{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Detroit","slug":"daily-detroit-403697","podcast_index_feed_id":403697,"rss_url":"https://dailydetroitnewsbyte.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.dailydetroit.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/5/7/d/257d06f978223a63d959afa2a1bf1c87/smaller-phezzy.png","author":"Daily Detroit","episode_count":1858,"summary":"What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit! We have conversations that push Detroit forward and share local stories about restaurants, business, development, local government, policy, technology, things to do, transit and more. All in about 22 minutes a day.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-detroit-403697"},"episode":{"title":"Why Gas Is So High — and The End of Spirit Airlines w/ Patrick De Haan","slug":"why-gas-is-so-high-and-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-w-patrick-de-haan","published_at":"2026-05-04T17:38:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-detroit-403697/why-gas-is-so-high-and-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-w-patrick-de-haan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-detroit-403697","url":"https://dailydetroitnewsbyte.libsyn.com/why-gas-is-so-high-and-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-w-patrick-de-haan","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dailydetroitnewsbyte/daily-detroit-may-04-2026.mp3?dest-id=497871","summary":"Gas is suddenly a lot more expensive in Michigan — and Spirit Airlines just shut down for good. Jer talks with GasBuddy head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan about Great Lakes refinery outages, record diesel and jet fuel prices, how a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is pushing costs higher, and why that fuel shock helped finish off Metro Detroit–founded Spirit Airlines. After, Jer digs into some details about Spirit's demise and we're looking for your Spirit experiences. Feedback as always — dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com or leave a voicemail, 313-789-3211.","meta_description":"Gas is suddenly a lot more expensive in Michigan — and Spirit Airlines just shut down for good. Jer talks with GasBuddy head of petroleum analysis Patrick…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":756,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-detroit-403697/episodes/why-gas-is-so-high-and-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-w-patrick-de-haan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-detroit-403697/why-gas-is-so-high-and-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-w-patrick-de-haan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}