Today's feature conversation is with sculptor Austen Brantley.  Website: https://www.austenbrantleysculpture.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austenbrantley/ Also in the back few minutes, I share a couple quick things to know around town: - Local officials are worried about the city's low (43.9%) vaccination rate and a November/.December COVID-19 surge in the region. So far, Metro Detroit has been relatively spared.  - The Starbucks at Woodward and Montcalm in the Fox Theater building quietly closed