Detroit native Tim Meadows is making a point to bring support to this year’s presidential election. The comedian is hosting Tim Meadows & Friends: Comedy Caucus at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The event, supporting Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC, will include stand-up comedy, live music and a call for people to register and vote in November. 

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

Meadows recently spoke with The Metro’s Tia Graham about the event and the importance of voting — especially this election cycle. 

“This election is more than about just, you know, democracy or just another president,” Meadows said. “It’s about women’s rights to choose. It’s about our relationship to other countries; our relationship with each other in this country; and I just wanted…my hope is that we can ease up the rhetoric, and we can ease up and be empathetic towards each other a lot more.”

Use the media player above to hear the full conversation with comedian Tim Meadows.

More headlines from The Metro on Oct. 8, 2024:

• Everyone in this country is expected to get a K-12 education, but funding that expectation falls on the many, not the few. That’s because schools get funded by federal, state and local institutions in America. And in Michigan, schools rely a lot on local millages for funding. So far this year, voters statewide have rejected about half of the 44 bond requests that have been proposed. To discuss this trend, Bridge Michigan Education Reporter Isabel Lohman joined the show. 
• The Michigan Department of Transportation is studying ways to make Gratiot Avenue safer for both drivers and pedestrians. It’s one of the most dangerous streets in the city. Metro Region Planning Manager Matt Galbraith joined The Metro to talk about the study and why Gratiot is so dangerous.
• Story Fest is an event that blends a range of different storytelling techniques — including live podcast journalism, first-person narratives, original scores and other unique performances. The Detroit iteration is coming to the Detroit Film Theatre this Thursday, and it’s not too late to grab your ticket. To talk about the event, Story Fest Producer McCardle Hankin joined the show along with WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter and Metro Times/Model D Media reporter Khan Santori Davison — who will both be presenting stories at the event.

Listen to The Metro weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on-demand.