Living for the City

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Before Detroit gave the world Motown, techno, and hip-hop, it gave the world something harder to name: a feeling that music made in basements and backrooms and borrowed spaces could become the soundtrack to an entire generation's life. That is the story Living for the City is here to tell, and nobody alive is better equipped to tell it than Hanif Abdurraqib. MacArthur Fellow. New York Times bestselling author. The most gifted writer working at the intersection of music, memory, and American identity today. Hanif brings his singular voice to a new video podcast series that goes inside the streets, venues, and neighborhoods where iconic sounds are born, talking with the artists, DJs, producers, and community architects who built these movements from the ground up. Season One is Detroit. Eight episodes. The full arc of how one city became the unlikely origin point for some of the most influential music ever made, told by the people who were actually there, and the writer who understands better than anyone what it meant. This is not a music history lesson. This is a front-row seat to the moments that mattered. Living for the City premieres May 13th, with new episodes dropping weekly. Subscribe now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LivingfortheCityPod Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5KYTveuTY4nydCKG8yTxjJ?si=c184740e2d9f43b5 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-for-the-city/id1895831267 Stay connected! 📸 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecitypod/

Episode Date
Liz Warner on Electrifying Mojo and Detroit Techno | Living for the City Full Interview
Oct 07, 2026
Don Was on Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, and His Own Voice | Living for the City Full Interview
Sep 30, 2026
Guilty Simpson on J Dilla and Detroit's Open Mic Scene | Living for the City Full Interview
Sep 23, 2026
Bill Blackwell on 50 Years as Bob Seger's Tour Manager | Living for the City Full Interview
Sep 16, 2026
Isiah Thomas on the Bad Boys and Why Detroit Never Got Credit | Living for the City Full Interview
Sep 09, 2026
Nasaan on Proof's Legacy, Detroit Rap, and Kicking Down the Door | Living for the City Full Interview
Sep 02, 2026
House Shoes on Detroit Radio, J Dilla, and DJ Integrity | Living for the City Full Interview
Aug 26, 2026
Brenda Franklin Corbett on Growing Up With Aretha Franklin | Living for the City Full Interview
Aug 19, 2026
Mary Cobra on the Detroit Cobras and the Art of the Cover Song | Living for the City Full Interview
Aug 19, 2026
LADYMONIX on Why She Left LA and Made Detroit Home | Living for the City Full Interview
Aug 05, 2026
Carl Craig on Detroit Techno, the Art of the Alias, and the Future of Electronic Music | Living for the City Full Interview
Jul 29, 2026
Kevin Saunderson on Pioneering Detroit Techno and Its Legacy | Living for the City FULL Interview
Jul 22, 2026
Waajeed on Dilla, Slum Village and Detroit's Music Future | Living for the City FULL Interview
Jul 15, 2026
DJ Minx on Building Detroit's Techno Scene from the Ground Up | Living for the City FULL Interview
Jul 08, 2026
The Teachers and Students Carrying Detroit's Sound Forward | Living for the City Ep. 8
Jul 01, 2026
How Detroit's Crate Diggers Kept the City's Music Alive | Living for the City Ep. 7
Jun 24, 2026
The Artists Who Left Detroit and the Pull That Brought Them Home | Living for the City Ep. 6
Jun 17, 2026
How Detroit Keeps Its Greatest Music Legacies Alive | Living for the City Ep. 5
Jun 10, 2026
How Detroit's Women Claimed Their Place in the Music Scene | Living for the City Ep. 4
Jun 03, 2026
How Detroit's Radio Stations Shaped a Generation | Living for the City Ep. 3
May 27, 2026
The Buildings That Built Detroit's Sound Are Almost All Gone | Living For the City Ep. 2
May 20, 2026
How Detroit's Working Class Built the Sound the Whole World Stole | Living for the City Ep. 1
May 13, 2026
Living for the City (Official Trailer): Premieres May 13th!
May 10, 2026