hurt her; whether Trump is turning on his Supreme Court; whether some of the Trump-appointed justices can show independence; panelist Fishman’s basketball days at the University of Michigan; whether the USA hockey team should have shown up for the State of the Union; and Schmuck of the Week.

Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about former Wayne County official Alicia Bradford and her husband, Larry Bradford, who face potential jail time after they pulled guns on a customer at a Farmington Hills gas station following a dispute that began over a 10-cent deposit fee being charged for a can of Mountain Dew.The panel discusses gun responsibility. They also talk with Wayne State University Professor Saeed Khan about the U.S. and Israel attack on Iran.

Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk about Vanessa's bid for Wayne County Probate Court and all the work that goes into running; the Supreme Court votes against President Trump's tariffs; and the six Congress members, including Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who made a controversial  video about directing the military not to carry out illegal acts. Right or wrong?A D.C. federal grand jury rejected charges against the six. 

"The Week That Was'" podcast host Nancy Derringer talks with guests, Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick, content creator Myron Watkins, attorney Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.The group talks about a number of issues, including the controversy involving Wayne County Sheriff Raphael "Ray" Washington and allegations in a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against him filed by former sheriff’s office official Regina Parks. Washington has insisted all the allegations are unfounded.They also talk about the latest report by WXYZ's Ross Jones that includes allegations that Washington sexually harassed WDIV's Ericka Erickson, who worked as the sheriff's communications director in 2021–2022. Erickson raised concerns with sheriff officials but never filed a formal complaint or lawsuit.Jones' report includes secret recordings Erickson made on the job, including one with the former sheriff's chief of staff, Michael Turner, who told Erickson Washington was a "womanizer" who made him uncomfortable with his bahavior with certain woman on the job.M.L. Elrick said he's worked with Erickson and considers her a good friend and said she has always been nothing but professional and wouldn't have done anything to trigger any potentially inappropriate behavior by Washington. (Starts at 41:37 mark) "She's a beautiful woman I think that's an objective fact," Elrick said. "And she's also one of the people who's made me happy that I'm not a beautiful person because there are people who can make your life miserable if they're attracted to you."I've never known her to be flirtatious.I've never known her to be promiscuous. I've never known her to be provocative and I've never known her to use whatever skin-deep appeal she may have to advance her career or to get ahead on a story. She's the consummate professional she's really hard working."If somebody were to sit down and say to me, the reason this happened is because of some conduct on the part of Erica Erickson, I can just tell you, in knowing her as a colleague again as a friend for over a decade that would blow my mind."The group also talks about DTE's $100 million fine for polluting Zug Island, the Supreme Court's ruling against President Trump's tariffs, and Trump's interference with the Gordie Howe International Bridge and Matthew Moroun's involvement.

Hosts Vanessa Moss and Jim Nardone talk with lifelong Detroiter Adam Hollier, who explains why he dropped out of the race for Michigan Secretary of State and is now running for a state Senate seat.He talks about the public service jobs he's held over the years. He says that since he left the Senate in 2023, there hasn’t been a Black man there.

Hosts Vanessa Moss and Jim Nardone talk about Detroit Black History Month and highlight some outstanding people, including Flint’s Claressa Shields, a world champion boxer, and former Detroit Tigers star Willie Horton.They also talk with special guests, viewers Mike Evans—who discusses immigration, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office questioning rulings by Detroit’s 36th District Court, and the NAACP in Detroit—and Les Little, who talks about corporate money hijacking elections.