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It's Been a Minute

The SMACKDOWN: Techno vs. Aaliyah vs. Motown

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Who will win today's cage match?

For the past two months Brittany has been hosting debates in cities and regions across the United States to find out who and what are the most influential things from those places. Today, she ends her tour in her hometown. It's a homecoming of sorts. Beyoncé style.

For the last episode in the series, Brittany lands in Detroit, Michigan, and debates with Tia Graham, co-host of WDET's CultureShift and Cary Junior II, producer for WDET's Created Equal. There will be winners. There will be losers. There will be surprises.

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Hello, hello.

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I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR, a show about

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what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. For the past eight weeks I have been bringing the Smackdown, a debate series, to American cities all across the country

0:46.8

to find out what are the most influential things and the most important people that come

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from those places. And for the most important people that come from those places.

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And for the final time for now, I'm debating who and what

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are the greatest of all time.

1:08.6

Today's cage match is being held on my home turf of Detroit Michigan. This is my homecoming of sorts.

1:12.8

And our debaters this week are member station

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W-D-E-T's Tia Graham, co-host of the Metro,

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and Carrie Jr, a producer for W-D-E-T's

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created equal.

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Tia, Carrie, did y'all get everything ready

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for my homecoming party?

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You know, we're still working on it, how about that?

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I got the memo.

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I've got some Detroit style pizza.

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We got it all ready for you. Yes. Well let me tell you, Biante's homecoming has

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